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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 25, 1996 | 28 | Virginia | L | 70-93 | 53% | 0 - 1 | -10.6 | ||
| Nov 27, 1996 | 130 | LSU | W | 74-68 | 86% | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | +7.7 | |
| Dec 02, 1996 | 289 | Wofford | W | 64-41 | 99% | 2 - 1 | +5.1 | ||
| Dec 06, 1996 | 51 | @ Charlotte | W | 75-60 | 47% | 3 - 1 | +28.8 | ||
| Dec 07, 1996 | 4 | North Carolina | L | 75-86 | 26% | 3 - 2 | +8.9 | ||
| Dec 17, 1996 | 11 | Clemson | L | 39-58 | 56% | 3 - 3 | -7.6 | ||
| Dec 19, 1996 | 181 | UNC Asheville | L | 74-80 | 96% | 3 - 4 | -12.9 | ||
| Dec 21, 1996 | 237 | South Carolina St. | W | 79-60 | 98% | 4 - 4 | +7.4 | ||
| Dec 28, 1996 | 192 | Charleston Southern | L | 81-85 | 96% | 4 - 5 | -11.5 | ||
| Dec 30, 1996 | 260 | Furman | W | 100-62 | 99% | 5 - 5 | +23.7 | ||
| Jan 04, 1997 | 100 | Auburn | W | 66-56 | 89% | 6 - 5 | 2 - 0 | +9.8 | |
| Jan 08, 1997 | 149 | Tennessee | W | 73-41 | 93% | 7 - 5 | 3 - 0 | +28.2 | |
| Jan 11, 1997 | 132 | @ Mississippi St. | W | 73-65 | 76% | 8 - 5 | 4 - 0 | +13.7 | |
| Jan 15, 1997 | 99 | @ Florida | W | 80-79 | 68% | 9 - 5 | 5 - 0 | +9.2 | |
| Jan 18, 1997 | 37 | Georgia | W | 82-71 | 72% | 10 - 5 | 6 - 0 | +18.0 | |
| Jan 22, 1997 | 77 | @ Alabama | W | 62-60 | 59% | 11 - 5 | 7 - 0 | +12.7 | |
| Jan 25, 1997 | 52 | Mississippi | W | 86-63 | 77% | 12 - 5 | 8 - 0 | +28.2 | |
| Jan 29, 1997 | 54 | @ Vanderbilt | W | 65-64 | 49% | 13 - 5 | 9 - 0 | +14.2 | |
| Feb 01, 1997 | 130 | @ LSU | W | 80-65 | 76% | 14 - 5 | 10 - 0 | +20.8 | |
| Feb 04, 1997 | 1 | Kentucky | W | 84-79 OT | 22% | 15 - 5 | 11 - 0 | +26.1 | |
| Feb 08, 1997 | 99 | Florida | W | 76-68 | 89% | 16 - 5 | 12 - 0 | +7.9 | |
| Feb 12, 1997 | 37 | @ Georgia | L | 74-77 | 41% | 16 - 6 | 12 - 1 | +12.3 | |
| Feb 15, 1997 | 9 | @ Cincinnati | W | 97-83 | 22% | 17 - 6 | +35.2 | ||
| Feb 18, 1997 | 43 | Arkansas | W | 78-65 | 75% | 18 - 6 | 13 - 1 | +19.2 | |
| Feb 20, 1997 | 231 | @ The Citadel | W | 85-55 | 92% | 19 - 6 | +27.6 | ||
| Feb 22, 1997 | 149 | @ Tennessee | W | 69-58 | 79% | 20 - 6 | 14 - 1 | +15.5 | |
| Feb 26, 1997 | 54 | Vanderbilt | W | 74-53 | 78% | 21 - 6 | 15 - 1 | +25.9 | |
| Mar 02, 1997 | 1 | @ Kentucky | W | 72-66 | 7% | 22 - 6 | 16 - 1 | +35.4 | |
| Mar 07, 1997 | 77 | Alabama | W | 72-61 | 73% | 23 - 6 | +17.6 | ||
| Mar 08, 1997 | 37 | Georgia | L | 63-78 | 57% | 23 - 7 | -3.9 | ||
| Mar 14, 1997 | 133 | Coppin St. | L | 65-78 | 86% | 23 - 8 | -11.6 | ||
| Projected Record | 23 - 8 | 16 - 1 | |||||||
