2016 – 17 Texas – Arlington Mavericks men 's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Mavericks , led by 11th-year head coach Scott Cross , played their home games at the College Park Center as members of the Sun Belt Conference . They finished the season 27 – 9 , 14 – 4 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season championship . In the Sun Belt Tournament , they defeated Coastal Carolina before losing in the semifinals to Texas State . As a regular season conference champions who failed to win their conference tournament , they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated BYU and Akron before losing in the quarterfinals to Cal State Bakersfield
Sun Belt Tournament
2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team