Overall: 24-11, .686 W-L% (58th of 305)
Conference: 9-9, 7th in Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Steve Fisher (24-11)
*Overall W-L adjusted to 0-11 (more)
PS/G: 74.1 (72nd of 305) ▪ PA/G: 67.9 (103rd of 305)
SRS: 16.73 (15th of 305) ▪ SOS: 10.53 (10th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 24 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Nov 26, 1996 | REG | Ball State | MAC | W | 87 | 63 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | @ | Cleveland State | MW Coll | W | 80 | 74 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Mon, Dec 2, 1996 | REG | Bradley | MVC | W | 66 | 64 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Thu, Dec 5, 1996 | REG | Detroit Mercy | MW Coll | W | 75 | 59 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Dec 8, 1996 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | W | 62 | 61 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |
| 6 | Wed, Dec 11, 1996 | REG | @ | St. John's (NY) | Big East | W | 76 | 61 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | |
| 7 | Sun, Dec 15, 1996 | REG | N | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 70 | 59 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | N | Arizona | Pac-10 | W | 73 | 71 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | |
| 9 | Fri, Dec 27, 1996 | REG | N | Memphis | CUSA | L | 72 | 73 | 8 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | N | Washington State | Pac-10 | W | 85 | 79 | 9 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 11 | Sun, Dec 29, 1996 | REG | N | Pittsburgh | Big East | L | 78 | 85 | 9 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Thu, Jan 2, 1997 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 71 | 73 | 9 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 75 | 57 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Thu, Jan 9, 1997 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 88 | 74 | 11 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 64 | 70 | 11 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Thu, Jan 16, 1997 | REG | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 89 | 65 | 12 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Sun, Jan 19, 1997 | REG | Iowa | Big Ten | W | 79 | 71 | 13 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Jan 21, 1997 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 70 | 72 | 13 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 74 | 61 | 14 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 20 | Tue, Jan 28, 1997 | REG | @ | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 67 | 59 | 15 | 5 | W 2 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 85 | 65 | 16 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | L | 53 | 58 | 16 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | Penn State | Big Ten | W | 81 | 64 | 17 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Feb 16, 1997 | REG | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 81 | 84 | OT | 17 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Thu, Feb 20, 1997 | REG | @ | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 75 | 80 | 17 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 26 | Sun, Feb 23, 1997 | REG | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | L | 58 | 67 | 17 | 9 | L 3 | |
| 27 | Wed, Feb 26, 1997 | REG | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 54 | 55 | 17 | 10 | L 4 | ||
| 28 | Sun, Mar 2, 1997 | REG | @ | Illinois | Big Ten | L | 51 | 70 | 17 | 11 | L 5 | |
| 29 | Wed, Mar 5, 1997 | REG | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 93 | 76 | 18 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Sun, Mar 9, 1997 | REG | @ | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 86 | 81 | 19 | 11 | W 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Thu, Mar 13, 1997 | NIT | Miami (FL) | Big East | W | 76 | 61 | 20 | 11 | W 3 | ||
| 32 | Tue, Mar 18, 1997 | NIT | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | W | 75 | 65 | 21 | 11 | W 4 | ||
| 33 | Thu, Mar 20, 1997 | NIT | @ | Notre Dame | Big East | W | 67 | 66 | 22 | 11 | W 5 | |
| 34 | Tue, Mar 25, 1997 | NIT | N | Arkansas | SEC | W | 77 | 62 | 23 | 11 | W 6 | |
| 35 | Thu, Mar 27, 1997 | NIT | N | Florida State | ACC | W | 82 | 73 | 24 | 11 | W 7 |