The 2016–17 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Hartford during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by seventh-year head coach John Gallagher, played their home games at the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 9–22, 4–12 in America East play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament to Albany.
Previous season The Hawks finished the 2015–16 season 10–23, 4–12 in America East play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated Albany in the quarterfinals of the American East tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Stony Brook.
Preseason Hartford was picked to finish eighth in the preseason America East poll.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Justin Graham 2 G 6'1" 175 Junior San Antonio, TX Graduate transferred to Arkansas Tech Cleveland Thomas 5 G 6'3" 195 RS Junior Baton Rouge, LA Graduate transferred to Western Kentucky Taylor Dyson 11 G 6'4" 185 Senior Sassafras, Australia Graduated Dougal Weir 14 C 6'9" 240 Junior Sydney, Australia Left the team for personal reasons
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Andrew Ramirez 11 G 6'2" 185 Junior Madrid, Spain Junior college transferred from Colby CC Hassan Attia 44 F 6'10" 255 Junior Alexandria, Egypt Junior college transferred from Western Nebraska CC
2016 incoming recruits Hartford did not have any incoming players in the 2016 recruiting class.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| America East regular season
!colspan=9 style=| America East tournament
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