The 2016–17 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team represented the University of New Orleans during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Privateers were led by sixth-year head coach Mark Slessinger and played their home games at Lakefront Arena as members of the Southland Conference.

They defeated Sam Houston State and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi to win the Southland Conference tournament.

As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the First Four to Mount St.

They lost to Southeastern Louisiana in the first round of the Southland tournament.