# 2016–17 Charleston Southern Buccaneers men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Charleston Southern Buccaneers men's basketball team represented Charleston Southern University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Buccaneers, led by 12th-year head coach Barclay Radebaugh, played their home games at the CSU Field House in North Charleston, South Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 12–19, 7–11 in Big South play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated Presbyterian in the first round of the Big South tournament before losing to Winthrop in the quarterfinals.

## Previous season

The Buccaneers finished the 2015–16 season 9–21, 5–13 in Big South play to finish in a four-way tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to Longwood.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2016* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Florida State | L 67–88 | 0–1 | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL |
| 11/15/2016* 7:30 pm | | Columbia International | W 90–53 | 1–1 | CSU Field House North Charleston, SC |
| 11/19/2016* 5:30 pm | | USC Upstate | L 77–79 | 1–2 | CSU Field House (616) North Charleston, SC |
| 11/22/2016* 8:00 pm | | at Abilene Christian | W 66–65 | 2–2 | Moody Coliseum (1,585) Abilene, TX |
| 11/26/2016* 7:30 pm | | Toccoa Falls | W 101–54 | 3–2 | CSU Field House (215) North Charleston, SC |
| 11/29/2016* 7:00 pm, SECN | | at Alabama | L 46–76 | 3–3 | Coleman Coliseum (11,425) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 12/03/2016* 5:30 pm | | Abilene Christian | L 82–85 $^{OT}$ | 3–4 | CSU Field House (671) North Charleston, SC |
| 12/10/2016* 5:30 pm | | Johnson & Wales (NC) | W 100–53 | 4–4 | CSU Field House (305) North Charleston, SC |
| 12/13/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at VMI | L 83–88 | 4–5 | Cameron Hall (902) Lexington, VA |
| 12/17/2016* 1:00 pm, SECN | | at Georgia | L 64–84 | 4–6 | Stegeman Coliseum (6,882) Athens, GA |
| 12/20/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Virginia Tech | L 59–87 | 4–7 | Cassell Coliseum (5,249) Blacksburg, VA |
| Big South regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2016 7:30 pm | | Winthrop | L 68–84 | 4–8 (0–1) | CSU Field House (665) North Charleston, SC |
| 12/31/2016 4:00 pm | | Liberty | L 70–81 | 4–9 (0–2) | CSU Field House (367) North Charleston, SC |
| 01/04/2017 7:00 pm | | at Campbell | L 82–92 | 4–10 (0–3) | Gore Arena (1,004) Buies Creek, NC |
| 01/07/2017 4:30 pm | | at Gardner–Webb | L 75–79 | 4–11 (0–4) | Paul Porter Arena (125) Boiling Springs, NC |
| 01/11/2017 7:30 pm | | Radford | W 70–64 | 5–11 (1–4) | CSU Field House (689) North Charleston, SC |
| 01/14/2017 5:30 pm | | UNC Asheville | L 67–76 | 5–12 (1–5) | CSU Field House (755) North Charleston, SC |
| 01/19/2017 7:00 pm | | at Presbyterian | W 73–52 | 6–12 (2–5) | Templeton Center (635) Clinton, SC |
| 01/21/2017 5:30 pm | | Longwood | W 76–61 | 7–12 (3–5) | CSU Field House (727) North Charleston, SC |
| 01/26/2017 7:00 pm | | at High Point | L 69–72 $^{OT}$ | 7–13 (3–6) | Millis Athletic Center (1,137) High Point, NC |
| 01/28/2017 5:30 pm | | Gardner–Webb | L 76–85 | 7–14 (3–7) | CSU Field House (707) North Charleston, SC |
| 02/01/2017 7:00 pm | | at UNC Asheville | L 73–91 | 7–15 (3–8) | Kimmel Arena (1,333) Asheville, NC |
| 02/04/2017 5:30 pm, 665 | | Presbyterian | W 71–65 $^{OT}$ | 8–15 (4–8) | CSU Field House North Charleston, SC |
| 02/09/2017 7:00 pm | | at Radford | L 67–79 | 8–16 (4–9) | Dedmon Center (1,178) Radford, VA |
| 02/11/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Liberty | L 69–76 | 8–17 (4–10) | Vines Center (2,381) Lynchburg, VA |
| 02/15/2017 7:30 pm | | Campbell | W 72–69 | 9–17 (5–10) | CSU Field House (415) North Charleston, SC |
| 02/18/2017 5:30 pm | | High Point | W 76–75 | 10–17 (6–10) | CSU Field House (802) North Charleston, SC |
| 02/23/2017 6:30 pm | | at Winthrop | L 72–86 | 10–18 (6–11) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,969) Rock Hill, SC |
| 02/25/2017 2:00 pm | | at Longwood | W 86–78 | 11–18 (7–11) | Willett Hall (1,088) Farmville, VA |
| Big South tournament ||||||
| 02/28/2017 7:00 pm | (8) | (9) Longwood First round | W 79–74 | 12–18 | CSU Field House (815) North Charleston, SC |
| 03/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | (8) | at (1) Winthrop Quarterfinals | L 78–81 | 12–19 | Winthrop Coliseum (2,556) Rock Hill, SC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time Source. ||||||