# 2016–17 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team, formerly known as the IPFW Mastodons, represented 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, played their home games at the Gates Sports Center and the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum as members of The Summit League. They finished the season 20–13, 8–8 in Summit League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They defeated the number 3 ranked Indians Hoosiers 71-68 in overtime. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League tournament to Omaha. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Ball State in the first round and received a second round bye before losing in the quarterfinals to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.
This was 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.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2016* 7:00 pm | | Capital | W 97–67 | | Gates Sports Center (854) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 8:00 pm | | at Arkansas | L 83–92 | 0–1 | Bud Walton Arena (13,787) Fayetteville, AR |
| 11/13/2016* 2:30 pm | | Kenyon | W 117–60 | 1–1 | Gates Sports Center (1,131) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 11/16/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Illinois State | L 57–75 | 1–2 | Redbird Arena (4,081) Normal, IL |
| 11/19/2016* 7:00 pm | | UMass Lowell Indiana Classic | W 94–81 | 2–2 | Memorial Coliseum (1,667) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 11/22/2016* 9:00 pm, BTN | | No. 3 Indiana Indiana Classic | W 71–68 $^{OT}$ | 3–2 | Memorial Coliseum (11,076) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 11/26/2016* 1:30 pm | | Mississippi Valley State Indiana Classic | W 79–54 | 4–2 | Memorial Coliseum (1,789) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 11/28/2016* 7:00 pm | | Siena Heights Indiana Classic | W 107–59 | 5–2 | Gates Sports Center (923) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Austin Peay | W 103–99 | 6–2 | Dunn Center (1,748) Clarksville, TN |
| 12/03/2016* 2:30 pm | | Miami (OH) | W 87–71 | 7–2 | Memorial Coliseum (1,539) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 12/06/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPNU | | at No. 23 Notre Dame | L 72–87 | 7–3 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,204) South Bend, IN |
| 12/10/2016* 2:30 pm | | Austin Peay | W 98–58 | 8–3 | Memorial Coliseum (1,456) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 12/18/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Stetson | W 93–74 | 9–3 | Edmunds Center (793) DeLand, FL |
| 12/22/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Detroit | W 93–86 | 10–3 | Calihan Hall (1,257) Detroit, MI |
| 12/29/2016 7:00 pm | | Western Illinois | L 91–93 | 10–4 (0–1) | Gates Sports Center (1,345) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 12/31/2016 2:30 pm | | Oral Roberts | W 102–91 | 11–4 (1–1) | Gates Sports Center (1,015) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 01/04/2017 8:00 pm | | at Omaha | W 80-78 | 12–4 (2–1) | Baxter Arena (1,559) Omaha, NE |
| 01/07/2017 7:00 pm | | Denver | W 87–83 | 13–4 (3–1) | Gates Sports Center (1,164) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 01/09/2017* 7:00 pm | | Olivet | W 115–60 | 14–4 | Gates Sports Center (906) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 01/14/2017 2:00 pm | | at South Dakota | L 63–66 | 14–5 (3–2) | Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,905) Vermillion, SD |
| 01/19/2017 8:00 pm | | at North Dakota State | L 83–89 | 14–6 (3–3) | Scheels Center (4,210) Fargo, ND |
| 01/21/2017 5:30 pm | | at South Dakota State | L 67–77 | 14–7 (3–4) | Frost Arena (3,203) Brookings, SD |
| 01/25/2017 7:30 pm | | IUPUI | W 103–73 | 15–7 (4–4) | Gates Sports Center (1,357) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 01/28/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Oral Roberts | W 87–83 | 16–7 (5–4) | Mabee Center (2,534) Tulsa, OK |
| 02/04/2017 6:00 pm | | at Denver | L 73–76 $^{OT}$ | 16–8 (5–5) | Magness Arena (1,656) Denver, CO |
| 02/08/2017 7:00 pm | | South Dakota | L 82–93 | 16–9 (5–6) | Memorial Coliseum (1,404) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 02/11/2017 7:00 pm | | Omaha | W 108–101 $^{OT}$ | 17–9 (6–6) | Gates Sports Center (1,832) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm | | North Dakota State | W 77–61 | 18–9 (7–6) | Memorial Coliseum (1,733) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 02/18/2017 7:00 pm | | South Dakota State | L 89–97 | 18–10 (7–7) | Gates Sports Center (1,521) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 02/23/2017 7:00 pm | | at IUPUI | L 82–83 | 18–11 (7–8) | Indiana Farmers Coliseum (1,543) Indianapolis, IN |
| 02/25/2017 8:00 pm | | at Western Illinois | W 96–92 $^{OT}$ | 19–11 (8–8) | Western Hall (803) Macomb, IL |
| The Summit League tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2017 9:30 pm, ESPN3 | (6) | vs. (3) Omaha Quarterfinals | L 80–84 | 19–12 | Premier Center (9,837) Sioux Falls, SD |
| CIT ||||||
| 03/15/2017* 7:00 pm, Facebook Live | | Ball State First Round Lou Henson Classic | W 88–80 | 20–12 | Gates Sports Center (1,479) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 03/26/2017* 3:00 pm, Facebook Live | | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Quarterfinals | L 62–78 | 20–13 | Dugan Wellness Center (1,151) Corpus Christi, TX |
| *Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||