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2016–17 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team

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2016–17 La Salle Explorers men's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record15–15 (9–9 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaTom Gola Arena
Seasons
2016–17 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Dayton 15 3   .833 24 8   .750
VCU 14 4   .778 26 9   .743
Rhode Island 13 5   .722 25 10   .714
Richmond 13 5   .722 22 13   .629
Saint Bonaventure 11 7   .611 20 12   .625
George Washington 10 8   .556 20 15   .571
George Mason 9 9   .500 20 14   .588
La Salle 9 9   .500 15 15   .500
Davidson 8 10   .444 17 15   .531
Fordham 7 11   .389 13 19   .406
Saint Louis 6 12   .333 12 21   .364
UMass 4 14   .222 15 18   .455
Saint Joseph's 4 14   .222 11 20   .355
Duquesne 3 15   .167 10 22   .313
2017 A10 Tournament winner

The 2016–17 La Salle Explorers basketball team represented La Salle University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Explorers, led by 13th-year head coach John Giannini, played their home games at Tom Gola Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 15–15, 9–9 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the A-10 tournament, they lost to Davidson in the first round.

Previous season

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The Explorers finished the 2015–16 season 9–22, 4–14 in A-10 play to finish in last place. They defeated Duquesne in the first round of the A-10 tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to Davidson.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
O. J. Lewis 11 G 6'0" 180 Senior Mitchellville, MD Walk-on; graduated
Karl Harris 14 G 6'5" 170 Freshman Hazel Crest, IL Transferred to Indian Hills CC
Dusan Majstorovic 23 G 6'5" 195 Freshman Novi Sad, Serbia Transferred to Maine
Rohan Brown 35 G/F 6'6" 215 Senior Hartford, CT Graduated

2016 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Saul Phiri
#56 SF
Bradford, MA Worcester Academy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Feb 12, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 73
Cian Sullivan
C
Barrington, RI St. Andrew's School 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Nov 6, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 55
Isiah Deas
G
Brooklyn, NY Coastal Academy (NJ) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jun 28, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: N/A
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 June 21, 2016.

Preseason

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La Salle was picked to finish in seventh place in the Preseason A-10 poll.[1] Jordan Price was named to the Preseason All-Conference Second Team.[1]

Roster

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2016–17 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Pookie Powell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Memphis Orlando, Florida
G 1 Johnnie Shuler 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Roosevelt Senior High School Washington, D.C.
G 2 Amar Stukes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Jr La Salle College High School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G 3 Cleon Roberts 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Sr Georgia Southern Miami, Florida
G 4 Hank Davis (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Cherry Hill High School East Cherry Hill, New Jersey
C 5 Tony Washington 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Jr The Miller School of Albemarle Detroit, Michigan
G 10 Isiah Deas 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Coastal Academy (NJ) Brooklyn, New York
F 12 Yevgen Sakhniuk 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr GBA Sparta Kyiv, Ukraine
G 13 Saul Phiri 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Putnam Science Academy (CT) Haverhill, Massachusetts
G/F 20 B. J. Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr Syracuse Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G 21 Jordan Price 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr Auburn Decatur, Georgia
F/C 24 Demetrius Henry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Jr South Carolina Fort Lauderdale, Florida
C 31 Cian Sullivan 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr St. Andrews Prep (RI) Tralee, Ireland
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2016*
2:00 pm
Carleton W 79–73 
Tom Gola Arena 
Philadelphia, PA
Regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPNews
at Temple
Philadelphia Big 5
L 92–97 OT 0-1
Liacouras Center (7,768)
Philadelphia, PA
11/16/2016*
7:00 pm
Delaware W 74–68  1–1
Tom Gola Arena (1,888)
Philadelphia, PA
11/19/2016*
3:00 pm
Texas Southern
Homecoming
L 76–77  1–2
Tom Gola Arena (2,622)
Philadelphia, PA
11/27/2016*
4:00 pm
at Drexel W 89–78  2–2
Daskalakis Athletic Center (931)
Philadelphia, PA
11/30/2016*
7:00 pm
Lehigh W 89–81  3–2
Tom Gola Arena (1,695)
Philadelphia, PA
12/03/2016*
2:00 pm
Bucknell W 83–73  4–2
Tom Gola Arena (1,732)
Philadelphia, PA
12/06/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
vs. No. 1 Villanova
Philadelphia Big 5
L 79–89  4–3
Palestra (7,120)
Philadelphia, PA
12/10/2016*
2:10 pm, ESPN2
vs. Georgetown
HoopHall Miami Invitational
L 78–93  4–4
American Airlines Arena (2,152)
Miami, FL
12/17/2016*
2:00 pm
Florida Gulf Coast W 84–80  5–4
Tom Gola Arena (1,220)
Philadelphia, PA
12/22/2016*
7:00 pm
at Mercer W 98–96 3OT 6–4
Hawkins Arena (3,272)
Macon, GA
12/30/2016
6:00 pm, CBSSN
at Dayton L 55–66  6–5
(0–1)
UD Arena (12,963)
Dayton, OH
01/04/2017
7:00 pm
Saint Louis W 75–54  7–5
(1–1)
Tom Gola Arena (1,303)
Philadelphia, PA
01/07/2017
8:00 pm, ASN
Duquesne W 88–81  8–5
(2–1)
Tom Gola Arena (1,258)
Philadelphia, PA
01/12/2017
7:00 pm, CBSSN
at Rhode Island W 87–75  9–5
(3–1)
Ryan Center (3,753)
Kingston, RI
01/15/2017
4:30 pm, NBCSN
George Washington W 79–69  10–5
(4–1)
Tom Gola Arena (2,763)
Philadelphia, PA
01/19/2017
7:00 pm, CBSSN
Davidson W 91–83  11–5
(5–1)
Tom Gola Arena (1,852)
Philadelphia, PA
01/22/2017
2:00 pm, NBCSN
at VCU L 52–90  11–6
(5–2)
Siegel Center (7,637)
Richmond, VA
01/25/2017*
7:00 pm
Penn
Philadelphia Big 5
L 74–77  11–7
Tom Gola Arena (1,984)
Philadelphia, PA
01/28/2017
6:00 pm, ASN
at Saint Joseph's
Philadelphia Big 5
W 73–72  11–8
(5–3)
Hagan Arena (4,200)
Philadelphia, PA
02/01/2017
7:00 pm
Massachusetts W 88–78  12–8
(6–3)
Tom Gola Arena (1,361)
Philadelphia, PA
02/04/2017
7:00 pm
at George Mason L 75–95  12–9
(6–4)
EagleBank Arena (5,003)
Fairfax, VA
02/08/2017
7:00 pm
at Fordham W 67–52  13–9
(7–4)
Rose Hill Gymnasium (2,156)
Bronx, NY
02/11/2017
2:00 pm
Richmond L 52–64  13–10
(7–5)
Tom Gola Arena (3,400)
Philadelphia, PA
02/15/2017
7:00 pm
at St. Bonaventure L 65–83  13–11
(7–6)
Reilly Center (3,512)
Olean, NY
02/18/2017
4:00 pm, CBSSN
Saint Joseph's W 83–68  14–11
(8–6)
Tom Gola Arena (3,400)
Philadelphia, PA
02/21/2017
6:00 pm, CBSSN
Rhode Island L 56–67  14–12
(8–7)
Tom Gola Arena (1,522)
Philadelphia, PA
02/26/2017
1:00 pm, ASN
at Massachusetts L 71–84  14–13
(8–8)
Mullins Center (2,811)
Amherst, MA
03/01/2017
8:00 pm
at Saint Louis L 55–70  14–14
(8–9)
Chaifetz Arena (5,932)
St. Louis, MO
03/04/2017
7:00 pm
Fordham W 66–54  15–14
(9–9)
Tom Gola Arena (1,412)
Philadelphia, PA
Atlantic 10 tournament
03/09/2017
12:00 pm, NBCSN
(8) vs. (9) Davidson
Second round
W 82–73  15–15
PPG Paints Arena (7,509)
Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Flyers Picked to Win 2016-17 Men's Basketball". Atlantic10.com. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "2016-17 Men's Basketball Schedule". goexplorers.com. La Salle University.