University of Tennessee Athletics
1996-97 Men's Basketball Schedule
Overall11-160.407
Conference4-120.250
StreakL5
Home11-5
Away0-10
Neutral0-1
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24 (Sun) | Home | Morehead State | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | W 85-63 | ||
| Dec 1 (Sun) | Home | Georgia State | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | W 70-53 | ||
| Dec 4 (Wed) | Home | Tennessee Tech | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | L 62-73 | ||
| Dec 7 (Sat) | Away | Penn State | University Park, PA | L 41-42 | ||
| Dec 15 (Sun) | Home | Memphis | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | W 57-47 | ||
| Dec 18 (Wed) | Home | Southern Calif. | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | W 71-59 | ||
| Dec 22 (Sun) | Home | Miami (Fla.) | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | W 78-65 | ||
| Dec 28 (Sat) | Away | UNC Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | L 51-72 | ||
| Dec 31 (Tue) | Home | East Tennessee State | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | W 54-40 | ||
| Jan 4 (Sat) | Away | #3 Kentucky | Lexington, KY | L 40-74 | ||
| Jan 8 (Wed) | Away | South Carolina | Columbia, SC | L 41-73 | ||
| Jan 11 (Sat) | Home | Vanderbilt | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | W 75-65 | ||
| Jan 15 (Wed) | Away | Auburn | Auburn, AL | L 35-43 | ||
| Jan 19 (Sun) | Home | LSU | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | W 66-52 | ||
| Jan 22 (Wed) | Away | Ole Miss | Oxford, Miss | L 48-70 | ||
| Jan 25 (Sat) | Home | Florida | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | L 50-56 | ||
| Jan 29 (Wed) | Home | Georgia | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | L 50-63 | ||
| Feb 1 (Sat) | Home | Wofford | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | W 60-41 | ||
| Feb 5 (Wed) | Away | Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR | L 54-77 | ||
| Feb 8 (Sat) | Home | Alabama | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | W 65-61 | ||
| Feb 12 (Wed) | Away | Vanderbilt | Nashville | L 53-66 | ||
| Feb 15 (Sat) | Home | Mississippi State | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | W 54-53 | ||
| Feb 19 (Wed) | Away | Florida | Gainesville, FL | L 54-76 | ||
| Feb 22 (Sat) | Home | #9 South Carolina | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | L 58-69 | ||
| Feb 25 (Tue) | Home | #3 Kentucky | Knoxville (Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center) | L 64-74 | ||
| Mar 1 (Sat) | Away | Georgia | Athens, GA | L 55-69 | ||
| Mar 6 (Thu) | Neutral | Auburn | Memphis, TN | SEC Tournament | L 54-67 |