Overall: 18-11, .621 W-L% (88th of 305)
Conference: 11-7, 3rd in Sun Belt (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Wimp Sanderson (18-11)
PS/G: 73.5 (80th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 70.3 (153rd of 305)
SRS: -1.57 (159th of 305) ▪ SOS: -4.09 (202nd of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Nov 20, 1996 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | CUSA | L | 57 | 63 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Mon, Dec 2, 1996 | REG | @ | Texas Tech | Big 12 | L | 83 | 94 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Thu, Dec 5, 1996 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | L | 63 | 75 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | Sam Houston State | Southland | W | 94 | 64 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Dec 12, 1996 | REG | @ | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | W | 85 | 77 | 2 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | Alcorn State | SWAC | W | 78 | 66 | 3 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | Lamar | Sun Belt | W | 89 | 76 | 4 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 8 | Thu, Jan 2, 1997 | REG | @ | South Alabama | Sun Belt | L | 56 | 64 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | @ | New Orleans | Sun Belt | L | 79 | 82 | 4 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 10 | Thu, Jan 9, 1997 | REG | Louisiana Tech | Sun Belt | W | 76 | 69 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | Jacksonville | Sun Belt | W | 84 | 80 | 6 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Mon, Jan 13, 1997 | REG | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | W | 75 | 59 | 7 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 16, 1997 | REG | @ | Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | L | 84 | 87 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | @ | Louisiana Tech | Sun Belt | L | 58 | 68 | 7 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 23, 1997 | REG | South Alabama | Sun Belt | W | 48 | 47 | 8 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | W | 79 | 64 | 9 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Jan 27, 1997 | REG | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | L | 62 | 71 | 9 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Jan 30, 1997 | REG | @ | Texas-Pan American | Sun Belt | W | 61 | 46 | 10 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | W | 70 | 66 | 11 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Feb 5, 1997 | REG | @ | Lamar | Sun Belt | L | 72 | 75 | 11 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sun, Feb 9, 1997 | REG | @ | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | W | 80 | 77 | 12 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | W | 87 | 81 | 13 | 9 | W 2 | |
| 23 | Mon, Feb 17, 1997 | REG | @ | Jacksonville | Sun Belt | W | 96 | 89 | 14 | 9 | W 3 | |
| 24 | Thu, Feb 20, 1997 | REG | New Orleans | Sun Belt | L | 71 | 81 | 14 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | Texas-Pan American | Sun Belt | W | 77 | 43 | 15 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | CTOURN | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | W | 68 | 62 | 16 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Mar 2, 1997 | CTOURN | South Alabama | Sun Belt | L | 52 | 71 | 16 | 11 | L 1 |