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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 22, 1996 | 120 | @ Wyoming | L | 77-85 | 42% | 0 - 1 | -1.9 | ||
| Nov 25, 1996 | 251 | UMKC | W | 70-68 | 93% | 1 - 1 | -11.1 | ||
| Nov 29, 1996 | 99 | Florida | W | 74-73 | 50% | 2 - 1 | +5.0 | ||
| Nov 30, 1996 | 3 | Minnesota | L | 63-64 | 8% | 2 - 2 | +18.9 | ||
| Dec 01, 1996 | 71 | Missouri | L | 71-73 OT | 37% | 2 - 3 | +5.3 | ||
| Dec 07, 1996 | 87 | Northern Iowa | W | 62-46 | 60% | 3 - 3 | 1 - 0 | +17.3 | |
| Dec 14, 1996 | 303 | Sacramento St. | W | 59-42 | 98% | 4 - 3 | -4.5 | ||
| Dec 16, 1996 | 245 | Bethune-Cookman | W | 63-57 | 93% | 5 - 3 | -6.4 | ||
| Dec 21, 1996 | 153 | @ Houston | L | 73-74 | 49% | 5 - 4 | +3.3 | ||
| Dec 29, 1996 | 45 | Illinois St. | L | 45-54 | 43% | 5 - 5 | 1 - 1 | -3.1 | |
| Jan 02, 1997 | 87 | @ Northern Iowa | L | 56-59 | 29% | 5 - 6 | 1 - 2 | +6.6 | |
| Jan 04, 1997 | 153 | Houston | L | 72-74 | 78% | 5 - 7 | -6.0 | ||
| Jan 08, 1997 | 64 | @ Nebraska | L | 52-71 | 21% | 5 - 8 | -6.7 | ||
| Jan 11, 1997 | 89 | @ Wichita St. | W | 70-67 | 31% | 6 - 8 | 2 - 2 | +12.1 | |
| Jan 16, 1997 | 119 | Southern Illinois | W | 76-67 | 71% | 7 - 8 | 3 - 2 | +7.3 | |
| Jan 18, 1997 | 66 | Bradley | W | 68-58 | 51% | 8 - 8 | 4 - 2 | +13.6 | |
| Jan 20, 1997 | 228 | Southern Utah | W | 60-49 | 90% | 9 - 8 | +0.7 | ||
| Jan 25, 1997 | 117 | @ Evansville | L | 63-70 | 39% | 9 - 9 | 4 - 3 | -0.3 | |
| Jan 27, 1997 | 119 | @ Southern Illinois | W | 72-65 | 40% | 10 - 9 | 5 - 3 | +13.6 | |
| Jan 30, 1997 | 74 | @ Missouri St. | L | 71-77 | 24% | 10 - 10 | 5 - 4 | +5.2 | |
| Feb 02, 1997 | 117 | Evansville | W | 75-62 | 70% | 11 - 10 | 6 - 4 | +11.4 | |
| Feb 06, 1997 | 214 | Drake | W | 71-60 | 89% | 12 - 10 | 7 - 4 | +1.7 | |
| Feb 08, 1997 | 66 | @ Bradley | L | 58-61 | 22% | 12 - 11 | 7 - 5 | +8.9 | |
| Feb 10, 1997 | 169 | Indiana St. | W | 86-60 | 82% | 13 - 11 | 8 - 5 | +20.2 | |
| Feb 15, 1997 | 74 | Missouri St. | L | 82-88 | 54% | 13 - 12 | 8 - 6 | -3.1 | |
| Feb 17, 1997 | 214 | @ Drake | W | 82-76 | 68% | 14 - 12 | 9 - 6 | +5.0 | |
| Feb 20, 1997 | 89 | Wichita St. | W | 59-58 | 62% | 15 - 12 | 10 - 6 | +1.8 | |
| Feb 22, 1997 | 169 | @ Indiana St. | L | 67-70 | 56% | 15 - 13 | 10 - 7 | -0.6 | |
| Feb 24, 1997 | 45 | @ Illinois St. | L | 69-74 | 17% | 15 - 14 | 10 - 8 | +9.1 | |
| Mar 01, 1997 | 74 | Missouri St. | L | 58-77 | 38% | 15 - 15 | -12.0 | ||
| Projected Record | 15 - 15 | 10 - 8 | |||||||
