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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 30, 1996 | 294 | Chicago St. | W | 90-68 | 98% | 1 - 0 | +3.1 | ||
| Dec 02, 1996 | 16 | @ Michigan | L | 64-66 OT | 15% | 1 - 1 | +16.9 | ||
| Dec 07, 1996 | 136 | Kansas St. | L | 61-73 | 84% | 1 - 2 | -14.8 | ||
| Dec 10, 1996 | 73 | Butler | W | 67-55 OT | 67% | 2 - 2 | +15.1 | ||
| Dec 18, 1996 | 126 | @ Penn St. | L | 57-61 | 57% | 2 - 3 | +2.0 | ||
| Dec 23, 1996 | 155 | Western Illinois | W | 66-52 | 87% | 3 - 3 | +9.8 | ||
| Dec 27, 1996 | 131 | Oregon St. | L | 60-72 | 72% | 3 - 4 | -10.4 | ||
| Dec 28, 1996 | 23 | Temple | L | 63-69 | 30% | 3 - 5 | +7.3 | ||
| Dec 31, 1996 | 119 | Southern Illinois | L | 63-64 OT | 81% | 3 - 6 | 0 - 1 | -2.7 | |
| Jan 05, 1997 | 74 | @ Missouri St. | L | 48-56 | 37% | 3 - 7 | 0 - 2 | +3.2 | |
| Jan 07, 1997 | 89 | @ Wichita St. | L | 59-64 OT | 45% | 3 - 8 | 0 - 3 | +4.1 | |
| Jan 11, 1997 | 117 | Evansville | W | 64-50 | 81% | 4 - 8 | 1 - 3 | +12.4 | |
| Jan 13, 1997 | 169 | Indiana St. | W | 66-56 | 89% | 5 - 8 | 2 - 3 | +4.2 | |
| Jan 18, 1997 | 101 | @ Creighton | L | 58-68 | 49% | 5 - 9 | 2 - 4 | -1.9 | |
| Jan 20, 1997 | 87 | @ Northern Iowa | W | 67-61 | 43% | 6 - 9 | 3 - 4 | +15.6 | |
| Jan 25, 1997 | 74 | Missouri St. | W | 70-48 | 68% | 7 - 9 | 4 - 4 | +24.9 | |
| Jan 27, 1997 | 89 | Wichita St. | W | 74-57 | 75% | 8 - 9 | 5 - 4 | +17.8 | |
| Feb 01, 1997 | 45 | @ Illinois St. | L | 67-69 | 27% | 8 - 10 | 5 - 5 | +12.1 | |
| Feb 05, 1997 | 117 | @ Evansville | L | 55-58 | 54% | 8 - 11 | 5 - 6 | +3.7 | |
| Feb 08, 1997 | 101 | Creighton | W | 61-58 | 78% | 9 - 11 | 6 - 6 | +2.8 | |
| Feb 10, 1997 | 119 | @ Southern Illinois | W | 55-53 | 55% | 10 - 11 | 7 - 6 | +8.6 | |
| Feb 13, 1997 | 214 | Drake | W | 73-53 | 93% | 11 - 11 | 8 - 6 | +10.7 | |
| Feb 16, 1997 | 169 | @ Indiana St. | W | 70-50 | 70% | 12 - 11 | 9 - 6 | +22.4 | |
| Feb 18, 1997 | 87 | Northern Iowa | W | 77-61 | 73% | 13 - 11 | 10 - 6 | +17.3 | |
| Feb 22, 1997 | 45 | Illinois St. | W | 69-64 | 57% | 14 - 11 | 11 - 6 | +10.9 | |
| Feb 24, 1997 | 214 | @ Drake | W | 67-60 | 80% | 15 - 11 | 12 - 6 | +6.0 | |
| Mar 01, 1997 | 214 | Drake | W | 66-47 | 88% | 16 - 11 | +13.9 | ||
| Mar 02, 1997 | 74 | Missouri St. | L | 58-60 | 53% | 16 - 12 | +5.0 | ||
| Mar 12, 1997 | 82 | Drexel | W | 66-53 | 71% | 17 - 12 | +15.1 | ||
| Mar 18, 1997 | 49 | @ Connecticut | L | 47-63 | 28% | 17 - 13 | -2.1 | ||
| Projected Record | 17 - 13 | 12 - 6 | |||||||
