The Norse finished the 2016 – 17 season 24 – 11 , 13 – 6 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for third place . As the No. 4 seed in the Horizon League Tournament , they defeated Wright State , Youngstown State , and Milwaukee to win the Horizon League Tournament . They received the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament in the school 's first year of eligibility after its transition to a Division I school . They lost in the First Round to Kentucky
Horizon League Tournament
2017 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball team