Overall: 16-13, .552 W-L% (122nd of 305)
Conference: 11-5, 2nd in MW Coll (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Perry Watson (16-13)
PS/G: 65.1 (239th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 62.6 (27th of 305)
SRS: 1.90 (131st of 305) ▪ SOS: -0.60 (147th of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Nov 26, 1996 | REG | @ | Bowling Green State | MAC | L | 77 | 85 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Fri, Nov 29, 1996 | REG | @ | Hawaii | WAC | L | 68 | 80 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | N | Austin Peay | OVC | W | 63 | 49 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Thu, Dec 5, 1996 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 59 | 75 | 1 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 86 | 84 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Dec 17, 1996 | REG | @ | Central Michigan | MAC | L | 78 | 90 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | Iona | MAAC | W | 66 | 48 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 23, 1996 | REG | @ | Western Michigan | MAC | L | 44 | 60 | 3 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Fri, Dec 27, 1996 | REG | N | Santa Clara | WCC | W | 84 | 77 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | @ | San Jose State | WAC | L | 56 | 63 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Thu, Jan 2, 1997 | REG | Wright State | MW Coll | W | 73 | 62 | 5 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | @ | Memphis | CUSA | L | 55 | 64 | 5 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Thu, Jan 9, 1997 | REG | @ | Milwaukee | MW Coll | L | 46 | 47 | 5 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Green Bay | MW Coll | L | 44 | 46 | 5 | 9 | L 3 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 16, 1997 | REG | Loyola (IL) | MW Coll | W | 69 | 62 | 6 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | Illinois-Chicago | MW Coll | L | 53 | 66 | 6 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Jan 20, 1997 | REG | Butler | MW Coll | W | 56 | 54 | 7 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Jan 23, 1997 | REG | @ | Cleveland State | MW Coll | W | 80 | 72 | 8 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 19 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Northern Illinois | MW Coll | L | 54 | 63 | 8 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Thu, Jan 30, 1997 | REG | @ | Wright State | MW Coll | W | 65 | 63 | 9 | 11 | W 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Butler | MW Coll | L | 55 | 68 | 9 | 12 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | Milwaukee | MW Coll | W | 67 | 52 | 10 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | @ | Illinois-Chicago | MW Coll | W | 64 | 53 | 11 | 12 | W 2 | |
| 24 | Thu, Feb 13, 1997 | REG | @ | Loyola (IL) | MW Coll | W | 77 | 64 | 12 | 12 | W 3 | |
| 25 | Sun, Feb 16, 1997 | REG | Green Bay | MW Coll | W | 72 | 36 | 13 | 12 | W 4 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Feb 19, 1997 | REG | Cleveland State | MW Coll | W | 68 | 60 | 14 | 12 | W 5 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | Northern Illinois | MW Coll | W | 81 | 43 | 15 | 12 | W 6 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Cleveland State | MW Coll | L | 63 | 67 | 15 | 13 | L 1 |