Campbell University Campbell University is a private Baptist university in Buies Creek, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (Southern Baptist Convention). Southern Baptist ConventionColleges and Universities sbc.net ...

2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 11, 2016. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic, and ended with the Final Four in Glendale, Arizona on April 3, 2017. Practices officially began on September 30, 2 ...

Kevin McGeehan Kevin McGeehan (born October 30, 1973) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Campbell University. Prior to taking the helm of the Fighting Camels basketball program, he was the associate head coach ...

Gore Arena The John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center is a multi-purpose arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina. The arena, Gore Arena, is located on the campus of Campbell University and hosts the university's basketball, volleyball, and wrestling programs. It i ...

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as members of the

Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Th ...

. They finished the season 19–18, 7–11 in Big South play to finish in a tie for seventh place. Due to tiebreakers, they received the No. 7 seed in the Big South tournament where defeated

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, UNC Asheville, and Radford to advance to the championship game where they lost to Winthrop. They received an invitation to the

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where they defeated Houston Baptist and UT Martin before losing in the quarterfinals to Furman.

Previous season

The Fighting Camels finished the 2015–16 season 12–18, 5–13 in Big South play to finish in four-way tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to Gardner–Webb.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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