Overall: 16-11, .593 W-L% (103rd of 306)
Conference: 10-8, 5th in MVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Royce Waltman (16-11)
PS/G: 69.4 (171st of 306) ▪ PA/G: 66.6 (61st of 306)
SRS: 3.45 (112th of 306) ▪ SOS: 0.64 (139th of 306)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 22, 1997 | REG | Eastern Illinois | OVC | W | 92 | 81 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Western Michigan | MAC | L | 58 | 74 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Sat, Nov 29, 1997 | REG | Ball State | MAC | W | 66 | 57 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Dec 1, 1997 | REG | Loyola (IL) | MW Coll | W | 89 | 72 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Butler | MW Coll | L | 63 | 65 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 9, 1997 | REG | @ | Milwaukee | MW Coll | W | 74 | 62 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Thu, Dec 18, 1997 | REG | Tennessee State | OVC | W | 99 | 67 | 5 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 20, 1997 | REG | Evansville | MVC | W | 62 | 52 | 6 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 9 | Mon, Dec 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | W | 78 | 61 | 7 | 2 | W 4 | |
| 10 | Tue, Dec 30, 1997 | REG | @ | Illinois State | MVC | L | 59 | 76 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 3, 1998 | REG | @ | Bradley | MVC | W | 65 | 61 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 12 | Mon, Jan 5, 1998 | REG | Wichita State | MVC | W | 73 | 51 | 9 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 10, 1998 | REG | Creighton | MVC | W | 75 | 70 | 10 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Jan 15, 1998 | REG | @ | Creighton | MVC | L | 67 | 80 | 10 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 17, 1998 | REG | Drake | MVC | W | 70 | 55 | 11 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Jan 19, 1998 | REG | Northern Iowa | MVC | W | 76 | 66 | 12 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 24, 1998 | REG | @ | Southern Illinois | MVC | L | 58 | 82 | 12 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Mon, Jan 26, 1998 | REG | Bradley | MVC | W | 62 | 53 | 13 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Jan 31, 1998 | REG | @ | Missouri State | MVC | L | 56 | 74 | 13 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 2, 1998 | REG | @ | Wichita State | MVC | L | 57 | 66 | 13 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 7, 1998 | REG | Illinois State | MVC | L | 66 | 75 | 13 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 12, 1998 | REG | Missouri State | MVC | L | 77 | 86 | 13 | 9 | L 4 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Feb 15, 1998 | REG | @ | Evansville | MVC | L | 73 | 76 | 13 | 10 | L 5 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 18, 1998 | REG | Southern Illinois | MVC | W | 72 | 71 | 14 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 21, 1998 | REG | @ | Northern Iowa | MVC | W | 65 | 45 | 15 | 10 | W 2 | |
| 26 | Mon, Feb 23, 1998 | REG | @ | Drake | MVC | W | 68 | 56 | 16 | 10 | W 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Sat, Feb 28, 1998 | CTOURN | N | Wichita State | MVC | L | 55 | 65 | 16 | 11 | L 1 |