2016 – 17 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men 's basketball team represented Oakland University ( OU ) during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Golden Grizzlies were led by 33rd year head coach Greg Kampe and played their home games at the Athletics Center O'rena in Rochester , Michigan as members of the Horizon League . They finished the season 25 – 9 , 14 – 4 in Horizon League play to finish in a share for the Horizon League regular season championship . As the No. 1 seed , they were upset in the Quarterfinals of the Horizon League Tournament by Youngstown State . As a conference champion and No. 1 seed who failed to win their conference tournament , they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Clemson in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to Richmond
Horizon League Tournament
2017 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team