Overall: 20-9, .690 W-L% (47th of 305)
Conference: 10-6, 4th in WAC Pacific (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Stew Morrill (20-9)
PS/G: 74.5 (60th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 71.1 (171st of 305)
SRS: 5.09 (90th of 305) ▪ SOS: 1.67 (114th of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Nov 26, 1996 | REG | Texas A&M | Big 12 | L | 58 | 59 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | Bucknell | Patriot | W | 83 | 70 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Dec 3, 1996 | REG | Nevada | Big West | W | 86 | 64 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Dec 6, 1996 | REG | Sacramento State | Big Sky | W | 89 | 45 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | Gonzaga | WCC | W | 72 | 61 | 4 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 6 | Thu, Dec 12, 1996 | REG | @ | Colorado | Big 12 | L | 69 | 76 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | @ | Utah State | Big West | W | 62 | 59 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | Chicago State | Mid-Cont | W | 89 | 66 | 6 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Mon, Dec 30, 1996 | REG | @ | Cleveland State | MW Coll | W | 71 | 67 | 7 | 2 | W 3 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | @ | Utah | WAC | L | 63 | 84 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | Wyoming | WAC | W | 78 | 71 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Jan 16, 1997 | REG | @ | Hawaii | WAC | L | 65 | 85 | 8 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | @ | San Diego State | WAC | W | 93 | 90 | 9 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Thu, Jan 23, 1997 | REG | Fresno State | WAC | W | 80 | 79 | 10 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | San Jose State | WAC | W | 80 | 76 | 11 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Jan 30, 1997 | REG | @ | Nevada-Las Vegas | WAC | W | 76 | 68 | 12 | 4 | W 4 | |
| 17 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Air Force | WAC | W | 71 | 61 | 13 | 4 | W 5 | |
| 18 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Wyoming | WAC | L | 65 | 67 | 13 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | Utah | WAC | L | 67 | 82 | 13 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Feb 13, 1997 | REG | San Diego State | WAC | W | 87 | 74 | 14 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Hawaii | WAC | L | 79 | 83 | 14 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 20, 1997 | REG | @ | San Jose State | WAC | W | 66 | 64 | 15 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Fresno State | WAC | L | 72 | 84 | 15 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Thu, Feb 27, 1997 | REG | Air Force | WAC | W | 68 | 62 | 16 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | REG | Nevada-Las Vegas | WAC | W | 59 | 58 | 17 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Tue, Mar 4, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Southern Methodist | WAC | L | 89 | 93 | 17 | 9 | L 1 |