2016–17 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team

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2016–17 Southland Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
New Orleans †	13	–	5		.722			20	–	12		.625
Texas A&M–CC	12	–	6		.667			24	–	12		.667
Houston Baptist	12	–	6		.667			17	–	14		.548
Stephen F. Austin	12	–	6		.667			18	–	15		.545
Sam Houston State	10	–	8		.556			21	–	13		.618
Lamar	10	–	8		.556			19	–	15		.559
Southeastern Louisiana	9	–	9		.500			16	–	16		.500
Nicholls State	7	–	11		.389			14	–	17		.452
Abilene Christian*	7	–	11		.389			13	–	16		.448
Northwestern State	7	–	11		.389			13	–	16		.448
Incarnate Word*	7	–	11		.389			12	–	17		.414
Central Arkansas	7	–	11		.389			8	–	24		.250
McNeese State	4	–	14		.222			7	–	22		.241
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I
† 2017 Southland tournament winner

The 2016–17 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team will represent Houston Baptist University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This season will be head coach Ron Cottrell's twenty-sixth season at HBU. The Huskies will play their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium. They are members of the Southland Conference. They finished the 2015–16 season 17–17, 10–8 in Southland play to finish in fifth place. The Huskies were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to UNC Greensboro.

Media

All Houston Baptist games will be broadcast online live by the Legacy Sports Network (LSN). LSN will also provide online video for every non-televised Huskies home game. However HBU games can air on ESPN3 as part of the Southland Conference TV packages.

Roster

2016–17 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Anthony Odunsi 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Sr Travis Utah/Tyler JC/Albany Sugar Land, TX G 3 Asa Cantwell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Johnson San Antonio, TX C 4 Cody Stetler 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Hoisington Hoisington, KS F 5 Colter Lasher 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Dimond Impact Prep Anchorage, AK G 10 Trey Patterson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Plano East Plano, TX G/F 11 Caleb Crayton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Northeast Academy Oklahoma City, OK G/F 12 Terry Harris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Half Hollow Hills West Dix Hills, NY G 13 Stephen O'Suji 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Kinkaid Houston, TX G 14 Nic Thomas 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr HSAA Arlington, TX G 15 Reveal Chukwujekwu 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Strake Jesuit Houston, TX G/F 23 Alex Fountain 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Wartburg Central Wartburg, TN G 24 Kyren Block 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Brennan San Antonio, TX G 25 Will Gates, Jr. 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Clemens Furman San Antonio, TX G/F 30 Jourdan Stickler 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Annapolis High School Morehead State/Blinn Annapolis, MD C 33 Isaiah Robinson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Jefferson Portland, OR C 44 Josh Ibarra 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Angleton High School Angleton, TX G 55 Evan Anderson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Bradford Kenosha, WI	Head coach Ron Cottrell (Arkansas) Assistant coach(es) Steven Key (Houston Baptist) Justin 'Jud' Kinne (Albion) Keith Berard (Southern Utah) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2016-09-24

Schedule and results

Source:

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 11, 2016* 6:30 p.m.	at Texas Tech	L 67–93	0–1	United Supermarkets Arena (10,989) Lubbock, TX
November 14* 8:00 p.m.	at New Mexico	L 79–95	0–2	The Pit (11,666) Albuquerque, NM
November 18* 7:00 p.m.	Dallas Christian	W 98–54	1–2	Sharp Gym (422) Houston, TX
November 22* 7:00 p.m.	Ecclesia	W 116–80	2–2	Sharp Gym (542) Houston, TX
November 26* 6:30 p.m.	at Marquette			BMO Harris Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
November 30* TBA	at Rice			Tudor Fieldhouse  Houston, TX
December 7* 7:00 p.m.	Saint Peter's			Sharp Gym  Houston, TX
December 10* 4:00 p.m.	at Indiana			Assembly Hall (Bloomington)  Bloomington, IN
December 17* 7:00 p.m.	Arlington Baptist			Sharp Gym  Houston, TX
December 22* TBA	at Northwestern			Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Conference Games
December 29 6:30 p.m.	at Sam Houston State			Bernard Johnson Coliseum  Huntsville, TX
December 31 TBA, ESPN3	at Stephen F. Austin			William R. Johnson Coliseum  Nacogdoches, TX
January 5, 2017 7:00 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana			Sharp Gym  Houston, TX
January 7 7:00 p.m.	McNeese State			Sharp Gym  Houston, TX
January 12 7:00 p.m.	Central Arkansas			Sharp Gym  Houston, TX
January 14 TBA	at Incarnate Word			McDermott Center  San Antonio, TX
January 19 7:00 p.m.	at New Orleans			Lakefront Arena  New Orleans, LA
January 21* 5:00 p.m.	at Southeastern Louisiana			University Center  Hammond, LA
January 26 7:00 p.m.	Nicholls			Sharp Gym  Houston, TX
February 1 7:30 p.m.	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi			American Bank Center  Corpus Christi, TX
February 4 7:00 p.m.	Incarnate Word			Sharp Gym  Houston, TX
February 9 7:30 p.m.	at Northwestern State			Prather Coliseum  Natchitoches, LA
February 11 7:00 p.m.	Lamar			Sharp Gym  Houston, TX
February 16 7:00 p.m.	Sam Houston State			Sharp Gym  Houston, TX
Non-Conference Regular Season
February 18* 7:00 p.m.	Randall			Sharp Gym  Houston, TX
Conference Games
February 23 7:00 p.m.	at McNeese State			Burton Coliseum  Lake Charles, LA
February 25 4:30 p.m., ESPN3	at Lamar			Montagne Center  Beaumont, TX
March 1 7:30 p.m.	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi			Sharp Gym  Houston, TX
March 4 7:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian Senior Night			Sharp Gym  Houston, TX
Southland Tournament
March 8-11 TBA	vs. TBA			Merrell Center  Katy, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

See also

• 2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team