Overall: 22-11, .667 W-L% (65th of 305)
Conference: 10-6, 1st in CAA (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jeff Capel (22-11)
PS/G: 71.0 (137th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 66.8 (87th of 305)
SRS: 3.73 (103rd of 305) ▪ SOS: -0.45 (145th of 305)
NCAA Tournament: (#14 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (59-55) versus #3 New Mexico
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 22, 1996 | REG | @ | Towson | AEC | W | 84 | 82 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Mon, Nov 25, 1996 | REG | Toledo | MAC | W | 65 | 57 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | Charlotte | CUSA | W | 65 | 64 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Dec 2, 1996 | REG | Tennessee State | OVC | W | 95 | 85 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Dec 5, 1996 | REG | Washington | Pac-10 | W | 67 | 57 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Dec 10, 1996 | REG | @ | Hampton | MEAC | W | 57 | 46 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | |
| 7 | Fri, Dec 13, 1996 | REG | N | Eastern Michigan | MAC | L | 78 | 79 | 6 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | N | Pepperdine | WCC | W | 56 | 47 | 7 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 9 | Thu, Dec 19, 1996 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | L | 73 | 80 | 7 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Mon, Dec 30, 1996 | REG | N | Nebraska | Big 12 | L | 66 | 72 | 7 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 11 | Tue, Dec 31, 1996 | REG | N | Southeast Missouri State | OVC | W | 74 | 61 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 12 | Wed, Jan 1, 1997 | REG | N | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 72 | 71 | 9 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | @ | Richmond | CAA | W | 76 | 69 | 10 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 8, 1997 | REG | @ | George Mason | CAA | W | 94 | 85 | 11 | 3 | W 4 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | East Carolina | CAA | W | 79 | 70 | 12 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Jan 13, 1997 | REG | North Carolina-Wilmington | CAA | W | 61 | 45 | 13 | 3 | W 6 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Jan 15, 1997 | REG | @ | American | CAA | L | 77 | 80 | 13 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | @ | Virginia Commonwealth | CAA | W | 82 | 65 | 14 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 19 | Wed, Jan 22, 1997 | REG | William & Mary | CAA | L | 55 | 61 | 14 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | James Madison | CAA | L | 66 | 84 | 14 | 6 | L 2 | |
| 21 | Wed, Jan 29, 1997 | REG | @ | East Carolina | CAA | L | 63 | 78 | 14 | 7 | L 3 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | Richmond | CAA | W | 63 | 51 | 15 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Feb 5, 1997 | REG | @ | William & Mary | CAA | L | 52 | 80 | 15 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | @ | North Carolina-Wilmington | CAA | L | 73 | 74 | 15 | 9 | L 2 | |
| 25 | Tue, Feb 11, 1997 | REG | @ | George Washington | A-10 | L | 63 | 68 | 15 | 10 | L 3 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Virginia Commonwealth | CAA | W | 75 | 70 | 16 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Wed, Feb 19, 1997 | REG | American | CAA | W | 99 | 61 | 17 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | George Mason | CAA | W | 85 | 62 | 18 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 29 | Mon, Feb 24, 1997 | REG | James Madison | CAA | W | 72 | 66 | 19 | 10 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Richmond | CAA | W | 69 | 56 | 20 | 10 | W 5 | |
| 31 | Sun, Mar 2, 1997 | CTOURN | N | William & Mary | CAA | W | 70 | 62 | 21 | 10 | W 6 | |
| 32 | Mon, Mar 3, 1997 | CTOURN | N | James Madison | CAA | W | 62 | 58 | OT | 22 | 10 | W 7 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 33 | Fri, Mar 14, 1997 | NCAA | N | New Mexico | WAC | L | 55 | 59 | 22 | 11 | L 1 |