Overall: 17-13, .567 W-L% (115th of 305)
Conference: 7-7, 4th in Big South (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Conrad (17-13)
PS/G: 70.9 (141st of 305) ▪ PA/G: 71.2 (177th of 305)
SRS: -6.93 (214th of 305) ▪ SOS: -6.58 (238th of 305)
NCAA Tournament: (#15 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest First Round (109-75) versus #2 UCLA
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 22, 1996 | REG | College of Charleston | A-Sun | L | 68 | 81 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | @ | Toledo | MAC | L | 66 | 80 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Fri, Dec 6, 1996 | REG | N | Yale | Ivy | L | 55 | 61 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | @ | Marist | NEC | W | 53 | 51 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | @ | Clemson | ACC | L | 57 | 80 | 1 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Mon, Dec 16, 1996 | REG | @ | Furman | Southern | W | 67 | 57 | 2 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Wed, Dec 18, 1996 | REG | South Carolina State | MEAC | W | 73 | 62 | 3 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | @ | Citadel | Southern | L | 80 | 86 | 3 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | @ | South Carolina | SEC | W | 85 | 81 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Thu, Jan 2, 1997 | REG | Citadel | Southern | W | 77 | 61 | 5 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Jan 9, 1997 | REG | Coastal Carolina | Big South | L | 82 | 92 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | North Carolina-Greensboro | Big South | L | 64 | 78 | 5 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 13 | Thu, Jan 16, 1997 | REG | Maryland-Baltimore County | Big South | W | 64 | 57 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | @ | North Carolina-Asheville | Big South | L | 71 | 84 | 6 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Liberty | Big South | L | 68 | 72 | 6 | 9 | L 2 | |
| 16 | Tue, Jan 28, 1997 | REG | @ | Radford | Big South | W | 79 | 73 | 7 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 17 | Thu, Jan 30, 1997 | REG | Winthrop | Big South | W | 76 | 65 | 8 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | North Carolina-Asheville | Big South | W | 73 | 66 | 9 | 9 | W 3 | ||
| 19 | Mon, Feb 3, 1997 | REG | @ | Coastal Carolina | Big South | W | 72 | 53 | 10 | 9 | W 4 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | North Carolina-Greensboro | Big South | W | 79 | 72 | 11 | 9 | W 5 | ||
| 21 | Thu, Feb 13, 1997 | REG | @ | Winthrop | Big South | W | 75 | 71 | 12 | 9 | W 6 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Radford | Big South | L | 71 | 76 | 12 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Mon, Feb 17, 1997 | REG | Liberty | Big South | L | 77 | 80 | 12 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Maryland-Baltimore County | Big South | L | 80 | 85 | 12 | 12 | L 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 25 | Wed, Feb 26, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Coastal Carolina | Big South | W | 67 | 51 | 13 | 12 | W 1 | |
| 26 | Fri, Feb 28, 1997 | CTOURN | N | North Carolina-Asheville | Big South | W | 67 | 57 | 14 | 12 | W 2 | |
| 27 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | CTOURN | @ | Liberty | Big South | W | 64 | 54 | 15 | 12 | W 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 13, 1997 | NCAA | N | UCLA | Pac-10 | L | 75 | 109 | 15 | 13 | L 1 |