Overall: 18-15, .545 W-L% (132nd of 305)
Conference: 7-11, 6th in Big East Big East 6 (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jim Calhoun (18-15)
PS/G: 65.8 (232nd of 305) ▪ PA/G: 60.8 (14th of 305)
SRS: 13.02 (38th of 305) ▪ SOS: 8.11 (36th of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 15, 1996 | REG | N | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 61 | 68 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Mon, Nov 25, 1996 | REG | Northeastern | AEC | W | 89 | 37 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 29, 1996 | REG | Yale | Ivy | W | 72 | 39 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Dec 2, 1996 | REG | Texas State | Southland | W | 66 | 49 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Dec 4, 1996 | REG | @ | Pittsburgh | Big East | L | 49 | 56 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | Boston College | Big East | W | 61 | 54 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | Fairfield | MAAC | W | 68 | 58 | 5 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 23, 1996 | REG | Virginia | ACC | W | 64 | 61 | 6 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Dec 27, 1996 | REG | Massachusetts | A-10 | W | 64 | 61 | 7 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 10 | Sun, Dec 29, 1996 | REG | Hartford | AEC | W | 104 | 62 | 8 | 2 | W 5 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Jan 2, 1997 | REG | @ | Rutgers | Big East | W | 66 | 57 | 9 | 2 | W 6 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | West Virginia | Big East | W | 79 | 62 | 10 | 2 | W 7 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 8, 1997 | REG | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 67 | 71 | 10 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Georgetown | Big East | W | 69 | 54 | 11 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Sun, Jan 19, 1997 | REG | Kansas | Big 12 | L | 65 | 73 | 11 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Miami (FL) | Big East | L | 46 | 69 | 11 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 17 | Sun, Jan 26, 1997 | REG | Syracuse | Big East | L | 53 | 65 | 11 | 6 | L 3 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Jan 29, 1997 | REG | Providence | Big East | L | 47 | 62 | 11 | 7 | L 4 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 62 | 55 | 12 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 3, 1997 | REG | Georgetown | Big East | L | 51 | 52 | 12 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | @ | Notre Dame | Big East | L | 65 | 71 | 12 | 9 | L 2 | |
| 22 | Wed, Feb 12, 1997 | REG | @ | Boston College | Big East | W | 61 | 56 | 13 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Miami (FL) | Big East | W | 72 | 52 | 14 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Feb 17, 1997 | REG | @ | Syracuse | Big East | L | 66 | 71 | 14 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Sun, Feb 23, 1997 | REG | @ | Villanova | Big East | L | 58 | 65 | 14 | 11 | L 2 | |
| 26 | Tue, Feb 25, 1997 | REG | Pittsburgh | Big East | L | 74 | 77 | 14 | 12 | L 3 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | REG | Seton Hall | Big East | L | 60 | 73 | 14 | 13 | L 4 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Wed, Mar 5, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Pittsburgh | Big East | L | 62 | 63 | 14 | 14 | L 5 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Wed, Mar 12, 1997 | NIT | Iona | MAAC | W | 71 | 66 | 15 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Mar 18, 1997 | NIT | Bradley | MVC | W | 63 | 47 | 16 | 14 | W 2 | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 21, 1997 | NIT | Nebraska | Big 12 | W | 76 | 67 | 17 | 14 | W 3 | ||
| 32 | Tue, Mar 25, 1997 | NIT | N | Florida State | ACC | L | 65 | 71 | OT | 17 | 15 | L 1 |
| 33 | Thu, Mar 27, 1997 | NIT | N | Arkansas | SEC | W | 74 | 64 | 18 | 15 | W 1 |