The 2016–17 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Starting on January 7, Jeff Capel temporarily took over coaching duties while Krzyzewski recovered from lower back surgery.

[2] The Blue Devils played their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Duke advanced to the Sweet Sixteen a year after winning its fifth national championship.

The Blue Devils beat UNC-Wilmington and Yale before falling to top seeded Oregon in the West region.