2016–17 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team

The 2016–17 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates were led by seventh year head coach Jeff Lebo and played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as third year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 15–18, 6–12 in AAC play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Temple in the first round of the AAC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to SMU.

2016–17 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record15–18 (6–12 AAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Netti
  • Michael Perry
  • Ken Potosnak
Home arenaWilliams Arena (8,000)
2016–17 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 11 SMU171 .944305  .857
No. 18 Cincinnati162 .889306  .833
Houston126 .6672111  .656
UCF117 .6112412  .667
Memphis99 .5001913  .594
UConn99 .5001617  .485
Tulsa810 .4441517  .469
Temple711 .3891616  .500
East Carolina612 .3331518  .455
Tulane315 .167625  .194
South Florida117 .056723  .233
2017 AAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

On January 16, 2017, head coach Jeff Lebo underwent hip surgery and was unable to coach for the rest of the season. Assistant coach Michael Perry took over as acting head coach beginning with the January 22 game.

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