# 2016–17 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mocs, led by second-year head coach Matt McCall, played their home games at the McKenzie Arena and were members of the Southern Conference. They finished 19–12, 10–8 in SoCon play to finish for fourth place. In the SoCon tournament, they lost to Wofford in the quarterfinals.
On March 29, 2017, head coach Matt McCall left the program to take the head coaching job at UMass. On April 3, the Mocs hired Wisconsin assistant Lamont Paris as the new head coach.

## Previous season

The Mocs finished the 2015–16 season 29–6, 15–3 in SoCon play to win the SoCon regular season championship. They defeated Samford, Western Carolina, and East Tennessee State to win the SoCon tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Indiana.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/04/2016* 7:00 pm | | Covenant | W 76–43 | | McKenzie Arena (2,508) Chattanooga, TN |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm, SECN+ | | at Tennessee Maui on the Mainland | W 81–69 | 1–0 | Thompson–Boling Arena (14,483) Knoxville, TN |
| 11/13/2016* 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 6 North Carolina Maui on the Mainland | L 57–97 | 1–1 | Dean Smith Center (13,402) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 11/16/2016* 7:00 pm | | Hiwassee | W 102–54 | 2–1 | McKenzie Arena (3,150) Chattanooga, TN |
| 11/19/2016* 8:30 pm | | vs. Central Arkansas Maui on the Mainland semifinals | W 75–64 | 3–1 | Christl Arena (921) West Point, NY |
| 11/20/2016* 12:00 pm | | vs. Arkansas State Maui on the Mainland finals | L 67–73 | 3–2 | Christl Arena (120) West Point, NY |
| 11/26/2016* 2:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Kennesaw State | W 88–71 | 4–2 | KSU Convocation Center (1,031) Kennesaw, GA |
| 11/29/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Coastal Carolina | W 68–52 | 5–2 | HTC Center (1,339) Conway, SC |
| 12/03/2016* 2:00 pm | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 79–52 | 6–2 | McKenzie Arena (2,655) Chattanooga, TN |
| 12/06/2016* 7:00 pm | | Marshall | W 96–85 | 7–2 | McKenzie Arena (3,064) Chattanooga, TN |
| 12/14/2016* 12:00 pm | | Tennessee Wesleyan | W 107–65 | 8–2 | McKenzie Arena (2,807) Chattanooga, TN |
| 12/17/2016* 8:30 pm, SECN | | at Vanderbilt | L 74–76 | 8–3 | Memorial Gymnasium (9,376) Nashville, TN |
| 12/21/2016* 2:00 pm | | Jacksonville State | W 73–57 | 9–3 | McKenzie Arena (3,370) Chattanooga, TN |
| SoCon regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2016 2:00 pm | | at Western Carolina | W 64–48 | 10–3 (1–0) | Ramsey Center (1,020) Cullowhee, NC |
| 01/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UNC Greensboro | L 68–73 | 10–4 (1–1) | Greensboro Coliseum (1,546) Greensboro, NC |
| 01/05/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Wofford | W 77–66 | 11–4 (2–1) | McKenzie Arena (2,829) Chattanooga, TN |
| 01/07/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Furman | W 80–64 | 12–4 (3–1) | McKenzie Arena (3,495) Chattanooga, TN |
| 01/11/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | The Citadel | W 83–72 | 13–4 (4–1) | McKenzie Arena (3,143) Chattanooga, TN |
| 01/14/2017 4:30 pm | | at Mercer | W 70–68 | 14–4 (5–1) | Hawkins Arena (3,672) Macon, GA |
| 01/21/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Samford | W 82–78 | 15–4 (6–1) | McKenzie Arena (4,644) Chattanooga, TN |
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | VMI | L 64–80 | 15–5 (6–2) | McKenzie Arena (2,847) Chattanooga, TN |
| 01/28/2017 4:00 pm | | at East Tennessee State | L 71–76 | 15–6 (6–3) | Freedom Hall Civic Center (6,149) Johnson City, TN |
| 02/02/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | | UNC Greensboro | W 91–68 | 16–6 (7–3) | McKenzie Arena (4,364) Chattanooga, TN |
| 02/04/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Western Carolina | W 77–65 | 17–6 (8–3) | McKenzie Arena (5,449) Chattanooga, TN |
| 02/09/2017 7:00 pm | | at Furman | L 56–60 | 17–7 (8–4) | Timmons Arena (2,223) Greenville, SC |
| 02/11/2017 7:00 pm | | at Wofford | W 73–65 | 18–7 (9–4) | Benjamin Johnson Arena (3,004) Spartanburg, SC |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm | | at VMI | W 74–68 | 19–7 (10–4) | Cameron Hall (969) Lexington, VA |
| 02/18/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | East Tennessee State | L 51–65 | 19–8 (10–5) | McKenzie Arena (6,402) Chattanooga, TN |
| 02/22/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Samford | L 68–72 $^{OT}$ | 19–9 (10–6) | Pete Hanna Center (1,874) Homewood, AL |
| 02/25/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Mercer | L 54–64 | 19–10 (10–7) | McKenzie Arena (5,632) Chattanooga, TN |
| 02/27/2017 7:00 pm, ASN | | at The Citadel | L 76–85 | 19–11 (10–8) | McAlister Field House (3,300) Charleston, SC |
| SoCon tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2017 2:30 pm, ESPN3 | (4) | vs. (5) Wofford Quarterfinals | L 67–79 | 19–12 | U.S. Cellular Center (4,525) Asheville, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time Source. ||||||