2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team

2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball
Conference Conference USA
2016–17 record 2–4 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach Steve Henson (1st year)
Assistant coach Mike Peck
Assistant coach Scott Thompson
Assistant coach Adam Hood
Home arena Convocation Center
2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Marshall 0 0       4 0   1.000
Rice 0 0       4 1   .800
Charlotte 0 0       3 1   .750
Middle Tennessee 0 0       3 1   .750
Southern Miss 0 0       3 1   .750
WKU 0 0       3 1   .750
UAB 0 0       3 2   .600
Louisiana Tech 0 0       2 2   .500
Old Dominion 0 0       2 2   .500
Florida Atlantic 0 0       2 3   .400
UTEP 0 0       2 3   .400
FIU 0 0       2 4   .333
North Texas 0 0       1 3   .250
UTSA 0 0       1 4   .200
2017 C-USA Tournament winner
As of November 18, 2016; 

The 2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team represents 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, play their home games at the Convocation Center and are members of Conference USA.

Previous season

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.

Departures

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

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

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 
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 
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 
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:

Roster

2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Home town
F 0 Scruggs, TerrellTerrell Scruggs (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Grand View HS Fresno, TX
F 1 Beverly, JeffJeff 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 Harris, J. R.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 Littles, GinoGino Littles 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr Desert Mountain HS Phoenix, AZ
G 4 Massie, KyleKyle Massie (W) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So O'Connor HS Helotes, TX
G 5 De Nicolao, GiovanniGiovanni De Nicolao 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr I.I.S.I. Newton School Camposampiero, Italy
G 10 Wilson, ChristianChristian Wilson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Notre Dame Prep Baton Rouge, LA
G 11 Karrer, AustinAustin Karrer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Canyon HS New Braunfels, TX
G 13 Frohnen, ByronByron Frohnen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Bishop Gorman HS Las Vegas, NV
G 14 Alade, BolaBola Alade (I)  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So John Paul II
Oklahoma
Plano, TX
C 15 O'Brien, LucasLucas O'Brien 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS Sr Perry HS Chandler, AZ
G 20 Willborn III, GeorgeGeorge Willborn III 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr De La Salle Institute Chicago, IL
F 24 Stanojevic, MitarMitar Stanojevic 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Creating Young Minds Academy Belgrade, Serbia
F 25 Allen, NickNick Allen 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Willow Canyon HS Surprise, AZ
C 32 Ringholt, JamesJames Ringholt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Brisbane Boys' College Rockhampton, Australia
F 33 Cockrell, A. J.A. J. Cockrell 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Memorial HS Tulsa, OK
G 34 Billingsley, NickNick 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

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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   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX

12/03/2016*
8:30 PM
at Utah Valley   
UCCU Center 
Orem, UT

12/07/2016*
8:00 PM, FSSW+
at Texas Tech   
United Supermarkets Arena 
Lubbock, TX

12/10/2016*
3:00 PM
Southeastern Oklahoma State   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX

12/18/2016*
2:00 PM
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi   
American Bank Center 
Corpus Christi, TX

12/21/2016*
7:00 PM
Utah Valley   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX

12/28/2016*
7:00 PM
East Central Oklahoma   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX
Conference USA Regular season

01/01/2017
3:00 PM
UTEP   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX

01/05/2017
7:00 PM
at Southern Miss   
Reed Green Coliseum 
Hattiesburg, MS

01/07/2017
6:00 PM
at Louisiana Tech   
Thomas Assembly Center 
Ruston, LA

01/12/2017
7:00 PM
Florida Atlantic   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX

01/14/2017
3:00 PM
FIU   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX

01/21/2017
8:00 PM
at UTEP   
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

01/26/2017
6:00 PM
at Marshall   
Cam Henderson Center 
Huntington, WV

01/28/2017
3:00 PM
at WKU   
E. A. Diddle Arena 
Bowling Green, KY

02/02/2017
7:00 PM
Middle Tennessee   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX

02/04/2017
3:00 PM
UAB   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX

02/09/2017
7:00 PM
Southern Miss   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX

02/11/2017
3:00 PM
Louisiana Tech   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX

02/16/2017
7:00 PM
at Rice   
Tudor Fieldhouse 
Houston, TX

02/18/2017
2:00 PM
at North Texas   
The Super Pit 
Denton, TX

02/23/2017
6:00 PM
at FIU   
FIU Arena 
Miami, FL

02/25/2017
6:00 PM
at Florida Atlantic   
FAU Arena 
Boca Raton, FL

03/02/2017
7:00 PM
Charlotte   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX

03/04/2017
3:00 PM
Old Dominion   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX
Conference USA Tournament

03/08–11/2017
vs.    
Legacy Arena 
Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

References

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