2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team

2016–17 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Dakota †	14	–	4	.778	22	–	10	.688
Eastern Washington	13	–	5	.722	22	–	12	.647
Idaho	12	–	6	.667	19	–	14	.576
Weber State	12	–	6	.667	20	–	14	.588
Montana	11	–	7	.611	16	–	16	.500
Montana State	11	–	7	.611	16	–	16	.500
Sacramento State	9	–	9	.500	13	–	18	.419
Portland State	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Northern Colorado*	7	–	11	.389	11	–	18	.379
Northern Arizona	6	–	12	.333	9	–	23	.281
Southern Utah	3	–	15	.167	6	–	27	.182
Idaho State	3	–	15	.167	5	–	26	.161

† Conference tournament winner

The 2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team represents Eastern Washington University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles are led by sixth-year head coach Jim Hayford and play their home games at Reese Court. They are members of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Eagles finished the season 18–16, 10–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Northern Arizona in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Idaho. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Pepperdine to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Nevada.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Austin McBroom	5	G	5'9"	165	RS Senior	Los Angeles, CA	Graduated
Bear Henderson	11	F	6'6"	215	RS Freshman	Mission Hills, CA	Transferred to Iowa Western CC
Will Ferris	15	G	6'1"	175	RS Freshman	Bellevue, WA	Transferred to Azusa Pacific
Enrico Nuno	22	F	6'8"	250	Sophomore	Half Moon Bay, CA	Dismissed from the team
Kyle Reid	23	F	6'8"	215	RS Senior	Cleveland, OH	Graduated
Venky Jois	55	F	6'8"	230	Senior	Boronia, Australia	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jake Wiley	24	F	6'7"	220	RS Senior	Newport, WA	Transferred from Lewis & Clark College. Will be eligible to play immediately since Wiley graduated from Lewis & Clark.

2016 incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jacob Davison #67 SG	Montebello, CA	Cantwell Sacred Heart Of Mary High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sep 30, 2015
Jacob Davison #67 SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 59
Mason Peatling PF	Melbourne, Australia	Beaconhills College	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Nov 11, 2015
Mason Peatling PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Luka Vulikic SG	Belgrade, Serbia		6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Apr 13, 2016
Luka Vulikic SG	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 2016-08-22.

Roster

2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Julian Harrell	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Sr	Loyola HS Penn/City College of San Francisco	Los Angeles, California
G	2	Ty Gibson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Issaquah HS	Issaquah, Washington
G	4	Sir Washington	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Jr	Clark HS	Las Vegas, Nevada
G	5	Michael Wearne	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Box Hill HS	Croydon, Australia
G	10	Jacob Davison	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Cantwell-Sacred Heart HS	Montebello, California
G	12	Grant Gibb (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Fr	Mark Morris HS	Longview, Washington
G	13	Luka Vulikic	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	None	Belgrade, Serbia
F	14	Mason Peatling	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Beaconhills College HS	Melbourne, Australia
G	20	Cody Benzel (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS So	Ferris HS	Spokane, Washington
F	24	Jacob Wiley	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Sr	Newport HS Montana/Lewis & Clark College	Newport, Washington
F	32	Bogdan Bliznyuk (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Todd Beamer HS	Lutsk, Ukraine
F	34	Jesse Hunt	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Sir Francis Drake HS	Geraldton, Australia
F	40	Geremy McKay	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS So	Caulfield Grammar School Albany	Melbourne, Australia
G	42	Mario Soto	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS So	Saddleback Valley Christian Concordia Irvine	Irvine, California
F	44	Felix Von Hofe (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Wesley College	Melbourne, Australia

Head coach

Jim Hayford (Azusa Pacific)

Assistant coach(es)

Shantay Legans (Fresno State)
David Riley (Whitworth)
Chris Victor (UC Irvine)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2016* 2:05 PM	Saint Martin's	W 80–69		Reese Court Cheney, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 12:05 PM	Linfield	W 70–46	1–0	Reese Court (1,410) Cheney, WA
11/14/2016* 6:00 PM, BTN	at Northwestern Legends Classic	L 72–86	1–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,604) Evanston, IL
11/17/2016* 5:00 PM, LHN	at No. 23 Texas Legends Classic	L 52–85	1–2	Frank Erwin Center (9,072) Austin, TX
11/21/2016* 6:05 PM	Bryant Legends Classic	W 81–77	2–2	Reese Court (1,221) Cheney, WA
11/22/2016* 6:05 PM	Seattle Legends Classic	W 80–76 ^2OT	3–2	Reese Court (922) Cheney, WA
11/26/2016* 6:05 PM	Denver EWU Men's Basketball Classic	W 85–80 ^OT	4–2	Reese Court (1,026) Cheney, WA
11/27/2016* 6:05 PM	San Francisco EWU Men's Basketball Classic	W 96–90	5–2	Reese Court (1,088) Cheney, WA
12/04/2016* 1:00 PM	at Seattle			KeyArena Seattle, WA
12/08/2016* 6:05 PM	Great Falls			Reese Court Cheney, WA
12/13/2016* 6:05 PM	Morehead State			Reese Court Cheney, WA
12/18/2016* 10:00 AM	at Northern Kentucky			BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY
12/20/2016* 3:30 PM, FS1	at Xavier			Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
12/22/2016* 5:30 PM, P12N	at Colorado			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Big Sky regular season
12/30/2016 7:00 PM	at Idaho			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
01/05/2017 6:05 PM	Montana State			Reese Court Cheney, WA
01/07/2017 1:05 PM	Montana			Reese Court Cheney, WA
01/12/2017 6:05 PM	at Idaho State			Holt Arena Pocatello, ID
01/14/2017 6:05 PM	at Weber State			Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
01/19/2017 6:05 PM	Northern Arizona			Reese Court Cheney, WA
01/21/2017 1:05 PM	Southern Utah			Reese Court Cheney, WA
01/26/2017 6:00 PM	at Montana			Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
01/28/2017 1:00 PM	at Montana State			Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
02/02/2017 6:05 PM	Sacramento State			Reese Court Cheney, WA
02/04/2017 1:05 PM	Portland State			Reese Court Cheney, WA
02/09/2017 5:00 PM	at North Dakota			Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, ND
02/11/2017 1:00 PM	at Northern Colorado			Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO
02/17/2017 6:05 PM	Idaho			Reese Court Cheney, WA
02/23/2017 6:05 PM	Weber State			Reese Court Cheney, WA
02/25/2017 1:05 PM	Idaho State			Reese Court Cheney, WA
03/02/2017 5:30 PM	at Southern Utah			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
03/04/2017 3:30 PM	at Northern Arizona			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
Big Sky Tournament
03/07–11/2017	vs.			Reno Events Center Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

v t e Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball
Venues	Eastern Washington Fieldhouse (1949–1975) Reese Court (1975–present)
Culture & lore	Swoop "Go, Eagles, Go"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 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

Previous season

Departures

Incoming Transfers

2016 incoming recruits

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References