The 2016–17 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team represented Duquesne University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dukes, led by fifth-year head coach Jim Ferry, played their home games at the A. J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 10–22, 3–15 in A-10 play to finish in last place. In the A-10 tournament, they lost in the first round to Saint Louis. On March 13, 2017, Duquesne fired head coach Jim Ferry after five seasons. The school then hired Akron head coach Keith Dambrot on March 28.