Overall: 14-14, .500 W-L% (156th of 305)
Conference: 10-6, 4th in MW Coll (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mike Heideman (14-14)
PS/G: 56.4 (301st of 305) ▪ PA/G: 55.3 (4th of 305)
SRS: 0.88 (136th of 305) ▪ SOS: -0.16 (142nd of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 25, 1996 | REG | @ | Northern Iowa | MVC | L | 51 | 68 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | Oregon | Pac-10 | L | 58 | 67 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Dec 3, 1996 | REG | Northeastern Illinois | Mid-Cont | L | 49 | 52 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | W | 66 | 53 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Dec 10, 1996 | REG | @ | Valparaiso | Mid-Cont | L | 44 | 50 | 1 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | @ | Marquette | CUSA | L | 39 | 55 | 1 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | Illinois State | MVC | L | 61 | 71 | 1 | 6 | L 3 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 30, 1996 | REG | Pepperdine | WCC | W | 57 | 49 | 2 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Dec 31, 1996 | REG | Saint Joseph's | A-10 | L | 59 | 64 | 2 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | Illinois-Chicago | MW Coll | W | 66 | 41 | 3 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Jan 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Wright State | MW Coll | L | 72 | 79 | 3 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Thu, Jan 9, 1997 | REG | Cleveland State | MW Coll | W | 72 | 56 | 4 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | Detroit Mercy | MW Coll | W | 46 | 44 | 5 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Jan 16, 1997 | REG | @ | Northern Illinois | MW Coll | W | 71 | 67 | 6 | 8 | W 3 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | @ | Butler | MW Coll | L | 43 | 50 | 6 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | Loyola (IL) | MW Coll | W | 63 | 48 | 7 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Jan 27, 1997 | REG | Milwaukee | MW Coll | W | 62 | 49 | 8 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Jan 30, 1997 | REG | @ | Loyola (IL) | MW Coll | L | 45 | 47 | 8 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Illinois-Chicago | MW Coll | L | 58 | 60 | 8 | 11 | L 2 | |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Cleveland State | MW Coll | L | 48 | 57 | 8 | 12 | L 3 | |
| 21 | Mon, Feb 10, 1997 | REG | Northern Illinois | MW Coll | W | 64 | 46 | 9 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Sun, Feb 16, 1997 | REG | @ | Detroit Mercy | MW Coll | L | 36 | 72 | 9 | 13 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Tue, Feb 18, 1997 | REG | Butler | MW Coll | W | 58 | 56 | 10 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Feb 20, 1997 | REG | @ | Wright State | MW Coll | W | 69 | 49 | 11 | 13 | W 2 | |
| 25 | Mon, Feb 24, 1997 | REG | Milwaukee | MW Coll | W | 62 | 46 | 12 | 13 | W 3 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Loyola (IL) | MW Coll | W | 51 | 41 | 13 | 13 | W 4 | |
| 27 | Sun, Mar 2, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Butler | MW Coll | L | 52 | 57 | OT | 13 | 14 | L 1 |