Overall: 18-15, .545 W-L% (132nd of 305)
Conference: 10-8, 3rd in Big East Big East 7 (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Ralph Willard (18-15)
PS/G: 68.8 (173rd of 305) ▪ PA/G: 68.4 (112th of 305)
SRS: 9.18 (62nd of 305) ▪ SOS: 8.81 (30th of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Nov 24, 1996 | REG | Illinois State | MVC | L | 50 | 69 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 26, 1996 | REG | @ | Navy | Patriot | L | 49 | 60 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Fri, Nov 29, 1996 | REG | @ | North Carolina | ACC | L | 61 | 82 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 4 | Wed, Dec 4, 1996 | REG | Connecticut | Big East | W | 56 | 49 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Dec 8, 1996 | REG | @ | Seton Hall | Big East | L | 51 | 53 | 1 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | Virginia Commonwealth | CAA | L | 55 | 58 | 1 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Dec 18, 1996 | REG | Saint Francis (PA) | NEC | W | 79 | 42 | 2 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | @ | Duquesne | A-10 | W | 75 | 73 | 3 | 5 | W 2 | |
| 9 | Mon, Dec 23, 1996 | REG | Mount St. Mary's | NEC | W | 85 | 70 | 4 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 10 | Fri, Dec 27, 1996 | REG | N | Maryland | ACC | L | 63 | 66 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | N | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 60 | 42 | 5 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 12 | Sun, Dec 29, 1996 | REG | N | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 85 | 78 | 6 | 6 | W 2 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | @ | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 64 | 75 | 6 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 8, 1997 | REG | Miami (FL) | Big East | W | 76 | 72 | 7 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | Rutgers | Big East | W | 75 | 67 | 8 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | St. John's (NY) | Big East | L | 55 | 60 | 8 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Jan 21, 1997 | REG | @ | Boston College | Big East | L | 61 | 81 | 8 | 9 | L 2 | |
| 18 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Georgetown | Big East | W | 89 | 71 | 9 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 19 | Wed, Jan 29, 1997 | REG | Notre Dame | Big East | W | 88 | 64 | 10 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | West Virginia | Big East | L | 59 | 74 | 10 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Wed, Feb 5, 1997 | REG | @ | Miami (FL) | Big East | L | 63 | 78 | 10 | 11 | L 2 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | Seton Hall | Big East | W | 79 | 71 | 11 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Feb 12, 1997 | REG | Villanova | Big East | W | 95 | 89 | 12 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Providence | Big East | L | 70 | 84 | 12 | 12 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Thu, Feb 20, 1997 | REG | Georgetown | Big East | L | 57 | 76 | 12 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 26 | Sun, Feb 23, 1997 | REG | Boston College | Big East | W | 75 | 71 | 13 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Feb 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Connecticut | Big East | W | 77 | 74 | 14 | 13 | W 2 | |
| 28 | Sun, Mar 2, 1997 | REG | @ | Syracuse | Big East | W | 65 | 63 | 15 | 13 | W 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Wed, Mar 5, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Connecticut | Big East | W | 63 | 62 | 16 | 13 | W 4 | |
| 30 | Thu, Mar 6, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Boston College | Big East | L | 68 | 76 | 16 | 14 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Wed, Mar 12, 1997 | NIT | New Orleans | Sun Belt | W | 82 | 63 | 17 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Mon, Mar 17, 1997 | NIT | @ | Arkansas | SEC | L | 71 | 76 | 17 | 15 | L 1 |