2016 – 17 Robert Morris Colonials men 's basketball team represented Robert Morris University during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Colonials , led by seventh-year head coach Andrew Toole , played their home games at the Charles L. Sewall Center in Moon Township , Pennsylvania as members of the Northeast Conference . The Colonials also hosted two home games at PPG Paints Arena . They finished the season 14 – 19 , 9 – 9 in NEC play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place . After tiebreakers , they received the 7 seed in the NEC Tournament where they defeated LIU Brooklyn in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Mount St. Mary 's
NEC Tournament
2017 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team