2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team

The 2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina Upstate during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by 15th-year head coach Eddie Payne, played their home games at the G. B. Hodge Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 7–7 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN tournament to Kennesaw State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Furman.

2016–17 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball
CIT, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
Record17–16 (7–7 ASUN)
Head coach
Assistant coachKyle Perry
Kente Hart
Josh Chavis
Home arenaG. B. Hodge Center
2016–17 ASUN men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Florida Gulf Coast122 .857268  .765
Lipscomb113 .7862013  .606
North Florida86 .5711519  .441
USC Upstate77 .5001716  .515
Kennesaw State77 .5001418  .438
Jacksonville59 .3571716  .515
NJIT311 .2141120  .355
Stetson311 .2141121  .344
2017 ASUN Tournament winner

This would be Eddie Payne's final season as head coach at USC Upstate, as he announced his retirement On October 3, 2017.

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