The 2016–17 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates were led by seventh year head coach Jeff Lebo and played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as third year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 15–18, 6–12 in AAC play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Temple in the first round of the AAC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to SMU.

On January 16, 2017, head coach Jeff Lebo underwent hip surgery and was unable to coach for the rest of the season. Assistant coach Michael Perry took over as acting head coach beginning with the January 22 game.

Previous season The Pirates finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 12–20, 4–14 in AAC play to finish in a tie for ninth place in conference. They lost to South Florida in the first round of the AAC tournament.

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Grant Bryant 1 F 6'7" 200 Sophomore Kennesaw, GA Transferred to Tampa Charles Foster 3 G 6'0" 160 Junior Louisville, KY Graduate transferred to Kentucky Wesleyan Prince Williams 4 G 6'5" 200 Senior Raleigh, NC Walk-on; graduated Lance Tejada 5 G 6'2" 190 Sophomore Pompano Beach, FL Transferred to Lehigh Drew Bost 24 G 5'10" 175 Senior Raleigh, NC Walk-on; graduated Peyton Robbins 31 G 6'3" 210 Senior Raleigh, NC Walk-on; graduated Michael Zangari 34 F 6'9" 240 Senior Etters, PA Graduated Marshall Guilmette 41 F 6'10" 250 RS Junior Kennesaw, GA Career season ending injury Kanu Aja 44 F 6'9" 255 Senior Baltimore, MD Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Isaac Fleming 5 G 6'3" 180 Junior Wilmington, DE Transferred from Hawaii. Under NCAA transfer rules, Fleming will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Andre Washington 31 C 7'0" 240 Senior Roanoke, VA Transferred from Wake Forest. Will be eligible to play immediately since Washington graduated from Wake Forest.

Incoming recruits

Recruiting class of 2017

Roster

Schedule and results

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

!colspan=9 style=| AAC regular season

!colspan=9 style=|AAC tournament

References