Overall: 15-14, .517 W-L% (151st of 305)
Conference: 8-8, 2nd in A-10 West (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mike Jarvis (15-14)
PS/G: 67.1 (212th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 63.7 (41st of 305)
SRS: 10.36 (55th of 305) ▪ SOS: 6.98 (54th 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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| 24 | 24 | 25 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 22, 1996 | REG | Holy Cross | Patriot | W | 86 | 56 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 23, 1996 | REG | Boston University | AEC | W | 73 | 68 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Nov 26, 1996 | REG | South Florida | CUSA | W | 77 | 65 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | Texas Tech | Big 12 | L | 75 | 84 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Mon, Dec 2, 1996 | REG | @ | American | CAA | W | 71 | 51 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 6 | Sun, Dec 8, 1996 | REG | N | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 57 | 36 | 5 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 7 | Mon, Dec 9, 1996 | REG | @ | Maryland | ACC | L | 68 | 74 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Wed, Dec 11, 1996 | REG | @ | Kansas | Big 12 | L | 56 | 85 | 5 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 9 | Mon, Dec 30, 1996 | REG | @ | Charlotte | CUSA | L | 69 | 76 | 5 | 4 | L 3 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | Fordham | A-10 | W | 86 | 66 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Jan 6, 1997 | REG | @ | St. Bonaventure | A-10 | L | 63 | 74 | 6 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Duquesne | A-10 | W | 69 | 55 | 7 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 13 | Wed, Jan 15, 1997 | REG | Saint Joseph's | A-10 | L | 53 | 55 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | @ | Dayton | A-10 | W | 59 | 38 | 8 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Thu, Jan 23, 1997 | REG | Xavier | A-10 | L | 61 | 62 | 8 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | La Salle | A-10 | W | 56 | 52 | 9 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Jan 30, 1997 | REG | Massachusetts | A-10 | L | 63 | 68 | 9 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | La Salle | A-10 | W | 78 | 77 | 10 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 19 | Tue, Feb 4, 1997 | REG | @ | Virginia Tech | A-10 | L | 43 | 45 | 10 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Tue, Feb 11, 1997 | REG | Old Dominion | CAA | W | 68 | 63 | 11 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Xavier | A-10 | L | 76 | 87 | 11 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Mon, Feb 17, 1997 | REG | Duquesne | A-10 | W | 90 | 56 | 12 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 20, 1997 | REG | Virginia Tech | A-10 | W | 69 | 52 | 13 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Temple | A-10 | L | 59 | 71 | 13 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Wed, Feb 26, 1997 | REG | @ | Rhode Island | A-10 | L | 72 | 83 | 13 | 12 | L 2 | |
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | REG | Dayton | A-10 | W | 71 | 57 | 14 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Thu, Mar 6, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Massachusetts | A-10 | W | 58 | 49 | 15 | 12 | W 2 | |
| 28 | Fri, Mar 7, 1997 | CTOURN | @ | Saint Joseph's | A-10 | L | 70 | 78 | 15 | 13 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Wed, Mar 12, 1997 | NIT | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 50 | 65 | 15 | 14 | L 2 |