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2016–17 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team

2016–17 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball
Saint Mary's College Gaels Wordmark.jpg
Conference West Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 23
AP No. 23
2016–17 record 15–2 (5–1 WCC)
Head coach Randy Bennett (16th year)
Assistant coach Marty Clarke
Assistant coach Marcus Schroeder
Assistant coach David Carter
Home arena McKeon Pavilion
Seasons
« 2015–16 2017–18 »
2016–17 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 4 Gonzaga 5 0   1.000     17 0   1.000
No. 23 Saint Mary's 5 1   .833     15 2   .882
BYU 4 2   .667     13 6   .684
Santa Clara 4 2   .667     10 9   .526
Portland 2 3   .400     9 8   .529
San Francisco 2 4   .333     12 7   .632
Loyola Marymount 2 4   .333     9 8   .529
San Diego 2 4   .333     9 9   .500
Pacific 2 4   .333     8 11   .421
Pepperdine 1 5   .167     5 13   .278
2017 West Coast Conference Tournament winner
As of January 16, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represents Saint Mary's College of California during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This is head coach Randy Bennett's sixteenth season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels compete in the West Coast Conference and play their home games at the McKeon Pavilion in Moraga, California.

The Gaels finished the 2015–16 season 29–6, 15–3 in WCC play to win a share of the WCC regular season conference championship. They defeated Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine to advance to the championship game of the WCC Tournament where they lost to Gonzaga. As a regular season conference champion and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. As a No. 2 seed in the NIT, they defeated New Mexico State and Georgia to advance to the quarterfinals before losing to Valparaiso.


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