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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 23, 1996 | 236 | Western Carolina | W | 99-72 | 99% | 1 - 0 | +15.4 | ||
| Nov 26, 1996 | 19 | Xavier | L | 69-71 | 75% | 1 - 1 | +7.9 | ||
| Nov 30, 1996 | 116 | Rutgers | W | 105-65 | 95% | 2 - 1 | +38.5 | ||
| Dec 04, 1996 | 2 | Kansas | L | 65-72 | 27% | 2 - 2 | +16.3 | ||
| Dec 17, 1996 | 290 | Howard | W | 90-46 | 99.6% | 3 - 2 | +26.1 | ||
| Dec 19, 1996 | 90 | Eastern Michigan | W | 102-79 | 93% | 4 - 2 | +23.6 | ||
| Dec 28, 1996 | 191 | Western Kentucky | W | 81-57 | 96% | 5 - 2 | +20.7 | ||
| Dec 30, 1996 | 247 | Southeast Missouri St. | W | 80-57 | 98% | 6 - 2 | +14.7 | ||
| Dec 31, 1996 | 64 | Nebraska | W | 84-73 | 80% | 7 - 2 | +19.2 | ||
| Jan 01, 1997 | 74 | Missouri St. | W | 101-60 | 83% | 8 - 2 | +48.0 | ||
| Jan 05, 1997 | 171 | @ Saint Louis | W | 64-52 | 91% | 9 - 2 | 1 - 0 | +14.3 | |
| Jan 08, 1997 | 112 | UAB | W | 74-54 | 95% | 10 - 2 | 2 - 0 | +18.7 | |
| Jan 10, 1997 | 57 | Miami (OH) | W | 91-61 | 87% | 11 - 2 | +34.7 | ||
| Jan 16, 1997 | 23 | Temple | L | 55-70 | 78% | 11 - 3 | -5.9 | ||
| Jan 18, 1997 | 43 | Arkansas | W | 92-57 | 85% | 12 - 3 | +41.2 | ||
| Jan 21, 1997 | 51 | @ Charlotte | W | 77-67 | 62% | 13 - 3 | 3 - 0 | +23.8 | |
| Jan 26, 1997 | 39 | @ USC | W | 100-81 | 58% | 14 - 3 | +34.1 | ||
| Jan 30, 1997 | 48 | @ Louisville | L | 70-81 | 62% | 14 - 4 | 3 - 1 | +3.0 | |
| Feb 01, 1997 | 227 | DePaul | W | 90-53 | 99% | 15 - 4 | 4 - 1 | +26.8 | |
| Feb 06, 1997 | 68 | Tulane | W | 65-64 | 89% | 16 - 4 | 5 - 1 | +4.6 | |
| Feb 08, 1997 | 42 | Marquette | W | 91-70 | 84% | 17 - 4 | 6 - 1 | +27.6 | |
| Feb 10, 1997 | 56 | @ Washington | W | 82-69 | 65% | 18 - 4 | +26.0 | ||
| Feb 13, 1997 | 171 | Saint Louis | W | 69-56 | 97% | 19 - 4 | 7 - 1 | +7.0 | |
| Feb 15, 1997 | 24 | South Carolina | L | 83-97 | 78% | 19 - 5 | -5.1 | ||
| Feb 18, 1997 | 153 | Houston | W | 97-64 | 96% | 20 - 5 | 8 - 1 | +29.0 | |
| Feb 20, 1997 | 201 | @ South Florida | W | 76-56 | 94% | 21 - 5 | 9 - 1 | +19.8 | |
| Feb 22, 1997 | 227 | @ DePaul | W | 83-54 | 95% | 22 - 5 | 10 - 1 | +27.1 | |
| Feb 25, 1997 | 146 | Southern Miss | W | 63-49 | 96% | 23 - 5 | 11 - 1 | +10.3 | |
| Feb 27, 1997 | 42 | @ Marquette | W | 80-74 | 58% | 24 - 5 | 12 - 1 | +20.9 | |
| Mar 01, 1997 | 80 | @ Memphis | L | 63-75 | 74% | 24 - 6 | 12 - 2 | -1.5 | |
| Mar 06, 1997 | 171 | @ Saint Louis | W | 71-43 | 91% | 25 - 6 | +30.3 | ||
| Mar 07, 1997 | 42 | Marquette | L | 79-91 | 73% | 25 - 7 | -1.3 | ||
| Mar 13, 1997 | 73 | Butler | W | 86-69 | 82% | 26 - 7 | +24.3 | ||
| Mar 15, 1997 | 31 | Iowa St. | L | 66-67 | 69% | 26 - 8 | +11.1 | ||
| Projected Record | 26 - 8 | 12 - 2 | |||||||
