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

The Broncs, led by fifth year head coach Kevin Baggett, played their home games at Alumni Gymnasium as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

They defeated Manhattan in the first round of the MAAC tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Iona.

The Broncs finished the 2015–16 season 13–20, 8–12 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place.

They defeated Quinnipiac in the first round of the MAAC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Monmouth.