2016–17 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team represented Oakland University (OU) during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Grizzlies were led by 33rd year head coach Greg Kampe and played their home games at the Athletics Center O'rena in Rochester, Michigan as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 25–9, 14–4 in Horizon League play to finish in a share for the Horizon League regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed, they were upset in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League tournament by Youngstown State. As a conference champion and No. 1 seed who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Clemson in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to Richmond.

2016–17 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball
Horizon League regular season co-champions
NIT, Second Round
ConferenceHorizon League
Record25–9 (14–4 Horizon)
Head coach
Associate head coachDan Hipsher
Assistant coaches
Home arenaAthletics Center O'rena
2016–17 Horizon League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Oakland144 .778259  .735
Valparaiso144 .778249  .727
Green Bay126 .6671814  .563
Northern Kentucky126 .6672411  .686
Wright State117 .6112012  .625
UIC711 .3891719  .472
Detroit612 .333823  .258
Cleveland State513 .278922  .290
Youngstown State513 .2781321  .382
Milwaukee414 .2221124  .314
2017 Horizon League Tournament winner

Oakland made a three-point field goal in every game of the season, increasing their steak to 904 consecutive games, the ninth-longest active NCAA Division I streak. They last finished a game without a three-pointer on January 30, 1988.

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