Overall: 12-15, .444 W-L% (184th of 305)
Conference: 6-8, 3rd in CUSA Red (Schedule and Results)
Coach: James Green (12-15)
PS/G: 61.1 (279th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 61.6 (21st of 305)
SRS: 0.25 (140th of 305) ▪ SOS: 0.77 (129th of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 22, 1996 | REG | @ | Texas Tech | Big 12 | L | 79 | 96 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Tue, Nov 26, 1996 | REG | Jackson State | SWAC | W | 68 | 54 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | @ | Louisiana-Monroe | Southland | L | 55 | 59 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Tue, Dec 3, 1996 | REG | South Alabama | Sun Belt | W | 55 | 36 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Dec 6, 1996 | REG | N | La Salle | A-10 | L | 50 | 62 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | N | Grambling | SWAC | W | 70 | 52 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 7 | Wed, Dec 11, 1996 | REG | Nicholls State | Southland | W | 75 | 56 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | @ | New Orleans | Sun Belt | L | 62 | 71 | 4 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | @ | Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | L | 63 | 84 | 4 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 10 | Mon, Dec 23, 1996 | REG | Texas Southern | SWAC | W | 56 | 51 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Dec 30, 1996 | REG | @ | Oral Roberts | Ind | L | 53 | 61 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | @ | Marquette | CUSA | L | 44 | 61 | 5 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Tulane | CUSA | L | 63 | 79 | 5 | 8 | L 3 | |
| 14 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | Alabama-Birmingham | CUSA | W | 74 | 59 | 6 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Jan 21, 1997 | REG | DePaul | CUSA | W | 56 | 48 | 7 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | South Florida | CUSA | W | 57 | 44 | 8 | 8 | W 3 | |
| 17 | Mon, Jan 27, 1997 | REG | Tulane | CUSA | L | 50 | 64 | 8 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Jan 30, 1997 | REG | @ | Memphis | CUSA | L | 54 | 68 | 8 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 19 | Sun, Feb 2, 1997 | REG | @ | Saint Louis | CUSA | W | 53 | 49 | 9 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | Houston | CUSA | W | 81 | 64 | 10 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 21 | Sun, Feb 9, 1997 | REG | South Florida | CUSA | W | 75 | 50 | 11 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Alabama-Birmingham | CUSA | L | 52 | 65 | 11 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Wed, Feb 19, 1997 | REG | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | W | 70 | 66 | 12 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | Louisville | CUSA | L | 72 | 75 | 12 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Tue, Feb 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Cincinnati | CUSA | L | 49 | 63 | 12 | 13 | L 2 | |
| 26 | Sun, Mar 2, 1997 | REG | Charlotte | CUSA | L | 53 | 58 | 12 | 14 | L 3 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Wed, Mar 5, 1997 | CTOURN | @ | Saint Louis | CUSA | L | 61 | 69 | 12 | 15 | L 4 |