Overall: 19-12, .613 W-L% (91st of 305)
Conference: 9-7, 4th in SEC East (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jan Van Breda Kolff (19-12)
PS/G: 69.9 (154th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 66.1 (75th of 305)
SRS: 11.47 (48th of 305) ▪ SOS: 7.70 (46th of 305)
NCAA Tournament: (#10 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest First Round (80-68) versus #7 Xavier
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Nov 20, 1996 | REG | Valparaiso | Mid-Cont | W | 74 | 66 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Nov 22, 1996 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | L | 57 | 86 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 3 | Wed, Dec 4, 1996 | REG | Alabama-Birmingham | CUSA | W | 66 | 62 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | @ | Memphis | CUSA | W | 66 | 59 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 5 | Mon, Dec 9, 1996 | REG | @ | Boston College | Big East | L | 52 | 59 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Sun, Dec 15, 1996 | REG | Nicholls State | Southland | W | 85 | 37 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | Tennessee Tech | OVC | W | 82 | 61 | 5 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Dec 23, 1996 | REG | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | W | 92 | 56 | 6 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Dec 29, 1996 | REG | @ | Evansville | MVC | L | 61 | 66 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Tue, Dec 31, 1996 | REG | Saint Louis | CUSA | W | 81 | 61 | 7 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | Alabama | SEC | W | 92 | 84 | 8 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Jan 8, 1997 | REG | Georgia | SEC | L | 53 | 61 | 8 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | L | 65 | 75 | 8 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 69 | 62 | 9 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | Mississippi | SEC | W | 67 | 64 | 10 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 22, 1997 | REG | N | Kentucky | SEC | L | 46 | 58 | 10 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | L | 53 | 60 | 10 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 18 | Wed, Jan 29, 1997 | REG | South Carolina | SEC | L | 64 | 65 | 10 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | W | 74 | 63 | 11 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 5, 1997 | REG | Memphis | CUSA | W | 69 | 62 | 12 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | Arkansas | SEC | W | 87 | 83 | 13 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 12, 1997 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 66 | 53 | 14 | 8 | W 4 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | W | 75 | 61 | 15 | 8 | W 5 | |
| 24 | Wed, Feb 19, 1997 | REG | @ | Georgia | SEC | W | 86 | 80 | 16 | 8 | W 6 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | Kentucky | SEC | L | 79 | 82 | 16 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Feb 26, 1997 | REG | @ | South Carolina | SEC | L | 53 | 74 | 16 | 10 | L 2 | |
| 27 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | REG | Florida | SEC | W | 79 | 72 | 17 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 6, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 73 | 67 | OT | 18 | 10 | W 2 |
| 29 | Fri, Mar 7, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Mississippi | SEC | L | 62 | 64 | 18 | 11 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Thu, Mar 13, 1997 | NCAA | N | Xavier | A-10 | L | 68 | 80 | 18 | 12 | L 2 |