2016 – 17 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men 's basketball team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Chanticleers , led by tenth-year head coach Cliff Ellis , played their home games at the HTC Center in Conway , South Carolina as first-year members of the Sun Belt Conference . They finished the season 20 – 19 , 10 – 8 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place . As the No. 8 seed in the Sun Belt Tournament , they defeated South Alabama before losing to Texas – Arlington in the quarterfinals . They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Hampton , Loyola ( MD ) and UIC to advance to the best-of-three finals series against Wyoming where they lost 2 games to 1
Sun Belt Tournament
2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team