Associate head coach Mike Babul Assistant coach Scott Smith | 2016–17 record 15–12 (11–6 NEC) Assistant coach Marquis Webb | |
Head coach Bashir Mason (5th year) | ||
The 2016–17 Wagner Seahawks men's basketball team represents Wagner College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seahawks are led by fifth-year head coach Bashir Mason. They play their home games at Spiro Sports Center on the school's Staten Island campus and are members of the Northeast Conference.
Previous season
The Seahawks finished the 2015–16 season 23–11, 13–5 in NEC play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Robert Morris and LIU Brooklyn to advance to the championship game of the NEC Tournament where they lost to Fairleigh Dickinson. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated St. Bonaventure in the first round before losing in the second round to Creighton.