The 2016–17 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team represented
Tulane University 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 Green Wave, led by first-year head coach
Mike Dunleavy Sr.
Michael Joseph Dunleavy Sr. (born March 21, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and general manager of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers. He was most recently the head coach of the Tulane U ...
, played their home games at
Devlin Fieldhouse in
New Orleans, Louisiana as third-year members of the
American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 6–25, 3–15 in AAC play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the
AAC tournament to
Tulsa.
Previous season
The
Green Wave finished the season 12–22, 3–15 in American Athletic play to finish in last place. They defeated
UCF
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...
and
Houston in the
American Athletic tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to
Memphis.
Following the season, Tulane fired head coach
Ed Conroy. On March 25, 2016, the school hired Mike Dunleavy Sr. as head coach.
Departures
Incoming Transfers
Incoming recruits
Roster
Schedule and results
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AAC regular season
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AAC tournament
References
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