2016–17 NBL season
| 2016–17 NBL season | ||||||||||
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| League | National Basketball League | |||||||||
| Season | 2016–17 | |||||||||
| Dates | 6 October 2016 – 5 March 2017 | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 | |||||||||
| TV partner(s) | Australia: New Zealand: Online: | |||||||||
| Regular season | ||||||||||
| Season champions | Adelaide 36ers | |||||||||
| Season MVP | Jerome Randle (Adelaide) | |||||||||
| Finals | ||||||||||
| Champions | Perth Wildcats (8th title) | |||||||||
| Runners-up | Illawarra Hawks | |||||||||
| Semifinalists | Adelaide 36ers Cairns Taipans | |||||||||
| Finals MVP | Bryce Cotton (Perth) | |||||||||
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| Records | ||||||||||
| Attendance | 725,749 (6,048 per game) | |||||||||
The 2016–17 NBL season was the 39th season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams contested the league. The regular season was played between October 2016 and February 2017, followed by a post-season featuring the top four in late February and March 2017.
During the off-season Townsville Crocodiles folded with Brisbane Bullets returning.
Australian broadcast rights to the season were held by Fox Sports, in the second year of a five-year deal, with one game per week simulcast on SBS. In New Zealand, Sky Sport are the official league broadcaster.