The 2016–17 La Salle Explorers basketball team represented La Salle University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Explorers, led by 13th-year head coach John Giannini, played their home games at Tom Gola Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

8 seed in the A-10 tournament, they lost to Davidson in the first round.

Sources: La Salle was picked to finish in seventh place in the Preseason A-10 poll.

[1] Jordan Price was named to the Preseason All-Conference Second Team.