The Roadrunners finished the 2016 – 17 season 25 – 10 , 12 – 2 in WAC play to win the regular season WAC championship . They defeated Utah Valley to advance to the championship game of the WAC Tournament where they lost to New Mexico State . As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament , they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament . As a No. 8 seed , they defeated California , Colorado State , and Texas – Arlington to become the first No. 8 seed to advance to the semifinals since the NIT introduced seeding in 2006 . In the semifinals at Madison Square Garden they lost to Georgia Tech
WAC Tournament
2017 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball team