Schedule:
Please note: All rankings shown are the rankings of the teams on the date that they played one another
| Game | Date | Away Team (Rank) | Away Score | Home Score | Home Team (Rank) | Game Status | Result | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016-11-11 | UC-Davis (254) | 64 | 78 | Tennessee State (167) | Final | W | 14 |
| 2 | 2016-11-12 | Tennessee State (167) | 69 | 65 | Northern Arizona (345) | Final | W | 4 |
| 3 | 2016-11-13 | Tennessee State (167) | 69 | 61 | Santa Clara (237) | Final | W | 8 |
| 4 | 2016-11-19 | Tennessee State (167) | 74 | 63 | Middle Tennessee (105) | Final | W | 11 |
| 5 | 2016-11-23 | Tennessee State (167) | 72 | 58 | Canisius (236) | Final | W | 14 |
| 6 | 2016-11-26 | Reinhardt | 64 | 96 | Tennessee State (167) | Final | W | 32 |
| 7 | 2016-11-29 | Tennessee State (25) | 59 | 83 | Vanderbilt (144) | Final | L | -24 |
| 8 | 2016-12-03 | Tennessee State (25) | 72 | 71 | Lipscomb (333) | Final | W | 1 |
| 9 | 2016-12-10 | Tennessee State (76) | 55 | 67 | North Carolina State (71) | Final/OT | L | -12 |
| 10 | 2016-12-14 | Alabama State (345) | 46 | 68 | Tennessee State (96) | Final | W | 22 |
| 11 | 2016-12-19 | Tennessee State (96) | 55 | 65 | Duke (6) | Final | L | -10 |
| 12 | 2016-12-27 | Covenant | 50 | 81 | Tennessee State (89) | Final | W | 31 |
| 13 | 2016-12-31 | Tennessee State (89) | 83 | 92 | Murray State (244) | Final | L | -9 |
| 14 | 2017-01-02 | Kennesaw State (318) | 76 | 73 | Tennessee State (89) | Final | L | -3 |
| 15 | 2017-01-05 | Southeast Missouri State (279) | 62 | 65 | Tennessee State (118) | Final | W | 3 |
| 16 | 2017-01-07 | Tennessee-Martin (152) | 65 | 76 | Tennessee State (118) | Final | W | 11 |
| 17 | 2017-01-12 | Tennessee State (127) | 63 | 49 | Eastern Kentucky (264) | Final | W | 14 |
| 18 | 2017-01-14 | Tennessee State (127) | 85 | 87 | Morehead State (222) | Final | L | -2 |
| 19 | 2017-01-19 | Tennessee Tech (291) | 80 | 74 | Tennessee State (137) | Final/OT | L | -6 |
| 20 | 2017-01-21 | Jacksonville State (197) | 86 | 79 | Tennessee State (137) | Final | L | -7 |
| 21 | 2017-01-25 | Tennessee State (168) | 76 | 56 | SIU-Edwardsville (322) | Final | W | 20 |
| 22 | 2017-01-28 | Belmont (89) | 93 | 76 | Tennessee State (168) | Final | L | -17 |
| 23 | 2017-02-02 | Eastern Illinois (239) | 77 | 67 | Tennessee State (161) | Final/OT | L | -10 |
| 24 | 2017-02-04 | Tennessee State (161) | 70 | 66 | Austin Peay (302) | Final | W | 4 |
| 25 | 2017-02-09 | Tennessee State (176) | 72 | 59 | Tennessee Tech (269) | Final | W | 13 |
| 26 | 2017-02-11 | Tennessee State (176) | 57 | 63 | Jacksonville State (205) | Final | L | -6 |
| 27 | 2017-02-16 | Morehead State (184) | 52 | 64 | Tennessee State (181) | Final | W | 12 |
| 28 | 2017-02-18 | Eastern Kentucky (279) | 66 | 68 | Tennessee State (181) | Final | W | 2 |
| 29 | 2017-02-25 | Tennessee State (169) | 63 | 68 | Belmont (80) | Final | L | -5 |
| 30 | 2017-03-01 | Tennessee State (168) | 75 | 78 | Southeast Missouri State | Final/OT | L | -3 |