The 2016–17 La Salle Explorers basketball team represented
La Salle University
La Salle University () is a private university, private, Catholic university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The university was founded in 1863 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and named for St. Jean-Bapt ...
during the
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 early-season tournaments were the 2K Sports Classic, Charleston Classic, and Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The season ended with the 2017 NCAA Division I men' ...
. The Explorers, led by 13th-year head coach
John Giannini
John Manfredo Giannini (born October 31, 1962) is an American college basketball coach, Director of Athletics at Rowan University, and college basketball analyst for NBC Sports and other networks. He served as the head men's basketball coach at ...
, played their home games at
Tom Gola Arena in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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as members of the
Atlantic 10 Conference
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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
Davidson in the first round.
Previous season
The
Explorers
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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
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in the first round of the
A-10 tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to
Davidson.
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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Atlantic 10 tournament
References
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