2016–17 Rice Owls men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Rice Owls men's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by third-year head coach Mike Rhoades, played their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 23–12, 11–7 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Southern Miss in the first round of the C-USA tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to UTEP. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated San Francisco in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Utah Valley.

2016–17 Rice Owls men's basketball
CBI, Quarterfinals
ConferenceConference USA
Record23–12 (11–7 C-USA)
Head coach
  • Mike Rhoades (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaTudor Fieldhouse
2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Middle Tennessee171 .944315  .861
Louisiana Tech144 .7782310  .697
Old Dominion126 .6671912  .613
UTEP126 .6671517  .469
Rice117 .6112312  .657
Marshall108 .5562015  .571
UAB99 .5001716  .515
Western Kentucky99 .5001517  .469
UTSA810 .4441419  .424
Charlotte711 .3891317  .433
Florida Atlantic612 .3331020  .333
Southern Miss612 .333922  .290
FIU315 .167724  .226
North Texas216 .111822  .267
2017 C-USA Tournament winner

On March 21, 2017, head coach Mike Rhoades resigned to become the head coach at VCU. He finished at Rice with a three-year record of 47–52. On March 23, the school promoted assistant coach Scott Pera to head coach.

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