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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 22, 1996 | 150 | @ Illinois-Chicago | W | 68-63 | 82% | 1 - 0 | +9.4 | ||
| Nov 25, 1996 | 291 | Delaware St. | W | 92-51 | 99% | 2 - 0 | +23.1 | ||
| Nov 29, 1996 | 58 | TCU | W | 73-67 | 69% | 3 - 0 | +14.8 | ||
| Nov 30, 1996 | 48 | Louisville | L | 60-70 | 66% | 3 - 1 | -0.1 | ||
| Dec 01, 1996 | 86 | Virginia Tech | W | 92-68 | 79% | 4 - 1 | +29.5 | ||
| Dec 03, 1996 | 12 | @ California | L | 88-89 2OT | 30% | 4 - 2 | +18.5 | ||
| Dec 06, 1996 | 273 | Columbia | W | 84-59 | 99% | 5 - 2 | +9.1 | ||
| Dec 07, 1996 | 243 | Tennessee St. | W | 86-73 | 98% | 6 - 2 | +0.7 | ||
| Dec 11, 1996 | 294 | Chicago St. | W | 94-57 | 99% | 7 - 2 | +18.1 | ||
| Dec 14, 1996 | 133 | Coppin St. | W | 91-55 | 93% | 8 - 2 | +33.3 | ||
| Dec 21, 1996 | 14 | UCLA | W | 79-63 | 46% | 9 - 2 | +31.0 | ||
| Dec 28, 1996 | 71 | Missouri | W | 85-69 | 74% | 10 - 2 | +23.3 | ||
| Jan 02, 1997 | 36 | Purdue | L | 69-75 | 75% | 10 - 3 | 0 - 1 | +1.1 | |
| Jan 04, 1997 | 81 | @ Ohio St. | W | 72-64 | 64% | 11 - 3 | 1 - 1 | +18.4 | |
| Jan 09, 1997 | 16 | @ Michigan | L | 74-88 | 32% | 11 - 4 | 1 - 2 | +4.9 | |
| Jan 11, 1997 | 126 | Penn St. | W | 85-70 | 93% | 12 - 4 | 2 - 2 | +12.7 | |
| Jan 14, 1997 | 3 | Minnesota | W | 96-90 | 43% | 13 - 4 | 3 - 2 | +21.8 | |
| Jan 22, 1997 | 50 | @ Michigan St. | W | 66-63 | 50% | 14 - 4 | 4 - 2 | +16.9 | |
| Jan 25, 1997 | 34 | Wisconsin | L | 56-73 | 74% | 14 - 5 | 4 - 3 | -9.7 | |
| Jan 29, 1997 | 13 | @ Iowa | L | 65-82 | 30% | 14 - 6 | 4 - 4 | +2.4 | |
| Feb 02, 1997 | 32 | @ Indiana | W | 78-74 | 43% | 15 - 6 | 5 - 4 | +19.8 | |
| Feb 05, 1997 | 161 | Northwestern | W | 70-58 | 95% | 16 - 6 | 6 - 4 | +7.0 | |
| Feb 09, 1997 | 13 | Iowa | W | 66-51 | 61% | 17 - 6 | 7 - 4 | +26.1 | |
| Feb 12, 1997 | 34 | @ Wisconsin | L | 45-62 | 44% | 17 - 7 | 7 - 5 | -1.5 | |
| Feb 15, 1997 | 50 | Michigan St. | W | 79-68 | 79% | 18 - 7 | 8 - 5 | +16.6 | |
| Feb 22, 1997 | 3 | @ Minnesota | L | 66-67 | 17% | 18 - 8 | 8 - 6 | +23.1 | |
| Feb 25, 1997 | 126 | @ Penn St. | W | 87-65 | 78% | 19 - 8 | 9 - 6 | +28.0 | |
| Mar 02, 1997 | 16 | Michigan | W | 70-51 | 63% | 20 - 8 | 10 - 6 | +29.6 | |
| Mar 05, 1997 | 81 | Ohio St. | W | 90-83 | 86% | 21 - 8 | 11 - 6 | +9.1 | |
| Mar 08, 1997 | 36 | @ Purdue | L | 69-77 | 45% | 21 - 9 | 11 - 7 | +7.4 | |
| Mar 14, 1997 | 39 | USC | W | 90-77 | 62% | 22 - 9 | +23.9 | ||
| Mar 16, 1997 | 104 | Chattanooga | L | 63-75 | 83% | 22 - 10 | -8.4 | ||
| Projected Record | 22 - 10 | 11 - 7 | |||||||
