Overall: 17-10, .630 W-L% (83rd of 305)
Conference: 9-7, 3rd in CAA (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Joe Dooley (17-10)
PS/G: 67.8 (194th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 63.4 (38th of 305)
SRS: 2.15 (122nd of 305) ▪ SOS: -2.20 (170th of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 23, 1996 | REG | @ | Fairfield | MAAC | W | 81 | 64 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Tue, Nov 26, 1996 | REG | @ | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 57 | 48 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | N | Boston University | AEC | L | 66 | 68 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Mon, Dec 2, 1996 | REG | @ | Campbell | A-Sun | W | 83 | 60 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Wed, Dec 4, 1996 | REG | Jacksonville State | A-Sun | W | 64 | 49 | 4 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | W | 65 | 56 | 5 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Dec 17, 1996 | REG | @ | Georgia | SEC | L | 60 | 73 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Thu, Dec 19, 1996 | REG | Saint Joseph's | A-10 | W | 68 | 64 | 6 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Jan 2, 1997 | REG | William & Mary | CAA | W | 77 | 58 | 7 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | American | CAA | W | 66 | 60 | 8 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Jan 6, 1997 | REG | George Mason | CAA | W | 80 | 74 | 9 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Old Dominion | CAA | L | 70 | 79 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Wed, Jan 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Virginia Commonwealth | CAA | W | 65 | 61 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | Richmond | CAA | W | 69 | 64 | 11 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Jan 21, 1997 | REG | James Madison | CAA | L | 55 | 59 | 11 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | North Carolina-Wilmington | CAA | L | 51 | 57 | 11 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 17 | Wed, Jan 29, 1997 | REG | Old Dominion | CAA | W | 78 | 63 | 12 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | George Mason | CAA | W | 85 | 81 | 13 | 5 | W 2 | |
| 19 | Mon, Feb 3, 1997 | REG | @ | American | CAA | L | 61 | 63 | 13 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 10, 1997 | REG | @ | Jacksonville State | A-Sun | W | 82 | 54 | 14 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 21 | Wed, Feb 12, 1997 | REG | Virginia Commonwealth | CAA | L | 66 | 73 | 14 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | @ | James Madison | CAA | L | 60 | 63 | 14 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 23 | Mon, Feb 17, 1997 | REG | @ | Richmond | CAA | L | 70 | 78 | 14 | 9 | L 3 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | North Carolina-Wilmington | CAA | W | 57 | 53 | 15 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Mon, Feb 24, 1997 | REG | @ | William & Mary | CAA | W | 59 | 58 | 16 | 9 | W 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | CTOURN | N | James Madison | CAA | L | 67 | 69 | 2OT | 16 | 10 | L 1 |