The 2016–17 La Salle Explorers basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Explorers, led by 13th-year head coach

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, played their home games at

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as members of the

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. They finished the season 15–15, 9–9 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the A-10 tournament, they lost to

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in the first round.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2015–16 season 9–22, 4–14 in A-10 play to finish in last place. They defeated Duquesne in the first round of the A-10 tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to

Offseason

Departures

2016 recruiting class

Preseason

La Salle was picked to finish in seventh place in the Preseason A-10 poll. Jordan Price was named to the Preseason All-Conference Second Team.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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