The Minutemen, led by ninth-year head coach Derek Kellogg, played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center in Amherst, Massachusetts as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

On March 9, 2017, the school fired head coach Derek Kellogg after nine years and a 155–137 record.

[3] On March 31, the school announced they had hired Chattanooga head coach Matt McCall.

They defeated Rhode Island in the second round of the A-10 tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to VCU.

Sources: UMass was picked to finish 10th in the Preseason A-10 poll.