| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1996–97 |
| Prev Year: | 1995–96 |
| Next Year: | 1997–98 |
| Team: | Pacific Tigers |
| Conference: | Big West Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big West |
| Record: | 24–6 |
| Conf Record: | 12–4 |
| Hc Year: | 9th |
| Champion: | Big West regular season co-champions Big West tournament champions |
The 1996–97 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of the Pacific during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers were led by ninth-year head coach Bob Thomason and played their home games at the Alex G. Spanos Center in Stockton, California as members of the Big West Conference.
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