2016–17 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team

2016–17 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball
Big South regular season co–champions
Big South tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceBig South Conference
Record26–7 (15–3 Big South)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mark Prosser
  • Marty McGillan
  • Brian Kloman
Home arenaWinthrop Coliseum
2016–17 Big South men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Winthrop153 .833267  .788
UNC Asheville153 .8332310  .697
Liberty144 .7782114  .600
Gardner–Webb117 .6111914  .576
High Point99 .5001516  .484
Radford810 .4441418  .438
Campbell711 .3891918  .514
Charleston Southern711 .3891219  .387
Longwood315 .167624  .200
Presbyterian117 .056525  .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.