2016 – 17 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Thunderbirds were led by first-year head coach Todd Simon and played their home games at the Centrum Arena in Cedar City , Utah as members of the Big Sky Conference . They finished the season 6 – 27 , 3 – 15 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th . As the No. 11 seed in the Big Sky Tournament , they defeated Montana State in the first round before losing to Weber State in the quarterfinals
Big Sky Tournament
2017 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team