| Record | Overall | Home | Away | Neutral |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 13-14 | 10-3 | 2-7 | 1-4 |
| Conference | 5-9 | 5-3 | 0-6 | 0-0 |
| Non-Conference | 8-5 | 5-0 | 2-1 | 1-4 |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Score | Overall | Conf | Attend | High Points | High Rebounds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 29, 1996 | 7:00 pm | at Hawaii-Hilo | W | 101-73 | 1-0 | 1,500 | (30) Ace Custis | (17) Ace Custis | |
| November 30, 1996 | 7:00 pm | vs Colorado | L | 56-63 | 1-1 | 0 | (15) Keefe Matthews | (7) Ace Custis | |
| December 1, 1996 | 7:00 pm | vs Illinois | L | 68-92 | 1-2 | 0 | (19) Ace Custis | (9) Ace Custis | |
| December 5, 1996 | 1:00 am | ETSU | W | 83-41 | 2-2 | 3,254 | (18) Ace Custis | (7) Alvaro Tor | |
| December 7, 1996 | 7:00 pm | COASTAL CAROLINA | W | 63-45 | 3-2 | 5,281 | (21) Ace Custis | (10) Ace Custis | |
| December 9, 1996 | 7:00 pm | UNC GREENSBORO | W | 66-50 | 4-2 | 4,286 | (18) Ace Custis | (6) Ace Custis | |
| January 2, 1997 | 7:00 pm | ST. BONAVENTURE * | W | 92-80 | 5-2 | 1-0 | 4,062 | (24) Jim Jackson | (8) Ace Custis (8) Jim Jackson |
| January 4, 1997 | 7:00 pm | at Xavier * | L | 67-102 | 5-3 | 1-1 | 10,100 | (15) Jim Jackson | (12) Ace Custis |
| January 6, 1997 | 7:00 pm | at Duquesne * | L | 63-76 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 4,019 | (19) Ace Custis | (15) Ace Custis |
| January 9, 1997 | 7:00 pm | WILLIAM & MARY | W | 71-46 | 6-4 | 3,681 | (17) David Jackson | (10) Ace Custis | |
| January 15, 1997 | 7:00 pm | GEORGIA SOUTHERN | W | 76-41 | 7-4 | 3,628 | (18) Ace Custis | (6) Ace Custis | |
| January 18, 1997 | 7:00 pm | RHODE ISLAND * | L | 52-73 | 7-5 | 1-3 | 6,424 | (10) Keefe Matthews | (12) Keefe Matthews |
| January 20, 1997 | 7:00 pm | LA SALLE * | W | 57-46 | 8-5 | 2-3 | 4,347 | (18) Ace Custis | (16) Ace Custis |
| January 23, 1997 | 7:00 pm | at Liberty | W | 59-47 | 9-5 | 9,003 | (14) Troy Manns (14) Ace Custis | (9) Ace Custis | |
| January 25, 1997 | 7:00 pm | at Saint Joseph's * | L | 50-68 | 9-6 | 2-4 | 3,200 | (13) Ace Custis | (8) Ace Custis |
| January 28, 1997 | 7:00 pm | at Wake Forest | L | 44-61 | 9-7 | 14,069 | (10) Brendan Dunlop | (7) Alvaro Tor | |
| February 1, 1997 | 7:00 pm | DAYTON * | W | 59-52 | 10-7 | 3-4 | 5,623 | (17) Ace Custis | (8) Ace Custis |
| February 4, 1997 | 7:00 pm | GEORGE WASHINGTON * | W | 45-43 | 11-7 | 4-4 | 5,711 | (17) Ace Custis | (8) Ace Custis |
| February 10, 1997 | 7:00 pm | at La Salle * | L | 56-59 | 11-8 | 4-5 | 1,241 | (16) Keefe Matthews | (9) Ace Custis |
| February 15, 1997 | 7:00 pm | at Dayton * | L | 54-59 | 11-9 | 4-6 | 10,863 | (12) Troy Manns | (11) Ace Custis |
| February 18, 1997 | 7:00 pm | TEMPLE * | L | 41-45 | 11-10 | 4-7 | 5,724 | (16) Troy Manns | (7) Ace Custis |
| February 20, 1997 | 7:00 pm | at George Washington * | L | 52-69 | 11-11 | 4-8 | 5,454 | (13) Troy Manns | (5) Andre Ray (5) Ace Custis |
| February 23, 1997 | 7:00 pm | DUQUESNE * | W | 76-62 | 12-11 | 5-8 | 6,103 | (16) Jim Jackson | (11) Ace Custis |
| February 25, 1997 | 7:00 pm | vs Virginia | L | 57-58 | 12-12 | 8,503 | (15) Ace Custis | (5) Jim Jackson | |
| March 2, 1997 | 7:00 pm | XAVIER * | L | 72-81 | 12-13 | 5-9 | 8,233 | (30) Troy Manns | (7) Ace Custis |
| March 5, 1997 | 7:00 pm | vs Fordham | W | 56-53 | 13-13 | 0 | (14) Ace Custis | (10) Ace Custis | |
| March 6, 1997 | 7:00 pm | vs Rhode Island | L | 63-67 | 13-14 | 6,940 | (18) Troy Manns | (14) Ace Custis | |
| Attendance | Games | Total | Avg/Game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 13 | 66,357 | 5,104 |
| Away | 9 | 59,449 | 6,605 |
| Neutral | 5 | 15,443 | 3,089 |
| Total | 27 | 141,249 | 5,231 |
| Record | Overall | Home | Away | Neutral |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 13-14 | 10-3 | 2-7 | 1-4 |
| Conference | 5-9 | 5-3 | 0-6 | 0-0 |
| Non-Conference | 8-5 | 5-0 | 2-1 | 1-4 |
| Score by periods | 1st | 2nd | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Tech | 783 | 916 | 1699 | |
| Opponents | 800 | 852 | 1652 |
| SCORING | TOTAL | 3-POINTS | FREE THROWS | REBOUNDS | MINUTES | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | GP | GS | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | FG | FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | PF | TF | FO | A | TO | Blk | Stl | Tot | Avg |
| 20 | Ace Custis | 27 | 27 | 396 | 14.7 | 144 | 303 | .475 | 6 | 32 | .188 | 102 | 140 | .729 | 79 | 162 | 241 | 8.9 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 61 | 22 | 44 | 942 | 34.9 |
| 5 | Troy Manns | 27 | 27 | 253 | 9.4 | 92 | 216 | .426 | 20 | 53 | .377 | 49 | 63 | .778 | 15 | 62 | 77 | 2.9 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 65 | 1 | 30 | 909 | 33.7 |
| 24 | Keefe Matthews | 27 | 20 | 213 | 7.9 | 84 | 176 | .477 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 43 | 72 | .597 | 51 | 74 | 125 | 4.6 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 42 | 7 | 18 | 577 | 21.4 |
| 3 | Jim Jackson | 27 | 23 | 208 | 7.7 | 66 | 161 | .410 | 26 | 67 | .388 | 50 | 71 | .704 | 29 | 47 | 76 | 2.8 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 39 | 9 | 24 | 731 | 27.1 |
| 4 | David Jackson | 25 | 5 | 132 | 5.3 | 38 | 98 | .388 | 23 | 61 | .377 | 33 | 49 | .673 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 1.6 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 430 | 17.2 |
| 15 | Brendan Dunlop | 22 | 7 | 109 | 5.0 | 35 | 71 | .493 | 4 | 15 | .267 | 35 | 58 | .603 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 1.7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 29 | 394 | 17.9 |
| 11 | Myron Guillory | 27 | 7 | 124 | 4.6 | 35 | 93 | .376 | 21 | 50 | .420 | 33 | 43 | .767 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 1.2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 476 | 17.6 |
| 32 | Shawn Browne | 19 | 5 | 64 | 3.4 | 26 | 58 | .448 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12 | 23 | .522 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 1.7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 190 | 10.0 |
| 31 | Russ Wheeler | 26 | 6 | 82 | 3.2 | 37 | 88 | .420 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 17 | .471 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 1.9 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 349 | 13.4 |
| 52 | Alvaro Tor | 22 | 5 | 59 | 2.7 | 24 | 57 | .421 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11 | 22 | .500 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 1.8 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 200 | 9.1 |
| 22 | Andre Ray | 23 | 3 | 59 | 2.6 | 22 | 48 | .458 | 7 | 18 | .389 | 8 | 16 | .500 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 1.3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 204 | 8.9 |
| TEAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 27 | 1699 | 62.9 | 603 | 1369 | .440 | 109 | 303 | .360 | 384 | 574 | .669 | 254 | 527 | 781 | 28.9 | 462 | 3 | 0 | 369 | 358 | 65 | 197 | 5402 | |||
| Opponents | 27 | 1648 | 61.0 | 587 | 1398 | .420 | 155 | 501 | .309 | 323 | 458 | .705 | 265 | 502 | 767 | 28.4 | 481 | 3 | 0 | 333 | 400 | 74 | 154 | 5396 | |||
| Record | Overall | Home | Away | Neutral |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | 5-9 | 5-3 | 0-6 | 0-0 |
| Score by periods | 1st | 2nd | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Tech | 383 | 453 | 836 | |
| Opponents | 430 | 485 | 915 |
| SCORING | TOTAL | 3-POINTS | FREE THROWS | REBOUNDS | MINUTES | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | GP | GS | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | FG | FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | PF | FO | A | TO | Blk | Stl | Tot | Avg |
| 20 | Ace Custis | 14 | 14 | 174 | 12.4 | 64 | 150 | .427 | 2 | 16 | .125 | 44 | 64 | .688 | 43 | 93 | 136 | 9.7 | 38 | 0 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 17 | 495 | 35.4 |
| 5 | Troy Manns | 14 | 14 | 150 | 10.7 | 53 | 118 | .449 | 10 | 29 | .345 | 34 | 40 | .850 | 4 | 36 | 40 | 2.9 | 34 | 0 | 65 | 37 | 1 | 16 | 510 | 36.4 |
| 24 | Keefe Matthews | 14 | 9 | 121 | 8.6 | 44 | 98 | .449 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 31 | 48 | .646 | 30 | 44 | 74 | 5.3 | 37 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 316 | 22.6 |
| 3 | Jim Jackson | 14 | 13 | 118 | 8.4 | 39 | 92 | .424 | 11 | 36 | .306 | 29 | 38 | .763 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 3.2 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 402 | 28.7 |
| 15 | Brendan Dunlop | 11 | 4 | 56 | 5.1 | 18 | 39 | .462 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 18 | 31 | .581 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 1.9 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 197 | 17.9 |
| 4 | David Jackson | 14 | 3 | 62 | 4.4 | 15 | 50 | .300 | 10 | 36 | .278 | 22 | 34 | .647 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 1.4 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 242 | 17.3 |
| 11 | Myron Guillory | 14 | 4 | 59 | 4.2 | 19 | 51 | .373 | 9 | 23 | .391 | 12 | 16 | .750 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 1.1 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 235 | 16.8 |
| 32 | Shawn Browne | 8 | 1 | 28 | 3.5 | 10 | 20 | .500 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 13 | .615 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1.5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 80 | 10.0 |
| 31 | Russ Wheeler | 13 | 5 | 36 | 2.8 | 15 | 37 | .405 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 10 | .600 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 1.9 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 177 | 13.6 |
| 52 | Alvaro Tor | 12 | 3 | 19 | 1.6 | 9 | 21 | .429 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1.1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 6.3 |
| 22 | Andre Ray | 10 | 0 | 13 | 1.3 | 4 | 12 | .333 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 7.1 |
| TEAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 14 | 836 | 59.7 | 290 | 688 | .422 | 48 | 160 | .300 | 208 | 306 | .680 | 135 | 280 | 415 | 29.6 | 255 | 0 | 172 | 205 | 39 | 90 | 2800 | |||
| Opponents | 14 | 911 | 65.1 | 319 | 762 | .419 | 76 | 250 | .304 | 201 | 271 | .742 | 152 | 260 | 412 | 29.4 | 258 | 0 | 177 | 183 | 46 | 102 | 2800 | |||
| TEAM STATISTICS | VT | OPP |
|---|---|---|
| SCORING | 1699 | 1648 |
| Starters | 1215 | 1250 |
| Bench | 484 | 398 |
| Points per game | 62.9 | 61.0 |
| Scoring margin | +1.9 | - |
| FIELD GOALS-ATT | 603-1369 | 587-1398 |
| Field goal pct | .440 | .420 |
| 3 POINT FIELD GOALS-ATT | 109-303 | 155-501 |
| 3-point field goals pct | .360 | .309 |
| 3-point field goals made per game | 4.0 | 5.7 |
| FREE THROWS-ATT | 384-574 | 323-458 |
| Free throw pct | .669 | .705 |
| Free throws made per game | 14.2 | 12.0 |
| REBOUNDS | 781 | 767 |
| Rebounds per game | 28.9 | 28.4 |
| Rebounding margin | +0.5 | - |
| ASSISTS | 369 | 333 |
| Assists per game | 13.7 | 12.3 |
| TURNOVERS | 358 | 400 |
| Turnovers per game | 13.3 | 14.8 |
| Turnover margin | +1.6 | - |
| Assist/Turnover ratio | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| STEALS | 197 | 154 |
| Steals per game | 7.3 | 5.7 |
| BLOCKS | 65 | 74 |
| Blocks per game | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| WINNING STREAK | 0 | - |
| Home win streak | 0 | - |
| ATTENDANCE | 66,357 | 74,892 |
| Home games-Avg/Game | 13-5,104 | 9-6,605 |
| Neutral site-Avg/Game | - | 5-3,089 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | VT | OPP |
|---|---|---|
| SCORING | 836 | 911 |
| Starters | 618 | 729 |
| Bench | 218 | 182 |
| Points per game | 59.7 | 65.1 |
| Scoring margin | -5.4 | - |
| FIELD GOALS-ATT | 290-688 | 319-762 |
| Field goal pct | .422 | .419 |
| 3 POINT FIELD GOALS-ATT | 48-160 | 76-250 |
| 3-point field goals pct | .300 | .304 |
| 3-point field goals made per game | 3.4 | 5.4 |
| FREE THROWS-ATT | 208-306 | 201-271 |
| Free throw pct | .680 | .742 |
| Free throws made per game | 14.9 | 14.4 |
| REBOUNDS | 415 | 412 |
| Rebounds per game | 29.6 | 29.4 |
| Rebounding margin | +0.2 | - |
| ASSISTS | 172 | 177 |
| Assists per game | 12.3 | 12.6 |
| TURNOVERS | 205 | 183 |
| Turnovers per game | 14.6 | 13.1 |
| Turnover margin | -1.6 | - |
| Assist/Turnover ratio | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| STEALS | 90 | 102 |
| Steals per game | 6.4 | 7.3 |
| BLOCKS | 39 | 46 |
| Blocks per game | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| WINNING STREAK | 0 | - |
| Home win streak | 0 | - |
| ATTENDANCE | 46,227 | 34,877 |
| Home games-Avg/Game | 8-5,778 | 6-5,813 |
| Neutral site-Avg/Game | - | 0-0 |