The Golden Grizzlies finished the 2016 – 17 season 25 – 9 , 14 – 4 in Horizon League play to win a share for the Horizon League regular season championship . As the No. 1 seed in the Horizon League Tournament , they were upset in the quarterfinals 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 before losing to Richmond in the second round
Horizon League Tournament
2017 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team