The 2016–17 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hurricanes were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They were led by sixth-year head coach Jim Larrañaga and played their home games at the Watsco Center on the university's campus in Coral Gables, Florida. They finished the season 21–12, 10–8 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They defeated Syracuse in the second round of the ACC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to North Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed in the Midwest region; they lost in the first round to Michigan State.
Previous season The Hurricanes finished the 2015–16 season 27–8, 13–5 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament before losing to Virginia. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Buffalo and Wichita State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they lost to eventual national champion Villanova.
Offseason
Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Sheldon McClellan 10 G 6'5" 200 RS Senior Houston, TX Graduated James Palmer Jr. 12 G 6'5" 202 Sophomore Washington, D.C. Transferred to Nebraska Angel Rodríguez 13 G 5'11" 185 RS Senior Cupey, Puerto Rico Graduated Tonye Jekiri 23 C 7'0" 248 Senior Hialeah, FL Graduated Ivan Uceda 33 F 6'10" 217 Senior Madrid, Spain Graduated
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Michael Gilmore 12 F 6'10" 215 Junior Tallahassee, FL VCU
2016 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference Regular Season
!colspan=12 style=| ACC Regular Season
!colspan=12 style=| ACC tournament
!colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournament
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings
References