Conference Summit League Head coach Jon Coffman (3rd year) Assistant coach Ryan Sims (6th year) | 2016–17 record 19–11 (8–8 The Summit) Assistant coach Mark Downey (2nd year) Assistant coach Ben Botts (3rd year) | |
The 2016–17 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team, formerly known as the IPFW Mastodons, represents Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mastodons, led by third-year head coach Jon Coffman, play their home games at the Gates Sports Center and the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, and are members of The Summit League.
This is 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 Mastodons 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 North Dakota State. As a regular season league champion who was also the No. 1 seed in their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to San Diego State.