The 2016–17 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented California State University, Fresno during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Rodney Terry's sixth season at Fresno State. The Bulldogs played their home games at Save Mart Center as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 11–7 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place. They defeated New Mexico in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Nevada. They were invited National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to TCU.
Previous season The Bulldogs finished the 2015–16 season 25–10, 13–5 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They defeated UNLV, Colorado State, and San Diego State to win the Mountain West tournament. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they received a No. 14 seed and lost in the First round to Utah.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Julien Lewis 0 G 6'4" 195 RS Senior Galveston, TX Graduated Cezar Guerrero 12 G 6'1" 185 RS Senior Huntington Park, CA Graduated Lionel Ellison III 15 G 6'2" 195 Junior New Orleans, LA Graduate transferred to William Penn Marvelle Harris 23 G 6'4" 210 Senior Rialto, CA Graduated Torren Jones 24 F 6'9" 235 Junior Chandler, AZ Dismissed from team for violation of team rules
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Jacob Holland 24 G 6'4" 180 Junior Los Lunas, NM Junior college transferred from Otero Junior College
Recruiting Class of 2016
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| Mountain West tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| NIT
See also 2016–17 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team
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