The Hawks finished the 2016 – 17 season 28 – 8 , 17 – 3 in MAAC play to win the MAAC regular season championship . They defeated Rider and Fairfield to advance to the championship game of the MAAC Tournament where they lost to Iona . As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament , they 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 Bucknell in the first round before losing to George Washington in the second round
MAAC Tournament
2016 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team