[1] The only rule change for the regular season was allowing coaches to ask for timeouts in situations of inbounds on offense or defense.

The NCAA approved a number of experimental rule changes for use in the 2017 postseason NIT:[2] Only one school joined a new conference for 2016–17: This proved to be the last season for four Division I teams in their then-current venues: The top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls.

Each of the 32 NCAA Division I athletic conferences ended its regular season with a single-elimination tournament.

Source for additional stats categories Teams which averaged a home attendance of at least 10,000 per game:[181] For this list, an "upset" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent.

The tournament began on March 14, 2017, with all games prior to the semifinals being played at campus sites.