2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team

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.

2016–17 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
2016–17 record	14–19 (8–10 C-USA)
Head coach	Steve Henson (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Peck Scott Thompson Adam Hood
Home arena	Convocation Center

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

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.

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

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

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

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
	Recruiting 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
	Recruiting 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
	Recruiting 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

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

Roster

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)  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 Steve Henson (Kansas State) Assistant coach(es) Mike Peck (Northwood) Scott Thompson (Mississippi) Adam Hood (Air Force) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

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

1. "UTSA fires coach Thompson after 10 seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
2. "Steve Henson hired as seventh men's basketball coach at UTSA". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
3. "MBK: UAB Voted C-USA Preseason Favorite". Conference USA. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
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.