The 2016–17 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team represented Stony Brook University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seawolves were led by first-year head coach Jeff Boals and played their home games at Island Federal Credit Union Arena in Stony Brook, New York as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 18–14, 12–4 in America East play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the America East tournament, they defeated Binghamton before losing to Albany in the semifinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to UIC.
Previous season The Seawolves finished the 2015–16 season 26–7, 14–2 in America East play to win the regular season championship. They defeated UMBC, Hartford, and Vermont to win the America East tournament. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid go the NCAA tournament, the first in school history. As a No. 13 seed, the Seawolves fell to Kentucky in the first round.
On March 20, 2016, it was announced that head coach Steve Pikiell would leave the school to accept the job as the new head coach for Rutgers. He finished at Stony Brook with an eleven-year record of 192–157. On April 8, the school announced they had hired Jeff Boals as head coach.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Deshaun Thrower 1 G 6'2" 205 Sophomore Muskegon, MI Transferred to Ferris State Carson Puriefoy 10 G 6'0" 175 Senior Wenonah, NJ Graduated Rayshaun McGrew 11 F 6'7" 230 Senior Chicago, IL Graduated Jameel Warney 20 F 6'8" 260 Senior Plainfield, NJ Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Junior Saintel 11 F 6'7" 190 Junior Absecon, NJ Junior college transferred from Chipola College UC Iroegbu 1 G 6'0" 180 Junior Sacramento, CA Junior college transferred from College of Southern Idaho Blair Mendy 10 G 6'3" 190 Sophomore San Jose, CA Junior college transferred from City College of San Francisco
2016 recruiting class
2017 recruiting class
Preseason Stony Brook was picked to finish seventh in the preseason America East poll.
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
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!colspan=9 style=| America East tournament
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2016–17 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball schedule
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