The 2016–17 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team represented Oregon State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Beavers were led by third-year head coach Wayne Tinkle, and played their home games at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 5–27, 1–17 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to California.
Previous season The Beavers finished the 2015–16 season 19–13, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They defeated Arizona State in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament before losing to California in the quarterfinals. OSU received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the West Region, marking the Beavers' first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1990. The Beavers lost in the first round of the tournament to VCU.
Off-season
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Gary Payton II 1 G 6'3" 190 Senior Las Vegas, NV Graduated Derrick Bruce 4 G 6'3" 165 Freshman Orlando, FL Transferred to NW Florida State College Langston Morris-Walker 13 G 6'5" 215 Senior Berkeley, CA Graduated Daniel Gomis 14 F 6'10" 240 RS senior Thiès, Senegal Graduated Olaf Schaftenaar 30 F 6'10" 235 Senior Utrecht, Ukraine Graduated Jarmal Reid 32 F 6'7" 235 Senior Decatur, GA Graduated Justin Stangel 40 C 6'10" 225 Junior Milwaukie, OR Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons
Incoming transfers Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Ronnie Stacey 2 G 6'4" Junior Alexander City, AL Junior college transfer from Tyler Junior College Keondre Dew 13 F 6'8" 220 Junior San Bernardino, CA Junior college transfer from City College of San Francisco
2016 recruiting class
Roster
Nov. 27 - Sophomore forward Tres Tinkle was out since the game against Fresno State with a broken right wrist. He missed the rest of the season.
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 tournament
References