The Spartans finished the 2016 – 17 season 25 – 10 , 14 – 4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for the SoCon regular season championship . As the No. 1 seed in the SoCon Tournament , they defeated The Citadel and Wofford to advance to the championship game where they lost to East Tennessee State . As a conference champion and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament , they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Syracuse
SoCon Tournament
2017 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team