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

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on April 3, 2017. Practices officially began on September 30, 2016.

Rule changes

The only rule change for the regular season was allowing coaches to ask for timeouts in situations of inbounds on offense or defense. Coaches are still not permitted to call timeouts in live-ball situations. The NCAA approved a number of experimental rule changes for use in the 2017 postseason NIT: * Team fouls were reset to zero at the 10:00 mark of each half. This effectively divided the game into quarters for purposes of team fouls. * The "one-and-one" foul shot was not used. Instead, starting with the fifth total foul in each 10-minute period, non-shooting fouls by the defensive team resulted in two free throws, with the only exception being administrative technical fouls. This mirrored foul counting in NCAA women's basketball, which has been played in quarters since the 2015–16 season. * In a feature unique in the college game, but similar to that used by the NBA and WNBA, each overtime was considered a separate period for purposes of accumulating team fouls. The team foul limit was 3 per overtime period, with all non-shooting team fouls thereafter by the defense resulting in two free throws. * The shot clock was reset to 20 seconds whenever the ball was inbounded in the frontcourt.

Season headlines

* March 10, 2016 – The

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announced it will add a conference tournament beginning in the 2016–17 season. Previously, the regular season champion earned the automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. * April 20 – The NCAA announces its

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(APR) sanctions for the 2016–17 school year. A total of 23 programs in 13 sports are declared ineligible for postseason play due to failure to meet the required APR benchmark, including the following two Division I men's basketball teams: **

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* April 28 – The Atlantic Sun Conference announced that effective with the 2016–17 school year, it would rebrand itself as the

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. * November 2 – The

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preseason All-American team was released.

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guard

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was the leading vote-getter (61 votes). Joining him on the team were

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forward

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(55 votes), Villanova guard

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(53),

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forward

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(30) and Iowa State guard

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(24). * November 22 –

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upset 3rd-ranked

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for the first win over a ranked team in the program's history. * December 5 – The

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(ASUN) announced that

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would move from the Division II

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and join the ASUN in 2018. * January 2 – Duke announced that head coach

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would undergo surgery on January 6 to remove a fragment of a herniated disc in his lower back. He went on a medical leave following the Blue Devils' January 4 game against

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and was expected to be out for about four weeks. Associate head coach

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took over for Krzyzewski during his recuperation. * January 5 – Before Austin Peay's game against

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, Peay announced that

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, the Governors' head coach since 1990, would take a medical leave effective immediately. Loos, who had undergone surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his colon in July 2016, has since been undergoing chemotherapy for a cancerous lymph node found during that procedure. Assistant Jay Bowen served as interim head coach until Loos returned to the sidelines on January 19. * January 13 – The

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announced that California Baptist would move from the Division II

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and join the WAC in 2018. * January 24 – For only the third time since the

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was first compiled for college basketball in 1948, three of the top four teams lost on the same day. First, #2

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lost 85–69 at

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. Shortly thereafter, top-ranked Villanova lost 74–72 at Marquette. Finally, #4

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lost 82–80 at

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. * January 26 – The

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announced that

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, currently a member of the

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, would join the league in 2018. * February 4 ** Six teams in the AP Top 10 lose, tying the poll-era record for most losses by top-10 teams in one day. Additionally, it was the first day in poll history in which two of the top three teams ( Baylor and Kansas) lost at home to unranked opponents. ** Krzyzewski returns from his medical leave to the Duke bench, with the Blue Devils defeating

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72–64. * March 8 – A plane carrying

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to the Big Ten tournament in

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skidded off the runway and crashed while trying to take off from

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near

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. No one was injured, and the team safely arrived in Washington on a flight the following morning. * March 13 – '' The Republican'' of

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reported that a

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lawsuit had been filed against several UMass staff members. The suit was filed in December 2016 by a former girlfriend of assistant

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, and names Roe and three other staff members, including since-fired head coach

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, as defendants. The suit alleges that she was intimidated and falsely imprisoned in an attempt to keep her silent about doping by team members, domestic violence incidents involving staff members, and quashing of criminal complaints against team members.

Milestones and records

*During the season, the following players reached the 2000 career point milestone –

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guard

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, Valparaiso forward

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guard Dallas Moore, Santa Clara guard Jared Brownridge, VMI guard Q. J. Peterson, Winthrop guard Keon Johnson,

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guard

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, Lehigh center

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guard Jack Gibbs,

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guard Jeremy Senglin,

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guard Justin Robinson, and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi forward

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. * November 11 – NJIT's Damon Lynn surpasses Chris Flores as the school's all-time leading scorer for their Division I era. * January 3 –

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's Darius Dawkins made 13-of-17 three-pointers en route to 41 points. He set both school and

single game three-point scoring records in the process, which were previously 10 and 11, respectively. * January 7 – Colorado State head coach

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won his 500th game in Division I. The Rams defeated

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85–58. * February 11 – Villanova head coach Jay Wright won his 500th game in Division I. The Wildcats defeated Xavier 73–57. * February 16 – Austin Peay head coach

also won his 500th game in Division I. The Governors defeated

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85–80. * March 7 – With Gonzaga's 74–56 win over Saint Mary's in the final of the West Coast Conference tournament, the Bulldogs'

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became the winningest player in NCAA Division I men's history, although the NCAA does not officially recognize this milestone. This was Karnowski's 132nd winning appearance, surpassing the 131 of Duke's Shane Battier. Karnowski would ultimately finish with 137 wins. *March 9 –

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becomes the winningest coach in

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history (210 wins). *March 18 – Gonzaga head coach

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reached the 500-win mark in the Bulldogs' 79–73 win over Northwestern in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Among Division I men's coaches, only

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and

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reached the milestone in fewer games.

Conference membership changes

Only one school joined a new conference for 2016–17:

New arenas

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opened the new

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. The completion of the 6,000-seat venue saw the South Dakota men's basketball, women's basketball, and women's volleyball teams move out of the considerably larger

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, which remains home to

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, track & field, and swimming & diving. The first men's basketball game in the new arena was an exhibition on November 4 against

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Loras, with the Coyotes winning 106–76; the first official men's game was the second leg of a November 13 doubleheader with the Coyotes women's team, with the men defeating

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78–72. *

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opened the renovated

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. This completion brought the previously outdated Bison Sports Arena up to full Division 1 standards. The arena resumed competition of their men's basketball, women's basketball, and wrestling teams inside the Scheels Center. The renovated arena seats 5,700 people on the North side of NDSU's campus in

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. The first game played in the renovated arena was an exhibition on November 2, 2016 against

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, the Bison winning that game 90-53. The first official men's game was on November 11, 2016; the Bison beat

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76-66. This proved to be the last season for four Division I teams in their then-current venues: * DePaul, located in

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, left its current off-campus home of

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in suburban

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for a new off-campus arena in the city proper.

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, a 10,000-seat venue at the

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convention center, opened for the 2017–18 season. *

left one on-campus venue for another. The aging

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(capacity 1,600) was replaced by the

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(capacity 3,500) for the 2017–18 season. * Robert Morris closed the Charles L. Sewall Center, the on-campus home to the Colonials since 1985, in June 2017. At the time, the

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was being built at the Sewall Center site and was originally scheduled to open in the middle of the 2018–19 basketball season. The Colonials played most of their 2017–18 home games at

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, with another Pittsburgh venue, Duquesne's A. J. Palumbo Center, used when PPG Paints Arena was not available. Due to construction delays, the Colonials ultimately played their entire 2018–19 home schedule at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center, a facility that opened in 2017 at the on-campus

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as part of the UPMC Events Center project. * Wofford also moved within its campus, abandoning its home since 1981, Benjamin Johnson Arena (capacity 3,500), for the new

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(capacity 3,400).

Season outlook

Pre–season polls

The top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls.

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Upsets

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Conference winners and tournaments

Each of the 32 Division I

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s ends its

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with a

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. The team with the best regular-season record in each conference is given the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. This was the first season in which the

held a conference tournament.

Statistical leaders

Postseason

NCAA tournament

Tournament upsets

For this list, an "upset" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent. This definition is based solely on seeding—in the Middle Tennessee–Minnesota game listed below, the #12 seed Middle Tennessee entered the game as a 1.5-point favorite in Las Vegas sports books.

Final Four –
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National Invitation tournament

After the NCAA tournament field was announced, the NCAA invited 32 teams to participate in the

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. The tournament began on March 14, 2017 with all games prior to the semifinals being played at campus sites.

NIT Semifinals and Final

Played at

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on March 28 and 30

College Basketball Invitational

The tenth

College Basketball Invitational The College Basketball Invitational (CBI) is a men's college basketball tournament created in 2007 by The Gazelle Group. The inaugural tournament occurred after the conclusion of the 2007–08 men's college basketball regular season. The CBI s ...

(CBI) Tournament began on March 14, 2017. This tournament features 16 teams who were left out of the NCAA tournament and NIT.

CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament

The seventh

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began on March 13, 2017 and ended with the championship game on March 31. This tournament places an emphasis on selecting successful teams from "mid-major" conferences who were left out of the NCAA tournament and NIT. 26 teams participate in this tournament.

Conference standings

Award winners

2017 Consensus All-America team

Major player of the year awards

Wooden Award The John R. Wooden Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's and women's college basketball players. The program consists of the men's and women's Player of the Year awards, the Legends of Coaching award, and recognizing the ...

Frank Mason III Frank Leo Mason III (born April 3, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for SLUC Nancy Basket of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the University of Kansas, where he was the starting point guard for the Jayhawks. F ...

Naismith Award Naismith Award is a basketball award named after James Naismith, and awarded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. Naismith Awards include: * Naismith College Player of the Year (men's and women's; NCAA Division I basketball) * Naismith College Coach of t ...

: Frank Mason III, Kansas * Associated Press Player of the Year: Frank Mason III, Kansas *

NABC Player of the Year The NABC Player of the Year is an award given annually by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) to recognize the top player in men's college basketball. The award has been given since the 1974–75 season to National Collegiate Athl ...

: Frank Mason III, Kansas *

Oscar Robertson Trophy The Oscar Robertson Trophy is given out annually to the outstanding men's college basketball player by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). The trophy is considered to be the oldest of its kind and has been given out since 195 ...

(

USBWA The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) was founded in 1956 by National Collegiate Athletic Association director Walter Byers to serve the interests of journalists who cover college basketball. Scholarships The USBWA annually awar ...

): Frank Mason III, Kansas * ''Sporting News'' Player of the Year: Frank Mason III, Kansas

Major freshman of the year awards

Wayman Tisdale Award The USBWA National Freshman of the Year, with the men's and women's versions respectively named the Wayman Tisdale Award and Tamika Catchings Award, is an annual basketball award given to college basketball's most outstanding freshman male player ...

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Lonzo Ball Lonzo Anderson Ball (born October 27, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A point guard, he played college basketball for one season with the UCLA Bruins, earni ...

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

NABC Freshman of the Year The NABC Freshman of the Year is an annual college basketball award presented by Adidas Adidas AG (; stylized as adidas since 1949) is a German multinational corporation, founded and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, that designs a ...

: Lonzo Ball, UCLA *''

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'' Freshman of the Year: Lonzo Ball, UCLA

Major coach of the year awards

* Associated Press Coach of the Year:

, Gonzaga *

Henry Iba Award The Henry Iba Award was established in 1959 to recognize the best college basketball coach of the year by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Five nominees are presented and the individual with the most votes receives the aw ...

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): Mark Few, Gonzaga *

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: Mark Few, Gonzaga *

Naismith College Coach of the Year Naismith College Coach of the Year Award is an award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to one men's and one women's NCAA Division I collegiate coach each season since 1987. The award was originally given to the two winning coaches of the NCAA Divis ...

: Mark Few, Gonzaga * ''Sporting News'' Coach of the Year: Mark Few, Gonzaga

Other major awards

Bob Cousy Award The Bob Cousy Award presented by The College of the Holy Cross (or Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award) is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate point guard. ...

(Best point guard): Frank Mason III, Kansas *

Jerry West Award The Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate shooting guard. The award is named after former Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard, ...

(Best shooting guard):

Malik Monk Malik Ahmad Monk (born February 4, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, earning consensus ...

Julius Erving Award The Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate small forward. Following the success of the Bob Cousy Award which had been awarde ...

(Best small forward):

, Villanova *

Karl Malone Award The Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate power forward. Following the success of the Bob Cousy Award which had been awarded s ...

(Best power forward):

Johnathan Motley Johnathan Landus Motley (born May 4, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for KK Partizan of the Aba League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears, where he was a consensus second-team All-American ...

, Baylor *Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Best center):

, Gonzaga *Pete Newell Big Man Award (Best big man): Caleb Swanigan, Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball, Purdue *NABC Defensive Player of the Year: Jevon Carter, West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball, West Virginia *List of Senior CLASS Award men's basketball winners, Senior CLASS Award (top senior): Josh Hart, Villanova *Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Top player in Philadelphia Big 5): Josh Hart, Villanova *Haggerty Award (Top player in

metro area): Ángel Delgado, Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball, Seton Hall *Ben Jobe Award (Top minority coach): Jamion Christian, Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball, Mount St. Mary's *Hugh Durham Award (Top mid-major coach): Rod Barnes, Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball, Cal State Bakersfield *Jim Phelan Award (Top head coach): Frank Martin (basketball), Frank Martin, South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball, South Carolina *Lefty Driesell Award (Top defensive player): Jevon Carter, West Virginia *Lou Henson Award (Top mid-major player): Justin Robinson,

*Lute Olson Award (Top non-freshman or transfer player): Caleb Swanigan, Purdue *Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (Coach with moral character): Danny Manning, Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball, Wake Forest *List of Men's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year, Academic All-American of the Year (Top scholar-athlete): Canyon Barry, 2016–17 Florida Gators men's basketball team, Florida *Elite 90 Award (Top GPA among upperclass players at Final Four): Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga *USBWA Most Courageous Award: Bronson Koenig, 2016–17 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Wisconsin

Coaching changes

49 teams changed coaches during and after the season.

Attendances

2016-17 College basketball teams average home attendances of at least 10,000:http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2016.pdf

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season,

Rule changes

Season headlines

Milestones and records

Conference membership changes

New arenas

Season outlook

Pre–season polls

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Upsets

Conference winners and tournaments

Statistical leaders

Postseason

NCAA tournament

Tournament upsets

National Invitation tournament

NIT Semifinals and Final

College Basketball Invitational

CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament

Conference standings

Award winners

2017 Consensus All-America team

Major player of the year awards

Major freshman of the year awards

Major coach of the year awards

Other major awards

Coaching changes

Attendances

See also

Notes

References