The Crusaders finished the 2015 – 16 season 30 – 7 , 16 – 2 in Horizon League play to win the regular season championship . They lost in the semifinals of the Horizon League Tournament to Green Bay . As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament , the Crusaders received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament . As one of the last four teams left out of the NCAA Tournament , they received a No. 1 seed in the NIT where they defeated Texas Southern , Florida State , Saint Mary 's , and BYU to advance to the championship game where they lost to George Washington
Horizon League Tournament
2016 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team