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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 23, 1996 | 34 | Wisconsin | L | 46-49 | 31% | 0 - 1 | +8.4 | ||
| Nov 30, 1996 | 29 | North Carolina St. | L | 46-67 | 43% | 0 - 2 | -12.9 | ||
| Dec 02, 1996 | 241 | Jackson St. | W | 65-58 | 95% | 1 - 2 | -5.2 | ||
| Dec 07, 1996 | 54 | Vanderbilt | L | 59-66 | 56% | 1 - 3 | -2.1 | ||
| Dec 15, 1996 | 149 | @ Tennessee | L | 47-57 | 57% | 1 - 4 | -5.5 | ||
| Dec 18, 1996 | 217 | Louisiana Monroe | W | 83-61 | 92% | 2 - 4 | +12.7 | ||
| Dec 21, 1996 | 271 | Texas Southern | W | 76-53 | 97% | 3 - 4 | +7.4 | ||
| Dec 23, 1996 | 33 | Oklahoma | W | 61-47 | 46% | 4 - 4 | +21.4 | ||
| Dec 27, 1996 | 16 | Michigan | W | 73-72 | 21% | 5 - 4 | +15.7 | ||
| Dec 28, 1996 | 37 | Georgia | L | 68-70 | 32% | 5 - 5 | +9.1 | ||
| Dec 29, 1996 | 78 | @ Hawaii | L | 60-67 | 34% | 5 - 6 | +3.7 | ||
| Jan 04, 1997 | 111 | Detroit Mercy | W | 64-55 | 76% | 6 - 6 | +7.8 | ||
| Jan 07, 1997 | 201 | South Florida | W | 60-59 | 91% | 7 - 6 | 1 - 0 | -7.5 | |
| Jan 09, 1997 | 51 | @ Charlotte | L | 65-71 | 24% | 7 - 7 | 1 - 1 | +7.8 | |
| Jan 12, 1997 | 42 | Marquette | W | 54-47 | 49% | 8 - 7 | 2 - 1 | +13.6 | |
| Jan 15, 1997 | 227 | @ DePaul | W | 51-49 | 78% | 9 - 7 | 3 - 1 | +0.1 | |
| Jan 19, 1997 | 51 | Charlotte | L | 70-76 | 53% | 9 - 8 | 3 - 2 | -0.4 | |
| Jan 23, 1997 | 48 | @ Louisville | W | 64-58 | 23% | 10 - 8 | 4 - 2 | +20.0 | |
| Jan 25, 1997 | 112 | @ UAB | L | 48-51 | 48% | 10 - 9 | 4 - 3 | +3.9 | |
| Jan 30, 1997 | 146 | Southern Miss | W | 68-54 | 83% | 11 - 9 | 5 - 3 | +10.3 | |
| Feb 01, 1997 | 43 | @ Arkansas | L | 63-79 | 22% | 11 - 10 | -1.5 | ||
| Feb 05, 1997 | 54 | @ Vanderbilt | L | 62-69 | 26% | 11 - 11 | +6.2 | ||
| Feb 09, 1997 | 48 | Louisville | W | 79-59 | 52% | 12 - 11 | 6 - 3 | +25.7 | |
| Feb 12, 1997 | 153 | @ Houston | L | 67-72 OT | 58% | 12 - 12 | 6 - 4 | -0.7 | |
| Feb 16, 1997 | 68 | @ Tulane | W | 62-56 | 30% | 13 - 12 | 7 - 4 | +17.9 | |
| Feb 19, 1997 | 171 | @ Saint Louis | W | 59-58 | 65% | 14 - 12 | 8 - 4 | +3.3 | |
| Feb 22, 1997 | 46 | Georgetown | L | 65-74 | 52% | 14 - 13 | -3.2 | ||
| Feb 26, 1997 | 153 | Houston | W | 85-72 | 83% | 15 - 13 | 9 - 4 | +9.0 | |
| Mar 01, 1997 | 9 | Cincinnati | W | 75-63 | 26% | 16 - 13 | 10 - 4 | +24.9 | |
| Mar 06, 1997 | 42 | Marquette | L | 45-63 | 34% | 16 - 14 | -7.3 | ||
| Mar 12, 1997 | 75 | @ UNLV | L | 62-66 | 33% | 16 - 15 | +6.9 | ||
| Projected Record | 16 - 15 | 10 - 4 | |||||||
