2016–17 Boston University Terriers men's basketball team
The 2016–17 Boston University Terriers men's basketball team represented Boston University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Terriers, led by sixth-year head coach Joe Jones, played their home games at Case Gym as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 18–14, 12–16 in America East play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, they defeated Loyola (MD) in the quarterfinals before losing to Lehigh in double overtime in the semifinals.
2016–17 Boston University Terriers men's basketball | |
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Conference | Patriot League |
2016–17 record | 18–14 (12–6 Patriot) |
Head coach | Joe Jones (6th season) |
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Home arena | Case Gym |
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Bucknell † | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2017 Patriot League Tournament winner |
Previous season
The Terriers finished the 2015–16 season 19–15, 11–7 in Patriot League play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament to American. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Fordham in the first round before losing in the second round to NJIT.
Offseason
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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John Papale | 2 | G | 6'3" | 190 | Senior | Wallingford, CT | Graduated |
Braiten Madrigal | 14 | F | 6'4" | 180 | Junior | Downey, CA | Walk-on; left the team due to personal resasons |
Nathan Dieudonne | 22 | F | 6'7" | 225 | Senior | Louisville, KY | Graduated |
2016 recruiting class
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Tyler Scanlon #83 PF |
Chantilly, VA | Westfield High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Sep 17, 2015 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 66 | ||||||
Max Mahoney #95 PF |
Basking Ridge, NJ | Ridge High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Sep 30, 2015 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 63 | ||||||
Destin Barnes SG |
Crown Point, IN | Don Bosco Prep | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
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2017 recruiting class
US college sports recruiting information for 2017 recruits | ||||||
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Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
Sukhmail Mathon PF |
Dallas, PA | Holderness School | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Aug 8, 2016 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM |
at Northeastern | L 77–87 | 0–1 |
Matthews Arena (2,287) Boston, MA | |||||||
11/18/2016* 6:00 PM |
Northeastern Steve Wright Classic |
W 65–63 | 1–1 |
Case Gym (843) Boston, MA | |||||||
11/19/2016* 4:00 PM |
Maine Steve Wright Classic |
W 102–78 | 2–1 |
Case Gym (672) Boston, MA | |||||||
11/20/2016* 4:30 PM |
LIU Brooklyn Steve Wright Classic |
W 86–69 | 3–1 |
Case Gym (460) Boston, MA | |||||||
11/22/2016* 12:00 PM |
Western New England | W 91–54 | 4–1 |
Case Gym (955) Boston, MA | |||||||
11/28/2016* 7:00 PM |
at Saint Peter's | L 67–80 | 4–2 |
Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3/SNY |
at UConn | L 49–51 | 4–3 |
XL Center (8,183) Hartford, CT | |||||||
12/03/2016* 4:30 PM, RSN |
at NC State | L 73–77 | 4–4 |
PNC Arena (15,986) Raleigh, NC | |||||||
12/07/2016* 7:30 PM |
Canisius | L 77–87 | 4–5 |
Case Gym (363) Boston, MA | |||||||
12/10/2016* 12:00 PM, RSN |
at Syracuse | L 77–99 | 4–6 |
Carrier Dome (22,878) Syracuse, NY | |||||||
12/18/2016* 1:00 PM |
New Hampshire | W 73–69 | 5–6 |
Case Gym (321) Boston, MA | |||||||
12/21/2016* 7:00 PM |
at UMass Lowell | L 75–77 | 5–7 |
Tsongas Center (717) Lowell, MA | |||||||
Patriot League regular season | |||||||||||
12/30/2016 7:00 PM |
Holy Cross | W 61–55 | 6–7 (1–0) |
Case Gym (632) Boston, MA | |||||||
01/02/2017 2:00 PM |
Lehigh | W 75–61 | 7–7 (2–0) |
Case Gym (484) Boston, MA | |||||||
01/05/2017 7:00 PM |
at Navy | W 71–53 | 8–7 (3–0) |
Alumni Hall Annapolis, MD | |||||||
01/08/2017 2:00 PM |
at Lafayette | W 91–75 | 9–7 (4–0) |
Kirby Sports Center (1,477) Easton, PA | |||||||
01/11/2017 7:00 PM |
American | W 76–66 | 10–7 (5–0) |
Case Gym (298) Boston, MA | |||||||
01/16/2017 7:00 PM, CBSSN |
at Loyola (MD) | L 69–77 | 10–8 (5–1) |
Reitz Arena (1,286) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
01/18/2017 7:00 PM |
Colgate | L 58–67 | 10–9 (5–2) |
Case Gym (480) Boston, MA | |||||||
01/21/2017 2:00 PM, ASN |
at Bucknell | L 59–70 | 10–10 (5–3) |
Sojka Pavilion (3,265) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
01/25/2017 7:00 PM |
Army | W 90–89 OT | 11–10 (6–3) |
Case Gym (740) Boston, MA | |||||||
01/30/2017 7:00 PM, CBSSN |
at Lehigh | W 76–59 | 12–10 (7–3) |
Stabler Arena (1,302) Bethlehem, PA | |||||||
02/02/2017 7:00 PM |
Navy | L 61–70 | 12–11 (7–4) |
Case Gym (646) Boston, MA | |||||||
02/05/2017 12:00 PM |
Lafayette | W 75–58 | 13–11 (8–4) |
Case Gym (526) Boston, MA | |||||||
02/08/2017 7:30 PM |
at American | W 67–64 | 14–11 (9–4) |
Bender Arena (1,014) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
02/11/2017 12:00 PM, ASN |
Loyola (MD) | W 78–63 | 15–11 (10–4) |
Case Gym (521) Boston, MA | |||||||
02/15/2017 7:00 PM |
at Colgate | W 69–68 | 16–11 (11–4) |
Cotterell Court (947) Hamilton, NY | |||||||
02/19/2017 12:00 PM |
Bucknell | L 66–86 | 16–12 (11–5) |
Case Gym (940) Boston, MA | |||||||
02/22/2017 7:00 PM |
at Army | L 62–73 | 16–13 (11–6) |
Christl Arena (1,103) West Point, NY | |||||||
02/25/2017 12:00 PM |
at Holy Cross | W 71–68 OT | 17–13 (12–6) |
Hart Center (3,548) Worcester, MA | |||||||
Patriot League Tournament | |||||||||||
03/02/2017 7:00 PM |
(2) | (7) Loyola (MD) Quarterfinals |
W 64–60 | 18–13 |
Case Gym (510) Boston, MA | ||||||
03/05/2017 12:00 PM, CBSSN |
(2) | (3) Lehigh Semifinals |
L 88–91 2OT | 18–14 |
Case Gym (511) Boston, MA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |