Overall: 18-13, .581 W-L% (109th of 305)
Conference: 7-9, 6th in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jeff Jones (18-13)
PS/G: 67.7 (196th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 65.0 (51st of 305)
SRS: 14.09 (30th of 305) ▪ SOS: 11.38 (3rd of 305)
NCAA Tournament: (#9 seed in West)
Lost West First Round (73-60) versus #8 Iowa
| 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 |
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| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Nov 25, 1996 | REG | N | South Carolina | SEC | W | 93 | 70 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |
| 2 | Tue, Nov 26, 1996 | REG | N | Massachusetts | A-10 | W | 75 | 68 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Wed, Nov 27, 1996 | REG | N | Kansas | Big 12 | L | 63 | 80 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | @ | George Mason | CAA | W | 106 | 93 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Wed, Dec 4, 1996 | REG | @ | William & Mary | CAA | W | 75 | 64 | 4 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | Clemson | ACC | L | 52 | 62 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Dec 18, 1996 | REG | Liberty | Big South | W | 67 | 54 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | Maryland-Baltimore County | Big South | W | 57 | 34 | 6 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Mon, Dec 23, 1996 | REG | @ | Connecticut | Big East | L | 61 | 64 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | Radford | Big South | W | 95 | 47 | 7 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Dec 30, 1996 | REG | Delaware | AEC | W | 76 | 66 | 8 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Jan 2, 1997 | REG | Loyola (MD) | MAAC | W | 67 | 61 | 9 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | @ | Maryland | ACC | L | 62 | 78 | 9 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 8, 1997 | REG | @ | Florida State | ACC | W | 64 | 61 | 10 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | W | 75 | 63 | 11 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Jan 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Wake Forest | ACC | L | 54 | 58 | 11 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | L | 59 | 78 | 11 | 6 | L 2 | |
| 18 | Wed, Jan 22, 1997 | REG | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 68 | 64 | 12 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Jan 28, 1997 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 56 | 50 | 13 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Jan 30, 1997 | REG | Richmond | CAA | W | 83 | 66 | 14 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | Florida State | ACC | W | 73 | 60 | 15 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Georgia Tech | ACC | L | 53 | 66 | 15 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | @ | North Carolina | ACC | L | 57 | 81 | 15 | 8 | L 2 | |
| 24 | Tue, Feb 11, 1997 | REG | Duke | ACC | L | 61 | 62 | 15 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | @ | Clemson | ACC | L | 65 | 71 | 15 | 10 | L 4 | |
| 26 | Wed, Feb 19, 1997 | REG | @ | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 55 | 46 | 16 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 27 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | Wake Forest | ACC | L | 60 | 66 | 16 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Feb 25, 1997 | REG | N | Virginia Tech | A-10 | W | 58 | 57 | 17 | 11 | W 1 | |
| 29 | Sun, Mar 2, 1997 | REG | Maryland | ACC | W | 81 | 74 | 18 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Fri, Mar 7, 1997 | CTOURN | @ | North Carolina | ACC | L | 68 | 78 | 18 | 12 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 31 | Thu, Mar 13, 1997 | NCAA | N | Iowa | Big Ten | L | 60 | 73 | 18 | 13 | L 2 |