2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team

2016–17 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Kansas	16	–	2	.889	31	–	5	.861
No. 13 West Virginia	12	–	6	.667	28	–	9	.757
No. 12 Baylor	12	–	6	.667	27	–	8	.771
No. 16 Iowa State †	12	–	6	.667	24	–	11	.686
Oklahoma State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Kansas State	8	–	10	.444	21	–	14	.600
Texas Tech	6	–	12	.333	18	–	14	.563
TCU	6	–	12	.333	24	–	15	.615
Oklahoma	5	–	13	.278	11	–	20	.355
Texas	4	–	14	.222	11	–	22	.333

† 2017 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

The 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team will represent West Virginia University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers are coached by tenth year head coach Bob Huggins and play their home games at WVU Coliseum. They are members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the season 26–9, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in second place in the league. They defeated TCU and Oklahoma to advance to the championship game of the Big 12 Tournament where they lost to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where, as a #3 seed, they were upset in the first round by #14 seed Stephen F. Austin.

Roster

2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Teyvon Myers	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Williston State College	Brooklyn, NY
G	2	Jevon Carter	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Proviso East HS	Maywood, IL
G	3	James Bolden	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	RS Fr	Holmes HS	Covington, KY
G	4	Daxter Miles, Jr.	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Notre Dame Prep	Baltimore, MD
F	11	Nathan Adrian	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Morgantown	Morgantown, WV
G	12	Tarik Phillip	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Independence CC	Brooklyn, NY
G	13	James Long	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Wofford	Charleston, WV
G	14	Chase Harler	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Wheeling Central	Moundsville, WV
F	15	Lamont West	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Fr	Miller Grove	Cincinnati, OH
F	20	Brandon Watkins	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Grady	Decatur, GA
F	21	Logan Routt	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	RS Fr	Cameron	Cameron, WV
F	23	Esa Ahmad	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	Shaker Heights	Shaker Heights, OH
F	25	Maciej Bender	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	Mountain Mission School	Warsaw, Poland
F	45	Elijah Macon	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	RS So	Brewster Academy	Columbus, OH
F	50	Sagaba Konate	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	Kennedy Catholic	Bamako, Mali

Head coach

Bob Huggins (West Virginia)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Source: [1]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2016* TBA	WVU Tech	Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center Beckley, WV
Regular season
11/11/2016* TBA	Mount St. Mary's	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
11/14/2016* TBA	Mississippi Valley State	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
11/18/2016* TBA	TBD NIT Season Tip-Off	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
11/24/2016* TBA	vs. TBD NIT Season Tip-Off	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
11/25/2016* TBA	vs. TBD NIT Season Tip-Off	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
11/28/2016* TBA	TBD NIT Season Tip-Off	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
12/3/2016* TBA	at Virginia	John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
12/7/2016* TBA	vs. Western Carolina	Charleston Civic Center Charleston, WV
12/10/2016* TBA	VMI	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
12/17/2016* TBA	UMKC	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
12/20/2016* TBA	Radford	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
12/23/2016* TBA	Northern Kentucky	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
1/28/2017* TBA	Texas A&M Big 12/SEC Challenge	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Post	Final
AP																				*NA
Coaches

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

References

^ "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[1] "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

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Previous season

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References