1996 – 97 Connecticut Huskies men 's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1996 – 97 collegiate men 's basketball season . The Huskies completed the season with an 18 – 15 overall record . The Huskies were members of the Big East Conference where they finished with a 7 – 11 record . They came in Third Place in the 1997 National Invitation Tournament . The Huskies played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs , Connecticut and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford , Connecticut , and they were led by eleventh-year head coach Jim Calhoun
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
1996–97 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team