# 2016–17 Southern Jaguars basketball team

The 2016–17 Southern Jaguars basketball team represented Southern University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by sixth-year head coach Roman Banks, played their home games at the F. G. Clark Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 15–18, 10–8 in SWAC play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the 3-seed in the SWAC tournament they defeated Jackson State before losing in the semifinals to Alcorn State.
On March 31, head coach Roman Banks, who had been serving as Southern's interim Athletic Director for almost two years, was promoted to full time Athletic Director and stepped down as basketball coach. He finished his coaching career at Southern with a six year record of 114–85.

## Previous season

The Jaguars finished the 2015–16 season 22–13, 11–7 record in SWAC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Alabama State, top-seeded Texas Southern, and Jackson State in the SWAC tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 16 seed. They lost to Holy Cross in the First Four.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Ohio Global Sports Shootout | L 67–77 | 0–1 | Convocation Center (6,268) Athens, OH |
| 11/14/2016* 6:30 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Georgia Tech Global Sports Shootout | L 62–77 | 0–2 | Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,360) Atlanta, GA |
| 11/17/2016* 6:30 pm | | at Sam Houston State Global Sports Shootout | L 83–91 | 0–3 | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,116) Huntsville, TX |
| 11/22/2016* 7:30 pm | | Tennessee Tech Global Sports Shootout | W 80–68 | 1–3 | F. G. Clark Center (601) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 11/29/2016* 7:00 pm | | Paul Quinn | W 91–79 | 2–3 | F. G. Clark Center (318) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 12/03/2016* 3:00 pm | | at Florida A&M | W 83–71 | 3–3 | Alfred Lawson, Jr. Multipurpose Center (1,017) Tallahassee, FL |
| 12/07/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Tulane | L 75–84 | 3–4 | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,107) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/10/2016* 3:00 pm | | Loyola–New Orleans | L 64–69 | 3–5 | F. G. Clark Center (288) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 12/11/2016* 3:00 pm | | Ecclesia | W 86–50 | 4–5 | F. G. Clark Center (121) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 12/14/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | at No. 4 Baylor | L 59–89 | 4–6 | Ferrell Center (5,091) Waco, TX |
| 12/18/2016* 4:00 pm | | at UAB | L 74–75 $^{OT}$ | 4–7 | Bartow Arena (3,436) Birmingham, AL |
| 12/20/2016* 7:00 pm, BTN+ | | at Nebraska | L 76–81 | 4–8 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (13,960) Lincoln, NE |
| 12/28/2016* 7:00 pm | | Southeastern Louisiana | L 53–64 | 4–9 | F. G. Clark Center (328) Baton Rouge, LA |
| SWAC regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2017 7:30 pm | | Prairie View A&M | W 59–57 | 5–9 (1–0) | F. G. Clark Center (463) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 01/04/2017 7:30 pm | | Texas Southern | L 74–82 | 5–10 (1–1) | F. G. Clark Center (622) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 01/07/2017 5:00 pm | | at Grambling State | W 87–79 | 6–10 (2–1) | Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (753) Grambling, LA |
| 01/09/2017 8:00 pm | | at Jackson State | L 61–65 | 6–11 (2–2) | Williams Assembly Center (1,327) Jackson, MS |
| 01/14/2017 5:30 pm | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 76–75 | 7–11 (3–2) | F. G. Clark Center (741) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 01/16/2017 6:00 pm | | Mississippi Valley State | W 87–81 | 8–11 (4–2) | F. G. Clark Center (801) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 01/21/2017 6:00 pm | | at Alabama A&M | W 53–52 | 9–11 (5–2) | Elmore Gymnasium (2,123) Normal, AL |
| 01/23/2017 7:30 pm | | at Alabama State | L 65–79 | 9–12 (5–3) | Dunn–Oliver Acadome (1,872) Montgomery, AL |
| 01/28/2017 5:00 pm | | at Alcorn State | L 64–74 | 9–13 (5–4) | Davey Whitney Complex (1,443) Lorman, MS |
| 02/04/2017 5:30 pm | | Grambling State | W 67–66 | 10–13 (6–4) | F. G. Clark Center (3,079) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/06/2017 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | Jackson State | W 88–75 | 11–13 (7–4) | F. G. Clark Center (1,129) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/11/2017 7:30 pm | | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | L 61–68 | 11–14 (7–5) | K. L. Johnson Complex (1,889) Pine Bluff, AR |
| 02/13/2017 7:30 pm | | at Mississippi Valley State | W 81–72 | 12–14 (8–5) | Harrison HPER Complex (1,309) Itta Bena, MS |
| 02/18/2017 5:30 pm | | Alabama A&M | W 77–64 | 13–14 (9–5) | F. G. Clark Center (975) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/20/2017 7:30 pm | | Alabama State | W 79–73 | 14–14 (10–5) | F. G. Clark Center (899) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/25/2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Alcorn State | L 67–68 | 14–15 (10–6) | F. G. Clark Center (1,021) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 03/02/2017 7:30 pm | | at Prairie View A&M | L 64–70 | 14–16 (10–7) | William J. Nicks Building (1,200) Prairie View, TX |
| 03/04/2017 7:00 pm | | at Texas Southern | L 69–82 | 14–17 (10–8) | Health and Physical Education Arena (3,902) Houston, TX |
| SWAC tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2017 7:30 pm | (3) | (6) Jackson State Quarterfinals | W 69–63 | 15–17 | F. G. Clark Center (3,012) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 03/10/2017 8:30 pm | (3) | vs. (2) Alcorn State Semifinals | L 59–81 | 15–18 | Toyota Center Houston, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||