2016–17 record 11–20 (3–11 ASUN) | ||
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Conference Atlantic Sun Conference Head coach Brian Kennedy (1st year) Assistant coach Jeff Rafferty
Kevin Driscoll
Kim Waiters Home arena Fleisher Center (cap. 1600) | ||
The 2016–17 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by first-year head coach Brian Kennedy, played their home games at the Fleisher Center in Newark, New Jersey and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). They finished the season 11–20, 3–11 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for seventh place. Due to tiebreakers, they received the No. 7 seed in the ASUN Tournament where they lost in the quarterfinals to Lipscomb.
This is expected to be the Highlanders' final season at Fleisher Center. The school is building the new Wellness and Events Center and plans to open it for the 2017–18 season.
Previous season
The Highlanders finished the 2015–16 season 20–15, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-Sun Tournament to Stetson. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Army, Boston University, and Texas–Arlington to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Columbia.
On April 1, 2016 head coach Jim Engles resigned to become the head coach at Columbia. He finished at NJIT with an eight-year record of 111–139. On April 13, the school hired assistant Brian Kennedy as head coach.