The 2016–17 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team represented Colorado State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Larry Eustachy in his fifth season. They played their home games at the Moby Arena on Colorado State University's main campus in Fort Collins, Colorado as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 24–12, 13–5 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They defeated Air Force and San Diego State to advance to the championship game of the Mountain West tournament where they lost to Nevada. They were invited to the 2017 National Invitation Tournament where they defeated the College of Charleston in the first round before losing in the second round to Cal State Bakersfield.

Previous season The Rams finished the season 18–16, 8–10 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated San Jose State and Boise State to advance to the semifinals of the Mountain West tournament where they lost to Fresno State. They did not participate in a postseason tournament.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Antwan Scott 1 G 6'2" 178 RS Senior Wylie, TX Graduated John Gillon 4 G 6'0" 168 RS Junior Houston, TX Graduate transferred to Syracuse Fred Richardson III 5 G 6'7" 212 Senior Houston, TX Graduated Joe De Ciman 10 G 6'6" 201 Senior Regina, SK Graduated Mike Burnett 13 G 6'2" 175 RS Senior Denver, CO Walk-on; graduated Tiel Daniels 15 F 6'7" 235 RS Senior Wentzville, MO Graduated Toby Van Ry 41 F 6'10" 196 RS Freshman Fort Collins, CO Transferred to Northwest Kansas Technical College

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Devocio Butler 1 F 6'5" Junior Atlanta, GA Junior college transferred from Hill College. Kevin Little 4 G 6'0" 160 Junior Wyandanch, NY Transferred from Maine. Under NCAA transfer rules, Little will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Kevin Dorsey 5 G 6'0" 175 Sophomore Waldorf, MD Transferred from Minnesota. Under NCAA transfer rules, Dorsey will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Che Bob 10 F 6'6" 215 Junior Charlotte, NC Junior college transferred from South Plains College. Lorenzo Jenkins 13 G 6'7" 210 Sophomore Naples, FL Transferred from Arkansas. Under NCAA transfer rules, Jenkins will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Robbie Berwick 14 G 6'4" 188 Junior Atascadero, CA Transferred from Florida State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Berwick will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.

2016 recruiting class Colorado State did not have any incoming players in the 2016 recruiting class.

2017 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West tournament

!colspan=9 style=| NIT

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