The 2016–17 Saint Joseph's Hawks basketball team represented

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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 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 ...

. The Hawks, led by 22nd-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 11–20, 4–14 A-10 play to finish in a tie for 12th place. As the No. 13 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 with a record of 28–8, 13–5 in A-10 play to finish in fourth place. They defeated

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, and VCU to be with the A-10 tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As a #8 seed, they defeated

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in the first round, their first NCAA Tournament victory since

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, to advance to the second round where they lost to

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was named A-10 player of the year.

Preseason

Saint Joseph's was picked to finish in ninth place in the Preseason A-10 poll.

Offseason

Departures

2016 recruiting class

2017 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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