2016 – 17 North Carolina Central Eagles men 's basketball team represented North Carolina Central University during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Eagles , led by eighth-year head coach LeVelle Moton , played their home games at McLendon – McDougald Gymnasium in Durham , North Carolina as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference . They finished the season 25 – 9 , 13 – 3 in MEAC play to win the MEAC regular season championship . In the MEAC Tournament , they defeated Bethune – Cookman , Maryland Eastern Shores and Norfolk State to be champions of the . As a result , they earned the MEAC 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed . There they lost in the First Four to fellow No. 16 seed UC Davis
MEAC Tournament
2017 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team