2016–17 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team

2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Middle Tennessee †	17	–	1	.944	31	–	5	.861
Louisiana Tech	14	–	4	.778	23	–	10	.697
Old Dominion	12	–	6	.667	19	–	12	.613
UTEP	12	–	6	.667	15	–	17	.469
Rice	11	–	7	.611	23	–	12	.657
Marshall	10	–	8	.556	20	–	15	.571
UAB	9	–	9	.500	17	–	16	.515
Western Kentucky	9	–	9	.500	15	–	17	.469
UTSA	8	–	10	.444	14	–	19	.424
Charlotte	7	–	11	.389	13	–	17	.433
Florida Atlantic	6	–	12	.333	10	–	20	.333
Southern Miss	6	–	12	.333	9	–	22	.290
FIU	3	–	15	.167	7	–	24	.226
North Texas	2	–	16	.111	8	–	22	.267


† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner

The 2016–17 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team will represent the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 49ers, led by second year head coach Mark Price, will play their home games at the Dale F. Halton Arena and are members Conference USA.

Previous season

The 49ers finished the 2015–16 season 14–19, 9–9 in C-USA play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Rice in the second round of the C-USA Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Middle Tennessee.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Ridell Camidge	0	G	6'3"	175	Sophomore	Wilmington, NC	Transferred to Tarleton State
Gavin Wilson	5	G	6'1"	210	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Walk-on; graduated
Curran Scott	10	G	6'3"	193	Freshman	Edmond, OK	Transferred to Tulsa
Cameron Blakely	20	F	6'9"	214	Junior	Winder, GA	Graduate transferred to West Georgia
Bernard Sullivan	22	F	6'8"	231	RS Senior	Gastonia, NC	Graduated
Mitch Warner	30	G	6'3"	192	Senior	Charlotte, NC	Walk-on; graduated
Cameron Pappas	35	G	6'1"	175	Senior	Hillsborough, NC	Graduated
Joseph Uchebo	50	C	6'10"	235	Senior	Enugu, Nigeria	Graduated
Ivan Benkovic	55	G	6'7"	207	Junior	Zagreb, Croatia	Transferred to Mid-America Christian

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous
Austin Ajukwa	5	F	6'6"	205	Senior	Columbia, SC	Transferred from Clemson. Under NCAA transfer rules, Ajukwa will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have one year of remaining eligibility.
J. C. Washington	14	F	6'6"	220	Junior	Houston, TX	Junior college transferred from Trinity Valley Community College.

Class of 2016 recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Quentin Jackson #37 PG	Raleigh, NC	Carlisle School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Aug 20, 2015
Quentin Jackson #37 PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78
Ryan Murphy #60 PG	Calabasas, CA	Calabasas High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)
Ryan Murphy #60 PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 69
Najee Garvin SF	Lexington, SC	Moravian Prep	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	N/A	Jan 25, 2016
Najee Garvin SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	0	Najee Garvin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	Fr	Columbia, SC
G	1	Braxton Ogbueze	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Sr	Charlotte, NC
G	2	Andrien White	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Richmond, VA
G	3	Jon Davis	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Upper Marlboro, MD
G	5	Austin Ajukwa (I)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Columbia, SC
G	10	Corey Bias (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Milwaukee, WI
G	11	Quentin Jackson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Fr	Cary, NC
F/C	12	Lukas Bergang	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Gothenburg, Sweden
F	14	J. C. Washington	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Houston, TX
F	15	Anthony Vanhook	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Chapel Hill, NC
G	21	Hudson Price	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Jr	Orlando, FL
G	24	Ryan Murphy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Fr	Calabasas, CA
F	25	Reid Aube (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	Sr	Concord, NC
F	30	Luke Sasser (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Raleigh, NC
C	31	Benas Griciunas	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	RS Jr	Šilutė, Lithuania
F	35	Bo Belight (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Fr	Charlotte, NC

Head coach

Mark Price (Georgia Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Houston Fancher (Middle Tennessee)
Chris Ferguson (Cumberland (KY))
Andre Gray (Methodist)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 8:00 PM	Newberry College	W 101–88	1–0	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,866) Charlotte, NC
11/14/2016* 8:00 PM	at Elon	W 100–95	2–0	Alumni Gym (1,478) Elon, NC
11/17/2016* 7:00 PM	East Carolina	W 76–64	3–0	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,281) Charlotte, NC
11/22/2016* 7:00 PM	USC Upstate	L 103–108 ^OT	3–1	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,570) Charlotte, NC
11/26/2016* 4:00 PM, TWCSC	at Davidson	L 57–79	3–2	John M. Belk Arena (4,748) Davidson, NC
11/28/2016* 7:00 PM	Appalachian State	W 80–72	4–2	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,153) Charlotte, NC
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM	James Madison			Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
12/03/2016* 7:00 PM	Oregon State			Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
12/06/2016* 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	at Wake Forest			LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
12/17/2016* 4:00 PM, FS2	vs. Florida Orange Bowl Classic			BB&T Center Sunrise, FL
12/20/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN2	vs. Maryland Baltimore Showcase			Royal Farms Arena Baltimore, MD
Conference USA regular season
12/31/2016 12:00 PM	North Texas			Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
01/02/2017 7:00 PM	Rice			Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
01/05/2017 8:00 PM	at WKU			E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
01/07/2017 7:00 PM	at Marshall			Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
01/12/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Louisiana Tech			Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
01/14/2017 7:00 PM, CI	Southern Miss			Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
01/21/2017 8:00 PM, ASN	Old Dominion			Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
01/26/2017 8:00 PM	at North Texas			The Super Pit Denton, TX
01/28/2017 8:00 PM	at Rice			Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
02/02/2017 7:00 PM	Florida Atlantic			Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
02/04/2017 7:00 PM	FIU			Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
02/09/2017 7:00 PM, CI	at UAB			Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL
02/11/2017 6:00 PM, CI	at Middle Tennessee			Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL
02/18/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Old Dominion			Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA
02/23/2017 7:00 PM, CI	WKU			Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
02/25/2017 6:00 PM, ASN	Marshall			Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
03/02/2017 8:00 PM	at UTSA			Convocation Center San Antonio, TX
03/04/2017 3:00 PM	at UTEP			Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
Conference USA Tournament
03/07–11/2017	vs.			Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

^ http://www.charlotte49ers.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

[1] ttp://www.charlotte49ers.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

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v t e Charlotte 49ers men's basketball
Venues	Local high school gyms (1965–1970) Belk Gymnasium (1970–1976; alternate, 1976–1996) Bojangles Coliseum (1976–1988, 1993–1996) Charlotte Coliseum (1988–1993) Dale F. Halton Arena (1996–present) Spectrum Center (alternate, 2007–present)
Culture & lore	Norm the Niner
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics