Overall: 20-10, .667 W-L% (65th of 305)
Conference: 12-6, 2nd in OVC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mark Gottfried (20-10)
PS/G: 77.0 (36th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 73.1 (214th of 305)
SRS: -4.24 (180th of 305) ▪ SOS: -8.17 (276th of 305)
NCAA Tournament: (#15 seed in Southeast)
Lost Southeast First Round (71-68) versus #2 Duke
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Dec 2, 1996 | REG | @ | Middle Tennessee | OVC | L | 72 | 85 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Thu, Dec 5, 1996 | REG | Alcorn State | SWAC | W | 107 | 86 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | @ | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | L | 69 | 70 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Wed, Dec 18, 1996 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | CUSA | L | 54 | 61 | 1 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | N | Auburn | SEC | L | 72 | 86 | 1 | 4 | L 3 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | @ | Alcorn State | SWAC | W | 64 | 62 | 2 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Mon, Jan 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Tennessee-Martin | OVC | W | 80 | 68 | 3 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 8 | Thu, Jan 9, 1997 | REG | @ | Eastern Illinois | OVC | L | 64 | 76 | 3 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | Austin Peay | OVC | W | 85 | 78 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Mon, Jan 13, 1997 | REG | Tennessee State | OVC | W | 87 | 75 | 5 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | @ | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | W | 60 | 59 | 6 | 5 | W 3 | |
| 12 | Mon, Jan 20, 1997 | REG | @ | Morehead State | OVC | L | 78 | 86 | 6 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Thu, Jan 23, 1997 | REG | Southeast Missouri State | OVC | W | 77 | 75 | 7 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | Middle Tennessee | OVC | W | 78 | 72 | 8 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Mon, Jan 27, 1997 | REG | Tennessee Tech | OVC | W | 85 | 78 | 9 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | Tennessee-Martin | OVC | W | 88 | 69 | 10 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Southeast Missouri State | OVC | W | 86 | 75 | 11 | 6 | W 5 | |
| 18 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | @ | Tennessee State | OVC | L | 68 | 84 | 11 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Mon, Feb 10, 1997 | REG | @ | Austin Peay | OVC | L | 67 | 79 | 11 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 13, 1997 | REG | @ | Tennessee Tech | OVC | L | 62 | 89 | 11 | 9 | L 3 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Morehead State | OVC | W | 82 | 65 | 12 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 17, 1997 | REG | Eastern Kentucky | OVC | W | 83 | 57 | 13 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 20, 1997 | REG | Eastern Illinois | OVC | W | 106 | 72 | 14 | 9 | W 3 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 24 | Tue, Feb 25, 1997 | CTOURN | Tennessee State | OVC | W | 76 | 63 | 15 | 9 | W 4 | ||
| 25 | Fri, Feb 28, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Middle Tennessee | OVC | W | 74 | 48 | 16 | 9 | W 5 | |
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Austin Peay | OVC | W | 88 | 85 | OT | 17 | 9 | W 6 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Fri, Mar 14, 1997 | NCAA | N | Duke | ACC | L | 68 | 71 | 17 | 10 | L 1 |