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

The Owls, led by 11th-year head coach Fran Dunphy, played their home games at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members the American Athletic Conference.

They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to East Carolina.

They defeated South Florida in the first round of the AAC tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to UConn.

10 seed to the NCAA tournament where they lost in overtime in the First Round to Iowa by a buzzer beater from Adam Woodbury.