The 2016–17 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented
Abilene Christian University
Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a Private university, private Christian research university in Abilene, Texas, United States. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as an R2 (High Research Spending and Doctorate Production) institutio ...
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 Wildcats were led by sixth-year head coach
Joe Golding
Joseph Griffith Golding (March 26, 1921December 26, 1971) was a professional American football halfback/defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Boston Yanks (1947–1948) and the New York Bulldogs/Yanks (1949†...
and played their home games at the
Moody Coliseum
Moody Coliseum is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose arena in University Park, Texas (an inner suburb of Dallas). The arena opened in 1956. It is home to the Southern Methodist University Mustangs basketball teams and volleyball team. It was also home ...
in
Abilene, Texas
Abilene ( ) is a city in Taylor County, Texas, Taylor and Jones County, Texas, Jones counties, Texas, United States. Its population was 125,182 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan ar ...
as members of the
Southland Conference
The Southland Conference (SLC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in ...
. They finished the season 13–16, 7–11 in Southland play to finish in a five-way tie for eighth place.
The Wildcats, in their final year of a four-year transition from
Division II to
Division I, were not eligible for a postseason tournament including the
Southland tournament, but were considered a Division I team for scheduling purposes and a Division I
RPI member.
Previous season
The
Wildcats
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finished the
2015–16 season with a record of 13–18, 8–10 in
Southland play to finish in seventh place.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Southland regular season
See also
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2016–17 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team
References
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