The 2016–17 Savannah State Tigers basketball team represented
Savannah State University
Savannah State University (SSU) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is the oldest historically black public university in the state. Th ...
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 Tigers, led by 12th-year head coach
Horace Broadnax
Horace Randall Broadnax (born March 22, 1964) is an American college basketball coach. He was most recently the head men's basketball coach at Savannah State University. He was born in Plant City, Florida.
Playing career
After graduating from Pl ...
, played their home games at
Tiger Arena and were members of the
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC ) is a List of NCAA conferences, collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and the Mid-A ...
. They finished the season 13–16, 10–6 in MEAC play to finish in fifth place. The team was ineligible for postseason play due to APR violations.
Previous season
They finished the
2015–16 season 16–16, 9–7 in MEAC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated
Delaware State
Delaware State University (DSU or Del State) is a privately governed, state-assisted historically black land-grant research university in Dover, Delaware. DSU also has two satellite campuses: one in Wilmington and one in Georgetown. The un ...
and
Bethune–Cookman to advance to the semifinals of the
MEAC tournament where they lost to
Hampton
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Places Australia
*Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia
* Hampton, New South Wales
*Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
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** Hampton railway station, Melbour ...
. They were invited to the
CollegeInsdier.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to
Texas–Arlington.
Preseason
The Eagles were picked to finish in 11th place in the preseason MEAC poll.
Troyce Manassa was named to the preseason All-MEAC third team.
Roster
Schedule
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References
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