2016 – 17 Fairfield Stags men 's basketball team represented Fairfield University during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Stags , led by sixth-year head coach Sydney Johnson , played their home games at Webster Bank Arena with two games at Alumni Hall in Bridgeport , Connecticut as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . They finished the season 16 – 15 , 11 – 9 in MAAC play to finish in fifth place . As the No. 5 seed in the MAAC Tournament , they lost in the quarterfinals to Siena . They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to UMBC
MAAC Tournament
2017 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Fairfield Stags men's basketball team