Overall: 16-13, .552 W-L% (122nd of 305)
Conference: 10-6, 1st in Southland (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mike Miller (16-13)
PS/G: 70.5 (144th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 70.3 (155th of 305)
SRS: -7.55 (220th of 305) ▪ SOS: -7.73 (268th of 305)
NCAA Tournament: (#16 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest First Round (78-46) versus #1 Minnesota
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 25, 1996 | REG | Texas Southern | SWAC | W | 78 | 73 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Nov 29, 1996 | REG | N | Troy | Mid-Cont | L | 52 | 85 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | N | Coastal Carolina | Big South | W | 74 | 58 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 4 | Mon, Dec 2, 1996 | REG | @ | Connecticut | Big East | L | 49 | 66 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | @ | Centenary (LA) | A-Sun | L | 75 | 78 | 2 | 3 | L 2 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 10, 1996 | REG | San Diego State | WAC | W | 81 | 77 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | @ | Lamar | Sun Belt | L | 67 | 73 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Fri, Dec 27, 1996 | REG | N | Tulsa | WAC | L | 60 | 76 | 3 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 9 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | N | Western Illinois | Mid-Cont | L | 61 | 68 | 3 | 6 | L 3 | |
| 10 | Thu, Jan 2, 1997 | REG | McNeese State | Southland | W | 80 | 64 | 4 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | Nicholls State | Southland | W | 82 | 73 | 5 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Jan 9, 1997 | REG | @ | Louisiana-Monroe | Southland | L | 54 | 58 | 5 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Northwestern State | Southland | W | 65 | 58 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Texas-Arlington | Southland | L | 63 | 66 | 6 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | Sam Houston State | Southland | W | 75 | 60 | 7 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Jan 20, 1997 | REG | Stephen F. Austin | Southland | W | 86 | 71 | 8 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Texas-San Antonio | Southland | W | 100 | 85 | 9 | 8 | W 3 | |
| 18 | Thu, Jan 30, 1997 | REG | Northwestern State | Southland | W | 87 | 77 | 10 | 8 | W 4 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | Louisiana-Monroe | Southland | W | 72 | 62 | 11 | 8 | W 5 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Nicholls State | Southland | L | 73 | 76 | 11 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | @ | McNeese State | Southland | L | 70 | 87 | 11 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 22 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Texas-San Antonio | Southland | W | 86 | 78 | 12 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 20, 1997 | REG | Texas-Arlington | Southland | W | 64 | 63 | 13 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Feb 27, 1997 | REG | @ | Stephen F. Austin | Southland | L | 55 | 65 | 13 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 25 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Sam Houston State | Southland | L | 69 | 71 | 13 | 12 | L 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Fri, Mar 7, 1997 | CTOURN | N | McNeese State | Southland | W | 76 | 59 | 14 | 12 | W 1 | |
| 27 | Sat, Mar 8, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Louisiana-Monroe | Southland | W | 74 | 64 | 15 | 12 | W 2 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 14, 1997 | NCAA | N | Minnesota | Big Ten | L | 46 | 78 | 15 | 13 | L 1 |