Overall: 13-14, .481 W-L% (169th of 305)
Conference: 6-8, 3rd in Southern South (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Pat Dennis (13-14)
PS/G: 68.7 (175th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 71.3 (181st of 305)
SRS: -8.79 (229th of 305) ▪ SOS: -6.13 (231st of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 25, 1996 | REG | Wake Forest | ACC | L | 52 | 86 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | @ | William & Mary | CAA | W | 78 | 71 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | @ | College of Charleston | A-Sun | L | 63 | 68 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Thu, Dec 12, 1996 | REG | Winthrop | Big South | W | 86 | 62 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | Charleston Southern | Big South | W | 86 | 80 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Mon, Dec 30, 1996 | REG | @ | Stetson | A-Sun | L | 50 | 52 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Thu, Jan 2, 1997 | REG | @ | Charleston Southern | Big South | L | 61 | 77 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 8 | Mon, Jan 6, 1997 | REG | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 82 | 62 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 63 | 56 | 5 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 10 | Mon, Jan 13, 1997 | REG | Marshall | Southern | L | 80 | 81 | 5 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | L | 76 | 86 | 5 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Mon, Jan 20, 1997 | REG | @ | Western Carolina | Southern | L | 57 | 76 | 5 | 7 | L 3 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Georgia Southern | Southern | L | 56 | 68 | 5 | 8 | L 4 | |
| 14 | Mon, Jan 27, 1997 | REG | Davidson | Southern | L | 58 | 63 | 5 | 9 | L 5 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | Furman | Southern | W | 71 | 68 | 6 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Feb 3, 1997 | REG | Chattanooga | Southern | L | 66 | 72 | 6 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | @ | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 81 | 74 | 7 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 18 | Mon, Feb 10, 1997 | REG | @ | Chattanooga | Southern | L | 59 | 71 | 7 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Georgia Southern | Southern | W | 93 | 56 | 8 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Mon, Feb 17, 1997 | REG | @ | Appalachian State | Southern | L | 63 | 74 | 8 | 12 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Thu, Feb 20, 1997 | REG | South Carolina | SEC | L | 55 | 85 | 8 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Furman | Southern | W | 83 | 70 | 9 | 13 | W 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 23 | Fri, Feb 28, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Davidson | Southern | L | 61 | 83 | 9 | 14 | L 1 |