Overall: 13-17, .433 W-L% (197th of 305)
Conference: 5-11, 5th in SEC East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Billy Donovan (13-17)
PS/G: 73.3 (87th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 73.0 (211th of 305)
SRS: 5.46 (87th of 305) ▪ SOS: 5.15 (81st of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 22, 1996 | REG | Central Florida | A-Sun | W | 80 | 63 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Mon, Nov 25, 1996 | REG | Bethune-Cookman | MEAC | W | 68 | 59 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 29, 1996 | REG | N | Creighton | MVC | L | 73 | 74 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sun, Dec 1, 1996 | REG | N | Delaware | AEC | L | 78 | 88 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 5 | Wed, Dec 4, 1996 | REG | Texas | Big 12 | L | 64 | 82 | 2 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | @ | Duquesne | A-10 | W | 95 | 85 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Tue, Dec 10, 1996 | REG | South Florida | CUSA | W | 85 | 53 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | Stetson | A-Sun | W | 57 | 47 | 5 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | N | Florida State | ACC | L | 65 | 79 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | N | Pennsylvania | Ivy | L | 63 | 71 | 5 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 11 | Sun, Dec 29, 1996 | REG | N | Robert Morris | NEC | W | 106 | 69 | 6 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 12 | Sun, Jan 5, 1997 | REG | Arkansas | SEC | W | 75 | 62 | 7 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 8, 1997 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 82 | 88 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | L | 65 | 79 | 7 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 15 | Wed, Jan 15, 1997 | REG | South Carolina | SEC | L | 79 | 80 | 7 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | Alabama | SEC | W | 85 | 66 | 8 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Jan 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Georgia | SEC | L | 70 | 77 | 8 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | W | 56 | 50 | 9 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 19 | Wed, Jan 29, 1997 | REG | Kentucky | SEC | L | 65 | 92 | 9 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | L | 63 | 74 | 9 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 21 | Mon, Feb 3, 1997 | REG | Jacksonville | Sun Belt | W | 102 | 82 | 10 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | @ | South Carolina | SEC | L | 68 | 76 | 10 | 12 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Wed, Feb 12, 1997 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 72 | 69 | 11 | 12 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Kentucky | SEC | L | 56 | 85 | 11 | 13 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Wed, Feb 19, 1997 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 76 | 54 | 12 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Sun, Feb 23, 1997 | REG | Mississippi | SEC | L | 65 | 67 | 12 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Wed, Feb 26, 1997 | REG | Georgia | SEC | L | 76 | 88 | 12 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | L | 72 | 79 | 12 | 16 | L 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Thu, Mar 6, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Alabama | SEC | L | 66 | 80 | 12 | 17 | L 4 |