The 2016–17 Radford Highlanders men's basketball team represented Radford University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Highlanders, led by sixth year head coach Mike Jones, played their home games at the Dedmon Center in Radford, Virginia as members of the Big South Conference.

6 seed in the Big South tournament where they defeated Liberty in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Campbell.

The Highlanders finished the 2015–16 season 16–15, 9–9 in Big South play to finish in seventh place.

They lost to Presbyterian in the first round of the Big South tournament.