# 2016–17 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team

The 2016–17 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by sixth-year head coach Wes Miller, played their home games at the Greensboro Coliseum, with two home games at Fleming Gymnasium, as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 14–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for the SoCon regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the SoCon tournament, they defeated The Citadel and Wofford to advance to the championship game where they lost to East Tennessee State. As a conference champion and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Syracuse.

## Previous season

The Spartans finished the 2015–16 season 15–19, 10–8 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SoCon tournament to Furman. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Houston Baptist in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Ohio.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | No. 8 Virginia | L 51–76 | 0–1 | Greensboro Coliseum (5,513) Greensboro, NC |
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Presbyterian | W 61–42 | 1–1 | Greensboro Coliseum (1,689) Greensboro, NC |
| 11/18/2016* 7:00 pm | | at High Point HPU Classic | L 57–63 | 1–2 | Millis Center (1,750) High Point, NC |
| 11/19/2016* 7:00 pm | | vs. North Dakota State HPU Classic | W 65–54 | 2–2 | Millis Center (1,750) High Point, NC |
| 11/20/2016* 3:30 pm | | vs. Navy HPU Classic | W 72–59 | 3–2 | Millis Center (1,100) High Point, NC |
| 11/25/2016* 2:00 pm | | Belmont Abbey HPU Classic | W 90–54 | 4–2 | Greensboro Coliseum (1,459) Greensboro, NC |
| 11/29/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | North Carolina A&T Battle of Market Street | W 86–66 | 5–2 | Greensboro Coliseum (3,146) Greensboro, NC |
| 12/03/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Liberty | W 72–65 | 6–2 | Greensboro Coliseum (1,552) Greensboro, NC |
| 12/05/2016* 7:00 pm | | Mars Hill | W 108–56 | 7–2 | Greensboro Coliseum (1,539) Greensboro, NC |
| 12/09/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Wake Forest | L 75–78 | 7–3 | Greensboro Coliseum (3,607) Greensboro, NC |
| 12/14/2016* 7:00 pm | | Southern Wesleyan | W 96–61 | 8–3 | Greensboro Coliseum (1,334) Greensboro, NC |
| 12/19/2016* 7:00 pm | | at UNC Asheville | W 75–73 | 9–3 | Kimmel Arena (1,269) Asheville, NC |
| 12/22/2016* 6:30 pm, FS1 | | at Georgetown | L 56–78 | 9–4 | Verizon Center (8,096) Washington, D.C. |
| SoCon regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at The Citadel | W 95–87 | 10–4 (1–0) | McAlister Field House (1,221) Charleston, SC |
| 12/31/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Samford | L 62–73 | 10–5 (1–1) | Greensboro Coliseum (1,673) Greensboro, NC |
| 01/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Chattanooga | W 73–68 | 11–5 (2–1) | Greensboro Coliseum (1,546) Greensboro, NC |
| 01/07/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Western Carolina | W 76–57 | 12–5 (3–1) | Greensboro Coliseum (1,455) Greensboro, NC |
| 01/12/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at East Tennessee State | W 83–79 | 13–5 (4–1) | Freedom Hall Civic Center (4,112) Johnson City, TN |
| 01/14/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at VMI | W 91–82 | 14–5 (5–1) | Cameron Hall (889) Lexington, VA |
| 01/19/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Mercer | W 68–66 | 15–5 (6–1) | Greensboro Coliseum (2,073) Greensboro, NC |
| 01/21/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | The Citadel | W 81–72 | 16–5 (7–1) | Greensboro Coliseum (2,783) Greensboro, NC |
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Wofford | L 74–93 | 16–6 (7–2) | Benjamin Johnson Arena (1,596) Spartanburg, SC |
| 01/28/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Furman | L 67–73 | 16–7 (7–3) | Greensboro Coliseum (3,884) Greensboro, NC |
| 02/02/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Chattanooga | L 68–91 | 16–8 (7–4) | McKenzie Arena (4,364) Chattanooga, TN |
| 02/04/2017 4:00 pm, ASN | | at Samford | W 81–75 | 17–8 (8–4) | Pete Hanna Center (1,408) Homewood, AL |
| 02/11/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Western Carolina | W 76–68 | 18–8 (9–4) | Ramsey Center (1,971) Cullowhee, NC |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Wofford | W 74–55 | 19–8 (10–4) | Greensboro Coliseum (2,448) Greensboro, NC |
| 02/18/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Furman | W 73–52 | 20–8 (11–4) | Timmons Arena (2,508) Greenville, SC |
| 02/22/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Mercer | W 72–66 | 21–8 (12–4) | Hawkins Arena (2,877) Macon, GA |
| 02/25/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | VMI | W 74–67 | 22–8 (13–4) | Greensboro Coliseum (2,132) Greensboro, NC |
| 02/27/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | East Tennessee State | W 72–66 | 23–8 (14–4) | Greensboro Coliseum (3,833) Greensboro, NC |
| SoCon tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | (1) | vs. (9) The Citadel Quarterfinals | W 76–67 | 24–8 | U.S. Cellular Center (4,525) Asheville, NC |
| 03/05/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | (1) | vs. (5) Wofford Semifinals | W 77–73 | 25–8 | U.S. Cellular Center (5,079) Asheville, NC |
| 03/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN | (1) | vs. (3) East Tennessee State Championship game | L 74–79 | 25–9 | U.S. Cellular Center (6,400) Asheville, NC |
| NIT ||||||
| 03/15/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | (8) | at (1) Syracuse First round – Syracuse Bracket | L 77–90 | 25–10 | Carrier Dome (4,288) Syracuse, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||