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2016–17 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team

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2016–17 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball
Riley Wallace Classic champions
CIT, Second Round
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record20–14 (12–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Eric Duft
  • Garrett Lever
  • David Marek
Home arenaDee Events Center
Seasons
2016–17 Big Sky men's basketball standings
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 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by 11th-year head coach Randy Rahe and played their home games in the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah, as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 12–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big Sky tournament, they defeated Southern Utah and Eastern Washington before losing in the championship game to North Dakota.[1] They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament where they defeated Cal State Fullerton in the first round to win the Riley Wallace Classic.[2] In the second round, they lost to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.

Previous season

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The Wildcats finished the 2015–16 season 26–9, 15–3 in Big Sky play to win the conference regular season title. They defeated Portland State, North Dakota, and Montana in the Big Sky tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As a No. 15 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they lost in the first round to Xavier.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Hayden Hunter 3 G 5'11" 170 Sophomore North Richland Hills, TX Transferred to McLennan CC
Jeremiah Jefferson 15 G 6'2" 185 RS Freshman Dallas, TX Transferred to Iowa Western CC
J. C. Kennedy 20 G/F 6'4" 175 Sophomore Nampa, ID Walk-on; didn't return
Joel Bolomboy 21 F/C 6'9" 235 Senior Donetsk, Ukraine Graduated and Drafted by the Utah Jazz in the 2016 NBA draft

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Brekkott Chapman 13 F 6'8" 205 Junior Roy, UT Transferred from Utah. Under NCAA transfer rules, Champman will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.

2016 recruiting class

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There were no recruiting class for Weber State of 2016.

2017 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for 2017 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Rick Nelson
PG
Houston, TX Episcopal High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Aug 1, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/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:

  • "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 29, 2016.

Roster

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2016–17 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Kiko Stavrev 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Fr Myerscough Sofia, Bulgaria
G/F 2 Juwan Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Travis Richmond, TX
C 3 Jordan Dallas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Long Beach Poly Long Beach, CA
G 5 Cody John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Wasatch Academy Toronto, ON
G 10 Jerrick Harding 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Southeast Wichita, KS
F 12 George Darling 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Myerscough Doncaster, England
F 13 Brekkott Chapman (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Roy
Utah
Roy, UT
G 22 Ryan Richardson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Dobson Mesa, AZ
G 23 Richaud Gittens 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Marcos de Niza Tempe, AZ
G 24 McKay Cannon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Highlands Ranch Highlands Ranch, CO
G/F 25 Dusty Baker 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Tesoro
Saddleback College
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
G 30 Jeremy Senglin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Bowie Arlington, TX
F 35 Kyndahl Hill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Humble Humble, TX
F/C 44 Zach Braxton 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) RS So Highlands Ranch Highlands Ranch, CO
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*
5:00 pm
Black Hills State W 88–47 
Dee Events Center 
Ogden, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm
Antelope Valley W 128–65  1–0
Dee Events Center (6,140)
Ogden, UT
11/15/2016*
8:00 pm
at Pepperdine L 68–69  1–1
Firestone Fieldhouse (1,020)
Malibu, CA
11/17/2016*
8:00 pm, P12N
at Stanford L 49–67  1–2
Maples Pavilion (1,232)
Stanford, CA
11/24/2016*
10:00 pm, CBSSN
vs. UC Davis
Great Alaska Shootout quarterfinals
W 86–58  2–2
Alaska Airlines Center (2,154)
Anchorage, AK
11/25/2016*
10:00 pm, CBSSN
vs. Iona
Great Alaska Shootout semifinals
L 54–76  2–3
Alaska Airlines Center (2,851)
Anchorage, AK
11/26/2016*
7:30 pm
vs. Buffalo
Great Alaska Shootout 3rd place game
L 72–74  2–4
Alaska Airlines Center (2,851)
Anchorage, AK
12/03/2016*
7:00 pm, KJZZ
Denver L 55–57  2–5
Dee Events Center (6,167)
Ogden, UT
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm, BYUtv
at BYU
Old Oquirrh Bucket
L 66–77  2–6
Marriott Center (12,859)
Provo, UT
12/10/2016*
7:00 pm
West Coast Baptist W 107–51  3–6
Dee Events Center (5,725)
Ogden, UT
12/17/2016*
7:00 pm, KJZZ
Utah Valley
Old Oquirrh Bucket
W 93–85  4–6
Dee Events Center (8,212)
Ogden, UT
12/21/2016*
7:00 pm
at Utah State
Old Oquirrh Bucket
W 77–71  5–6
Smith Spectrum (6,270)
Logan, UT
Big Sky regular season
12/29/2016
7:00 pm
at Montana State W 87–75  6–6
(1–0)
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,586)
Bozeman, MT
12/31/2016
2:00 pm
at Montana W 84–81 OT 7–6
(2–0)
Dahlberg Arena (3,710)
Missoula, MT
01/07/2017
7:00 pm
at Idaho State
Suspended (roof leak), rescheduled for 01/25/2017[3]
Holt Arena 
Pocatello, ID
01/12/2017
7:00 pm
Idaho W 91–66  8–6
(3–0)
Dee Events Center (6,507)
Ogden, UT
01/14/2017
7:00 pm
Eastern Washington W 70–67  9–6
(4–0)
Dee Events Center (6,678)
Ogden, UT
01/19/2017
6:00 pm
at North Dakota L 77–83  9–7
(4–1)
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,362)
Grand Forks, ND
01/21/2017
7:00 pm
at Northern Colorado W 74–69  10–7
(5–1)
Bank of Colorado Arena (1,915)
Greeley, CO
01/25/2017
7:00 pm
at Idaho State W 85–73  11–7
(6–1)
Reed Gym (1,203)
Pocatello, ID
01/27/2017
7:00 pm
Idaho State W 96–74  12–7
(7–1)
Dee Events Center (7,018)
Ogden, UT
02/02/2017
7:00 pm, KJZZ
Southern Utah
Old Oquirrh Bucket
W 90–74  13–7
(8–1)
Dee Events Center (6,436)
Ogden, UT
02/04/2017
7:00 pm
Northern Arizona W 86–80  14–7
(9–1)
Dee Events Center (7,110)
Ogden, UT
02/09/2017
8:00 pm
at Sacramento State L 74–77  14–8
(9–2)
Hornets Nest (908)
Sacramento, CA
02/11/2017
8:00 pm
at Portland State W 96–93 OT 15–9
(10–2)
Peter Stott Center (784)
Portland, OR
02/16/2017
7:00 pm
Northern Colorado W 69–63  16–8
(11–2)
Dee Events Center (6,641)
Ogden, UT
02/18/2017
7:00 pm
North Dakota L 68–77  16–9
(11–3)
Dee Events Center (7,658)
Ogden, UT
02/23/2017
7:00 pm
at Eastern Washington L 72–78  16–10
(11–4)
Reese Court (2,223)
Cheney, WA
02/25/2017
8:00 pm
at Idaho L 78–83 OT 16–11
(11–5)
Cowan Spectrum (1,267)
Moscow, ID
03/02/2017
7:00 pm, KJZZ
Montana L 74–78  16–12
(11–6)
Dee Events Center (6,431)
Ogden, UT
03/04/2017
7:00 pm
Montana State W 76–67  17–12
(12–6)
Dee Events Center (8,575)
Ogden, UT
Big Sky tournament
03/09/2017
7:05 pm
(3) vs. (11) Southern Utah
Quarterfinals
W 90–70  18–12
Reno Events Center (1,903)
Reno, NV
03/10/2017
8:05 pm
(3) vs. (2) Eastern Washington
Semifinals
W 80–72  19–12
Reno Events Center (2,265)
Reno, NV
03/11/2017
6:35 pm, ESPNU
(3) vs. (1) North Dakota
Championship game
L 89–93 OT 19–13
Reno Events Center (2,025)
Reno, NV
CIT
03/16/2017*
8:00 pm, Facebook Live
at Cal State Fullerton
First Round
Riley Wallace Classic
W 80–76  20–13
Titan Gym (1,293)
Fullerton, CA
03/20/2017*
7:00 pm, Facebook Live
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
Second Round
L 73–82  20–14
American Bank Center (1,116)
Corpus Christi, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

References

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