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2016–17 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team

2016–17 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball
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Las Vegas Invitational Champions
Conference Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 22
AP No. 22
2016–17 record 22–6 (11–5 Big East)
Head coach Chris Holtmann (3rd year)
Assistant coach Terry Johnson (10th year)
Assistant coach Ryan Pedon (2nd year)
Assistant coach Mike Schrage (1st year)
Home arena Hinkle Fieldhouse
Seasons
← 2015–16
2017–18 →
2016–17 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 2 Villanova 13 3   .813     26 3   .897
No. 22 Butler 11 5   .688     22 6   .786
No. 23 Creighton 9 6   .600     22 6   .786
Xavier 8 7   .533     18 10   .643
Marquette 8 7   .533     17 10   .630
Providence 7 8   .467     17 11   .607
Seton Hall 7 8   .467     17 10   .630
St. John's 6 9   .400     12 16   .429
Georgetown 5 10   .333     14 14   .500
DePaul 2 13   .133     9 19   .321
2017 Big East Tournament winner
As of February 25, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Butler University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Chris Holtmann, in his third year. The Bulldogs play their home games at Hinkle Fieldhouse and are members of the Big East Conference.

The Bulldogs finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 22–11, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place in conference. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament to Providence. The Bulldogs received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Texas Tech in the First Round to advance to the Second Round where they lost to Virginia.

Prior to the season, Butler was picked to finish sixth in a poll of Big East coaches. Kelan Martin was named to the preseason All-Big East first team.

Butler originally signed four recruits in its 2016 class which was hailed as the best recruiting class in Butler history. However, three star point guard, Howard Washington, Jr., and Butler mutually agreed to part ways in April 2016. The class is currently ranked as 45th best in the country by 247Sports.com.

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