The 2016–17 Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by sixth-year head coach Paul Lusk, played their home games at JQH Arena in Springfield, Missouri as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the regular season 17–16, 7–11 in MVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the MVC tournament, they defeated Northern Iowa in the quarterfinals before losing to Wichita State in the semifinals.
Previous season The Bears finished the 2015–16 season 13–19, 8–10 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Drake in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Evansville.
Offseason
Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Loomis Gerring 3 F 6'5" 205 Senior Grandview, MO Graduated Dorrian Williams 23 G 6'3" 190 Senior Oklahoma City, OK Graduated Shawn Roundtree 24 G 6'0" 185 Sophomore Edwardsville, IL Transferred to Mineral Area College Camryn Boone 30 F 6'6" 240 Senior Seattle, WA Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Jarrid Rhodes 10 F 6'7" 180 Junior Palmetto, FL Junior college transferred from Northern Oklahoma College Ronnie Rousseau III 14 G 5'10" 160 Junior Cincinnati, OH Junior college transferred from State Fair CC Alize Johnson 24 F 6'8" 200 Junior Williamsport, PA Junior college transferred from Frank Phillips College
2016 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Missouri Valley Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Missouri Valley tournament
References