2016 – 17 UNC Greensboro Spartans men 's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Spartans , led by sixth-year head coach Wes Miller , played their home games at the Greensboro Coliseum , with two home games at Fleming Gymnasium , as members of the Southern Conference . They finished the season 25 – 10 , 14 – 4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for the SoCon regular season championship . As the No. 1 seed in the SoCon Tournament , they defeated The Citadel and Wofford to advance to the championship game where they lost to East Tennessee State . As a conference champion and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament , they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Syracuse
SoCon Tournament
2017 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team