The 2016–17 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Cuonzo Martin's third year as head coach at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 10–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Oregon State and Utah in Pac-12 tournament to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to Oregon. They were one of the last four teams not selected for the NCAA tournament and thus received a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Cal State Bakersfield.
On March 15, head coach Cuonzo Martin resigned to become the head coach at Missouri. He finished at Cal with a three-year record of 62–39. On March 24, Cal promoted assistant coach Wyking Jones to head coach.
Previous season The Golden Bears finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 23–11, 12–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Oregon State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to Utah. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the first round to Hawaii.
Off-season
Departures Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Brenden Glapion G 6'3" 195 RS Sr. San Francisco, CA Graduated Nick Kerr G 6'3" 180 RS Sr. Rancho Santa Fe, CA Graduated Jordan Mathews G 6'4" 203 Jr. San Francisco, CA Graduated; transferred to Gonzaga Tyrone Wallace G 6'5" 205 Sr. Bakersfield, CA Graduated; declared for 2016 NBA draft Jaylen Brown F 6'7" 225 Fr. Marietta, GA Declared for 2016 NBA draft
Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Dontae Coleman G 6'3" 188 So. Augusta, GA Junior college transfer from Lawson State Community College Grant Mullins G 6'3" 175 Sr. Burlington, ON Graduate transfer from Columbia University Marcus Lee F 6'9" 224 Sr. Antioch, CA Transfer from University of Kentucky
2016 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:#;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:#;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#;"| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#;"| Pac-12 tournament
!colspan=12 style="background:#;"| NIT
Ranking movement
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV=Received votes. NV=Received no votes. Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Post Final AP RV 25 RV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV NV NV NV N/A* Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NV NV NV NV RV RV
Notes March 24, 2017 – Wyking Jones was named the team's head coach.
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