The Privateers finished the 2016 – 17 season 20 – 12 , 13 – 5 in Southland play to win the regular season Southland championship . They defeated Sam Houston State and Texas A&M – Corpus Christi to win the Southland Conference Tournament . As a result , they earned the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Four to Mount St. Mary 's
Southland Conference Tournament
2017 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team