2016 – 17 NJIT Highlanders men 's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Highlanders , led by first-year head coach Brian Kennedy , played their home games at the Fleisher Center in Newark , New Jersey as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference ( ASUN ) . They finished the season 11 – 20 , 3 – 11 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for seventh place . They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to Lipscomb
ASUN Tournament
2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team