2016–17 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

The 2016–17 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by seventh year head coach Russell Turner and played their home games at the Bren Events Center as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 21–15, 12–4 in Big West play to win the regular season conference championship. As the No. 1 seed in the Big West tournament, they defeated UC Riverside and Long Beach State before losing to UC Davis in the championship game. As a No. 1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament title, UC Irvine received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. As a No. 8 seed, they were defeated by No. 1 seed Illinois State in the first round. The team won their third Big West Regular Season title in the past four years and their 5th straight season with at least 20 wins.

2016–17 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
Big West Regular Season champions
NIT, First round
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record21–15 (12–4 Big West)
Head coach
  • Russell Turner (7th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBren Events Center
2016–17 Big West men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UC Irvine124 .7502115  .583
UC Davis115 .6882313  .639
Cal State Fullerton106 .6251715  .531
Long Beach State97 .5631519  .441
Hawai'i88 .5001416  .467
Cal State Northridge79 .4381119  .367
Cal Poly610 .3751120  .355
UC Riverside511 .313721  .250
UC Santa Barbara412 .250622  .214
2017 Big West tournament winner
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