2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season

Coaches Notes: • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only. • Year at school includes 2016–17 season. • Overall and MVC records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2016–17 season. • Fourth-year head coach Ray Giacoletti resigned on December 6, 2016 after the first eight games of the season. Assistant coach Jeff Rutter was named interim head coach. ==Preseason==

Preseason poll Source Preseason All-MVC teams Source ==Regular season==

According to college basketball statistical guru Ken Pomeroy, the MVC had "the most unusual conference table in the land" for the season. The co-champions Illinois State and Wichita State were the only two teams that finished above .500 in conference play, each finishing with only one conference loss (splitting their two regular-season matchups). This made the MVC the first Division I conference to have two men's teams finish with no more than one conference loss since the MEAC in 2013, and also marked the first time that a Division I conference with 10 or more members had only two teams with winning league records since the MVC itself in 2012 (which had a five-team tie for third place at 9–9). Head-to-head results ==Player of the week==

Missouri Valley Conference tournament Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by overall adjusted RPI, if necessary. The top six seeds received first-round byes. NCAA tournament The winner of the MVC tournament received an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. National Invitation tournament One MVC team, Illinois State, received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament. ==References==