2016–17 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team

2016–17 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 22
Record29–5 (16–2 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMcKeon Pavilion
Seasons
2016–17 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Gonzaga 17 1   .944 37 2   .949
No. 22 Saint Mary's 16 2   .889 29 5   .853
BYU 12 6   .667 22 12   .647
San Francisco 10 8   .556 20 13   .606
Santa Clara 10 8   .556 17 16   .515
Loyola Marymount 8 10   .444 15 15   .500
San Diego 6 12   .333 13 18   .419
Pepperdine 5 13   .278 9 22   .290
Pacific 4 14   .222 11 22   .333
Portland 2 16   .111 11 22   .333
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Randy Bennett's 16th season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels competed in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion in Moraga, California. They finished the season 29–5, 16–2 in WCC play to finish in second place. In the WCC tournament, they defeated Portland and BYU before losing to Gonzaga in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 7 seed in the West region, they beat VCU in the first round before losing to No. 2-seeded Arizona in the second round.

Previous season

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The Gaels finished the 2015–16 season 29–6, 15–3 in WCC play to win a share of the WCC regular season conference championship. They defeated Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine to advance to the championship game of the WCC tournament where they lost to Gonzaga. As a regular season conference champion and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. As a No. 2 seed in the NIT, they defeated New Mexico State and Georgia to advance to the quarterfinals before losing to Valparaiso.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Jack Biebel 11 G 5'11" 185 Junior San Jose, CA Walk-on; transferred to Cal State Monterey Bay
Franklin Porter 43 G 6'4" 210 Freshman Portland, OR Transferred to Portland

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
Jordan Ford
#35 PG
Folsom, CA Folsom High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Sep 7, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 79
Elijah Thomas
#56 SF
Peoria, AZ Sunrise Mountain High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sep 30, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 73
Jock Perry
C
Melbourne, Australia Centre of Excellence 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 260 lb (120 kg) Sep 30, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr   Rivals: nr  ESPN: nr
  • 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:

  • "ESPN". ESPN.com.
  • "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2017 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for 2017 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Kristers Zoriks
#46 PG
Dobele, Latvia New Hampton School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sep 20, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 78
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr   Rivals: nr  ESPN: nr
  • 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:

Preseason

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The Gaels were picked to finish second in the WCC preseason poll.[1] Emmett Naar, Dane Pineau, and Joe Rahon were selected to the All-WCC preseason team.[1] The Gaels were ranked No. 17 in the preseason AP poll and No. 19 in the preseason Coaches Poll.

Roster

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2016–17 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 00 Tanner Krebs 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Lake Ginninderra College Hobart, Australia
C 1 Jordan Hunter 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So St. Ignatius College Vaucluse, Australia
G 2 Stefan Gonzalez 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Highland Pocatello, ID
G 3 Emmett Naar 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Jr Sydney Boys Sydney, Australia
C 5 Jock Perry 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Fr Lake Ginninderra College Melbourne, Australia
F 10 Elijah Thomas 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Sunrise Mountain Peoria, AZ
G 12 Tommy Kuhse (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Mountain View Mesa, AZ
F 15 Dan Sheets (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Dougherty Valley San Ramon, CA
C 21 Evan Fitzner 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS So Francis Parker School San Diego, CA
F 22 Dane Pineau 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Melbourne Grammar Melbourne, Australia
F 24 Calvin Hermanson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr Lake Oswego Lake Oswego, OR
G 25 Joe Rahon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Torrey Pines San Diego, CA
G 30 Jordan Ford 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Folsom Folsom, CA
F 33 Kyle Clark 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Hellyer College Wynyard, Australia
C 34 Jock Landale 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Jr Geelong Grammar Malvern East, Victoria, Australia
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
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
8:00 pm, TheW.tv
No. 17 Nevada W 81–63  1–0
McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
Moraga, CA
11/16/2016*
7:00 pm, TheW.tv
No. 17 Prairie View A&M W 110–72  2–0
McKeon Pavilion (2,673)
Moraga, CA
11/19/2016*
11:00 am, FCS
No. 17 at Dayton W 61–57  3–0
UD Arena (13,175)
Dayton, OH
11/22/2016*
7:00 pm, CHN
No. 15 San Jose State W 81–64  4–0
McKeon Pavilion (3,178)
Moraga, CA
11/27/2016*
2:00 pm, TheW.tv
No. 15 vs. UAB W 76–63  5–0
Orleans Arena (862)
Paradise, NV
11/30/2016*
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 12 at Stanford W 66–51  6–0
Maples Pavilion (4,079)
Stanford, CA
12/08/2016*
7:00 pm, TheW.tv
No. 12 Texas–Arlington L 51–65  6–1
McKeon Pavilion (2,893)
Moraga, CA
12/11/2016*
5:00 pm, CHN
No. 12 UC Irvine W 84–53  7–1
McKeon Pavilion (3,207)
Moraga, CA
12/14/2016*
7:00 pm, CHN
No. 20 WKU W 73–51  8–1
McKeon Pavilion (2,581)
Moraga, CA
12/20/2016*
7:00 pm, CHN
No. 19 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi W 67–46  9–1
McKeon Pavilion (2,859)
Moraga, CA
12/22/2016*
7:00 pm, TheW.tv
No. 19 South Carolina State W 74–47  10–1
McKeon Pavilion (2,813)
Moraga, CA
WCC regular season
12/29/2016
8:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 19 at Loyola Marymount W 72–60  11–1
(1–0)
Gersten Pavilion (2,461)
Los Angeles, CA
12/31/2016
6:00 pm
No. 19 San Diego W 72–60  12–1
(2–0)
McKeon Pavilion (2,891)
Moraga, CA
01/05/2017
8:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 19 BYU W 81–68  13–1
(3–0)
McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
Moraga, CA
01/07/2017
8:00 pm, CSNBA
No. 19 at San Francisco W 63–52  14–1
(4–0)
War Memorial Gymnasium (2,456)
San Francisco, CA
01/12/2017
8:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 21 at Portland W 74–33  15–1
(5–0)
Chiles Center (1,745)
Portland, OR
01/14/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 21 at No. 5 Gonzaga
Rivalry
L 56–79  15–2
(5–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
01/19/2017
8:00 pm, CSNBA
No. 23 Pacific W 62–50  16–2
(6–1)
McKeon Pavilion (2,989)
Moraga, CA
01/21/2017
8:00 pm, CSNBA
No. 23 Pepperdine W 85–65  17–2
(7–1)
McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
Moraga, CA
01/26/2017
8:00 pm, CSNBA
No. 21 San Francisco
Australia Day
W 66–46  18–2
(8–1)
McKeon Pavilion (3,233)
Moraga, CA
01/28/2017
8:00 pm, CSNBA
No. 21 at Santa Clara W 72–59  19–2
(9–1)
Leavey Center (2,707)
Santa Clara, CA
02/02/2017
8:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 18 at Pacific W 74–70  20–2
(10–1)
Alex G. Spanos Center (2,401)
Stockton, CA
02/04/2017
4:00 pm, CSNCA
No. 18 at San Diego W 71–27  21–2
(11–1)
Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,261)
San Diego, CA
02/09/2017
7:00 pm
No. 20 Portland W 51–41  22–2
(12–1)
McKeon Pavilion (2,813)
Moraga, CA
02/11/2017
5:15 pm, ESPN
No. 20 No. 1 Gonzaga
College GameDay/Rivalry
L 64–74  22–3
(12–2)
McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
Moraga, CA
02/16/2017
8:00 pm, CSNCA
No. 22 Loyola Marymount W 81–48  23–3
(13–2)
McKeon Pavilion (2,944)
Moraga, CA
02/18/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 22 at BYU W 70–57  24–3
(14–2)
Marriott Center (18,987)
Provo, UT
02/23/2017
7:00 pm
No. 20 at Pepperdine W 78–49  25–3
(15–2)
Firestone Fieldhouse (1,106)
Malibu, CA
02/25/2017
7:00 pm, TheW.tv
No. 20 Santa Clara W 70–56  26–3
(16–2)
McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
Moraga, CA
WCC tournament
03/04/2017
9:00 pm, ESPN2
(2) No. 20 vs. (10) Portland
Quarterfinals
W 81–58  27–3
Orleans Arena (7,315)
Paradise, NV
03/06/2017
8:30 pm, ESPN2
(2) No. 19 vs. (3) BYU
Semifinals
W 81–50  28–3
Orleans Arena (8,712)
Paradise, NV
03/07/2017
8:30 pm, ESPN
(2) No. 19 vs. (1) No. 4 Gonzaga
Championship/Rivalry
L 56–74  28–4
Orleans Arena (8,179)
Paradise, NV
NCAA tournament
03/16/2017*
4:20 pm, TBS
(7 W) No. 22 vs. (10 W) VCU
First Round
W 85–77  29–4
Vivint Smart Home Arena (16,341)
Salt Lake City, UT
03/18/2017*
4:45 pm, CBS
(7 W) No. 22 vs. (2 W) No. 4 Arizona
Second Round
L 60–69  29–5
Vivint Smart Home Arena (18,565)
Salt Lake City, UT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
AP17171512122019191921232119202220201922Not released
Coaches19171513112019191921232119202118181821RV

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

References

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  1. ^ a b "2016-17 WCC Men's Basketball Preseason Poll, All-WCC Team Unveiled | News". | Official Athletics Site. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.