1996-97 St. Olaf College Men's Basketball Schedule
| DATE | OPPONENT | LOCATION | SCORE |
| Nov. 25 | Mount Senario College | Home | W 79-66 |
| Dec. 3 | Northwestern University | St. Paul, Minn. | L 88-90 |
| Dec. 9 | Augsburg College | Home | L 69-74 |
| Dec. 11 | Bethel University | St. Paul, Minn | L 70-86 |
| Dec. 14 | Saint John's University | Home | W 81-68 |
| Dec. 29 | California Lutheran College | Thousand Oaks, Calif. | L 82-90 |
| Dec. 30 | *Bethany (Kansas) College | W 83-55 |
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| Jan. 4 | University of St. Thomas | Home | W 70-68 |
| Jan. 6 | Gustavus Adolphus College | Saint Peter, Minn. | L 66-70 |
| Jan. 8 | Concordia College-Moorhead | Moorhead, Minn. | W 78-73 |
| Jan. 11 | Macalester College | Home | W 66-54 |
| Jan. 15 | Carleton College | Home | L 73-83 |
| Jan. 18 | Saint Mary's University | Home | W 70-59 |
| Jan. 22 | Hamline University | St. Paul, Minn. | W 83-76 |
| Jan. 25 | Augsburg College | Minneapolis, Minn. | L 85-96 |
| Jan. 29 | Bethel University | Home | W 72-70 |
| Feb. 1 | Saint John's University | Collegeville, Minn. | W 80-75 |
| Feb. 3 | University of St. Thomas | St. Paul, Minn. | W 75-65 |
| Feb. 5 | Gustavus Adolphus College | Home | L 64-75 |
| Feb. 8 | Concordia College-Moorhead | Home | L 74-87 |
| Feb. 12 | Macalester College | St. Paul, Minn. | W 61-52 |
| Feb. 17 | Carleton College | Northfield, Minn. | L 69-73 |
| Feb. 19 | Saint Mary's University | Minneapolis, Minn. | W 58-47 |
| Feb. 22 | Hamline University | Home | W 79-77 |
*@ California Lutheran |
