The team was the undefeated champion of the Ivy League, which earned them an invitation to the 64-team 1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they were seeded twelfth in the East Region.

[2] On February 28 and March 1, 1997, Johnson established the current Ivy League record by making 11 consecutive three-point field goals against Columbia Lions and Cornell Big Red, respectively.

[2][8] Nonetheless, in a March 13, 1997, NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament East Regional first round game at the Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina against the fifth-seeded California Golden Bears, the team lost 55–52.

[11][12] The team won the ninth of twelve consecutive national statistical championships in scoring defense with a 53.4 points allowed average.

[13] Goodrich repeated as the Ivy League's field goal percentage statistical champion with a 64.8% average in conference games.