2016–17 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball team

2016–17 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball
WAC regular season champions
NIT, Semifinals
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record25–10 (12–2 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaIcardo Center
2016–17 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Cal State Bakersfield122 .8572510  .714
New Mexico State113 .786286  .824
Grand Canyon *113 .786229  .710
UMKC86 .5711817  .514
Utah Valley68 .4291717  .500
Seattle59 .3571317  .433
Texas–Rio Grande Valley212 .1431022  .313
Chicago State113 .071626  .188
2017 WAC tournament winner
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to NCAA Division I.

The 2016–17 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball team represented California State University, Bakersfield during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by sixth-year head coach Rod Barnes, played their home games at the Icardo Center as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 12–2 in WAC play to win the regular season WAC championship. They defeated Utah Valley to advance to the championship game of the WAC tournament where they lost to New Mexico State. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. As a No. 8 seed, they defeated California, Colorado State, and Texas–Arlington to become the first No. 8 seed to advance to the semifinals since the NIT introduced seeding in 2006. In the semifinals at Madison Square Garden they lost to Georgia Tech.