The 2016–17 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team, formerly known as the IPFW Mastodons, represented

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during the

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. The Mastodons, led by third-year head coach

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, played their home games at the Gates Sports Center and the

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as members of

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. They finished the season 20–13, 8–8 in Summit League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They defeated the number 3 ranked Indians Hoosiers 71-68 in overtime. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League tournament to

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. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated

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in the first round and received a second round bye before losing in the quarterfinals to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. This was the first season in which the IPFW athletic program has been officially branded as "Fort Wayne", following a change in athletic department policy announced on August 8, 2016. The Summit League had started using "Fort Wayne" in 2012 as part of a conference initiative, and some IPFW teams had been using the "Fort Wayne" branding before the August 2016 announcement.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2015–16 season 24–10, 12–4 in Summit League play to finish in a tie for the regular season championship. They lost in the semifinals of the Summit League tournament to

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. As a regular season league champion who was also the No. 1 seed in their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the

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where they lost in the first round to

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Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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