The 2016–17 Saint Joseph's Hawks basketball team represented Saint Joseph's University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by 22nd-year head coach Phil Martelli, played their home games at Hagan Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 11–20, 4–14 A-10 play to finish in a tie for 12th place. As the No. 13 seed in the A-10 tournament, they lost to Massachusetts in the first round.
Previous season The Hawks finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 28–8, 13–5 in A-10 play to finish in fourth place. They defeated George Washington, Dayton, and VCU to be with the A-10 tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As a #8 seed, they defeated Cincinnati in the first round, their first NCAA Tournament victory since 2004, to advance to the second round where they lost to Oregon. DeAndre' Bembry was named A-10 player of the year.
Preseason Saint Joseph's was picked to finish in ninth place in the Preseason A-10 poll.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Aaron Brown 2 G 6'5" 223 RS Senior Darby, PA Graduated Papa Ndao 12 F 6'8" 220 RS Senior Dakar, Sengal Graduated Isaiah Miles 15 F 6'7" 227 Senior Baltimore, MD Graduated Skylar Scrivano 33 F 6'10" 233 RS Senior Doylestown, PA Graduated & transferred DeAndre' Bembry 43 F 6'6" 210 Junior Charlotte, NC Declare for 2016 NBA draft
2016 recruiting class
2017 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Atlantic 10 tournament
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