The 2016–17 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team represented the University of South Alabama during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Jaguars were led by fourth-year head coach Matthew Graves and played their home games at the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Alabama as members in the Sun Belt Conference.

They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament to Coastal Carolina.

The Jaguars finished the 2015–16 season 14–19, 8–12 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for seventh place.

They defeated Georgia Southern in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament to advance to the quarterfinals before losing to Louisiana–Lafayette.