2016–17 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team

2016–17 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball
America East regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record29–6 (16–0 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kyle Cieplicki
  • Ryan Schneider
  • Hamlet Tibbs
Home arenaPatrick Gym
2016–17 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Vermont 16 0   1.000 29 6   .829
Stony Brook 12 4   .750 18 14   .563
Albany 10 6   .625 21 14   .600
New Hampshire 10 6   .625 20 12   .625
UMBC 9 7   .563 21 13   .618
UMass Lowell* 5 11   .313 11 20   .355
Hartford 4 12   .250 9 23   .281
Binghamton 3 13   .188 12 20   .375
Maine 3 13   .188 7 25   .219
2017 America East tournament winner
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.

The 2016–17 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team represented the University of Vermont during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Catamounts, led by sixth-year head coach John Becker, played their home games at Patrick Gym in Burlington, Vermont and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 29–6, 16–0 in America East play to win the America East regular season championship. In the America East tournament, they defeated Maine, New Hampshire and Albany to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As a No. 13 seed in the Midwest region, they lost to No. 4-seeded Purdue in the first round.