Overall: 24-8, .750 W-L% (19th of 305)
Conference: 15-1, 1st in SEC East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Eddie Fogler (24-8)
PS/G: 74.4 (62nd of 305) ▪ PA/G: 67.0 (91st of 305)
SRS: 14.39 (27th of 305) ▪ SOS: 7.01 (52nd of 305)
NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (78-65) versus #15 Coppin State
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 25, 1996 | REG | N | Virginia | ACC | L | 70 | 93 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Wed, Nov 27, 1996 | REG | N | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 74 | 68 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 3 | Mon, Dec 2, 1996 | REG | Wofford | Ind | W | 64 | 41 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Dec 6, 1996 | REG | @ | Charlotte | CUSA | W | 75 | 60 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | N | North Carolina | ACC | L | 75 | 86 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 17, 1996 | REG | Clemson | ACC | L | 39 | 58 | 3 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Dec 19, 1996 | REG | North Carolina-Asheville | Big South | L | 74 | 80 | 3 | 4 | L 3 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | South Carolina State | MEAC | W | 79 | 60 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | Charleston Southern | Big South | L | 81 | 85 | 4 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Mon, Dec 30, 1996 | REG | Furman | Southern | W | 100 | 62 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | Auburn | SEC | W | 66 | 56 | 6 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Jan 8, 1997 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 73 | 41 | 7 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 73 | 65 | 8 | 5 | W 4 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | W | 80 | 79 | 9 | 5 | W 5 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | Georgia | SEC | W | 82 | 71 | 10 | 5 | W 6 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Alabama | SEC | W | 62 | 60 | 11 | 5 | W 7 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | Mississippi | SEC | W | 86 | 63 | 12 | 5 | W 8 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Jan 29, 1997 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 65 | 64 | 13 | 5 | W 9 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 80 | 65 | 14 | 5 | W 10 | |
| 20 | Tue, Feb 4, 1997 | REG | Kentucky | SEC | W | 84 | 79 | OT | 15 | 5 | W 11 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | Florida | SEC | W | 76 | 68 | 16 | 5 | W 12 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 12, 1997 | REG | @ | Georgia | SEC | L | 74 | 77 | 16 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Cincinnati | CUSA | W | 97 | 83 | 17 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 24 | Tue, Feb 18, 1997 | REG | Arkansas | SEC | W | 78 | 65 | 18 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Thu, Feb 20, 1997 | REG | @ | Citadel | Southern | W | 85 | 55 | 19 | 6 | W 3 | |
| 26 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | W | 69 | 58 | 20 | 6 | W 4 | |
| 27 | Wed, Feb 26, 1997 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 74 | 53 | 21 | 6 | W 5 | ||
| 28 | Sun, Mar 2, 1997 | REG | @ | Kentucky | SEC | W | 72 | 66 | 22 | 6 | W 6 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 29 | Fri, Mar 7, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Alabama | SEC | W | 72 | 61 | 23 | 6 | W 7 | |
| 30 | Sat, Mar 8, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Georgia | SEC | L | 63 | 78 | 23 | 7 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Fri, Mar 14, 1997 | NCAA | N | Coppin State | MEAC | L | 65 | 78 | 23 | 8 | L 2 |