# 2016–17 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chanticleers, led by tenth-year head coach Cliff Ellis, played their home games at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina as first-year members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 20–19, 10–8 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 8 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated South Alabama before losing to Texas–Arlington in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Hampton, Loyola (MD) and UIC to advance to the best-of-three finals series against Wyoming where they lost 2 games to 1.

## Previous season

The Chanticleers finished the 2015–16 season 21–12, 12–6 in Big South play to finish in a tie for second place. The season marked the Chanticleers final season in the Big South. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big South tournament to Gardner–Webb. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Mercer, New Hampshire, and Grand Canyon to advance to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the Chanticleers lost to UC Irvine.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 9:00 pm, SECN | | at Alabama Men Who Speak Up Main Event | L 53–70 | 0–1 | Coleman Coliseum (14,579) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 pm | | College of Charleston | L 64–71 | 0–2 | HTC Center (2,325) Conway, SC |
| 11/16/2016* 7:00 pm | | Coppin State Men Who Speak Up Main Event | W 89–59 | 1–2 | HTC Center (1,754) Conway, SC |
| 11/19/2016* 9:30 pm | | at BYU Men Who Speak Up Main Event | L 65–81 | 1–3 | Marriott Center (15,003) Provo, UT |
| 11/21/2016* 6:00 pm | | vs. Southern Utah Men Who Speak Up Main Event | W 83–68 | 2–3 | MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV |
| 11/23/2016* 7:30 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Wake Forest | L 74–86 | 2–4 | LJVM Coliseum (6,867) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 11/29/2016* 7:00 pm | | Chattanooga | L 52–68 | 2–5 | HTC Center Conway, SC |
| 11/30/2016* 8:30 pm | | Methodist | W 88–59 | 3–5 | HTC Center (1,340) Conway, SC |
| 12/03/2016* 2:00 pm | | UNC Asheville | L 77–79 $^{OT}$ | 3–6 | HTC Center (1,447) Conway, SC |
| 12/05/2016* 7:00 pm | | Piedmont International | W 100–63 | 4–6 | HTC Center (527) Conway, SC |
| 12/10/2016* 2:00 pm | | North Carolina Central | W 70–67 | 5–6 | HTC Center (1,907) Conway, SC |
| 12/15/2016* 9:00 pm | | at Auburn | L 72–117 | 5–7 | Auburn Arena (7,333) Auburn, AL |
| 12/19/2016* 7:00 pm | | Wofford | L 74–75 | 5–8 | HTC Center (1,486) Conway, SC |
| Sun Belt Conference regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2016 5:30 pm | | at Texas–Arlington | L 69–90 | 5–9 (0–1) | College Park Center (1,892) Arlington, TX |
| 01/02/2017 8:00 pm | | at Texas State | W 60–53 | 6–9 (1–1) | Strahan Coliseum (1,209) San Marcos, TX |
| 01/07/2017 4:30 pm | | Arkansas State | W 80–65 | 7–9 (2–1) | HTC Center (1,463) Conway, SC |
| 01/09/2017 7:00 pm, ASN | | Little Rock | W 66–63 | 8–9 (3–1) | HTC Center (1,292) Conway, SC |
| 01/14/2017 4:30 pm | | Appalachian State | W 85–73 | 9–9 (4–1) | HTC Center (1,950) Conway, SC |
| 01/21/2017 2:15 pm, ESPN3 | | at Georgia State | L 56–76 | 9–10 (4–2) | GSU Sports Arena (1,479) Atlanta, GA |
| 01/23/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Georgia Southern | L 80–91 | 9–11 (4–3) | Hanner Fieldhouse (1,527) Statesboro, GA |
| 01/28/2017 4:30 pm | | Texas State | L 50–52 | 9–12 (4–4) | HTC Center (2,070) Conway, SC |
| 01/30/2017 7:00 pm | | Texas–Arlington | W 72–70 | 10–12 (5–4) | HTC Center (1,701) Conway, SC |
| 02/04/2017 7:00 pm | | at Little Rock | W 82–75 | 11–12 (6–4) | Jack Stephens Center (2,870) Little Rock, AR |
| 02/06/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Arkansas State | L 57–67 | 11–13 (6–5) | Convocation Center (2,870) Jonesboro, AR |
| 02/11/2017 4:30 pm | | Georgia Southern | W 82–70 | 12–13 (7–5) | HTC Center (2,050) Conway, SC |
| 02/13/2017 7:00 pm | | Georgia State | W 65–64 | 13–13 (8–5) | HTC Center (2,061) Conway, SC |
| 02/18/2017 5:15 pm, ESPN3 | | at Troy | L 78–87 | 13–14 (8–6) | Trojan Arena (1,288) Troy, AL |
| 02/20/2017 8:05 pm | | at South Alabama | W 81–77 $^{OT}$ | 14–14 (9–6) | Mitchell Center (1,605) Mobile, AL |
| 02/25/2017 4:30 pm | | Louisiana–Lafayette | L 77–79 | 14–15 (9–7) | HTC Center (1,512) Conway, SC |
| 02/27/2017 7:00 pm | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 77–72 | 15–15 (10–7) | HTC Center (1,555) Conway, SC |
| 03/04/2017 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Appalachian State | L 73–77 | 15–16 (10–8) | Holmes Center (2,073) Boone, NC |
| Sun Belt tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2017 12:30 pm, ESPN3 | (8) | vs. (9) South Alabama First round | W 80–67 | 16–16 | Lakefront Arena (1,045) New Orleans, LA |
| 03/10/2017 12:30 pm, ESPN3 | (8) | vs. (1) Texas–Arlington Quarterfinals | L 51–74 | 16–17 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| CBI ||||||
| 03/15/2017* 7:00 pm | | Hampton First Round | W 83–67 | 17–17 | HTC Center Conway, SC |
| 03/20/2017* 7:00 pm | | Loyola (MD) Quarterfinals | W 72–63 | 18–17 | HTC Center Conway, SC |
| 03/22/2017* 7:00 pm | | UIC Semifinals | W 89–78 | 19–17 | HTC Center Conway, SC |
| 03/27/2017* 8:30 pm, ESPNU | | Wyoming Finals – Game 1 | W 91–81 | 20–17 | HTC Center (1,583) Conway, SC |
| 03/29/2017* 8:30 pm, ESPNU | | at Wyoming Finals – Game 2 | L 57–81 | 20–18 | Arena-Auditorium (3,811) Laramie, WY |
| 03/31/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Wyoming Finals – Game 3 | L 59–83 | 20–19 | Arena-Auditorium (6,321) Laramie, WY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||