2016 – 17 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . 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 . They finished the season 15 – 18 , 4 – 14 A-10 play to finish in a tie for 12th place . As the No. 12 seed in the A-10 Tournament , they defeated Saint Joseph 's in the first round before losing to St. Bonaventure in the second round
A-10 Tournament
2017 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 UMass Minutemen basketball team