2016–17 record 25–5 (17–2 MAAC) Assistant coach Rick Callahan Assistant coach Duane Woodward | Head coach King Rice (6th year) Assistant coach Sam Ferry | |
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Conference Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | ||
The 2016–17 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team represents Monmouth University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by sixth year head coach King Rice, play their home games at OceanFirst Bank Center and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).
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Season
The Hawks won the MAAC regular season championship with a win over Niagara on February 16, 2017.
Previous season
The Hawks finished the 2016–17 season 28–8, 17–3 in MAAC play to win the MAAC regular season championship. They defeated Rider and Fairfield to advance to the championship game of the MAAC Tournament where they lost to Iona. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. As one of the last four teams left out of the NCAA Tournament, they received a No. 1 seed in the NIT where they defeated Bucknell in the first round before losing to George Washington in the second round.
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings