Overall: 20-12, .625 W-L% (86th of 305)
Conference: 12-4, 1st in WAC Pacific (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jerry Tarkanian (20-12)
PS/G: 81.3 (9th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 77.7 (275th of 305)
SRS: 6.87 (81st of 305) ▪ SOS: 3.29 (97th of 305)
| Pre | 11/19 | 11/26 | 12/3 | 12/10 | 12/17 | 12/24 | 12/31 | 1/7 | 1/14 | 1/21 | 1/28 | 2/4 | 2/11 | 2/18 | 2/25 | 3/4 | Final |
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| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 22, 1996 | REG | Pacific | Big West | W | 75 | 71 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 26, 1996 | REG | Santa Clara | WCC | W | 85 | 77 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 29, 1996 | REG | Northeastern | AEC | W | 87 | 71 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | Liberty | Big South | W | 84 | 44 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | @ | Oregon | Pac-10 | L | 75 | 87 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 10, 1996 | REG | @ | Massachusetts | A-10 | W | 102 | 81 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | @ | Texas | Big 12 | L | 86 | 98 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | N | Texas Tech | Big 12 | L | 101 | 111 | 5 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 9 | Mon, Dec 23, 1996 | REG | @ | Saint Mary's (CA) | WCC | W | 83 | 81 | 6 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | L | 75 | 79 | 6 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Mon, Dec 30, 1996 | REG | N | Missouri State | MVC | L | 71 | 86 | 6 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 12 | Tue, Dec 31, 1996 | REG | N | Mississippi State | SEC | L | 60 | 62 | 6 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 13 | Wed, Jan 1, 1997 | REG | N | Southeast Missouri State | OVC | W | 83 | 77 | 7 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Mon, Jan 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Rice | WAC | W | 79 | 76 | 8 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | San Jose State | WAC | W | 80 | 53 | 9 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | Air Force | WAC | W | 78 | 69 | 10 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Jan 20, 1997 | REG | Nevada-Las Vegas | WAC | W | 93 | 82 | 11 | 6 | W 5 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Jan 23, 1997 | REG | @ | Colorado State | WAC | L | 79 | 80 | 11 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Wyoming | WAC | L | 74 | 87 | 11 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 20 | Thu, Jan 30, 1997 | REG | San Diego State | WAC | W | 87 | 71 | 12 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | Hawaii | WAC | W | 80 | 74 | 13 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | @ | San Jose State | WAC | W | 66 | 61 | 14 | 8 | W 3 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | Rice | WAC | W | 82 | 54 | 15 | 8 | W 4 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Air Force | WAC | L | 64 | 85 | 15 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Mon, Feb 17, 1997 | REG | @ | Nevada-Las Vegas | WAC | L | 64 | 78 | 15 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 26 | Thu, Feb 20, 1997 | REG | Wyoming | WAC | W | 76 | 68 | 16 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | Colorado State | WAC | W | 84 | 72 | 17 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 28 | Thu, Feb 27, 1997 | REG | @ | Hawaii | WAC | W | 98 | 80 | 18 | 10 | W 3 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | REG | @ | San Diego State | WAC | W | 103 | 92 | 19 | 10 | W 4 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Thu, Mar 6, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Texas Christian | WAC | L | 81 | 106 | 19 | 11 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Wed, Mar 12, 1997 | NIT | Nevada | Big West | L | 86 | 97 | 19 | 12 | L 2 |