Overall: 20-9, .690 W-L% (47th of 305)
Conference: 10-4, 1st in Southern North (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Greg White (20-9)
PS/G: 79.1 (25th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 75.4 (252nd of 305)
SRS: -2.99 (168th of 305) ▪ SOS: -6.70 (243rd of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 29, 1996 | REG | @ | Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | W | 71 | 61 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Mon, Dec 2, 1996 | REG | @ | Jacksonville State | A-Sun | W | 68 | 54 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | @ | Radford | Big South | W | 81 | 76 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |
| 4 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | Morehead State | OVC | W | 115 | 93 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Dec 17, 1996 | REG | N | West Virginia | Big East | L | 91 | 103 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | North Carolina-Asheville | Big South | W | 109 | 82 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Mon, Dec 23, 1996 | REG | Chattanooga | Southern | W | 90 | 83 | 6 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 30, 1996 | REG | @ | Clemson | ACC | L | 57 | 73 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Fri, Jan 3, 1997 | REG | Delaware | AEC | W | 89 | 78 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Mon, Jan 6, 1997 | REG | @ | North Carolina-Asheville | Big South | L | 63 | 83 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Wed, Jan 8, 1997 | REG | @ | Davidson | Southern | W | 85 | 81 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | Furman | Southern | W | 76 | 65 | 9 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Mon, Jan 13, 1997 | REG | @ | Citadel | Southern | W | 81 | 80 | 10 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | Western Carolina | Southern | W | 96 | 76 | 11 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 15 | Mon, Jan 20, 1997 | REG | @ | Georgia Southern | Southern | W | 70 | 50 | 12 | 3 | W 5 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 70 | 67 | 13 | 3 | W 6 | ||
| 17 | Mon, Jan 27, 1997 | REG | @ | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | L | 92 | 97 | 13 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | East Tennessee State | Southern | L | 64 | 76 | 13 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 19 | Mon, Feb 3, 1997 | REG | Davidson | Southern | W | 76 | 70 | 14 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Feb 5, 1997 | REG | @ | Butler | MW Coll | L | 57 | 84 | 14 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | Georgia Southern | Southern | W | 81 | 68 | 15 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 10, 1997 | REG | @ | Appalachian State | Southern | L | 69 | 77 | 15 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 79 | 77 | 16 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Feb 17, 1997 | REG | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 80 | 69 | 17 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Chattanooga | Southern | L | 72 | 92 | 17 | 8 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Fri, Feb 28, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Georgia Southern | Southern | W | 78 | 46 | 18 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 27 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Appalachian State | Southern | W | 84 | 78 | 19 | 8 | W 2 | |
| 28 | Sun, Mar 2, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Chattanooga | Southern | L | 70 | 71 | OT | 19 | 9 | L 1 |