The Mavericks finished the 2016 – 17 season 27 – 9 , 14 – 4 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season championship . In the Sun Belt Tournament , they defeated Coastal Carolina before losing in the semifinals to Texas State . As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament , they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament . There they defeated BYU and Akron before losing in the quarterfinals to Cal State Bakersfield
Sun Belt Tournament
2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team