Rice University
1996-97 Men's Basketball Schedule
Overall12-150.444
Conference6-100.375
StreakL4
Home9-3
Away2-11
Neutral1-1
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22 (Fri) | TBA | Home | Houston Baptist | Tudor Fieldhouse | W 92-68 | |
| Nov 26 (Tue) | TBA | Home | Colorado School of Mines | Houston, TX | W 79-52 | |
| Nov 29 (Fri) | TBA | Away | Florida State | Tallahassee, FL | L 54-79 | |
| Dec 3 (Tue) | TBA | Away | St. Bonaventure | Olean, NY | L 53-58 | |
| Dec 6 (Fri) | TBA | Neutral | Princeton | Milwaukee, WI | First Bank Classic | L 54-59 |
| Dec 7 (Sat) | TBA | Neutral | Prairie View A&M | Milwaukee, WI | First Bank Classic | W 82-53 |
| Dec 22 (Sun) | TBA | Away | North Texas | Denton, TX | L 62-64 | |
| Dec 28 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Southern | Baton Rouge, LA | W 78-58 | |
| Dec 30 (Mon) | TBA | Home | Navy | Houston, TX | W 69-52 | |
| Jan 4 (Sat) | TBA | Home | Penn | Houston, TX | W 70-63 | |
| Jan 6 (Mon) | TBA | Home | Fresno State | Houston, TX | L 76-79 | |
| Jan 13 (Mon) | TBA | Away | Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | L 33-65 | |
| Jan 16 (Thu) | TBA | Home | UTEP | Houston, TX | W 74-60 | |
| Jan 18 (Sat) | TBA | Home | #12 New Mexico | Houston, TX | L 61-69 | |
| Jan 23 (Thu) | TBA | Away | BYU | Provo, UT | W 62-59 | |
| Jan 25 (Sat) | TBA | Away | #5 Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | L 58-78 | |
| Jan 30 (Thu) | TBA | Home | TCU | Houston, TX | W 82-80 | |
| Feb 1 (Sat) | TBA | Home | SMU | Houston, TX | W 62-58 | |
| Feb 6 (Thu) | TBA | Home | #22 Tulsa | Houston, TX | W 75-58 | |
| Feb 8 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Fresno State | Fresno, CA | L 54-82 | |
| Feb 13 (Thu) | TBA | Away | #13 New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | L 64-81 | |
| Feb 15 (Sat) | TBA | Away | UTEP | El Paso, TX | L 78-83 | |
| Feb 22 (Sat) | TBA | Home | BYU | Houston, TX | W 68-44 | |
| Feb 24 (Mon) | TBA | Home | #4 Utah | Houston, TX | L 66-75 | |
| Feb 27 (Thu) | TBA | Away | SMU | Dallas, TX | L 53-59 | |
| Mar 1 (Sat) | TBA | Away | TCU | Fort Worth, TX | L 79-85 | |
| Mar 4 (Tue) | TBA | Away | UNLV | Las Vegas, NV | WAC Tournament | L 61-71 |