The 2016–17 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball team represented Arkansas State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Red Wolves, led by first-year head coach Grant McCasland, played their home games at the Convocation Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

5 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they lost to Louisiana–Monroe in the first round.

[1] On March 20, the school named Louisville assistant Mike Balado as their new head coach.

[3] On March 16, 2016, the school hired former Baylor assistant Grant McCasland as the new head coach.