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2016-17 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team

2016–17 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball
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Big South regular season co–champions
Big South Tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, First round
Conference Big South Conference
2016–17 record 26–7 (15–3 Big South)
Head coach Pat Kelsey (5th season)
Assistant coach Mark Prosser
Assistant coach Marty McGillan
Assistant coach Brian Kloman
Home arena Winthrop Coliseum
Seasons
← 2015–16
2017–18 →
2016–17 Big South men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Winthrop 15 3   .833     26 7   .788
UNC Asheville 15 3   .833     23 10   .697
Liberty 14 4   .778     21 14   .600
Gardner–Webb 11 7   .611     19 14   .576
High Point 9 9   .500     15 16   .484
Radford 8 10   .444     14 18   .438
Campbell 7 11   .389     19 18   .514
Charleston Southern 7 11   .389     12 19   .387
Longwood 3 15   .167     6 24   .200
Presbyterian 1 17   .056     5 25   .167
2017 Big South Tournament winner

The 2016–17 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team represented Winthrop University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fifth-year head coach Pat Kelsey, played their home games at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, South Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 15–3 in Big South play to finish in a tie for the regular season Big South championship. As the No. 1 seed in the Big South Tournament, they defeated Charleston Southern, Gardner–Webb, and Campbell to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, their first bid since 2010. In the NCAA Tournament, they lost in the first round to Butler.

After the season, head coach Pat Kelsey initially left Winthrop on March 21, 2017 to take the head coaching job at UMass, but backed out 2 days later for personal reasons and returned to the program.

The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 23–9, 13–5 in Big South play to win a share of the regular season conference championship. They defeated Presbyterian and Gardner–Webb to advance to the championship game of the Big South Tournament where they lost to UNC Asheville. Despite the regular season conference title and 23 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.


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