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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 22, 1996 | 241 | Jackson St. | W | 127-74 | 97% | 1 - 0 | +40.8 | ||
| Nov 27, 1996 | 67 | @ Oral Roberts | L | 81-86 | 44% | 1 - 1 | +6.9 | ||
| Nov 30, 1996 | 157 | San Francisco | W | 77-63 | 91% | 2 - 1 | +9.8 | ||
| Dec 07, 1996 | 71 | @ Missouri | W | 80-76 | 46% | 3 - 1 | +15.4 | ||
| Dec 10, 1996 | 209 | Troy | W | 137-70 | 95% | 4 - 1 | +57.8 | ||
| Dec 19, 1996 | 183 | McNeese St. | W | 95-68 | 94% | 5 - 1 | +20.0 | ||
| Dec 21, 1996 | 48 | Louisville | L | 88-91 OT | 67% | 5 - 2 | +2.7 | ||
| Dec 28, 1996 | 228 | Southern Utah | W | 92-52 | 96% | 6 - 2 | +29.7 | ||
| Jan 02, 1997 | 52 | Mississippi | L | 74-91 | 69% | 6 - 3 | 0 - 1 | -11.8 | |
| Jan 05, 1997 | 99 | @ Florida | L | 62-75 | 58% | 6 - 4 | 0 - 2 | -4.8 | |
| Jan 08, 1997 | 100 | @ Auburn | W | 56-55 | 59% | 7 - 4 | 1 - 2 | +9.1 | |
| Jan 11, 1997 | 130 | LSU | W | 82-57 | 88% | 8 - 4 | 2 - 2 | +22.5 | |
| Jan 15, 1997 | 77 | @ Alabama | W | 72-68 | 48% | 9 - 4 | 3 - 2 | +14.7 | |
| Jan 18, 1997 | 9 | @ Cincinnati | L | 57-92 | 15% | 9 - 5 | -13.8 | ||
| Jan 21, 1997 | 132 | Mississippi St. | W | 98-64 | 88% | 10 - 5 | 4 - 2 | +31.4 | |
| Jan 26, 1997 | 1 | Kentucky | L | 73-83 | 16% | 10 - 6 | 4 - 3 | +11.1 | |
| Jan 29, 1997 | 52 | @ Mississippi | L | 52-71 | 38% | 10 - 7 | 4 - 4 | -5.5 | |
| Feb 01, 1997 | 80 | Memphis | W | 79-63 | 78% | 11 - 7 | +18.2 | ||
| Feb 05, 1997 | 149 | Tennessee | W | 77-54 | 90% | 12 - 7 | 5 - 4 | +19.2 | |
| Feb 08, 1997 | 54 | @ Vanderbilt | L | 83-87 OT | 39% | 12 - 8 | 5 - 5 | +9.2 | |
| Feb 11, 1997 | 100 | Auburn | W | 75-42 | 84% | 13 - 8 | 6 - 5 | +32.8 | |
| Feb 15, 1997 | 37 | Georgia | W | 79-74 | 63% | 14 - 8 | 7 - 5 | +12.0 | |
| Feb 18, 1997 | 24 | @ South Carolina | L | 65-78 | 25% | 14 - 9 | 7 - 6 | +4.2 | |
| Feb 23, 1997 | 132 | @ Mississippi St. | L | 77-93 | 67% | 14 - 10 | 7 - 7 | -10.3 | |
| Feb 26, 1997 | 77 | Alabama | W | 73-53 | 77% | 15 - 10 | 8 - 7 | +22.5 | |
| Mar 01, 1997 | 130 | @ LSU | L | 64-66 | 67% | 15 - 11 | 8 - 8 | +3.8 | |
| Mar 07, 1997 | 37 | Georgia | L | 63-65 | 47% | 15 - 12 | +9.1 | ||
| Mar 12, 1997 | 135 | Northern Arizona | W | 101-75 | 89% | 16 - 12 | +23.2 | ||
| Mar 17, 1997 | 65 | Pittsburgh | W | 76-71 | 73% | 17 - 12 | +9.0 | ||
| Mar 19, 1997 | 75 | UNLV | W | 86-73 | 77% | 18 - 12 | +15.6 | ||
| Mar 25, 1997 | 16 | Michigan | L | 62-77 | 33% | 18 - 13 | -0.3 | ||
| Mar 27, 1997 | 49 | Connecticut | L | 64-74 | 52% | 18 - 14 | -0.2 | ||
| Projected Record | 18 - 14 | 8 - 8 | |||||||
