Overall: 14-13, .519 W-L% (144th of 305)
Conference: 7-7, 2nd in Southern South (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Phil Hopkins (14-13)
PS/G: 70.0 (150th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 76.6 (262nd of 305)
SRS: -11.07 (243rd of 305) ▪ SOS: -4.45 (209th of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 23, 1996 | REG | @ | Cincinnati | CUSA | L | 72 | 99 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | @ | Alabama | SEC | L | 48 | 100 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Sun, Dec 15, 1996 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | L | 55 | 80 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | |
| 4 | Tue, Dec 17, 1996 | REG | @ | Mercer | A-Sun | W | 93 | 84 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 5 | Sun, Dec 22, 1996 | REG | @ | Austin Peay | OVC | W | 76 | 69 | 2 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 6 | Mon, Dec 30, 1996 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | L | 54 | 104 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | Wofford | Ind | W | 93 | 78 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Jan 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Citadel | Southern | L | 62 | 82 | 3 | 5 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Thu, Jan 9, 1997 | REG | @ | Wofford | Ind | W | 71 | 51 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 10 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | Appalachian State | Southern | L | 76 | 81 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Mon, Jan 13, 1997 | REG | @ | Davidson | Southern | L | 71 | 80 | 4 | 7 | L 2 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | @ | Marshall | Southern | L | 76 | 96 | 4 | 8 | L 3 | |
| 13 | Mon, Jan 20, 1997 | REG | Citadel | Southern | W | 76 | 57 | 5 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | @ | Chattanooga | Southern | L | 60 | 87 | 5 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 15 | Mon, Jan 27, 1997 | REG | Furman | Southern | W | 85 | 76 | 6 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Georgia Southern | Southern | L | 71 | 83 | 6 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Mon, Feb 3, 1997 | REG | East Tennessee State | Southern | W | 65 | 54 | 7 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | @ | Kentucky | SEC | L | 55 | 82 | 7 | 11 | L 1 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | @ | Appalachian State | Southern | L | 66 | 68 | 7 | 12 | L 2 | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 10, 1997 | REG | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 84 | 65 | 8 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Chattanooga | Southern | W | 68 | 66 | 9 | 12 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Feb 17, 1997 | REG | @ | Furman | Southern | W | 68 | 61 | 10 | 12 | W 3 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | Georgia Southern | Southern | W | 67 | 49 | 11 | 12 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 24 | Fri, Feb 28, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Appalachian State | Southern | L | 68 | 87 | 11 | 13 | L 1 |