2016–17 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team
The 2016–17 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolf Pack, led by second-year head coach Eric Musselman, played their home games at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 28–7, 14–4 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain West regular season championship. They defeated Utah State, Fresno State, and Colorado State to win the Mountain West Tournament championship. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Iowa State.
2016–17 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball | |
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Mountain West regular season champions Mountain West Tournament champions | |
NCAA Tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Mountain West Conference |
2016–17 record | 28–7 (14–4 MW) |
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Home arena | Lawlor Events Center |
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Nevada † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 24 | – | 12 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 23 | – | 15 | .605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2017 MW Tournament winner |
Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 2015–16 season 24–14, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated New Mexico in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to San Diego State. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Montana, Eastern Washington, and Vermont to advance to the best-of-three finals series against Morehead State. They defeated Morehead State two games to one to become the CBI champions.
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Marqueze Coleman | 1 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Senior | Mission Hills, CA | Graduated |
Tyron Criswell | 2 | G | 6'3" | 205 | Senior | Omaha, NE | Graduated |
A. J. West | 3 | C | 6'9" | 235 | Senior | Brooklyn, NY | Graduated |
Kaileb Rodriguez | 5 | F | 6'9" | 235 | Junior | Highlands Ranch, CO | Graduate transferred to Northwest Nazarene |
Robyn Missa | 20 | F | 6'9" | 245 | Sophomore | Berlin, Germany | Transferred |
Eric Cooper, Jr. | 21 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Sophomore | Long Beach, CA | Transferred to Pepperdine |
Lucas Stivrins | 34 | F | 6'11" | 235 | Senior | Scottsdale, AZ | Graduated |
Incoming transfers
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Hallice Cooke | 3 | G | 6'3" | 190 | RS Junior | Union City, NJ | Transferred from Iowa State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Cooke will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |
Cody Martin | 5 | G/F | 6'7" | 215 | Junior | Mocksville, NC | Transferred from NC State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Cody Martin will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |
Caleb Martin | 10 | G/F | 6'7" | 210 | Junior | Mocksville, NC | Transferred from NC State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Caleb Martin will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |
Kendall Stephens | 21 | G | 6'6" | 197 | Senior | St. Charles, IL | Transferred from Purdue. Under NCAA transfer rules, Stephens will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have one year of remaining eligibility. |
Recruiting
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Kenneth Wooten #33 PF |
Manteca, CA | Manteca High School | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Sep 14, 2015 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80 | ||||||
Devearl Ramsey #49 PG |
Chatsworth, CA | Sierra Canyon High School | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Oct 5, 2015 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 73 | ||||||
Joshua Hall #59 SF |
Detroit, MI | Genesis Academy | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Oct 15, 2015 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 72 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: – Rivals: – | ||||||
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Recruiting class of 2017
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Trevon Abdullah #69 SF |
Las Vegas, NV | Desert Pines High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Sep 3, 2015 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 63 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: – Rivals: – | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/04/2016* 7:00 pm |
San Francisco State | W 88–58 | Lawlor Events Center (4,120) Reno, NV | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2016* 8:00 pm |
at No. 17 Saint Mary's | L 63–81 | 0–1 |
McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA | |||||||
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm |
Loyola Marymount | W 79–64 | 1–1 |
Lawlor Events Center (6,176) Reno, NV | |||||||
11/18/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Oregon State | W 83–58 | 2–1 |
Lawlor Events Center (8,090) Reno, NV | |||||||
11/20/2016* 5:00 pm |
Iona Great Alaska Shootout opening round |
W 91–76 | 3–1 |
Lawlor Events Center (6,375) Reno, NV | |||||||
11/23/2016* 10:30 pm, CBSSN |
vs. Oakland Great Alaska Shootout quarterfinals |
W 82–78 | 4–1 |
Alaska Airlines Center (2,606) Anchorage, AK | |||||||
11/25/2016* 6:30 pm, CBSSN |
vs. Buffalo Great Alaska Shootout semifinals |
W 67–62 | 5–1 |
Alaska Airlines Center (2,723) Anchorage, AK | |||||||
11/26/2016* 9:30 pm, CBSSN |
vs. Iona Great Alaska Shootout championship |
L 73–75 | 5–2 |
Alaska Airlines Center (3,233) Anchorage, AK | |||||||
11/29/2016* 7:00 pm |
Pacific | W 77–67 | 6–2 |
Lawlor Events Center (6,920) Reno, NV | |||||||
12/03/2016* 5:00 pm |
at Bradley MW–MVC Challenge |
W 91–69 | 7–2 |
Carver Arena (5,384) Peoria, IL | |||||||
12/11/2016* 5:00 pm, P12N |
at Washington | W 87–85 | 8–2 |
Alaska Airlines Arena (8,171) Seattle, WA | |||||||
12/14/2016* 7:00 pm |
UC Irvine | W 76–69 | 9–2 |
Lawlor Events Center (6,911) Reno, NV | |||||||
12/21/2016* 2:20 pm |
vs. Towson Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic |
W 81–72 | 10–2 |
South Point Arena (218) Enterprise, NV | |||||||
12/22/2016* 2:30 pm |
vs. UC Santa Barbara Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic |
W 67–66 | 11–2 |
South Point Arena (264) Enterprise, NV | |||||||
Mountain West regular season | |||||||||||
12/28/2016 7:00 pm, MWN |
San Jose State | W 80–55 | 12–2 (1–0) |
Lawlor Events Center (10,098) Reno, NV | |||||||
12/31/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Fresno State | L 76–77 | 12–3 (1–1) |
Save Mart Center (6,043) Fresno, CA | |||||||
01/04/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN2 |
San Diego State | W 72–69 | 13–3 (2–1) |
Lawlor Events Center (8,461) Reno, NV | |||||||
01/07/2017 8:15 pm, ESPN2 |
at New Mexico | W 105–104 OT | 14–3 (3–1) |
The Pit (11,235) Albuquerque, NM | |||||||
01/14/2017 3:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Wyoming | W 89–74 | 15–3 (4–1) |
Arena-Auditorium (4,794) Laramie, WY | |||||||
01/18/2017 7:00 pm, RTRM |
Air Force | W 83–76 | 16–3 (5–1) |
Lawlor Events Center (8,462) Reno, NV | |||||||
01/21/2017 3:00 pm, CBSSN |
Fresno State | L 76–81 | 16–4 (5–2) |
Lawlor Events Center (10,236) Reno, NV | |||||||
01/25/2017 7:00 pm, CBSSN |
at Boise State | W 76–57 | 17–4 (6–2) |
Taco Bell Arena (7,059) Boise, ID | |||||||
01/28/2017 1:00 pm, CBSSN |
New Mexico | W 82–65 | 18–4 (7–2) |
Lawlor Events Center (10,727) Reno, NV | |||||||
02/01/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Utah State | L 57–74 | 18–5 (7–3) |
Smith Spectrum (6,122) Logan, UT | |||||||
02/08/2017 8:00 pm, CBSSN |
UNLV | W 104–77 | 19–5 (8–3) |
Lawlor Events Center (11,841) Reno, NV | |||||||
02/12/2017 1:00 pm, CBSSN |
at San Diego State | L 56–70 | 19–6 (8–4) |
Viejas Arena (11,697) San Diego, CA | |||||||
02/15/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Air Force | W 78–59 | 20–6 (9–4) |
Clune Arena (1,623) Colorado Springs, CO | |||||||
02/18/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Utah State | W 77–66 | 21–6 (10–4) |
Lawlor Events Center (10,336) Reno, NV | |||||||
02/22/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Boise State | W 85–77 | 22–6 (11–4) |
Lawlor Events Center (8,625) Reno, NV | |||||||
02/25/2017 3:00 pm, CBSSN |
at UNLV | W 94–58 | 23–6 (12–4) |
Thomas & Mack Center (14,808) Paradise, NV | |||||||
03/01/2017 7:00 pm, MWN |
at San Jose State | W 82–67 | 24–6 (13–4) |
Event Center Arena (2,522) San Jose, CA | |||||||
03/04/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Colorado State | W 85–72 | 25–6 (14–4) |
Lawlor Events Center (11,662) Reno, NV | |||||||
Mountain West Tournament | |||||||||||
03/09/2017 12:00 pm, CBSSN |
(1) | vs. (8) Utah State Quarterfinals |
W 83–69 | 26–6 |
Thomas & Mack Center (5,866) Paradise, NV | ||||||
03/10/2017 7:00 pm, CBSSN |
(1) | vs. (4) Fresno State Semifinals |
W 83–72 | 27–6 |
Thomas & Mack Center (6,211) Paradise, NV | ||||||
03/11/2017 3:00 pm, CBS |
(1) | vs. (2) Colorado State Championship game |
W 79–71 | 28–6 |
Thomas & Mack Center (5,602) Paradise, NV | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
03/16/2017* 6:57 pm, truTV |
(12 MW) | vs. (5 MW) No. 17 Iowa State First Round |
L 73–84 | 28–7 |
BMO Harris Bradley Center (18,025) Milwaukee, WI | ||||||
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest Region Source[1][2].All times are in Pacific Time. |