2016–17 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team

2016–17 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball
2016–17 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball
CBI, First Round
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	18–15 (11–7 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Mark Byington (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Andrew Wilson; Larry Dixon; Ben Betts;
Home arena	Hanner Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team represented Georgia Southern University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fourth-year head coach Mark Byington, played their home games at Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, Georgia as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 18–18, 11–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt tournament to Troy. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Utah Valley.

ConferenceSun Belt Conference

Record18–15 (11–7 Sun Belt)

Headcoach

Mark Byington (4th season)

Assistant coaches

Andrew Wilson
Larry Dixon
Ben Betts

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2016–17 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Texas–Arlington	14	–	4	.778	27	–	9	.750
Georgia State	12	–	6	.667	20	–	13	.606
Arkansas State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Texas State	11	–	7	.611	22	–	14	.611
Georgia Southern	11	–	7	.611	18	–	15	.545
Louisiana–Lafayette	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Troy †	10	–	8	.556	22	–	15	.595
Coastal Carolina	10	–	8	.556	20	–	19	.513
South Alabama	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
Little Rock	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Appalachian State	4	–	14	.222	9	–	21	.300
Louisiana–Monroe	2	–	16	.111	9	–	24	.273

† 2017 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2016* 7:00 pm		Lees–McRae	W 106–51		Hanner Fieldhouse (1,501) Statesboro, GA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at NC State	L 79–81	0–1	PNC Arena (16,226) Raleigh, NC
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm		Coastal Georgia	W 92–43	1–1	Hanner Fieldhouse (1,628) Statesboro, GA
11/20/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Mercer Savannah Invitational	L 67–80	1–2	Hawkins Arena (3,508) Macon, GA
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm		at Akron Savannah Invitational	L 67–75	1–3	James A. Rhodes Arena (2,457) Akron, OH
11/25/2016* 2:30 pm		vs. Florida A&M Savannah Invitational	W 83–72	2–3	Savannah Civic Center (491) Savannah, GA
11/26/2016* 2:30 pm		vs. Radford Savannah Invitational	W 65–64	3–3	Savannah Civic Center Savannah, GA
12/01/2016* 2:30 pm		at Savannah State	W 94–75	4–3	Tiger Arena (3,708) Savannah, GA
12/04/2016* 3:00 pm		Florida Gulf Coast	L 82–85	4–4	Hanner Fieldhouse (1,519) Statesboro, GA
12/09/2016* 9:00 pm, BTN		at Minnesota	L 49–86	4–5	Williams Arena (8,790) Minneapolis, MN
12/13/2016* 7:00 pm		at Florida Gulf Coast	W 72–59	5–5	Alico Arena (3,057) Fort Myers, FL
12/15/2016* 7:00 pm		at FIU	W 75–68	6–5	FIU Arena (639) Miami, FL
12/20/2016* 11:00 am		at Winthrop	L 84–86	6–6	Winthrop Coliseum (2,534) Rock Hill, SC
12/22/2016* 4:00 pm		Fisk	W 106–58	7–6	Hanner Fieldhouse (1,036) Statesboro, GA
Sun Belt Conference regular season
12/31/2016 12:30 pm		Georgia State	W 88–65	8–6 (1–0)	Hanner Fieldhouse (2,356) Statesboro, GA
01/07/2017 5:00 pm		Troy	W 86–82	9–6 (2–0)	Hanner Fieldhouse (1,639) Statesboro, GA
01/09/2017 7:00 pm		South Alabama	W 84–79 ^OT	10–6 (3–0)	Hanner Fieldhouse (1,391) Statesboro, GA
01/14/2017 8:15 pm		at Louisiana–Lafayette	W 81–76	11–6 (4–0)	Cajundome (5,464) Lafayette, LA
01/16/2017 8:00 pm		at Louisiana–Monroe	W 62–60	12–6 (5–0)	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,542) Monroe, LA
01/21/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3		Appalachian State	W 92–88	13–6 (6–0)	Hanner Fieldhouse (2,938) Statesboro, GA
01/23/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Coastal Carolina	W 91–80	14–6 (7–0)	Hanner Fieldhouse (1,527) Statesboro, GA
01/28/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at South Alabama	L 66–78	14–7 (7–1)	Mitchell Center (2,439) Mobile, AL
01/30/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Troy	L 76–83	14–8 (7–2)	Trojan Arena (1,087) Troy, AL
02/04/2017 5:00 pm		Louisiana–Monroe	W 76–62	15–8 (8–2)	Hanner Fieldhouse (2,859) Statesboro, GA
02/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Louisiana–Lafayette	W 74–70	16–8 (9–2)	Hanner Fieldhouse (1,373) Statesboro, GA
02/11/2017 4:30 pm		at Coastal Carolina	L 70–82	16–9 (9–3)	HTC Center (2,050) Conway, SC
02/13/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Appalachian State	L 78–83	16–10 (9–4)	Holmes Center (1,573) Boone, NC
02/18/2017 5:00 pm		Texas State	W 70–67	17–10 (10–4)	Hanner Fieldhouse (2,281) Statesboro, GA
02/20/2017 7:00 pm, ASN		UT Arlington	L 71–81	17–11 (10–5)	Hanner Fieldhouse (2,573) Statesboro, GA
02/25/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Arkansas State	W 72–60	18–11 (11–5)	Convocation Center (4,671) Jonesboro, AR
02/27/2017 7:30 pm, ASN		at Little Rock	L 54–56	18–12 (11–6)	Jack Stephens Center (2,541) Little Rock, AR
03/04/2017 2:15 pm, ESPN3		at Georgia State	L 67–72	18–13 (11–7)	GSU Sports Arena (3,854) Atlanta, GA
Sun Belt tournament
03/15/2017 8:30 pm, ESPN3	(3)	vs. (6) Troy Quarterfinals	L 70–90	18–14	Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA
CBI
03/10/2017* 7:00 pm		Utah Valley First Round	L 49–74	18–15	Hanner Fieldhouse (603) Statesboro, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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