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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 22, 1996 | 156 | UNC Wilmington | W | 58-51 | 74% | 1 - 0 | +6.9 | ||
| Nov 23, 1996 | 119 | Southern Illinois | W | 79-58 | 66% | 2 - 0 | +23.4 | ||
| Nov 24, 1996 | 187 | Middle Tennessee | W | 77-74 | 82% | 3 - 0 | +0.0 | ||
| Nov 30, 1996 | 178 | Northeastern Illinois | W | 93-50 | 89% | 4 - 0 | +36.4 | ||
| Dec 05, 1996 | 3 | Minnesota | W | 70-67 | 19% | 5 - 0 | +18.8 | ||
| Dec 07, 1996 | 176 | Florida International | W | 80-65 | 88% | 6 - 0 | +8.7 | ||
| Dec 14, 1996 | 236 | Western Carolina | W | 100-48 | 94% | 7 - 0 | +40.4 | ||
| Dec 18, 1996 | 213 | North Texas | W | 72-55 | 92% | 8 - 0 | +7.7 | ||
| Dec 21, 1996 | 124 | Virginia Commonwealth | W | 72-69 | 68% | 9 - 0 | +4.8 | ||
| Dec 27, 1996 | 159 | @ San Jose St. | L | 59-60 OT | 61% | 9 - 1 | +2.7 | ||
| Dec 28, 1996 | 108 | Santa Clara | L | 62-77 | 63% | 9 - 2 | -11.7 | ||
| Jan 04, 1997 | 54 | @ Vanderbilt | L | 84-92 | 26% | 9 - 3 | 0 - 1 | +5.2 | |
| Jan 08, 1997 | 52 | @ Mississippi | W | 59-46 | 25% | 10 - 3 | 1 - 1 | +26.5 | |
| Jan 11, 1997 | 40 | Syracuse | L | 66-70 | 49% | 10 - 4 | +2.7 | ||
| Jan 15, 1997 | 43 | Arkansas | L | 68-72 | 52% | 10 - 5 | 1 - 2 | +2.2 | |
| Jan 18, 1997 | 99 | @ Florida | L | 66-85 | 44% | 10 - 6 | 1 - 3 | -10.8 | |
| Jan 22, 1997 | 24 | South Carolina | L | 60-62 | 41% | 10 - 7 | 1 - 4 | +6.9 | |
| Jan 25, 1997 | 130 | LSU | W | 75-66 | 80% | 11 - 7 | 2 - 4 | +6.5 | |
| Jan 28, 1997 | 100 | @ Auburn | L | 62-72 | 44% | 11 - 8 | 2 - 5 | -1.9 | |
| Feb 01, 1997 | 132 | @ Mississippi St. | L | 51-64 | 54% | 11 - 9 | 2 - 6 | -7.3 | |
| Feb 05, 1997 | 37 | Georgia | L | 74-83 | 48% | 11 - 10 | 2 - 7 | -2.0 | |
| Feb 08, 1997 | 149 | @ Tennessee | L | 61-65 | 58% | 11 - 11 | 2 - 8 | +0.5 | |
| Feb 12, 1997 | 52 | Mississippi | W | 57-54 | 55% | 12 - 11 | 3 - 8 | +8.2 | |
| Feb 15, 1997 | 130 | @ LSU | W | 78-72 | 53% | 13 - 11 | 4 - 8 | +11.8 | |
| Feb 19, 1997 | 1 | Kentucky | L | 61-75 | 9% | 13 - 12 | 4 - 9 | +7.1 | |
| Feb 22, 1997 | 100 | Auburn | W | 55-50 | 74% | 14 - 12 | 5 - 9 | +4.8 | |
| Feb 26, 1997 | 43 | @ Arkansas | L | 53-73 | 23% | 14 - 13 | 5 - 10 | -5.5 | |
| Mar 01, 1997 | 132 | Mississippi St. | W | 78-49 | 81% | 15 - 13 | 6 - 10 | +26.4 | |
| Mar 06, 1997 | 99 | Florida | W | 80-66 | 60% | 16 - 13 | +18.0 | ||
| Mar 07, 1997 | 24 | South Carolina | L | 61-72 | 27% | 16 - 14 | +2.1 | ||
| Projected Record | 16 - 14 | 6 - 10 | |||||||
