2016–17 Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team

The Panthers, led by eleventh year head coach Ben Jacobson, played their home games at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, IA as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

3 seed in the MVC tournament, they lost to Missouri State in the quarterfinals.

The Panthers were picked to finish in third place in the MVC preseason poll.

[1] Jeremy Morgan was selected as preseason Missouri Valley Conference player of the year.

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