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2016–17 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

2016–17 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
University of Arizona Block A.svg
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 4
AP No. 4
2016–17 record 26–4 (15–2 Pac-12)
Head coach Sean Miller (8th year)
Associate head coach Joe Pasternack
Assistant coach Emanuel Richardson
Assistant coach Mark Phelps
Home arena McKale Center
Seasons
← 2015–16
2017–18 →
2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 6 Oregon 15 2   .882     26 4   .867
No. 4 Arizona 15 2   .882     26 4   .867
No. 5 UCLA 13 3   .813     26 3   .897
California 10 6   .625     19 9   .679
Utah 9 7   .563     18 10   .643
USC 8 7   .533     21 7   .750
Colorado 6 10   .375     16 13   .552
Stanford 6 10   .375     14 14   .500
Arizona State 6 10   .375     13 16   .448
Washington State 5 10   .333     12 15   .444
Washington 2 13   .133     9 18   .333
Oregon State 1 16   .059     5 25   .167
2017 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of Feb. 26, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team will represent the University of Arizona during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by eighth-year head coach Sean Miller, and will play their home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as members in the Pac-12 Conference.

The Wildcats finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 25–9, 12–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie with California for third place. The Wildcats entered the Pac-12 Tournament as a 4 seed where they beat Colorado in the quarterfinals, but fell in the semifinals to Oregon in overtime. Arizona received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, the program's 33rd overall appearance, as a No. 6 seed in the South Region. They lost in the First Round to Wichita State.

Coming into the '16-'17 season Arizona has been ranked in 78-consecutive AP polls & 81-straight coaches polls. The 93-consecutive weeks in the AP poll is currently the second-longest streak in the nation behind Kansas at 157 weeks. They have been ranked every week in the 2016-2017 season, bringing those totals to 93 weeks for the AP & 96 weeks for the coaches poll. Arizona won its first 10 conference games, the best start since the '97-'98 season when they started 16-0.


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