Overall: 20-11, .645 W-L% (72nd of 306)
Conference: 13-3, 2nd in CUSA American (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Melvin Watkins (20-11)
PS/G: 73.6 (88th of 306) ▪ PA/G: 68.2 (95th of 306)
SRS: 12.21 (32nd of 306) ▪ SOS: 6.73 (45th of 306)
NCAA Tournament: (#8 seed in East)
Won East First Round (77-62) versus #9 Illinois-Chicago
Lost East Second Round (93-83) versus #1 North Carolina
| Pre | 11/18 | 11/25 | 12/2 | 12/9 | 12/16 | 12/23 | 12/30 | 1/6 | 1/13 | 1/20 | 1/27 | 2/3 | 2/10 | 2/17 | 2/24 | 3/3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 17 | 25 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 21, 1997 | REG | @ | Miami (FL) | Big East | L | 72 | 89 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Mon, Nov 24, 1997 | REG | @ | Appalachian State | Southern | L | 60 | 66 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Wed, Dec 3, 1997 | REG | Old Dominion | CAA | W | 72 | 44 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 88 | 70 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 5 | Wed, Dec 10, 1997 | REG | Davidson | Southern | W | 70 | 55 | 3 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Dec 12, 1997 | REG | Boston University | AEC | L | 71 | 73 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 20, 1997 | REG | @ | George Washington | A-10 | L | 83 | 93 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 27, 1997 | REG | N | Western Michigan | MAC | L | 65 | 81 | 3 | 5 | L 3 | |
| 9 | Sun, Dec 28, 1997 | REG | N | Missouri State | MVC | W | 83 | 69 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 3, 1998 | REG | DePaul | CUSA | W | 81 | 55 | 5 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Jan 8, 1998 | REG | @ | South Florida | CUSA | W | 74 | 64 | 6 | 5 | W 3 | |
| 12 | Tue, Jan 13, 1998 | REG | Marquette | CUSA | W | 66 | 53 | 7 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 15, 1998 | REG | N | Massachusetts | A-10 | L | 62 | 68 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 17, 1998 | REG | @ | Southern Mississippi | CUSA | W | 60 | 56 | 8 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 22, 1998 | REG | Louisville | CUSA | W | 84 | 75 | 9 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 24, 1998 | REG | Alabama-Birmingham | CUSA | W | 86 | 80 | 10 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Jan 29, 1998 | REG | @ | DePaul | CUSA | W | 86 | 73 | 11 | 6 | W 4 | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 31, 1998 | REG | @ | Memphis | CUSA | L | 70 | 73 | 11 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Wed, Feb 4, 1998 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | CUSA | L | 80 | 83 | 11 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 7, 1998 | REG | Cincinnati | CUSA | W | 69 | 62 | 12 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Mon, Feb 9, 1998 | REG | Tulane | CUSA | W | 77 | 68 | 13 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 12, 1998 | REG | @ | Marquette | CUSA | W | 58 | 56 | 14 | 8 | W 3 | |
| 23 | Sun, Feb 15, 1998 | REG | @ | Louisville | CUSA | W | 73 | 68 | 15 | 8 | W 4 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 21, 1998 | REG | Saint Louis | CUSA | W | 76 | 62 | 16 | 8 | W 5 | ||
| 25 | Thu, Feb 26, 1998 | REG | @ | Cincinnati | CUSA | L | 67 | 68 | 16 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 28, 1998 | REG | Houston | CUSA | W | 105 | 75 | 17 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Thu, Mar 5, 1998 | CTOURN | N | Marquette | CUSA | W | 63 | 55 | 18 | 9 | W 2 | |
| 28 | Fri, Mar 6, 1998 | CTOURN | N | Southern Mississippi | CUSA | W | 65 | 53 | 19 | 9 | W 3 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 7, 1998 | CTOURN | @ | Cincinnati | CUSA | L | 57 | 71 | 19 | 10 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Thu, Mar 12, 1998 | NCAA | N | Illinois-Chicago | MW Coll | W | 77 | 62 | 20 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 31 | Sat, Mar 14, 1998 | NCAA | N | North Carolina | ACC | L | 83 | 93 | OT | 20 | 11 | L 1 |