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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 20, 1996 | 82 | Drexel | W | 65-61 | 52% | 1 - 0 | +6.1 | ||
| Nov 22, 1996 | 94 | Iona | W | 44-41 | 58% | 2 - 0 | +3.4 | ||
| Nov 24, 1996 | 221 | Radford | W | 68-47 | 87% | 3 - 0 | +11.6 | ||
| Nov 27, 1996 | 32 | Indiana | L | 73-74 | 20% | 3 - 1 | +10.6 | ||
| Nov 29, 1996 | 15 | Tulsa | L | 51-55 | 13% | 3 - 2 | +10.8 | ||
| Dec 01, 1996 | 239 | @ Tennessee Martin | W | 62-58 | 72% | 4 - 2 | +0.4 | ||
| Dec 03, 1996 | 266 | Robert Morris | W | 64-50 | 94% | 5 - 2 | -1.3 | ||
| Dec 07, 1996 | 144 | @ Western Michigan | L | 62-78 | 41% | 5 - 3 | -11.1 | ||
| Dec 14, 1996 | 73 | Butler | L | 50-61 | 48% | 5 - 4 | -7.9 | ||
| Dec 17, 1996 | 50 | Michigan St. | L | 77-86 | 38% | 5 - 5 | -3.4 | ||
| Dec 21, 1996 | 32 | Indiana | L | 57-75 | 20% | 5 - 6 | -6.4 | ||
| Dec 29, 1996 | 54 | Vanderbilt | W | 66-61 | 41% | 6 - 6 | +9.9 | ||
| Jan 02, 1997 | 89 | Wichita St. | L | 55-69 | 57% | 6 - 7 | 0 - 1 | -13.2 | |
| Jan 04, 1997 | 45 | @ Illinois St. | L | 67-80 | 14% | 6 - 8 | 0 - 2 | +1.1 | |
| Jan 07, 1997 | 119 | @ Southern Illinois | W | 80-75 | 35% | 7 - 8 | 1 - 2 | +11.6 | |
| Jan 11, 1997 | 66 | @ Bradley | L | 50-64 | 19% | 7 - 9 | 1 - 3 | -2.1 | |
| Jan 16, 1997 | 214 | Drake | W | 69-62 | 86% | 8 - 9 | 2 - 3 | -2.3 | |
| Jan 19, 1997 | 45 | Illinois St. | L | 53-67 | 37% | 8 - 10 | 2 - 4 | -8.1 | |
| Jan 22, 1997 | 169 | @ Indiana St. | W | 70-59 | 51% | 9 - 10 | 3 - 4 | +13.4 | |
| Jan 25, 1997 | 101 | Creighton | W | 70-63 | 61% | 10 - 10 | 4 - 4 | +6.8 | |
| Jan 27, 1997 | 87 | Northern Iowa | W | 57-54 | 55% | 11 - 10 | 5 - 4 | +4.3 | |
| Jan 30, 1997 | 214 | @ Drake | W | 59-54 | 63% | 12 - 10 | 6 - 4 | +4.0 | |
| Feb 02, 1997 | 101 | @ Creighton | L | 62-75 | 30% | 12 - 11 | 6 - 5 | -4.9 | |
| Feb 05, 1997 | 66 | Bradley | W | 58-55 | 46% | 13 - 11 | 7 - 5 | +6.6 | |
| Feb 08, 1997 | 74 | Missouri St. | W | 67-64 | 49% | 14 - 11 | 8 - 5 | +5.9 | |
| Feb 11, 1997 | 87 | @ Northern Iowa | L | 63-75 | 25% | 14 - 12 | 8 - 6 | -2.4 | |
| Feb 15, 1997 | 89 | @ Wichita St. | W | 62-60 | 26% | 15 - 12 | 9 - 6 | +11.1 | |
| Feb 17, 1997 | 74 | @ Missouri St. | L | 66-74 | 21% | 15 - 13 | 9 - 7 | +3.2 | |
| Feb 22, 1997 | 119 | Southern Illinois | W | 77-59 | 66% | 16 - 13 | 10 - 7 | +16.3 | |
| Feb 24, 1997 | 169 | Indiana St. | W | 76-70 | 79% | 17 - 13 | 11 - 7 | +0.2 | |
| Mar 01, 1997 | 87 | Northern Iowa | L | 65-73 | 39% | 17 - 14 | -2.6 | ||
| Projected Record | 17 - 14 | 11 - 7 | |||||||
