Schedule:
Please note: All rankings shown are the rankings of the teams on the date that they played one another
| Game | Date | Away Team (Rank) | Away Score | Home Score | Home Team (Rank) | Game Status | Result | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016-11-11 | Illinois State (125) | 70 | 73 | Murray State (175) | Final | L | -3 |
| 2 | 2016-11-16 | Purdue Fort Wayne (222) | 57 | 75 | Illinois State (94) | Final | W | 18 |
| 3 | 2016-11-21 | Illinois State (125) | 71 | 80 | TCU (131) | Final | L | -9 |
| 4 | 2016-11-27 | Ferris State | 67 | 81 | Illinois State (125) | Final | W | 14 |
| 5 | 2016-11-30 | IUPUI (252) | 63 | 77 | Illinois State (177) | Final | W | 14 |
| 6 | 2016-12-03 | New Mexico (103) | 74 | 79 | Illinois State (177) | Final | W | 5 |
| 7 | 2016-12-07 | Illinois State (96) | 68 | 70 | Tulsa (204) | Final | L | -2 |
| 8 | 2016-12-10 | Tennessee-Martin (112) | 57 | 74 | Illinois State (96) | Final | W | 17 |
| 9 | 2016-12-18 | Saint Joseph's (111) | 72 | 81 | Illinois State (110) | Final | W | 9 |
| 10 | 2016-12-22 | Illinois State (93) | 71 | 45 | Hawaii (229) | Final | W | 26 |
| 11 | 2016-12-23 | San Francisco (140) | 66 | 58 | Illinois State (93) | Final | L | -8 |
| 12 | 2016-12-25 | Tulsa (156) | 56 | 68 | Illinois State (93) | Final | W | 12 |
| 13 | 2016-12-29 | Evansville (118) | 50 | 62 | Illinois State (91) | Final | W | 12 |
| 14 | 2017-01-01 | Illinois State (91) | 81 | 59 | Loyola-Chicago | Final | W | 22 |
| 15 | 2017-01-04 | Missouri State (89) | 71 | 74 | Illinois State (74) | Final/OT | W | 3 |
| 16 | 2017-01-07 | Illinois State (74) | 77 | 58 | Indiana State (175) | Final | W | 19 |
| 17 | 2017-01-11 | Illinois State (67) | 60 | 53 | Southern Illinois (144) | Final | W | 7 |
| 18 | 2017-01-14 | Wichita State (39) | 62 | 76 | Illinois State (67) | Final | W | 14 |
| 19 | 2017-01-18 | Illinois State (54) | 69 | 49 | Bradley (223) | Final | W | 20 |
| 20 | 2017-01-21 | Drake (274) | 58 | 72 | Illinois State (54) | Final | W | 14 |
| 21 | 2017-01-25 | Indiana State (214) | 66 | 71 | Illinois State (52) | Final | W | 5 |
| 22 | 2017-01-29 | Illinois State (52) | 69 | 59 | Evansville (175) | Final | W | 10 |
| 23 | 2017-02-01 | Northern Iowa (152) | 51 | 57 | Illinois State (55) | Final | W | 6 |
| 24 | 2017-02-04 | Illinois State (55) | 45 | 86 | Wichita State (29) | Final | L | -41 |
| 25 | 2017-02-07 | Illinois State (56) | 82 | 53 | Drake (249) | Final | W | 29 |
| 26 | 2017-02-11 | Bradley (234) | 50 | 64 | Illinois State (56) | Final | W | 14 |
| 27 | 2017-02-15 | Illinois State (56) | 67 | 66 | Missouri State (135) | Final | W | 1 |
| 28 | 2017-02-19 | Loyola-Chicago (120) | 63 | 65 | Illinois State (56) | Final | W | 2 |
| 29 | 2017-02-22 | Southern Illinois (159) | 46 | 50 | Illinois State (55) | Final | W | 4 |
| 30 | 2017-02-25 | Illinois State (55) | 63 | 42 | Northern Iowa (129) | Final | W | 21 |
| 31 | 2017-03-03 | Evansville (167) | 69 | 80 | Illinois State (49) | Final | W | 11 |
| 32 | 2017-03-04 | Southern Illinois (153) | 50 | 63 | Illinois State (49) | Final | W | 13 |
| 33 | 2017-03-05 | Wichita State (23) | 71 | 51 | Illinois State (49) | Final | L | -20 |
| 34 | 2017-03-15 | UC-Irvine (136) | 71 | 85 | Illinois State (53) | Final | W | 14 |
| 35 | 2017-03-20 | Central Florida (69) | 63 | 62 | Illinois State (53) | Final | L | -1 |