The 2016–17 Morgan State Bears men's basketball team represented Morgan State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Bears, led by 11th-year head coach Todd Bozeman, played their home games at the Talmadge L. Hill Field House in Baltimore, Maryland as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

They beat Maryland Eastern Shore in the first round of the MEAC tournament, before falling to Hampton in the quarterfinals.

The Bears were picked to finish in ninth place in the preseason MEAC poll.

[1] Phillip Carr was named to the preseason All-MEAC second team.