Overall: 18-14, .563 W-L% (117th of 305)
Conference: 8-8, 2nd in SEC West (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Nolan Richardson (18-14)
PS/G: 79.0 (26th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 71.3 (179th of 305)
SRS: 14.68 (24th of 305) ▪ SOS: 6.99 (53rd of 305)
| Pre | 11/19 | 11/26 | 12/3 | 12/10 | 12/17 | 12/24 | 12/31 | 1/7 | 1/14 | 1/21 | 1/28 | 2/4 | 2/11 | 2/18 | 2/25 | 3/4 | Final |
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| 13 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 22 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 22, 1996 | REG | Jackson State | SWAC | W | 127 | 74 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Nov 27, 1996 | REG | @ | Oral Roberts | Ind | L | 81 | 86 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | San Francisco | WCC | W | 77 | 63 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | @ | Missouri | Big 12 | W | 80 | 76 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 5 | Tue, Dec 10, 1996 | REG | Troy | Mid-Cont | W | 137 | 70 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Thu, Dec 19, 1996 | REG | McNeese State | Southland | W | 95 | 68 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | Louisville | CUSA | L | 88 | 91 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | Southern Utah | Ind | W | 92 | 52 | 6 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Jan 2, 1997 | REG | Mississippi | SEC | L | 74 | 91 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Sun, Jan 5, 1997 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | L | 62 | 75 | 6 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 11 | Wed, Jan 8, 1997 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | W | 56 | 55 | 7 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 82 | 57 | 8 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Alabama | SEC | W | 72 | 68 | 9 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | @ | Cincinnati | CUSA | L | 57 | 92 | 9 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Tue, Jan 21, 1997 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 98 | 64 | 10 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Sun, Jan 26, 1997 | REG | Kentucky | SEC | L | 73 | 83 | 10 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Jan 29, 1997 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | L | 52 | 71 | 10 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | Memphis | CUSA | W | 79 | 63 | 11 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Feb 5, 1997 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 77 | 54 | 12 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | L | 83 | 87 | 12 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Tue, Feb 11, 1997 | REG | Auburn | SEC | W | 75 | 42 | 13 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Georgia | SEC | W | 79 | 74 | 14 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Tue, Feb 18, 1997 | REG | @ | South Carolina | SEC | L | 65 | 78 | 14 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Sun, Feb 23, 1997 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | L | 77 | 93 | 14 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 25 | Wed, Feb 26, 1997 | REG | Alabama | SEC | W | 73 | 53 | 15 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 64 | 66 | 15 | 11 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Fri, Mar 7, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Georgia | SEC | L | 63 | 65 | 15 | 12 | L 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Wed, Mar 12, 1997 | NIT | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | W | 101 | 75 | 16 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Mon, Mar 17, 1997 | NIT | Pittsburgh | Big East | W | 76 | 71 | 17 | 12 | W 2 | ||
| 30 | Wed, Mar 19, 1997 | NIT | Nevada-Las Vegas | WAC | W | 86 | 73 | 18 | 12 | W 3 | ||
| 31 | Tue, Mar 25, 1997 | NIT | N | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 62 | 77 | 18 | 13 | L 1 | |
| 32 | Thu, Mar 27, 1997 | NIT | N | Connecticut | Big East | L | 64 | 74 | 18 | 14 | L 2 |