2016–17 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team

2016–17 Bucknell Bison men's basketball
Patriot League tournament champions
Patriot League regular season champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferencePatriot League
Record26–9 (15–3 Patriot)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Paul Harrison
  • John Griffin
  • Joe Meehan
Home arenaSojka Pavilion
2016–17 Patriot League men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Bucknell 15 3   .833 26 9   .743
Lehigh 12 6   .667 20 12   .625
Boston University 12 6   .667 18 14   .563
Navy 10 8   .556 16 16   .500
Holy Cross 9 9   .500 15 17   .469
Loyola (MD) 8 10   .444 16 17   .485
Colgate 8 10   .444 10 22   .313
Army 6 12   .333 13 19   .406
Lafayette 5 13   .278 9 21   .300
American 5 13   .278 8 22   .267
2017 Patriot League tournament winner
The Bison swept the Patriot League individual awards, with Nana Foulland winning Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year and Nathan Davis winning Coach of the Year.

The 2016–17 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team represented Bucknell University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bison, led by second-year head coach Nathan Davis, played their home games at Sojka Pavilion in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania as members of the Patriot League. They finished the regular season 23–8, 15–3 in Patriot League play to win the regular season championship, their third straight title and sixth in seven years. As the No. 1 seed in the Patriot League tournament, they defeated Army, Navy, and Lehigh to win the tournament championship. As a result, the Bison received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 13 seed in the West region. There they lost in the first round to West Virginia.