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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 26, 1996 | 127 | Ball St. | W | 87-63 | 93% | 1 - 0 | +21.7 | ||
| Nov 30, 1996 | 224 | @ Cleveland St. | W | 80-74 | 92% | 2 - 0 | +4.7 | ||
| Dec 02, 1996 | 66 | Bradley | W | 66-64 OT | 85% | 3 - 0 | +5.6 | ||
| Dec 05, 1996 | 111 | Detroit Mercy | W | 75-59 | 92% | 4 - 0 | +14.8 | ||
| Dec 08, 1996 | 6 | @ Duke | W | 62-61 | 23% | 5 - 0 | +23.6 | ||
| Dec 11, 1996 | 69 | @ St. John's | W | 76-61 | 62% | 6 - 0 | +26.6 | ||
| Dec 15, 1996 | 130 | LSU | W | 70-59 | 88% | 7 - 0 | +12.7 | ||
| Dec 21, 1996 | 7 | Arizona | W | 73-71 OT | 37% | 8 - 0 | +20.2 | ||
| Dec 27, 1996 | 80 | Memphis | L | 72-73 | 79% | 8 - 1 | +5.3 | ||
| Dec 28, 1996 | 83 | Washington St. | W | 85-79 | 79% | 9 - 1 | +12.1 | ||
| Dec 29, 1996 | 65 | Pittsburgh | L | 78-85 | 74% | 9 - 2 | +1.2 | ||
| Jan 02, 1997 | 81 | Ohio St. | L | 71-73 | 88% | 9 - 3 | 0 - 1 | +0.1 | |
| Jan 04, 1997 | 161 | @ Northwestern | W | 75-57 | 86% | 10 - 3 | 1 - 1 | +21.3 | |
| Jan 09, 1997 | 20 | Illinois | W | 88-74 | 68% | 11 - 3 | 2 - 1 | +23.9 | |
| Jan 11, 1997 | 3 | @ Minnesota | L | 64-70 | 19% | 11 - 4 | 2 - 2 | +18.1 | |
| Jan 16, 1997 | 36 | Purdue | W | 89-65 | 77% | 12 - 4 | 3 - 2 | +31.1 | |
| Jan 19, 1997 | 13 | Iowa | W | 79-71 | 64% | 13 - 4 | 4 - 2 | +19.1 | |
| Jan 21, 1997 | 32 | @ Indiana | L | 70-72 | 46% | 13 - 5 | 4 - 3 | +13.8 | |
| Jan 25, 1997 | 50 | @ Michigan St. | W | 74-61 | 53% | 14 - 5 | 5 - 3 | +26.9 | |
| Jan 28, 1997 | 126 | @ Penn St. | W | 67-59 | 80% | 15 - 5 | 6 - 3 | +14.0 | |
| Feb 01, 1997 | 50 | Michigan St. | W | 85-65 | 81% | 16 - 5 | 7 - 3 | +25.6 | |
| Feb 06, 1997 | 34 | @ Wisconsin | L | 53-58 | 47% | 16 - 6 | 7 - 4 | +10.5 | |
| Feb 08, 1997 | 126 | Penn St. | W | 81-64 | 93% | 17 - 6 | 8 - 4 | +14.7 | |
| Feb 16, 1997 | 32 | Indiana | L | 81-84 OT | 76% | 17 - 7 | 8 - 5 | +4.5 | |
| Feb 20, 1997 | 13 | @ Iowa | L | 75-80 | 33% | 17 - 8 | 8 - 6 | +14.4 | |
| Feb 23, 1997 | 36 | @ Purdue | L | 58-67 | 47% | 17 - 9 | 8 - 7 | +6.4 | |
| Feb 26, 1997 | 3 | Minnesota | L | 54-55 | 46% | 17 - 10 | 8 - 8 | +14.8 | |
| Mar 02, 1997 | 20 | @ Illinois | L | 51-70 | 37% | 17 - 11 | 8 - 9 | -0.8 | |
| Mar 05, 1997 | 161 | Northwestern | W | 93-76 | 96% | 18 - 11 | 9 - 9 | +12.0 | |
| Mar 09, 1997 | 81 | @ Ohio St. | W | 86-81 OT | 66% | 19 - 11 | 10 - 9 | +15.4 | |
| Mar 13, 1997 | 70 | Miami (FL) | W | 76-61 | 86% | 20 - 11 | +18.2 | ||
| Mar 18, 1997 | 79 | Oklahoma St. | W | 75-65 | 87% | 21 - 11 | +12.3 | ||
| Mar 20, 1997 | 61 | @ Notre Dame | W | 67-66 | 58% | 22 - 11 | +13.6 | ||
| Mar 25, 1997 | 43 | Arkansas | W | 77-62 | 67% | 23 - 11 | +25.3 | ||
| Mar 27, 1997 | 22 | Florida St. | W | 82-73 | 54% | 24 - 11 | +22.8 | ||
| Projected Record | 24 - 11 | 10 - 9 | |||||||
