Overall: 12-15, .444 W-L% (184th of 305)
Conference: 9-9, 6th in Sun Belt (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Matt Kilcullen (12-15)
PS/G: 70.4 (147th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 74.0 (233rd of 305)
SRS: -4.66 (185th of 305) ▪ SOS: -1.12 (156th of 305)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 23, 1996 | REG | @ | Xavier | A-10 | L | 73 | 98 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Fri, Nov 29, 1996 | REG | Tennessee-Martin | OVC | W | 73 | 56 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Dec 4, 1996 | REG | Duquesne | A-10 | W | 89 | 82 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Dec 7, 1996 | REG | @ | Green Bay | MW Coll | L | 53 | 66 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | @ | Jacksonville | Sun Belt | W | 91 | 73 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |
| 6 | Mon, Dec 23, 1996 | REG | Texas-Pan American | Sun Belt | W | 82 | 58 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Dec 28, 1996 | REG | N | Cincinnati | CUSA | L | 57 | 81 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Thu, Jan 2, 1997 | REG | @ | Lamar | Sun Belt | L | 80 | 98 | 4 | 4 | L 2 | |
| 9 | Sun, Jan 5, 1997 | REG | @ | Butler | MW Coll | L | 73 | 75 | 4 | 5 | L 3 | |
| 10 | Thu, Jan 9, 1997 | REG | @ | New Orleans | Sun Belt | L | 45 | 78 | 4 | 6 | L 4 | |
| 11 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | @ | Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | W | 86 | 80 | 5 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 12 | Thu, Jan 16, 1997 | REG | Lamar | Sun Belt | L | 70 | 77 | 5 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 18, 1997 | REG | South Alabama | Sun Belt | L | 66 | 68 | 5 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 14 | Mon, Jan 20, 1997 | REG | @ | Texas-Pan American | Sun Belt | W | 66 | 56 | 6 | 8 | W 1 | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | New Orleans | Sun Belt | L | 66 | 70 | 6 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Jan 27, 1997 | REG | @ | Arkansas-Little Rock | Sun Belt | W | 71 | 62 | 7 | 9 | W 1 | |
| 17 | Thu, Jan 30, 1997 | REG | Jacksonville | Sun Belt | W | 97 | 87 | 8 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Louisiana Tech | Sun Belt | W | 68 | 61 | 9 | 9 | W 3 | |
| 19 | Tue, Feb 4, 1997 | REG | @ | Clemson | ACC | L | 55 | 69 | 9 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 20 | Thu, Feb 6, 1997 | REG | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | W | 68 | 53 | 10 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 21 | Sun, Feb 9, 1997 | REG | Arkansas-Little Rock | Sun Belt | L | 77 | 80 | 10 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Tue, Feb 11, 1997 | REG | Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | W | 80 | 78 | 11 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 13, 1997 | REG | @ | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | L | 63 | 72 | 11 | 12 | L 1 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | Louisiana Tech | Sun Belt | L | 61 | 94 | 11 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | @ | South Alabama | Sun Belt | L | 59 | 83 | 11 | 14 | L 3 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 26 | Sat, Mar 1, 1997 | CTOURN | @ | Arkansas-Little Rock | Sun Belt | L | 62 | 68 | 11 | 15 | L 4 |