1996–97 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

1996–97 Washington Huskies men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record17–11 (10–8 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coachRay Giacoletti
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
1996–97 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 7 UCLA153 .833248  .750
No. 21 Stanford126 .667228  .733
California126 .667239  .719
USC126 .6671711  .607
No. 15 Arizona117 .611259  .735
Washington108 .5561711  .607
Oregon810 .4441711  .607
Washington State513 .2781317  .433
Oregon State315 .167720  .259
Arizona State216 .1111020  .333
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996–97 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach Bob Bender, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

The Huskies were 17–10 overall in the regular season and 10–8 in conference play, sixth in the standings. There was no conference tournament this season; last played in 1990, it resumed in 2002.

Washington played in the National Invitation Tournament for the second straight year and lost by four points at Nebraska.