The 2016–17 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by 11th-year head coach Randy Rahe and played their home games in the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah, as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 12–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big Sky tournament, they defeated Southern Utah and Eastern Washington before losing in the championship game to North Dakota. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, where they defeated Cal State Fullerton in the first round to win the Riley Wallace Classic. In the second round, they lost to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.
Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2015–16 season 26–9, 15–3 in Big Sky play to win the conference regular season title. They defeated Portland State, North Dakota, and Montana in the Big Sky tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As a No. 15 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they lost in the first round to Xavier.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Hayden Hunter 3 G 5'11" 170 Sophomore North Richland Hills, TX Transferred to McLennan CC Jeremiah Jefferson 15 G 6'2" 185 RS freshman Dallas, TX Transferred to Iowa Western CC J. C. Kennedy 20 G/F 6'4" 175 Sophomore Nampa, ID Walk-on; didn't return Joel Bolomboy 21 F/C 6'9" 235 Senior Donetsk, Ukraine Graduated and Drafted by the Utah Jazz in the 2016 NBA draft
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Brekkott Chapman 13 F 6'8" 205 Junior Roy, UT Transferred from Utah. Under NCAA transfer rules, Champman had to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Had two years of remaining eligibility.
2016 recruiting class There was no recruiting class of 2016.
2017 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big Sky regular season
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