Overall: 26-7, .788 W-L% (12th of 305)
Conference: 13-3, 1st in A-10 East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Phil Martelli (26-7)
PS/G: 71.2 (132nd of 305) ▪ PA/G: 66.0 (74th of 305)
SRS: 12.96 (40th of 305) ▪ SOS: 7.71 (44th of 305)
NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in West)
Won West First Round (75-65) versus #13 Pacific
Won West Second Round (81-77) versus #5 Boston College
Lost West Regional Semifinal (83-68) versus #1 Kentucky
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 19 | 12 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Nov 20, 1996 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | L | 60 | 89 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Tue, Dec 3, 1996 | REG | Wyoming | WAC | W | 71 | 57 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | N | Tulsa | WAC | W | 67 | 64 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 4 | Mon, Dec 16, 1996 | REG | DePaul | CUSA | W | 71 | 58 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Dec 19, 1996 | REG | @ | East Carolina | CAA | L | 64 | 68 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Mon, Dec 23, 1996 | REG | Villanova | Big East | L | 65 | 81 | 3 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Mon, Dec 30, 1996 | REG | N | Austin Peay | OVC | W | 74 | 58 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 8 | Tue, Dec 31, 1996 | REG | @ | Green Bay | MW Coll | W | 64 | 59 | 5 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 9 | Sun, Jan 5, 1997 | REG | @ | Massachusetts | A-10 | W | 72 | 68 | 6 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 10 | Thu, Jan 9, 1997 | REG | St. Bonaventure | A-10 | W | 82 | 80 | 7 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Rhode Island | A-10 | L | 70 | 74 | 7 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Wed, Jan 15, 1997 | REG | @ | George Washington | A-10 | W | 55 | 53 | 8 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | @ | Pennsylvania | Ivy | W | 66 | 61 | 9 | 4 | W 2 | |
| 14 | Tue, Jan 21, 1997 | REG | Duquesne | A-10 | W | 82 | 74 | 10 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | Virginia Tech | A-10 | W | 68 | 50 | 11 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Jan 30, 1997 | REG | Temple | A-10 | L | 59 | 68 | 11 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Sun, Feb 2, 1997 | REG | Rhode Island | A-10 | W | 79 | 77 | 12 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Feb 4, 1997 | REG | Dayton | A-10 | W | 89 | 82 | 13 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | Fordham | A-10 | W | 71 | 53 | 14 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | Xavier | A-10 | W | 79 | 65 | 15 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| 21 | Tue, Feb 11, 1997 | REG | Drexel | AEC | W | 63 | 62 | 16 | 5 | W 5 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 13, 1997 | REG | @ | Temple | A-10 | L | 62 | 64 | 16 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Sun, Feb 16, 1997 | REG | @ | Fordham | A-10 | W | 77 | 66 | 17 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Tue, Feb 18, 1997 | REG | Delaware | AEC | W | 77 | 65 | 18 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | @ | St. Bonaventure | A-10 | W | 86 | 50 | 19 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 26 | Tue, Feb 25, 1997 | REG | Massachusetts | A-10 | W | 78 | 63 | 20 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | REG | @ | La Salle | A-10 | W | 62 | 59 | 21 | 6 | W 5 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 6, 1997 | CTOURN | St. Bonaventure | A-10 | W | 75 | 59 | 22 | 6 | W 6 | ||
| 29 | Fri, Mar 7, 1997 | CTOURN | George Washington | A-10 | W | 78 | 70 | 23 | 6 | W 7 | ||
| 30 | Sat, Mar 8, 1997 | CTOURN | Rhode Island | A-10 | W | 61 | 56 | 24 | 6 | W 8 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Thu, Mar 13, 1997 | NCAA | N | Pacific | Big West | W | 75 | 65 | 25 | 6 | W 9 | |
| 32 | Sat, Mar 15, 1997 | NCAA | N | Boston College | Big East | W | 81 | 77 | OT | 26 | 6 | W 10 |
| 33 | Thu, Mar 20, 1997 | NCAA | N | Kentucky | SEC | L | 68 | 83 | 26 | 7 | L 1 |