The 2016–17 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team represented the University of Mississippi in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Andy Kennedy was in his 11th year as head coach of Ole Miss. The Rebels were members of the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at The Pavilion at Ole Miss. They finished the season 22–14, 10–8 in SEC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. They defeated Missouri in the second round of the SEC tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Arkansas. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Monmouth and Syracuse before losing in the quarterfinals to Georgia Tech.
Previous season The Rebels finished the season 20–12, 10–8 in SEC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost to Alabama in the second round of the SEC tournament. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Martavious Newby 1 G 6'3" 210 Senior Memphis, TN Graduated J. T. Escobar 2 G 6'2" 177 Freshman Tallahassee, FL Transferred to North Florida Sam Finley 10 G 6'2" 179 Junior Corona, CA Transferred to Cal State Northridge Tomasz Gielo 12 F 6'9" 220 Senior Szczecin, Poland Graduated Anthony Pérez 13 F 6'9" 213 Senior Cumaná, Venezuela Graduated Alex Sheppard 15 G 6'3" 192 Freshman Madden, MS Walk-on; transferred to NW Mississippi CC Terry Brutus 25 F 6'6" 237 RS Junior Spring Valley, NY Graduate transferred to Samford Stefan Moody 42 G 5'10" 179 Senior Kissimmee, FL Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Cullen Neal 2 G 6'5" 195 RS Junior Albuquerque, NM Transferred from New Mexico. Will eligible to play since Neal graduated from New Mexico. Dominik Olejniczak 44 C 7'0" 249 Sophomore Toruń, Poland Transferred from Drake. Under NCAA transfer rules, Olejniczak will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Justas Furmanavičius 50 F 6'7" 210 Junior Kaunas, Lithuania Junior college transferred from Three Rivers Community College
Recruits
Recruiting class of 2017
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| Regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| SEC tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| NIT
See also 2016–17 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team
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