The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the Zags) played in their 37th season as a member of the West Coast Conference.

The Bulldogs finished the regular season with a 32–1 record, only blemished by a loss to BYU on February 25.

They won both the West Coast Conference regular season and tournament championships, and advanced to the first NCAA National Championship game in the school's history—the deepest NCAA Tournament run for a WCC team since San Francisco advanced to its third consecutive Final Four in 1957.

With a victory over South Carolina in the regional semifinal, the Bulldogs tied the NCAA Division I record for the second-most wins in a season.

[19] The Zags also played in and won the single-elimination WCC Tournament, which took place March 2–7, 2017 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.