The team played its home games at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

At the Big Ten tournament they defeated Iowa in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Wisconsin.

The Hoosiers missed out on the NCAA tournament and lost in the first round of the NIT, their first appearance since 2005, to Georgia Tech.

The game was played at Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion because Indiana Athletic Director Fred Glass declined to host a home game at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall citing concern it would "devalue" the Hoosiers' home court.

[4] On March 25, 2017, it was announced that Dayton's Archie Miller was hired as Indiana's 29th head basketball coach.