2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team

2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball
ConferenceConference USA
Record14–19 (8–10 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Peck
  • Scott Thompson
  • Adam Hood
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Middle Tennessee † 17 – 1   .944 31 – 5   .861
Louisiana Tech 14 – 4   .778 23 – 10   .697
Old Dominion 12 – 6   .667 19 – 12   .613
UTEP 12 – 6   .667 15 – 17   .469
Rice 11 – 7   .611 23 – 12   .657
Marshall 10 – 8   .556 20 – 15   .571
UAB 9 – 9   .500 17 – 16   .515
Western Kentucky 9 – 9   .500 15 – 17   .469
UTSA 8 – 10   .444 14 – 19   .424
Charlotte 7 – 11   .389 13 – 17   .433
Florida Atlantic 6 – 12   .333 10 – 20   .333
Southern Miss 6 – 12   .333 9 – 22   .290
FIU 3 – 15   .167 7 – 24   .226
North Texas 2 – 16   .111 8 – 22   .267
† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner

The 2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by first-year head coach Steve Henson, played their home games at the Convocation Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 14–19, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in the ninth place. They defeated Western Kentucky in the first round of the C-USA tournament before losing to top-seeded Middle Tennessee.

Previous season

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The Roadrunners finished the season 5–27, 3–15 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to Florida Atlantic.

On March 10, 2016, after 10 years with the school, head coach Brooks Thompson was fired.[1] He finished at UTSA with a record of 130–176. On April 1, the school hired Steve Henson as head coach.[2]

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
George Matthews 1 G 6'6" 220 RS Senior Phoenix, AZ Graduated
Ömer Alp Aksu 5 G 6'2" 180 Freshman Istanbul, Turkey Transferred to Missouri S&T
Ryan Bowie 14 G 6'1" 185 Senior Lewisville, TX Graduated
Garrett Thibodeaux 22 F 6'8" 220 Freshman Tyler, TX Transferred to Howard College
Phillip Jones 24 F 6'6" 205 Junior Freeport, Bahamas Graduate transferred to Sam Houston State

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Bola Alade 14 G 6'4" 193 RS Sophomore Plano, TX Transferred from Oklahoma. Under NCAA transfer rules, Alade will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

Class of 2016 recruits

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College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Mitar Stanojevic
SF 		Belgrade, Serbia Creating Young Minds Academy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) May 2, 2016 
Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Byron Frohnen
SG 		Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Apr 29, 2016 
Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
George Wilborn III
SG 		Chicago, IL De La Salle High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jun 16, 2016 
Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/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:

  • "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 31, 2015.

Preseason

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The Roadrunners were picked to finish in last place in the preseason Conference USA poll.[3]

Roster

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2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Terrell Scruggs (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Grand View HS Fresno, TX
F 1 Jeff Beverly (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 250 lb (113 kg) RS Jr Clear Springs HS
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi/McLennan CC 		League City, TX
G 2 J. R. Harris 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Southern Lab School
Indian Hills CC 		Baton Rouge, LA
G 3 Gino Littles 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr Desert Mountain HS Phoenix, AZ
G 4 Kyle Massie (W) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So O'Connor HS Helotes, TX
G 5 Giovanni De Nicolao 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr I.I.S.I. Newton School Camposampiero, Italy
G 10 Christian Wilson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Notre Dame Prep Baton Rouge, LA
G 11 Austin Karrer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Canyon HS New Braunfels, TX
G 13 Byron Frohnen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Bishop Gorman HS Las Vegas, NV
G 14 Bola Alade (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So John Paul II
Oklahoma 		Plano, TX
C 15 Lucas O'Brien 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS Sr Perry HS Chandler, AZ
G 20 George Willborn III 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr De La Salle Institute Chicago, IL
F 24 Mitar Stanojevic 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Creating Young Minds Academy Belgrade, Serbia
F 25 Nick Allen 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Willow Canyon HS Surprise, AZ
C 32 James Ringholt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Brisbane Boys' College Rockhampton, Australia
F 33 A. J. Cockrell 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Memorial HS Tulsa, OK
G 34 Nick Billingsley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr New Mexico JC Omaha, NE
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
11/07/2016*
7:00 pm 		Arkansas Tech W 91–89 
Convocation Center (1,215)
San Antonio, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
9:00 pm 		at Fresno State L 66–69  0–1
 Save Mart Center (6,088)
Fresno, CA
11/13/2016*
4:00 pm, P12N 		at Oregon State L 64–72  0–2
 Gill Coliseum (4,070)
Corvallis, OR
11/16/2016*
7:00 pm 		at UIC L 78–86  0–3
 UIC Pavilion (3,571)
Chicago, IL
11/19/2016*
7:00 pm 		Prairie View A&M W 69–59  1–3
 Convocation Center (1,065)
San Antonio, TX
11/22/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Lamar L 58–78  1–4
 Montagne Center (1,865)
Beaumont, TX
11/25/2016*
7:30 pm 		Texas State
I-35 Rivalry 		W 63–48  2–4
 Convocation Center (1,057)
San Antonio, TX
12/01/2016*
9:00 pm 		Cal Poly L 47–59  2–5
 Convocation Center (1,050)
San Antonio, TX
12/03/2016*
8:30 pm 		at Utah Valley L 71–75  2–6
 UCCU Center (1,676)
Orem, UT
12/07/2016*
8:00 pm, FSSW+ 		at Texas Tech L 50–87  2–7
 United Supermarkets Arena (6,444)
Lubbock, TX
12/10/2016*
3:00 pm 		Southeastern Oklahoma State W 88–69  3–7
 Convocation Center (815)
San Antonio, TX
12/18/2016*
2:00 pm 		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi L 69–73  3–8
 American Bank Center (1,079)
Corpus Christi, TX
12/21/2016*
7:00 pm 		Utah Valley W 66–60  4–8
 Convocation Center (753)
San Antonio, TX
12/29/2016*
7:00 pm 		East Central Oklahoma W 79–75  5–8
 Convocation Center (713)
San Antonio, TX
Conference USA regular season
01/01/2017
3:00 pm 		UTEP W 67–55  6–8
(1–0) 		Convocation Center (816)
San Antonio, TX
01/05/2017
7:00 pm 		at Southern Miss L 59–77  6–9
(1–1) 		Reed Green Coliseum (2,126)
Hattiesburg, MS
01/07/2017
6:00 pm 		at Louisiana Tech W 69–68  7–9
(2–1) 		Thomas Assembly Center (3,513)
Ruston, LA
01/12/2017
7:00 pm 		Florida Atlantic W 68–63  8–9
(3–1) 		Convocation Center (1,417)
San Antonio, TX
01/14/2017
3:00 pm 		FIU W 57–55  9–9
(4–1) 		Convocation Center (1,138)
San Antonio, TX
01/21/2017
8:00 pm 		at UTEP L 39–59  9–10
(4–2) 		Don Haskins Center (6,446)
El Paso, TX
01/26/2017
6:00 pm 		at Marshall L 71–92  9–11
(4–3) 		Cam Henderson Center (5,297)
Huntington, WV
01/28/2017
3:00 pm 		at WKU L 66–81  9–12
(4–4) 		E. A. Diddle Arena (4,298)
Bowling Green, KY
02/02/2017
7:00 pm 		Middle Tennessee L 59–69  9–13
(4–5) 		Convocation Center (1,080)
San Antonio, TX
02/04/2017
3:00 pm 		UAB W 82–67  10–13
(5–5) 		Convocation Center (1,145)
San Antonio, TX
02/09/2017
7:00 pm 		Southern Miss W 57–51  11–13
(6–5) 		Convocation Center (1,189)
San Antonio, TX
02/11/2017
3:00 pm 		Louisiana Tech L 66–72  11–14
(6–6) 		Convocation Center (1,212)
San Antonio, TX
02/16/2017
7:00 pm 		at Rice L 68–80  11–15
(6–7) 		Tudor Fieldhouse (1,713)
Houston, TX
02/18/2017
2:00 pm 		at North Texas L 73–83  11–16
(6–8) 		The Super Pit (3,384)
Denton, TX
02/23/2017
6:00 pm 		at FIU W 69–67  12–16
(7–8) 		FIU Arena (632)
Miami, FL
02/25/2017
6:00 pm 		at Florida Atlantic L 66–73  12–17
(7–9) 		FAU Arena (1,674)
Boca Raton, FL
03/02/2017
7:00 pm 		Charlotte L 75–76  12–18
(7–10) 		Convocation Center (1,006)
San Antonio, TX
03/04/2017
3:00 pm 		Old Dominion W 73–55  13–18
(8–10) 		Convocation Center (2,650)
San Antonio, TX
Conference USA tournament
03/08/2017
11:30 am, CI 		(9) vs. (8) WKU
First round 		W 56–52  14–18
 Legacy Arena (3,207)
Birmingham, AL
03/09/2017
11:30 am, ASN 		(9) vs. (1) Middle Tennessee
Quarterfinals 		L 70–86  14–19
 Legacy Arena (3,654)
Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.
Source[4]

References

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  1. ^ "UTSA fires coach Thompson after 10 seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "Steve Henson hired as seventh men's basketball coach at UTSA". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "MBK: UAB Voted C-USA Preseason Favorite". Conference USA. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "Men's Basketball – Schedule/Results – goUTSAcom: Official website of The University of Texas at San Antonio Athletics Department". goutsa.com. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
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