The 2016–17 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball team represented Southeast Missouri State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Redhawks, led by second-year head coach Rick Ray, played their home games at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri as members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference.

They defeated Tennessee State in the first round of the OVC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Jacksonville State.

As a result, they failed to qualify for the OVC tournament.

In a vote of Ohio Valley Conference head men’s basketball coaches and sports information directors, Southeast Missouri State was picked to finish last in the West Division of the OVC.