2016–17 Utah Utes men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Larry Krystkowiak. They played their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament to California. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Boise State.

2016–17 Utah Utes men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2016–17 record	20–12 (11–7 Pac–12)
Head coach	Larry Krystkowiak (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Tommy Connor DeMarlo Slocum Andy Hill
Home arena	Jon M. Huntsman Center

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Oregon	16	–	2		.889			33	–	6		.846
No. 4 Arizona †	16	–	2		.889			32	–	5		.865
No. 8 UCLA	15	–	3		.833			31	–	5		.861
Utah	11	–	7		.611			20	–	12		.625
California	10	–	8		.556			21	–	13		.618
USC	10	–	8		.556			26	–	10		.722
Colorado	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Arizona State	7	–	11		.389			15	–	18		.455
Stanford	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Washington State	6	–	12		.333			13	–	18		.419
Washington	2	–	16		.111			9	–	22		.290
Oregon State	1	–	17		.056			5	–	27		.156
† Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Utes finished the 2015–16 season 27–9, 13–5 in the Pac-12 play to finish in second place. In the Pac-12 Tournament, the Utes defeated USC and California to advance to the championship game where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, as a No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region. They beat Fresno State in the First Round before losing in the No. 11-seed Gonzaga in the Second Round.

Off-season

Departures

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Austin Eastman	5	G	6'3"	180	Sr.	Billings, MT	Walk-on; graduated
Brandon Taylor	11	G	5'10"	170	Sr.	Los Angeles, CA	Graduated
Dakari Tucker	14	G/F	6'5"	194	Sr.	Los Angeles, CA	Graduated
Jordan Loveridge	21	F	6'6"	220	Sr.	West Jordan, UT	Graduated
Chris Reyes	20	F	6'7"	236	Jr.	La Vern, CA	Transferred to Pepperdine
Kenneth Ogbe	25	G	6'6"	194	So.	Ehingen, Germany	Transferred to Utah Valley
Brekkott Chapman	0	F	6'8"	205	So.	Roy, UT	Transferred to Weber State
Isaiah Wright	1	G	6'2"	180	So.	Boise, ID	Transferred to San Diego
Jakob Poeltl	42	C	7'0"	248	So.	Vienna, Austria	Declared for 2016 NBA draft[1]
Makol Mawien	40	F/C	6'9"	210	Fr.	West Valley City, UT	Transferred to New Mexico Junior College

Incoming transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Tim Coleman	G	6'1"	190	Jr.	Cincinnati, OH	Junior college transfer from Lee College.[2]
JoJo Zamora	G	6'2"	170	Jr.	Oakland, CA	Junior college transfer from Yuba College.[3]
Sedrick Barefield	G	6'2"	190	So.	Corona, CA	Mid-season transfer from SMU. Will be eligible to play after Utah's fall semester.[4]
David Collette	F	6'10"	220	Jr.	Murray, UT	Mid-season transfer from Utah State. Will be eligible to play after Utah's fall semester.[5]
Tyler Rawson	F	6'10"	225	Jr.	American Fork, UT	Junior college transfer from Salt Lake Community College.[6]

2016 Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Devon Daniels SG	Kalamazoo, MI	Prolific Prep	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Oct 21, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
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 Utah Basketball Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 2, 2016. "Utah Utes 2016 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2016. "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

US college sports recruiting information for 2017 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jaxon Brenchley SG	Hyrum, UT	Mountain Crest High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Aug 31, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 75
Branden Carlsen PF	South Jordan, UT	Bingham High School	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 23, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
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 Utah Basketball Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 2, 2016. "Utah Utes 2016 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2016. "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Utah Utes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 1 JoJo Zamora 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Yuba College Oakland, California G 2 Sedrick Barefield 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Southern Methodist Corona, California G 3 Devon Daniels 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Prolific Prep Battle Creek, Michigan G 5 Parker Van Dyke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So East HS Salt Lake City, Utah G 10 Jake Connor (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 181 lb (82 kg) RS So Highland HS Salt Lake City, Utah F 11 Chris Seeley 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Central HS Fresno, California F 13 David Collette 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Utah State Murray, Utah G 15 Lorenzo Bonam 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Sr Gillette College Inkster, Michigan G 20 Beau Rydalch (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr South Summit HS Oakley, Utah F 21 Tyler Rawson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Salt Lake C.C. American Fork, Utah G/F 30 Gabe Bealer 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 183 lb (83 kg) RS Jr CCSF San Francisco, California F/C 34 Jayce Johnson 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS Fr Santa Monica HS Mission Viejo, California F 35 Kyle Kuzma 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Jr Rise Academy Burton, Michigan F 40 Marc Reininger (W) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Regis Jesuit HS Monument, Colorado F 43 Jakub Jokl 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Canarias Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic	Head coach Larry Krystkowiak (Montana) Assistant coach(es) Tommy Connor (Utah) Andy Hill (Eastern Washington) DeMarlo Slocum (Georgia Southern) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

• Dec. 12, 2016- Junior guard Tim Coleman elected to transfer after eight games into the season.[7]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov. 12, 2016* 5:00 PM, P12N		Northwest Nazarene	W 81–37	1–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (11,275) Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 15, 2016* 6:00 PM, P12N		Concordia (OR)	W 96–53	2–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,179) Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 18, 2016* 6:00 PM, P12N		Coppin State	W 94–51	3–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,693) Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 25, 2016* 7:00 PM, P12N		UC Riverside	W 85–67	4–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (11,324) Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 28, 2016* 7:00 PM, P12N		No. 18 Butler	L 59–68	4–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center (14,332) Salt Lake City, UT
Dec. 1, 2016* 7:00 PM, P12N		Montana State	W 92–84	5–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,548) Salt Lake City, UT
Dec. 6, 2016* 6:00 PM, P12N		Utah Valley Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 87–80	6–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,457) Salt Lake City, UT
Dec. 10, 2016* 3:30 PM, FOX		at No. 13 Xavier	L 69–77	6–2	Cintas Center (10,350) Cincinnati, OH
Dec. 17, 2016* 4:00 PM, P12N		Prairie View A&M	W 92–60	7–2	Jon M. Huntsman Center (13,100) Salt Lake City, UT
Dec. 22, 2016* 9:00 PM, ESPNU		vs. San Francisco Diamond Head Classic quarterfinal	L 86–89	7–3	Stan Sheriff Center (6,659) Honolulu, HI
Dec. 23, 2016* 10:30 PM, ESPNU		vs. Hawaii Diamond Head Classic 2nd round consolation	W 66–52	8–3	Stan Sheriff Center (6,053) Honolulu, HI
Dec. 25, 2016* 12:30 PM, ESPNU		vs. Stephen F. Austin Diamond Head Classic 5th place game	W 74–66	9–3	Stan Sheriff Center (5,769) Honolulu, HI
Pac-12 regular season
Jan. 1, 2017 4:30 PM, ESPNU		Colorado	W 76–60	10–3 (1–0)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,108) Salt Lake City, UT
Jan. 5, 2017 8:00 PM, FS1		at No. 17 Arizona	L 56–66	10–4 (1–1)	McKale Center (14,302) Tucson, AZ
Jan. 7, 2017 3:00 PM, P12N		at Arizona State	W 88–82	11–4 (2–1)	Wells Fargo Arena (6,501) Tempe, AZ
Jan. 12, 2017 7:00 PM, P12N		No. 25 USC	W 86–64	12–4 (3–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,470) Salt Lake City, UT
Jan. 14, 2017 4:00 PM, P12N		No. 4 UCLA	L 82–83	12–5 (3–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (15,027) Salt Lake City, UT
Jan. 18, 2017 7:00 PM, P12N		at Washington State	W 88–47	13–5 (4–2)	Beasley Coliseum (2,928) Pullman, WA
Jan. 21, 2017 6:00 PM, P12N		at Washington	W 94–72	14–5 (5–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,895) Seattle, WA
Jan. 26, 2017 8:30 PM, FS1		No. 10 Oregon	L 67–73	14–6 (5–3)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (15,000) Salt Lake City, UT
Jan. 28, 2017 5:00 PM, P12N		Oregon State	W 86–78	15–6 (6–3)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (13,115) Salt Lake City, UT
Feb. 2, 2017 7:00 PM, P12N		at California	L 75–77 ^2OT	15–7 (6–4)	Haas Pavilion (9,246) Berkeley, CA
Feb. 4, 2017 2:30 PM, FS1		at Stanford	L 75–81	15–8 (6–5)	Maples Pavilion (4,447) Stanford, CA
Feb. 9, 2017 7:00 PM, P12N		Washington State	W 74–70	16–8 (7–5)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,800) Salt Lake City, UT
Feb. 11, 2017 2:30 PM, FS1		Washington	W 85–61	17–8 (8–5)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (13,216) Salt Lake City, UT
Feb. 16, 2017 9:00 PM, ESPN2		at No. 7 Oregon	L 61–79	17–9 (8–6)	Matthew Knight Arena (12,364) Eugene, OR
Feb. 18, 2017 6:30 PM, ESPNU		at Oregon State	L 67–68	17–10 (8–7)	Gill Coliseum (5,186) Corvallis, OR
Feb. 23, 2017 9:00 PM, ESPNU		at Colorado	W 86–81	18–10 (9–7)	Coors Events Center (7,142) Boulder, CO
Mar. 2, 2017 9:00 PM, ESPNU		California	W 74–44	19–10 (10–7)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,876) Salt Lake City, UT
Mar. 4, 2017 2:00 PM, P12N		Stanford	W 67–59	20–10 (11–7)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,370) Salt Lake City, UT
Pac-12 Tournament
Mar. 9, 2017 3:30 PM, P12N	(4)	vs. (5) California Quarterfinals	L 75–78	20–11	T-Mobile Arena (12,782) Paradise, NV
NIT
Mar. 14, 2017* 8:00 PM, ESPNU	(3)	(6) Boise State First round – Illinois State Bracket	L 68–73	20–12	Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,097) Salt Lake City, UT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

1. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: Jakob Poeltl will enter 2016 NBA Draft (with video)". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
2. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: JuCo guard Tim Coleman commits to Runnin' Utes". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
3. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: 2016 JuCo guard Jojo Zamora commits to Runnin' Utes during visit". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
4. Goon, Kyle. "Reports: Runnin' Utes get commit from SMU transfer Sedrick Barefield". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
5. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: David Collette enrolls, joins Runnin' Utes". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
6. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: SLCC big man Tyler Rawson commits to Runnin' Utes". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
7. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: Guard Tim Coleman to transfer from Utes". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 19 January 2017.