1996–97 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team

1996–97 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball
SoCon regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSouthern Conference
DivisionSouth
Record24–11 (11–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home arenaUTC Arena
1996–97 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Marshall 10 4   .714 20 9   .690
Davidson 10 4   .714 18 10   .643
Appalachian State 8 6   .571 14 14   .500
VMI 7 7   .500 12 16   .429
East Tennessee State 2 12   .143 7 20   .259
South
Chattanooga 11 3   .786 24 11   .686
Western Carolina 7 7   .500 14 13   .519
The Citadel 6 8   .429 13 14   .481
Georgia Southern 5 9   .357 10 18   .357
Furman 4 10   .286 10 17   .370
SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1997
Rankings from AP poll

The 1996–97 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Mack McCarthy and the team played their home games at UTC Arena. The Mocs won the regular season and SoCon tournament titles, the latter earning the Mocs an automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament. Participating in the Big Dance for the fourth time in five years, Chattanooga made a run to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 3 seed Georgia and No. 6 seed Illinois before falling to No. 10 seed Providence in the Southeast Regional semifinals.