Overall: 17-12, .586 W-L% (107th of 305)
Conference: 10-4, 2nd in MAAC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Beilein (17-12)
PS/G: 62.8 (269th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 56.9 (6th of 305)
SRS: 4.00 (97th of 305) ▪ SOS: -1.97 (167th of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 23, 1996 | REG | Western Michigan | MAC | W | 67 | 46 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Mon, Nov 25, 1996 | REG | Valparaiso | Mid-Cont | L | 52 | 66 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | St. Bonaventure | A-10 | L | 53 | 65 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Dec 3, 1996 | REG | @ | Buffalo | Mid-Cont | L | 50 | 53 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | Niagara | MAAC | L | 59 | 68 | 1 | 4 | L 4 | ||
| 6 | Sun, Dec 15, 1996 | REG | Akron | MAC | W | 69 | 48 | 2 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Dec 18, 1996 | REG | @ | Toledo | MAC | L | 47 | 58 | 2 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | Charlotte | CUSA | L | 51 | 54 | 2 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | N | Central Florida | A-Sun | W | 80 | 55 | 3 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sun, Dec 29, 1996 | REG | @ | Chattanooga | Southern | W | 63 | 49 | 4 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 11 | Thu, Jan 2, 1997 | REG | Colgate | Patriot | W | 63 | 56 | 5 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 12 | Mon, Jan 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Fairfield | MAAC | W | 75 | 60 | 6 | 6 | W 4 | |
| 13 | Thu, Jan 9, 1997 | REG | @ | Kentucky | SEC | L | 45 | 68 | 6 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Tue, Jan 14, 1997 | REG | Manhattan | MAAC | W | 48 | 46 | 7 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Mon, Jan 20, 1997 | REG | Loyola (MD) | MAAC | W | 57 | 50 | 8 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Saint Peter's | MAAC | W | 69 | 52 | 9 | 7 | W 3 | |
| 17 | Mon, Jan 27, 1997 | REG | @ | Providence | Big East | L | 53 | 80 | 9 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Fri, Jan 31, 1997 | REG | Iona | MAAC | W | 65 | 58 | 10 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sun, Feb 2, 1997 | REG | Siena | MAAC | W | 61 | 49 | 11 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Feb 5, 1997 | REG | @ | Niagara | MAAC | W | 65 | 63 | 12 | 8 | W 3 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | Fairfield | MAAC | W | 91 | 45 | 13 | 8 | W 4 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 10, 1997 | REG | Saint Peter's | MAAC | W | 66 | 43 | 14 | 8 | W 5 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 13, 1997 | REG | @ | Loyola (MD) | MAAC | L | 57 | 58 | 14 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Siena | MAAC | L | 57 | 61 | 14 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 25 | Fri, Feb 21, 1997 | REG | @ | Iona | MAAC | L | 62 | 73 | 14 | 11 | L 3 | |
| 26 | Sun, Feb 23, 1997 | REG | @ | Manhattan | MAAC | W | 63 | 44 | 15 | 11 | W 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | CTOURN | Siena | MAAC | W | 84 | 44 | 16 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 28 | Sun, Mar 2, 1997 | CTOURN | Niagara | MAAC | W | 78 | 59 | 17 | 11 | W 3 | ||
| 29 | Mon, Mar 3, 1997 | CTOURN | Fairfield | MAAC | L | 72 | 78 | 17 | 12 | L 1 |