# 2016–17 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team

The 2016–17 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team represented Mississippi Valley State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Delta Devils, led by third-year head coach Andre Payne, played their home games at the Harrison HPER Complex in Itta Bena, Mississippi as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 7–25, 7–11 in SWAC play, to finish in seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the SWAC tournament, they lost to Alcorn State in the quarterfinals.

## Previous season

The Delta Devils finished the 2015–16 season 8–27, 6–12 in SWAC play, to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They defeated Grambling State and Alcorn State to advance to the semifinals of the SWAC tournament where they lost to Jackson State.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 5, 2016 5:00 p.m. | | Tougaloo Lafayette Stribling Classic | W 101–74 | | Harrison HPER Complex Itta Bena, MS |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 11, 2016* 7:00 p.m., BTN Plus | | at Northwestern | L 63–94 | 0–1 | Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,056) Evanston, IL |
| November 14, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | | at No. 19 West Virginia | L 66–107 | 0–2 | WVU Coliseum (7,807) Morgantown, WV |
| November 16, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | | at Kent State | L 63–93 | 0–3 | Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (2,524) Kent, OH |
| November 18, 2016* 7:00 p.m., BTN Plus | | at No. 13 Michigan State | L 53–100 | 0–4 | Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI |
| November 22, 2016* 6:00 p.m. | | vs. UMass Lowell Indiana Classic | L 71–76 | 0–5 | Vines Center (124) Lynchburg, VA |
| November 23, 2016* 2:00 p.m. | | at Liberty Indiana Classic | L 55–70 | 0–6 | Vines Center (1,176) Lynchburg, VA |
| November 26, 2016* 1:30 p.m. | | at IPFW | L 54–79 | 0–7 | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (1,789) Fort Wayne, IN |
| November 27, 2016* 4:00 p.m. | | at No. 3 Indiana | L 52–85 | 0–8 | Bloomington, IN (17,222) Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall |
| December 1, 2016* 8:00 p.m. | | at No. 8 Gonzaga | L 63–97 | 0–9 | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| December 15, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | | at Seattle | L 67–82 | 0–10 | KeyArena (811) Seattle, WA |
| December 17, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | | at Grand Canyon | L 62–72 | 0–11 | GCU Arena (5,926) Phoenix, AZ |
| December 20, 2016* 6:00 p.m. | | at Iowa State | L 60–88 | 0–12 | Hilton Coliseum (13,692) Ames, IA |
| December 22, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | | at Drake | L 68–101 | 0–13 | Knapp Center (2,268) Des Moines, IA |
| SWAC regular season ||||||
| January 2, 2017 7:30 p.m. | | at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | L 91–105 | 0–14 (0–1) | K. L. Johnson Complex (765) Pine Bluff, AR |
| January 7, 2017 4:00 p.m. | | Alabama A&M | W 79–76 | 0–15 (0–2) | Harrison HPER Complex (2,008) Itta Bena, MS |
| January 9, 2017 7:30 p.m. | | Alabama State | W 73–70 | 1–15 (1–2) | Harrison HPER Complex (2,201) Itta Bena, MS |
| January 14, 2017 5:00 p.m. | | at Alcorn State | W 84–77 | 2–15 (2–2) | Davey Whitney Complex (1,538) Lorman, MS |
| January 16, 2017 7:30 p.m. | | at Southern | L 81–87 | 2–16 (2–3) | F. G. Clark Center (801) Baton Rouge, LA |
| January 21, 2017 4:00 p.m. | | Prairie View A&M | L 72–87 | 2–17 (2–4) | Harrison HPER Complex (4,087) Itta Bena, MS |
| January 23, 2017 7:30 p.m. | | Texas Southern | W 103–89 | 3–17 (3–4) | Harrison HPER Complex (3,985) Itta Bena, MS |
| January 28, 2017 5:00 p.m. | | at Jackson State | L 68–83 | 3–18 (3–5) | Williams Assembly Center Jackson, MS |
| January 30, 2017 7:30 p.m. | | at Grambling State | L 74–77 $^{OT}$ | 3–19 (3–6) | Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (673) Grambling, LA |
| February 4, 2017 5:00 p.m. | | at Alabama A&M | W 68–66 | 4–19 (4–6) | Elmore Gymnasium (1,965) Huntsville, AL |
| February 6, 2017 7:30 p.m. | | at Alabama State | L 66–71 | 4–20 (4–7) | Dunn–Oliver Acadome (1,263) Montgomery, AL |
| February 11, 2017 4:00 p.m. | | Alcorn State | L 77–88 | 4–21 (4–8) | Harrison HPER Complex (2,197) Itta Bena, MS |
| February 13, 2017 7:30 p.m. | | Southern | L 72–81 | 4–22 (4–9) | Harrison HPER Complex (1,309) Itta Bena, MS |
| February 18, 2017 5:00 p.m. | | at Prairie View A&M | L 69–82 | 4–23 (4–10) | William J. Nicks Building (976) Prairie View, TX |
| February 20, 2017 7:30 p.m. | | at Texas Southern | L 61–92 | 4–24 (4–11) | Health and Physical Education Arena (1,012) Houston, TX |
| February 25, 2017 4:00 p.m. | | Jackson State | W 70–67 $^{OT}$ | 5–24 (5–11) | Harrison HPER Complex (2,052) Itta Bena, MS |
| February 27, 2017 7:30 p.m. | | Grambling State | W 84–80 | 6–24 (6–11) | Harrison HPER Complex (1,024) Itta Bena, MS |
| March 4, 2017 4:00 p.m. | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 88–77 | 7–24 (7–11) | Harrison HPER Complex (2,019) Itta Bena, MS |
| SWAC tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2017 6:00 p.m. | (7) | at (2) Alcorn State Quarterfinals | L 60–63 | 7–25 | Davey Whitney Complex (1,942) Lorman, MS |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||
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