# 2016–17 Austin Peay Governors basketball team

The 2016–17 Austin Peay Governors basketball team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Governors, led by 27th-year head coach Dave Loos, played their home games at the Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tennessee and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 11–19, 7–9 in conference play, to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They failed to qualify for the Ohio Valley Conference tournament.
On March 2, 2017, head coach Dave Loos announced his retirement. He had been undergoing cancer treatment during the season, and had taken a medical leave in January 2017, missing four games. He finished with a 27-year record of 420–410. On April 3, South Carolina assistant Matt Figger was hired as the new head coach of APSU.

## Previous season

The Governors finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 18–18, 8–9 in OVC play. They defeated Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State, Belmont and UT Martin to win the OVC Conference tournament as the No. 8 seed. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As a No. 16 seed in the tournament, they lost to Kansas in the first round.

## Preseason

In a vote of Ohio Valley Conference head men's basketball coaches and sports information directors, Austin Peay was picked to finish third in the West Division of the conference.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| 11/01/2016* 7:00 p.m. | Thomas More | W 112–63 | | Dunn Center (1,377) Clarksville, TN |
| 11/04/2016* 7:00 p.m. | Sewanee | W 89–72 | | Dunn Center (1,589) Clarksville, TN |
| Non-conference regular season |||||
| 11/11/2016* 6:00 p.m., TWCSC | at Dayton | L 68–96 | 0–1 | UD Arena (13,121) Dayton, OH |
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 p.m. | Oakland City (IN) | W 107–67 | 1–1 | Dunn Center (1,592) Clarksville, TN |
| 11/18/2016* 5:00 p.m. | vs. Northern Kentucky RedHawk Invitational | W 77–69 | 2–1 | Millett Hall Oxford, OH |
| 11/19/2016* 3:30 p.m. | at Miami (OH) RedHawk Invitational | L 70–76 | 2–2 | Millett Hall (1,274) Oxford, OH |
| 11/20/2016* 12:00 p.m. | vs. Delaware RedHawk Invitational | W 76–75 | 3–2 | Millett Hall Oxford, OH |
| 11/26/2016* 7:00 p.m. | Spalding | W 82–63 | 4–2 | Dunn Center (1,277) Clarksville, TN |
| 11/30/2016* 7:30 p.m. | IPFW | L 99–103 | 4–3 | Dunn Center (1,748) Clarksville, TN |
| 12/03/2016* 7:00 p.m. | at Arkansas | L 62–99 | 4–4 | Bud Walton Arena (19,483) Fayetteville, AR |
| 12/10/2016* 1:00 p.m. | at IPFW | L 58–98 | 4–5 | Memorial Coliseum (1,458) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 12/15/2016* 6:00 p.m. | at Wofford | L 77–96 | 4–6 | Benjamin Johnson Arena (813) Spartanburg, SC |
| 12/17/2016* 7:00 p.m. | Evansville | L 69–77 | 4–7 | Dunn Center (1,428) Clarksville, TN |
| 12/20/2016* 7:00 p.m. | Lipscomb | L 85–99 | 4–8 | Dunn Center (1,467) Clarksville, TN |
| 12/22/2016* 6:00 p.m., BTN+ | at No. 16 Indiana | L 62–97 | 4–9 | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (14,688) Bloomington, IN |
| 12/28/2016* 7:00 p.m. | at Western Kentucky | L 92–97 | 4–10 | E. A. Diddle Arena (3,913) Bowling Green, KY |
| Ohio Valley Conference regular season |||||
| 12/31/2016 2:30 p.m. | Belmont | L 77–82 | 4–11 (0–1) | Dunn Center (1,757) Clarksville, TN |
| 01/05/2017 7:30 p.m. | at Tennessee Tech | L 67–76 | 4–12 (0–2) | Eblen Center (1,493) Cookeville, TN |
| 01/07/2017 7:00 p.m. | at Jacksonville State | L 68–71 | 4–13 (0–3) | Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,504) Jacksonville, AL |
| 01/12/2017 8:00 p.m., CBSSN | at SIU Edwardsville | W 83–81 $^{OT}$ | 5–13 (1–3) | Vadalabene Center (1,057) Edwardsville, IL |
| 01/14/2017 11:00 a.m., ASN | at Eastern Illinois | W 92–84 | 6–13 (2–3) | Lantz Arena (1,209) Charleston, IL |
| 01/19/2017 7:00 p.m. | Morehead State | L 82–89 | 6–14 (2–4) | Dunn Center (1,767) Clarksville, TN |
| 01/21/2017 6:30 p.m. | Murray State | W 84–81 $^{OT}$ | 7–14 (3–4) | Dunn Center (4,263) Clarksville, TN |
| 01/26/2017 8:00 p.m., CBSSN | UT Martin | L 79–85 | 7–15 (3–5) | Dunn Center (1,863) Clarksville, TN |
| 01/28/2017 6:30 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State | L 71–82 | 7–16 (3–6) | Dunn Center (3,794) Clarksville, TN |
| 02/01/2017 7:00 p.m. | at Eastern Kentucky | W 83–81 $^{OT}$ | 8–16 (4–6) | McBrayer Arena (2,450) Richmond, KY |
| 02/04/2017 6:30 p.m. | Tennessee State | L 66–70 | 8–17 (4–7) | Dunn Center (2,995) Clarksville, TN |
| 02/11/2017 7:00 p.m. | at Murray State | L 58–102 | 8–18 (4–8) | CFSB Center (4,016) Murray, KY |
| 02/16/2017 7:00 p.m. | Eastern Illinois | W 85–80 | 9–18 (5–8) | Dunn Center (1,549) Clarksville, TN |
| 02/18/2017 6:30 p.m. | SIU Edwardsville | W 92–84 | 10–18 (6–8) | Dunn Center (2,657) Clarksville, TN |
| 02/23/2017 7:00 p.m. | at UT Martin | L 72–76 | 10–19 (6–9) | Skyhawk Arena (1,864) Martin, TN |
| 02/25/2017 4:15 p.m. | at Southeast Missouri State | W 88–79 | 11–19 (7–9) | Show Me Center (3,746) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. |||||
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