Overall: 11-16, .407 W-L% (209th of 305)
Conference: 4-12, 6th in SEC East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Kevin O'Neill (11-16)
PS/G: 57.2 (300th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 61.6 (19th of 305)
SRS: 1.84 (133rd of 305) ▪ SOS: 6.21 (67th of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Nov 24, 1996 | REG | Morehead State | OVC | W | 85 | 63 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Dec 1, 1996 | REG | Georgia State | A-Sun | W | 70 | 53 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Dec 4, 1996 | REG | Tennessee Tech | OVC | L | 62 | 73 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | @ | Penn State | Big Ten | L | 41 | 42 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 5 | Sun, Dec 15, 1996 | REG | Memphis | CUSA | W | 57 | 47 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Dec 18, 1996 | REG | Southern California | Pac-10 | W | 71 | 59 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun, Dec 22, 1996 | REG | Miami (FL) | Big East | W | 78 | 65 | 5 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | @ | Charlotte | CUSA | L | 51 | 72 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Tue, Dec 31, 1996 | REG | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 54 | 40 | 6 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | @ | Kentucky | SEC | L | 40 | 74 | 6 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 11 | Wed, Jan 8, 1997 | REG | @ | South Carolina | SEC | L | 41 | 73 | 6 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 75 | 65 | 7 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Jan 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | L | 35 | 43 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Sun, Jan 19, 1997 | REG | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 66 | 52 | 8 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Jan 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | L | 48 | 70 | 8 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | Florida | SEC | L | 50 | 56 | 8 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Jan 29, 1997 | REG | Georgia | SEC | L | 50 | 63 | 8 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | Wofford | Ind | W | 60 | 41 | 9 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Feb 5, 1997 | REG | @ | Arkansas | SEC | L | 54 | 77 | 9 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | Alabama | SEC | W | 65 | 61 | 10 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Wed, Feb 12, 1997 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | L | 53 | 66 | 10 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 54 | 53 | 11 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Feb 19, 1997 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | L | 54 | 76 | 11 | 12 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | South Carolina | SEC | L | 58 | 69 | 11 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 25 | Tue, Feb 25, 1997 | REG | Kentucky | SEC | L | 64 | 74 | 11 | 14 | L 3 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Georgia | SEC | L | 55 | 69 | 11 | 15 | L 4 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Thu, Mar 6, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Auburn | SEC | L | 54 | 67 | 11 | 16 | L 5 |