Overall: 17-14, .548 W-L% (129th of 305)
Conference: 11-7, 4th in MVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jim Crews (17-14)
PS/G: 63.4 (263rd of 305) ▪ PA/G: 64.5 (47th of 305)
SRS: 2.80 (115th of 305) ▪ SOS: 3.89 (90th of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Nov 20, 1996 | REG | Drexel | AEC | W | 65 | 61 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Nov 22, 1996 | REG | Iona | MAAC | W | 44 | 41 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sun, Nov 24, 1996 | REG | Radford | Big South | W | 68 | 47 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Nov 27, 1996 | REG | N | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 73 | 74 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Fri, Nov 29, 1996 | REG | N | Tulsa | WAC | L | 51 | 55 | 3 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 6 | Sun, Dec 1, 1996 | REG | @ | Tennessee-Martin | OVC | W | 62 | 58 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Tue, Dec 3, 1996 | REG | Robert Morris | NEC | W | 64 | 50 | 5 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | @ | Western Michigan | MAC | L | 62 | 78 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | Butler | MW Coll | L | 50 | 61 | 5 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Dec 17, 1996 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 77 | 86 | 5 | 5 | L 3 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | N | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 57 | 75 | 5 | 6 | L 4 | |
| 12 | Sun, Dec 29, 1996 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 66 | 61 | 6 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 2, 1997 | REG | Wichita State | MVC | L | 55 | 69 | 6 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | @ | Illinois State | MVC | L | 67 | 80 | 6 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 15 | Tue, Jan 7, 1997 | REG | @ | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 80 | 75 | 7 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Bradley | MVC | L | 50 | 64 | 7 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Thu, Jan 16, 1997 | REG | Drake | MVC | W | 69 | 62 | 8 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Jan 19, 1997 | REG | Illinois State | MVC | L | 53 | 67 | 8 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Jan 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Indiana State | MVC | W | 70 | 59 | 9 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 20 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | Creighton | MVC | W | 70 | 63 | 10 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 21 | Mon, Jan 27, 1997 | REG | Northern Iowa | MVC | W | 57 | 54 | 11 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Jan 30, 1997 | REG | @ | Drake | MVC | W | 59 | 54 | 12 | 10 | W 4 | |
| 23 | Sun, Feb 2, 1997 | REG | @ | Creighton | MVC | L | 62 | 75 | 12 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 5, 1997 | REG | Bradley | MVC | W | 58 | 55 | 13 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | Missouri State | MVC | W | 67 | 64 | 14 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Feb 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Northern Iowa | MVC | L | 63 | 75 | 14 | 12 | L 1 | |
| 27 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Wichita State | MVC | W | 62 | 60 | 15 | 12 | W 1 | |
| 28 | Mon, Feb 17, 1997 | REG | @ | Missouri State | MVC | L | 66 | 74 | 15 | 13 | L 1 | |
| 29 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 77 | 59 | 16 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Mon, Feb 24, 1997 | REG | Indiana State | MVC | W | 76 | 70 | 17 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Northern Iowa | MVC | L | 65 | 73 | 17 | 14 | L 1 |