The 2016–17 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball team represented California State University, Bakersfield during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by sixth-year head coach Rod Barnes, played their home games at the Icardo Center as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 12–2 in WAC play to win the regular season WAC championship. They defeated Utah Valley to advance to the championship game of the WAC tournament where they lost to New Mexico State. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. As a No. 8 seed, they defeated California, Colorado State, and Texas–Arlington to become the first No. 8 seed to advance to the semifinals since the NIT introduced seeding in 2006. In the semifinals at Madison Square Garden they lost to Georgia Tech.
Previous season The Roadrunners finished the 2015–16 season 24–9, 11–3 in WAC play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Chicago State, Seattle, and New Mexico State to win the WAC tournament. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first ever appearance, where they lost in the first round to Oklahoma.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Kyle Ferreira 2 G 6'3" 190 Sophomore Bakersfield, CA Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Darryl Geyen 3 G 5'10" 165 Freshman Houston, TX Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Kevin Mays 10 F 6'4" 220 Senior Queens, NY Graduated Ravonn Posey 12 F 6'8" 280 Junior Milwaukee, WI Transferred to Cleveland State Justin Hollins 33 F 6'8" 205 Junior Cypress, TX Transferred Aly Ahmed 42 C 6'9" 250 Senior Alexandria, Egypt Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School James Suber 4 F 6'6" 210 Junior Philadelphia, PA Junior college transferred from Panola College Fallou Ndoye 15 C 6'11" 220 RS Junior Dakar, Senegal Transferred from Mississippi State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Ndoye will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Moataz Aly 22 F 6'9" 200 Junior Alexandria, Egypt Junior college transferred from Hutchinson CC
2016 incoming recruits
2017 recruiting class
2018 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| WAC regular season
!colspan=9 style=| WAC tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NIT
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