# 2016–17 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team

The 2016–17 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team represented McNeese State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cowboys were led by 11th-year head coach Dave Simmons and played their home games at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 7–22, 4–14 in Southland play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the Southland tournament.

## Previous season

The Cowboys finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 8–21, 6–12 in Southland play to finish in eighth place. They lost to Nicholls State in the first round of the Southland tournament.

## Schedule and results

Source
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||
| November 11, 2016* 6:00 pm | at No. 15 Purdue | L 65-109 | 0-1 | Mackey Arena (13,523) West Lafayette, IN |
| November 15, 2016* 7:00 pm | Louisiana College | L 75-85 | 0-2 | Burton Coliseum (323) Lake Charles, LA |
| November 20, 2016* 7:00 pm | Southerns-New Orleans | W 96-73 | 1-2 | Burton Coliseum (597) Lake Charles, LA |
| November 22, 2016* 6:00 pm | at Memphis | L 65-104 | 1-3 | FedExForum (8,941) Memphis, TN |
| November 26, 2016* 1:00 pm | LSU–Alexandria | W 80–78 | 2–3 | Burton Coliseum (588) Lake Charles, LA |
| November 29, 2016* 7:00 pm | at Texas State | L 68–80 | 2–4 | Strahan Coliseum (1,590) San Marcos, TX |
| December 3, 2016* 1:00 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette | L 72–92 | 2–5 | Burton Coliseum (1,500) Lake Charles, LA |
| December 14, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at SMU | L 56–92 | 2–6 | Moody Coliseum (6,498) Dallas, TX |
| December 17, 2016* 3:00 pm | North Carolina Central | L 66–74 | 2–7 | Burton Coliseum (597) Lake Charles, LA |
| December 19, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Tulane | W 70–63 | 3–7 | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,029) New Orleans, LA |
| December 22, 2016* 7:00 pm | at North Carolina State | W 89–57 | 3–8 | PNC Arena (15,186) Raleigh, NC |
| Southland regular season |||||
| December 31, 2016 3:00 pm | at Northwestern State | W 79–72 $^{OT}$ | 4–8 (1–0) | Prather Coliseum (1,472) Natchitoches, LA |
| January 2, 2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | at Stephen F. Austin | W 69–54 | 5–8 (2–0) | William R. Johnson Coliseum (531) Nacogdoches, TX |
| January 5, 2017 7:30 pm | Sam Houston State | L 67–74 | 5–9 (2–1) | Burton Coliseum (722) Lake Charles, LA |
| January 7, 2017 1:00 pm | at Houston Baptist | L 49–60 | 5–10 (2–2) | Sharp Gym (694) Houston, TX |
| January 15, 2017 3:00 pm | at Southeastern Louisiana | L 75–79 | 5–11 (2–3) | University Center (1,353) Hammond, LA |
| January 18, 2017 7:00 pm | Central Arkansas | W 82–72 | 6–11 (3–3) | Burton Coliseum (307) Lake Charles, LA |
| January 21, 2017 3:00 pm | Northwestern State | L 65–78 | 6–12 (3–4) | Burton Coliseum (1,022) Lake Charles, LA |
| January 26, 2017 7:00 pm | at New Orleans | L 56–75 | 6–13 (3–5) | Lakefront Arena (789) New Orleans, LA |
| January 28, 2017 6:30 pm | at Nicholls | L 74–78 | 6–14 (3–6) | Stopher Gym (609) Thibodaux, LA |
| February 2, 2017 7:30 pm | at Incarnate Word | W 87–77 | 7–14 (4–6) | McDermott Center (2,000) San Antonio, TX |
| February 4, 2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Lamar | L 57–77 | 7–15 (4–7) | Montagne Center (2,774) Beaumont, TX |
| February 9, 2017 7:00 pm | New Orleans | L 63–69 | 7–16 (4–8) | Burton Coliseum (375) Lake Charles, LA |
| February 11, 2017 3:00 pm | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 66–73 | 7–17 (4–9) | Burton Coliseum (833) Lake Charles, LA |
| February 16, 2017 7:00 pm | Abilene Christian | L 78–82 | 7–18 (4–10) | Burton Coliseum (434) Lake Charles, LA |
| February 23, 2017 7:00 pm | Houston Baptist | L 79–81 | 7–19 (4–11) | Burton Coliseum (479) Lake Charles, LA |
| February 25, 2017 1:30 pm | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 70–81 | 7–20 (4–12) | American Bank Center (1,462) Corpus Christi, TX |
| March 2, 2017 7:15 pm | at Sam Houston State | L 74–79 | 7–21 (4–13) | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,253) Huntsville, TX |
| March 4, 2017 3:00 pm | Lamar | L 83–90 | 7–22 (4–14) | Burton Coliseum (400) Lake Charles, LA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |||||