Overall: 20-12, .625 W-L% (86th of 305)
Conference: 6-10, 7th in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Pat Kennedy (20-12)
PS/G: 73.4 (84th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 66.8 (82nd of 305)
SRS: 16.36 (19th of 305) ▪ SOS: 9.73 (14th of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 22, 1996 | REG | Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | W | 96 | 70 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Nov 29, 1996 | REG | Rice | WAC | W | 79 | 54 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Mon, Dec 2, 1996 | REG | Florida Atlantic | A-Sun | W | 93 | 56 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Thu, Dec 5, 1996 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | L | 66 | 72 | OT | 3 | 1 | L 1 |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | @ | Jacksonville | Sun Belt | W | 108 | 84 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 17, 1996 | REG | Tennessee State | OVC | W | 100 | 62 | 5 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | N | Florida | SEC | W | 79 | 65 | 6 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | Marist | NEC | W | 76 | 48 | 7 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 9 | Mon, Dec 30, 1996 | REG | Butler | MW Coll | W | 87 | 68 | 8 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 71 | 51 | 9 | 1 | W 6 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Jan 8, 1997 | REG | Virginia | ACC | L | 61 | 64 | 9 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | Clemson | ACC | L | 70 | 76 | 9 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Georgia Tech | ACC | L | 58 | 71 | 9 | 4 | L 3 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | @ | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 67 | 56 | 10 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Wed, Jan 22, 1997 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | W | 84 | 71 | 11 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Wake Forest | ACC | L | 58 | 61 | 11 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Wed, Jan 29, 1997 | REG | Maryland | ACC | W | 74 | 70 | 12 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Virginia | ACC | L | 60 | 73 | 12 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | @ | North Carolina | ACC | L | 62 | 90 | 12 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 20 | Sun, Feb 9, 1997 | REG | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 64 | 62 | 13 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Thu, Feb 13, 1997 | REG | @ | Maryland | ACC | L | 57 | 73 | 13 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Duke | ACC | L | 79 | 89 | 13 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Feb 19, 1997 | REG | Alabama State | SWAC | W | 94 | 49 | 14 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Feb 23, 1997 | REG | @ | Clemson | ACC | W | 67 | 65 | 15 | 9 | W 2 | |
| 25 | Wed, Feb 26, 1997 | REG | @ | North Carolina State | ACC | L | 44 | 67 | 15 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | REG | Wake Forest | ACC | W | 59 | 55 | 16 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Fri, Mar 7, 1997 | CTOURN | @ | Wake Forest | ACC | L | 65 | 66 | 16 | 11 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Wed, Mar 12, 1997 | NIT | @ | Syracuse | Big East | W | 82 | 67 | 17 | 11 | W 1 | |
| 29 | Mon, Mar 17, 1997 | NIT | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 68 | 63 | 18 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 30 | Wed, Mar 19, 1997 | NIT | @ | West Virginia | Big East | W | 76 | 71 | 19 | 11 | W 3 | |
| 31 | Tue, Mar 25, 1997 | NIT | N | Connecticut | Big East | W | 71 | 65 | OT | 20 | 11 | W 4 |
| 32 | Thu, Mar 27, 1997 | NIT | N | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 73 | 82 | 20 | 12 | L 1 |