2016 – 17 North Dakota Fighting Hawks Men 's Basketball team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Fighting Hawks , led by 11th-year head coach Brian Jones , played their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks , North Dakota as members of the Big Sky Conference . They finished the season 22 – 10 , 14 – 4 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship . In the Big Sky Tournament , they defeated Portland State , Idaho , and Weber State to win the tournament championship . As a result , they received the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament . As a No. 15 seed in the West region , they lost to No. 2-seeded and No. 4-ranked Arizona in the First Round
Big Sky Tournament
2017 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team