The 2016–17 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team represented the University of California, Davis during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Aggies, led by sixth-year head coach Jim Les, played their home games at The Pavilion as members of the Big West Conference.

As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history as a No.

They defeated North Carolina Central in the First Four before losing in the first round to Kansas.

They lost in the first round of the Big West tournament to UC Santa Barbara.