# 2016–17 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team

The 2016–17 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team represented Prairie View A&M University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by first-year head coach Byron Smith, played their home games at the William Nicks Building in Prairie View, Texas as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 13–20, 10–8 in SWAC play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the SWAC tournament, they lost to Grambling State in the quarterfinals.

## Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2015–16 season 7–24, 7–11 in SWAC play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SWAC tournament to Jackson State.
On January 27, 2016, following a 1–16 start to the season, head coach Byron Rimm II resigned. Assistant coach Byron Smith was named interim coach. On March 14, Prairie View A&M removed the interim coach tag and named Byron Smith head coach.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/07/16* 7:00 | | Champion Christian | W 101–40 | | William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/16* 8:00 pm, PAC-12 Network | | at Oregon State | L 58–78 | 0–1 | Gill Coliseum (4,765) Corvallis, OR |
| 11/14/16* 9:00 pm, Mountain West Network | | at Fresno State | W 84–78 | 1–1 | Save Mart Center (6,036) Fresno, CA |
| 11/16/16* 9:00 pm, The W.TV | | at No. 17 Saint Mary's | L 72–110 | 1–2 | McKeon Pavilion (2,673) Moraga, CA |
| 11/19/16* 7:00 pm, C-USA TV | | at UTSA | L 59–69 | 1–3 | Convocation Center (1,065) San Antonio, TX |
| 11/22/16* 6:00 pm | | Jarvis Christian | W 84–69 | 2–3 | William J. Nicks Building (249) Prairie View, TX |
| 11/25/16* 4:00 pm | | Lamar | L 83–91 | 2–4 | William J. Nicks Building (183) Prairie View, TX |
| 11/27/16* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at No. 16 Wisconsin | L 50–95 | 2–5 | Kohl Center (17,287) Madison, WI |
| 12/03/16* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Houston | L 61–105 | 2–6 | Hofheinz Pavilion (3,091) Houston, TX |
| 12/06/16* 7:00 pm | | at Kansas State | L 55–74 | 2–7 | Bramlage Coliseum (10,865) Manhattan, KS |
| 12/10/16* 4:00 pm | | at Texas State | L 57–64 | 2–8 | Strahan Coliseum (2,117) San Marcos, TX |
| 12/13/16* 6:30 pm | | at Louisiana Tech | L 52–65 | 2–9 | Thomas Assembly Center (2,213) Ruston, LA |
| 12/17/16* 5:00 pm, PAC-12 Network | | at Utah | L 60–92 | 2–10 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (13,100) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 12/22/16* 11:00 am, A-10 Network | | at George Mason | L 59–75 | 2–11 | EagleBank Arena (5,584) Fairfax, VA |
| 12/28/16* 7:00 pm | | Huston-Tillotson | W 87–57 | 3–11 | William J. Nicks Building (194) Prairie View, TX |
| SWAC regular season ||||||
| 01/02/17 7:30 pm | | at Southern | L 57–59 | 3–12 (0–1) | F. G. Clark Center (463) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 01/04/17 7:30 pm | | at Alcorn State | L 55–66 | 3–13 (0–2) | Davey Whitney Complex (249) Lorman, MS |
| 01/07/17 5:00 pm | | Texas Southern | L 82–87 | 3–14 (0–3) | William J. Nicks Building (672) Prairie View, TX |
| 01/14/17 5:00 pm | | Jackson State | W 63–56 | 4–14 (1–3) | William J. Nicks Building (435) Prairie View, TX |
| 01/16/17 7:30 pm | | Grambling State | W 94–82 | 5–14 (2–3) | William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX |
| 01/21/17 4:00 pm | | at Mississippi Valley State | W 87–72 | 6–14 (3–3) | Harrison HPER Complex (4,087) Itta Bena, MS |
| 01/23/17 7:30 pm | | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | L 68–71 $^{2OT}$ | 6–15 (3–4) | K. L. Johnson Complex (1,654) Pine Bluff, AR |
| 01/28/17 5:00 pm | | Alabama A&M | W 70–65 | 7–15 (4–4) | William J. Nicks Building (824) Prairie View, TX |
| 01/30/17 8:00 pm | | Alabama State | W 72–52 | 8–15 (5–4) | William J. Nicks Building (1,005) Prairie View, TX |
| 02/04/17 7:30 pm | | at Texas Southern | L 61–74 | 8–16 (5–5) | Health and Physical Education Arena (7,235) Houston, TX |
| 02/11/17 5:00 pm | | at Jackson State | L 69–78 | 8–17 (5–6) | Williams Assembly Center (899) Jackson, MS |
| 02/13/17 7:30 pm | | at Grambling State | L 58–61 | 8–18 (5–7) | Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (287) Grambling, LA |
| 02/18/17 5:00 pm | | Mississippi Valley State | W 82–69 | 9–18 (6–7) | William J. Nicks Building (976) Prairie View, TX |
| 02/20/17 7:30 pm | | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | W 73–55 | 10–18 (7–7) | William J. Nicks Building (1,273) Prairie View, TX |
| 02/25/17 6:00 pm | | at Alabama A&M | L 74–87 | 10–19 (7–8) | Elmore Gymnasium (1,578) Huntsville, AL |
| 02/27/17 7:30 pm | | at Alabama State | W 77–58 | 11–19 (8–8) | Dunn–Oliver Acadome (1,632) Montgomery, AL |
| 03/02/17 7:30 pm | | Southern | W 70–64 | 12–19 (9–8) | William J. Nicks Building (1,200) Prairie View, TX |
| 03/04/17 5:00 pm | | Alcorn State | W 66–60 | 13–19 (10–8) | William J. Nicks Building (1,300) Prairie View, TX |
| SWAC tournament ||||||
| 03/07/17 9:00 pm, ESPNU | (4) | (5) Grambling State Quarterfinals | L 77–81 | 13–20 | William J. Nicks Building (1,336) Prairie View, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||