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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 29, 1996 | 193 | Montana St. | W | 92-78 | 89% | 1 - 0 | +10.5 | ||
| Nov 30, 1996 | 20 | Illinois | W | 70-60 | 34% | 2 - 0 | +24.0 | ||
| Dec 01, 1996 | 59 | Colorado | W | 92-82 | 54% | 3 - 0 | +18.7 | ||
| Dec 07, 1996 | 130 | LSU | W | 93-87 OT | 78% | 4 - 0 | +7.7 | ||
| Dec 11, 1996 | 110 | Dayton | W | 80-67 | 85% | 5 - 0 | +11.9 | ||
| Dec 14, 1996 | 36 | Purdue | W | 88-72 | 45% | 6 - 0 | +27.3 | ||
| Dec 16, 1996 | 233 | Wright St. | W | 65-57 | 96% | 7 - 0 | -2.9 | ||
| Dec 21, 1996 | 43 | @ Arkansas | W | 91-88 OT | 33% | 8 - 0 | +17.5 | ||
| Dec 23, 1996 | 243 | Tennessee St. | W | 102-54 | 97% | 9 - 0 | +35.7 | ||
| Dec 29, 1996 | 41 | Boston College | W | 89-85 2OT | 62% | 10 - 0 | +10.6 | ||
| Dec 31, 1996 | 1 | Kentucky | L | 54-74 | 15% | 10 - 1 | +1.1 | ||
| Jan 03, 1997 | 112 | @ UAB | W | 93-79 | 61% | 11 - 1 | 1 - 0 | +20.9 | |
| Jan 06, 1997 | 51 | @ Charlotte | W | 92-81 | 35% | 12 - 1 | 2 - 0 | +24.8 | |
| Jan 11, 1997 | 63 | Georgia Tech | W | 60-56 | 71% | 13 - 1 | +8.1 | ||
| Jan 15, 1997 | 153 | Houston | W | 92-78 | 90% | 14 - 1 | 3 - 0 | +10.0 | |
| Jan 19, 1997 | 44 | @ Texas | W | 85-78 OT | 34% | 15 - 1 | +21.3 | ||
| Jan 23, 1997 | 80 | Memphis | L | 58-64 | 77% | 15 - 2 | 3 - 1 | -3.8 | |
| Jan 25, 1997 | 14 | UCLA | W | 74-71 | 46% | 16 - 2 | +13.9 | ||
| Jan 28, 1997 | 227 | DePaul | W | 71-54 | 96% | 17 - 2 | 4 - 1 | +6.8 | |
| Jan 30, 1997 | 9 | Cincinnati | W | 81-70 | 38% | 18 - 2 | 5 - 1 | +23.9 | |
| Feb 02, 1997 | 23 | @ Temple | L | 44-67 | 24% | 18 - 3 | -5.6 | ||
| Feb 06, 1997 | 171 | Saint Louis | L | 62-64 | 92% | 18 - 4 | 5 - 2 | -8.0 | |
| Feb 09, 1997 | 80 | @ Memphis | L | 59-79 | 48% | 18 - 5 | 5 - 3 | -9.5 | |
| Feb 15, 1997 | 153 | @ Houston | W | 70-66 | 71% | 19 - 5 | 6 - 3 | +8.3 | |
| Feb 17, 1997 | 201 | South Florida | W | 75-64 | 95% | 20 - 5 | 7 - 3 | +2.5 | |
| Feb 20, 1997 | 42 | @ Marquette | L | 71-79 OT | 31% | 20 - 6 | 7 - 4 | +6.9 | |
| Feb 22, 1997 | 146 | @ Southern Miss | W | 75-72 OT | 70% | 21 - 6 | 8 - 4 | +7.6 | |
| Feb 26, 1997 | 51 | Charlotte | W | 72-71 | 66% | 22 - 6 | 9 - 4 | +6.6 | |
| Mar 01, 1997 | 68 | @ Tulane | L | 71-83 | 42% | 22 - 7 | 9 - 5 | -0.1 | |
| Mar 05, 1997 | 201 | South Florida | W | 69-58 | 90% | 23 - 7 | +6.6 | ||
| Mar 06, 1997 | 51 | Charlotte | L | 60-64 | 51% | 23 - 8 | +5.7 | ||
| Mar 14, 1997 | 47 | Massachusetts | W | 65-57 | 50% | 24 - 8 | +17.9 | ||
| Mar 16, 1997 | 27 | New Mexico | W | 64-63 | 40% | 25 - 8 | +13.5 | ||
| Mar 21, 1997 | 44 | Texas | W | 78-63 | 49% | 26 - 8 | +25.1 | ||
| Mar 23, 1997 | 4 | North Carolina | L | 74-97 | 17% | 26 - 9 | -3.1 | ||
| Projected Record | 26 - 9 | 9 - 5 | |||||||
