# 2016–17 Stetson Hatters men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Stetson Hatters men's basketball team represented Stetson University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hatters, led by fourth-year head coach Corey Williams, played their home games at the Edmunds Center in DeLand, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 11–21, 3–11 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN tournament to Florida Gulf Coast.

## Previous season

The Hatters finished the 2015–16 season 12–22, 4–10 A-Sun play to finish in a tie for last place. Due to APR violations, Stetson was ineligible for the NCAA tournament, but was eligible for the Atlantic Sun tournament where they defeated NJIT and Lipscomb before losing in the championship game to Florida Gulf Coast. If Stetson had won, North Florida would have received the conference's automatic NCAA Tournament bid as the regular season champion.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 8:00 pm | | Webber International | W 78–62 | 1–0 | Edmunds Center (820) DeLand, FL |
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | FIU | W 82–67 | 2–0 | Edmunds Center (682) DeLand, FL |
| 11/18/2016* 7:00 pm | | The Citadel | L 112–116 | 2–1 | Edmunds Center (822) DeLand, FL |
| 11/20/2016* 1:00 pm | | at East Carolina Savannah Invitational | L 50–73 | 2–2 | Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (3,387) Greeeville, NC |
| 11/22/2016* 9:00 pm | | at Air Force Savannah Invitational | L 72–85 | 2–3 | Clune Arena (1,523) Colorado Springs, CO |
| 11/25/2016* 12:00 pm | | vs. Radford Savannah Invitational | L 66–80 $^{OT}$ | 2–4 | Savannah Civic Center (491) Savannah, GA |
| 11/26/2016* 12:00 pm | | vs. Florida A&M Savannah Invitational | W 98–90 | 3–4 | Savannah Civic Center Savannah, GA |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm | | at UCF | L 45–81 | 3–5 | CFE Arena (5,284) Orlando, FL |
| 12/03/2016* 1:00 pm | | Florida College | W 101–69 | 4–5 | Edmunds Center (565) DeLand, FL |
| 12/05/2016* 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Iowa | L 68–95 | 4–6 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,839) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/07/2016* 9:00 pm | | at SIU Edwardsville | W 80–72 | 5–6 | Vadalabene Center (1,007) Edwardsville, IL |
| 12/10/2016* 7:00 pm | | South Alabama | W 87–78 | 6–6 | Edmunds Center (866) DeLand, FL |
| 12/18/2016* 1:00 pm | | IPFW | L 74–93 | 6–7 | Edmunds Center (793) DeLand, FL |
| 12/22/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Campbell | L 72–81 | 6–8 | Gore Arena (1,034) Buies Creek, NC |
| 12/29/2016* 7:00 p.m. | | at Alabama | L 60–83 | 6–9 | Coleman Coliseum (11,128) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 01/02/2017* 7:00 pm | | Ave Maria | W 95–72 | 7–9 | Edmunds Center (652) DeLand, FL |
| 01/07/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Florida Gulf Coast | L 88–89 | 7–10 (0–1) | Edmunds Center (1,207) DeLand, FL |
| 01/12/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Lipscomb | L 68–94 | 7–11 (0–2) | Allen Arena (1,114) Nashville, TN |
| 01/14/2017 4:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Kennesaw State | L 65–84 | 7–12 (0–3) | KSU Convocation Center (751) Kennesaw, GA |
| 01/19/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | NJIT | W 82–76 | 8–12 (1–3) | Edmunds Center (985) DeLand, FL |
| 01/21/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | USC Upstate | L 86–97 | 8–13 (1–4) | Edmunds Center (960) DeLand, FL |
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Jacksonville | L 92–103 | 8–14 (1–5) | Swisher Gymnasium (859) Jacksonville, FL |
| 01/28/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | North Florida | W 88–74 | 9–14 (2–5) | Edmunds Center (1,131) DeLand, FL |
| 01/30/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Jacksonville | L 86–89 | 9–15 (2–6) | Edmunds Center (799) DeLand, FL |
| 02/01/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Bethune–Cookman | W 76–67 | 10–15 | Moore Gymnasium (612) Daytona Beach, FL |
| 02/04/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at North Florida | L 64–96 | 10–16 (2–7) | UNF Arena (1,848) Jacksonville, FL |
| 02/09/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Kennesaw State | L 85–92 | 10–17 (2–8) | Edmunds Center (694) DeLand, FL |
| 02/11/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Lipscomb | L 85–97 | 10–18 (2–9) | Edmunds Center (1,151) DeLand, FL |
| 02/16/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at USC Upstate | W 83–72 | 11–18 (3–9) | Hodge Center (517) Spartanburg, SC |
| 02/18/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at NJIT | L 56–60 | 11–19 (3–10) | Fleisher Center (755) Newark, NJ |
| 02/23/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Florida Gulf Coast | L 70–80 | 11–20 (3–11) | Alico Arena (4,700) Fort Myers, FL |
| Atlantic Sun tournament ||||||
| 02/27/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | (8) | at (1) Florida Gulf Coast Quarterfinals | L 57–87 | 11–21 | Alico Arena (4,633) Fort Myers, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||