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2016-17 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team

2016–17 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball
Seton Hall Pirates wordmark.svg
NCAA Tournament, First round
Conference Big East Conference
2016–17 record 21–12 (10–8 Big East)
Head coach Kevin Willard (7th year)
Assistant coach Shaheen Holloway
Assistant coach Fred Hill
Assistant coach Grant Billmeier
Home arena Prudential Center
Walsh Gymnasium
Seasons
← 2015–16
2017–18 →
2016–17 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 1 Villanova 15 3   .833     32 4   .889
No. 21 Butler 12 6   .667     25 9   .735
Creighton 10 8   .556     25 10   .714
Seton Hall 10 8   .556     21 12   .636
Providence 10 8   .556     20 13   .606
Marquette 10 8   .556     19 13   .594
Xavier 9 9   .500     24 14   .632
St. John's 7 11   .389     14 19   .424
Georgetown 5 13   .278     14 18   .438
DePaul 2 16   .111     9 23   .281
2017 Big East Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represents Seton Hall University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates play home games in Newark, New Jersey at the Prudential Center, with one exhibition and one regular season game at Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, New Jersey. They are coached, for the seventh year, by Kevin Willard. They are members of the Big East Conference.

They finished the season 21–11, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big East Tournament, they defeated Marquette before losing to Villanova in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed in the South region.

The Pirates finished the season 25–9, 12–6 in Big East play to finish in third place. They defeated Creighton, Xavier, and Villanova to win the Big East Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Gonzaga.


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