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2016–17 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team

2016–17 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball
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Conference Conference USA
2016–17 record 8–22 (2–16 C-USA)
Head coach Tony Benford (5th year)
Assistant coach Rob Evans
Assistant coach Dan O'Dowd
Assistant coach David Anwar
Home arena The Super Pit
(Capacity: 10,040)
Seasons
← 2015–16
2017–18 →
2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Middle Tennessee 17 1   .944     31 5   .861
Louisiana Tech 14 4   .778     23 10   .697
Old Dominion 12 6   .667     19 12   .613
UTEP 12 6   .667     15 17   .469
Rice 11 7   .611     23 12   .657
Marshall 10 8   .556     20 15   .571
UAB 9 9   .500     17 16   .515
WKU 9 9   .500     15 17   .469
UTSA 8 10   .444     14 19   .424
Charlotte 7 11   .389     13 17   .433
Florida Atlantic 6 12   .333     10 20   .333
Southern Miss 6 12   .333     9 22   .290
FIU 3 15   .167     7 24   .226
North Texas 2 16   .111     8 22   .267
2017 C-USA Tournament winner

The 2016–17 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team represented the University of North Texas during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mean Green, led by fifth-year head coach Tony Benford, played their home games at UNT Coliseum, nicknamed The Super Pit, in Denton, Texas, as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 8–22, 2–16 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They faild to qualify for the C-USA Tournament.

On March 5, 2017, the school fired head coach Tony Benford after five years without a winning season. On March 13, the school hired Grant McCasland as head coach.

The Mean Green finished the 2015–16 season 12–20, 7–11 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the C-USA Tournament to WKU.

The Mean Grean was picked to finish in 10th place in the preseason Conference USA poll. Jeremy Combs was selected to the preseason All-Conference USA team.

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