Overall: 24-7, .774 W-L% (13th of 305)
Conference: 11-5, 2nd in ACC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dave Odom (24-7)
PS/G: 69.0 (169th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 58.3 (8th of 305)
SRS: 21.21 (7th of 305) ▪ SOS: 10.53 (9th of 305)
NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in West)
Won West First Round (68-46) versus #14 Saint Mary's (CA)
Lost West Second Round (72-66) versus #6 Stanford
| 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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| 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Nov 24, 1996 | REG | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 92 | 63 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Mon, Nov 25, 1996 | REG | @ | Citadel | Southern | W | 86 | 52 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Fri, Nov 29, 1996 | REG | Davidson | Southern | W | 69 | 45 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Dec 1, 1996 | REG | @ | Richmond | CAA | W | 80 | 55 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 5 | Tue, Dec 3, 1996 | REG | N | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 74 | 43 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | @ | North Carolina State | ACC | W | 53 | 45 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | Massachusetts | A-10 | W | 71 | 47 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | Campbell | A-Sun | W | 90 | 53 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Dec 31, 1996 | REG | @ | Utah | WAC | W | 70 | 59 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | North Carolina | ACC | W | 81 | 57 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Jan 8, 1997 | REG | @ | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 73 | 63 | 11 | 0 | W 11 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | W | 81 | 69 | 12 | 0 | W 12 | |
| 13 | Wed, Jan 15, 1997 | REG | Virginia | ACC | W | 58 | 54 | 13 | 0 | W 13 | ||
| 14 | Sun, Jan 19, 1997 | REG | Maryland | ACC | L | 51 | 54 | 13 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Jan 23, 1997 | REG | @ | Clemson | ACC | W | 65 | 62 | 14 | 1 | W 1 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | Florida State | ACC | W | 61 | 58 | 15 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Jan 28, 1997 | REG | Virginia Tech | A-10 | W | 61 | 44 | 16 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Jan 29, 1997 | REG | Wofford | Ind | W | 68 | 51 | 17 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Maryland | ACC | W | 74 | 69 | 18 | 1 | W 5 | |
| 20 | Wed, Feb 5, 1997 | REG | Duke | ACC | L | 68 | 73 | 18 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 21 | Sun, Feb 9, 1997 | REG | @ | Missouri | Big 12 | W | 73 | 65 | 19 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 22 | Wed, Feb 12, 1997 | REG | Clemson | ACC | W | 55 | 49 | 20 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Feb 16, 1997 | REG | North Carolina State | ACC | L | 59 | 60 | 20 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Feb 19, 1997 | REG | @ | North Carolina | ACC | L | 60 | 74 | 20 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 25 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | @ | Virginia | ACC | W | 66 | 60 | 21 | 4 | W 1 | |
| 26 | Tue, Feb 25, 1997 | REG | Georgia Tech | ACC | W | 71 | 55 | 22 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Florida State | ACC | L | 55 | 59 | 22 | 5 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Fri, Mar 7, 1997 | CTOURN | Florida State | ACC | W | 66 | 65 | 23 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Mar 8, 1997 | CTOURN | N | North Carolina | ACC | L | 73 | 86 | 23 | 6 | L 1 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 30 | Fri, Mar 14, 1997 | NCAA | N | Saint Mary's (CA) | WCC | W | 68 | 46 | 24 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 31 | Sun, Mar 16, 1997 | NCAA | N | Stanford | Pac-10 | L | 66 | 72 | 24 | 7 | L 1 |