Overall: 23-6, .793 W-L% (11th of 305)
Conference: 13-3, 1st in A-10 West (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Skip Prosser (23-6)
PS/G: 83.2 (5th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 72.3 (200th of 305)
SRS: 16.14 (20th of 305) ▪ SOS: 5.28 (79th of 305)
NCAA Tournament: (#7 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (80-68) versus #10 Vanderbilt
Lost Midwest Second Round (96-83) versus #2 UCLA
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 13 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 23, 1996 | REG | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | W | 98 | 73 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 26, 1996 | REG | @ | Cincinnati | CUSA | W | 71 | 69 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Nov 30, 1996 | REG | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 92 | 71 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Mon, Dec 2, 1996 | REG | Florida A&M | MEAC | W | 95 | 64 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Dec 5, 1996 | REG | @ | Loyola Marymount | WCC | W | 81 | 65 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |
| 6 | Tue, Dec 10, 1996 | REG | @ | Long Island University | NEC | W | 94 | 86 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | |
| 7 | Sat, Dec 14, 1996 | REG | Hofstra | AEC | W | 79 | 43 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 21, 1996 | REG | @ | Akron | MAC | W | 113 | 111 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | |
| 9 | Sun, Dec 29, 1996 | REG | Kansas State | Big 12 | W | 95 | 54 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Jan 4, 1997 | REG | Virginia Tech | A-10 | W | 102 | 67 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | ||
| 11 | Tue, Jan 7, 1997 | REG | @ | Dayton | A-10 | L | 91 | 98 | 10 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Sat, Jan 11, 1997 | REG | Fordham | A-10 | W | 75 | 64 | 11 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Jan 16, 1997 | REG | Tulane | CUSA | L | 85 | 87 | 11 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Sun, Jan 19, 1997 | REG | Temple | A-10 | W | 68 | 64 | 12 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Jan 23, 1997 | REG | @ | George Washington | A-10 | W | 62 | 61 | 13 | 2 | W 2 | |
| 16 | Sat, Jan 25, 1997 | REG | Duquesne | A-10 | L | 70 | 78 | 13 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Jan 28, 1997 | REG | Rhode Island | A-10 | W | 91 | 79 | 14 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Feb 1, 1997 | REG | @ | Massachusetts | A-10 | W | 87 | 84 | 15 | 3 | W 2 | |
| 19 | Mon, Feb 3, 1997 | REG | @ | La Salle | A-10 | W | 83 | 67 | 16 | 3 | W 3 | |
| 20 | Sat, Feb 8, 1997 | REG | @ | Saint Joseph's | A-10 | L | 65 | 79 | 16 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Wed, Feb 12, 1997 | REG | Dayton | A-10 | W | 79 | 53 | 17 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Sat, Feb 15, 1997 | REG | George Washington | A-10 | W | 87 | 76 | 18 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Feb 20, 1997 | REG | @ | Duquesne | A-10 | W | 82 | 74 | 19 | 4 | W 3 | |
| 24 | Sat, Feb 22, 1997 | REG | La Salle | A-10 | W | 79 | 67 | 20 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 25 | Thu, Feb 27, 1997 | REG | St. Bonaventure | A-10 | W | 83 | 59 | 21 | 4 | W 5 | ||
| 26 | Sun, Mar 2, 1997 | REG | @ | Virginia Tech | A-10 | W | 81 | 72 | 22 | 4 | W 6 | |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 27 | Thu, Mar 6, 1997 | CTOURN | N | Temple | A-10 | L | 62 | 69 | OT | 22 | 5 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 28 | Thu, Mar 13, 1997 | NCAA | N | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 80 | 68 | 23 | 5 | W 1 | |
| 29 | Sat, Mar 15, 1997 | NCAA | N | UCLA | Pac-10 | L | 83 | 96 | 23 | 6 | L 1 |