2016–17 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Portland State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Vikings, led by eighth-year head coach Tyler Geving, played their home games at the Peter Stott Center as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 7–11 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the Big Sky Tournament, they defeated Northern Arizona in the First Round before losing to top-seeded North Dakota in the Quarterfinals.

2016–17 Portland State Vikings men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2016–17 record	15–16 (7–11 Big Sky)
Head coach	Tyler Geving (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Hironaka Jase Coburn Chris Skinkis
Home arena	Peter Stott Center

2016–17 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North Dakota †	14	–	4		.778			22	–	10		.688
Eastern Washington	13	–	5		.722			22	–	12		.647
Idaho	12	–	6		.667			19	–	14		.576
Weber State	12	–	6		.667			20	–	14		.588
Montana	11	–	7		.611			16	–	16		.500
Montana State	11	–	7		.611			16	–	16		.500
Sacramento State	9	–	9		.500			13	–	18		.419
Portland State	7	–	11		.389			15	–	16		.484
Northern Colorado*	7	–	11		.389			11	–	18		.379
Northern Arizona	6	–	12		.333			9	–	23		.281
Southern Utah	3	–	15		.167			6	–	27		.182
Idaho State	3	–	15		.167			5	–	26		.161
† Conference tournament winner

On March 16, 2017, the Vikings announced that they had parted ways with head coach Tyler Geving after 8 seasons.[1] The school then hired Santa Clara associate head coach and ex-Portland State assistant Barret Peery as the new head coach on April 10.[2]

Previous season

The Vikings finished the 2015–16 season 13–18, 8–10 in Big Sky play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Northern Colorado in the First Round of the Big Sky Tournament to advance to the Quarterfinals where they lost to Weber State.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Isaiah Pineiro	0	F	6'6"	210	Sophomore	Auburn, CA	Transferred to San Diego
Collin Spickerman	2	C	6'8"	230	Senior	Portland, OR	Graduated
Armani Collins	3	G	6'5"	190	Freshman	San Francisco, CA	Transferred to City College of San Francisco
Cameron Forte	5	F	6'7"	220	RS Senior	Tempe, AZ	Graduated
Bryce White	12	G	6'5"	200	Junior	Portland, OR	Transferred to Warner Pacific
Evan Garrison	14	G	5'10"	170	Junior	Tigard, OR	Graduate transferred to Western Oregon
Donivine Stewart	20	G	6'0"	195	RS Senior	Peoria, IL	Graduated
Austin Bryant	30	F	6'6"	190	Freshman	Murrieta, CA	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Bryce Canda	0	G	6'4"	200	Junior	Portland, OR	Junior college transferred from Central Wyoming College
Michael Mayhew	2	G	6'3"		Sophomore	Flower Mound, TX	Junior college transferred from Hill College
Deontae North	3	G	6'4"	190	Junior	Corona, CA	Junior college transferred from South Plains College

2016 incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tyrell Henderson #78 SG	Chandler, AZ	Corona Del Sol High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Aug 15, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Brendan Rumel C	Tucson, AZ	Rincon High School	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	N/A	Aug 18, 2015
	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 2016-08-26.

Roster

2016–17 Portland State Vikings men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Bryce Canda 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Grant Central Wyoming JC Portland, OR G 1 Zach Gengler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Silverton Silverton, OR G 2 Michael Mayhew 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Marcus Flower Mound, TX G 3 Deontae North 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Centennial South Plains JC Corona, CA F 4 Brendan Rumel 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Rinconer Tucson, AZ G 5 Tyrell Henderson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Corona del Sol Tempe, AZ G 10 Daniel Davydov (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Seattle Academy Bellevue, WA G 11 Calaen Robinson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Sr Corona del Sol Arizona State Tempe, AZ F 13 De'Sean Parsons 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Grant Union Salt Lake CC Sacramento, CA F 15 Braxton Tucker 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr Spanaway Lake North Idaho College Tacoma, WA G 22 Brandon Hollins 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Jennings Paris JC St. Louis, MO G 23 Khari Holloway 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Mountain Pointe Mesa CC Jackson, MS C 25 Namdi Okonkwo 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Westwind Prep Western Wyoming CC Dallas, TX C 30 Traylin Farris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Manvel Incarnate Word Odessa JC Pearland, TX F 34 Montie Leunen (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Westview Shasta College Portland, OR	Head coach Tyler Geving (Central Washington) Assistant coach(es) Jeff Hironaka (Eastern Oregon) Jase Coburn (Arizona State) Chris Skinkis (UW–Parkside) 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
11/04/2016* 7:35 PM		Linfield	W 87–62		Peter Stott Center  Portland, OR
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 6:00 PM, P12N		at Arizona State	L 70–88	0–1	Wells Fargo Arena (7,398) Tempe, AZ
11/13/2016* 4:00 PM		at Cal State Fullerton	L 100–106 ^2OT	0–2	Titan Gym (517) Fullerton, CA
11/17/2016* 7:05 PM		George Fox	W 113–81	1–2	Peter Stott Center (440) Portland, OR
11/25/2016* 7:00 PM		at Loyola Marymount	L 62–78	1–3	Gersten Pavilion (1,219) Los Angeles, CA
11/27/2016* 3:30 PM		at Pepperdine	W 91–85	2–3	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,021) Malibu, CA
12/03/2016* 4:35 PM		Texas–Rio Grande Valley	W 87–74	3–3	Peter Stott Center (408) Portland, OR
12/10/2016* 7:00 PM		at Cal State Bakersfield	L 79–81	3–4	Icardo Center (1,733) Bakersfield, CA
12/13/2016* 7:05 PM		New Hope Christian	W 110–79	4–4	Peter Stott Center (206) Portland, OR
12/16/2016* 7:00 PM		at San Francisco	W 82–78	5–4	War Memorial Gymnasium (1,080) San Francisco, CA
12/20/2016* 7:00 PM		at Portland	W 77–75	6–4	Chiles Center (2,679) Portland, OR
12/22/2016* 5:05 PM		Walla Walla	W 118–59	7–4	Peter Stott Center (389) Portland, OR
Big Sky regular season
12/29/2016 7:05 PM		North Dakota	W 99–62	8–4 (1–0)	Peter Stott Center (612) Portland, OR
12/31/2016 2:05 PM		Northern Colorado	L 59–73	8–5 (1–1)	Peter Stott Center (506) Portland, OR
01/07/2017 7:05 PM		Sacramento State	W 83–76	9–5 (2–1)	Peter Stott Center (211) Portland, OR
01/12/2017 5:30 PM		at Northern Arizona Postponed (snow), rescheduled for 01/16/2017[3]			Walkup Skydome  Flagstaff, AZ
01/14/2017 4:30 PM		at Southern Utah	W 88–77	10–5 (3–1)	Centrum Arena (2,658) Cedar City, UT
01/16/2017 2:30 PM		at Northern Arizona	L 76–83	10–6 (3–2)	Walkup Skydome (711) Flagstaff, AZ
01/19/2017 7:05 PM		Montana	W 88–79	11–6 (4–2)	Peter Stott Center (728) Portland, OR
01/21/2017 7:05 PM		Montana State	L 65–71	11–7 (4–3)	Peter Stott Center (705) Portland, OR
01/28/2017 7:05 PM		at Sacramento State	L 77–80 ^OT	11–8 (4–4)	Hornets Nest (916) Sacramento, CA
02/02/2017 7:00 PM		at Idaho	L 72–89	11–9 (4–5)	Cowan Spectrum (1,014) Moscow, ID
02/04/2017 1:05 PM		at Eastern Washington	L 124–130 ^3OT	11–10 (4–6)	Reese Court (2,026) Cheney, WA
02/09/2017 7:05 PM		Idaho State	W 74–69	12–10 (5–6)	Peter Stott Center (522) Portland, OR
02/11/2017 7:05 PM		Weber State	L 93–96 ^OT	12–11 (5–7)	Peter Stott Center (784) Portland, OR
02/16/2017 6:00 PM		at Montana State	L 90–92 ^OT	12–12 (5–8)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,471) Bozeman, MT
02/18/2017 6:00 PM		at Montana	L 82–85	12–13 (5–9)	Dahlberg Arena (4,465) Missoula, MT
02/23/2017 7:05 PM		Southern Utah	W 93–86	13–13 (6–9)	Peter Stott Center (592) Portland, OR
02/25/2017 7:05 PM		Northern Arizona	W 84–72	14–13 (7–9)	Peter Stott Center (891) Portland, OR
03/02/2017 6:00 PM		at Northern Colorado	L 84–87	14–14 (7–10)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,282) Greeley, CO
03/04/2017 1:00 PM		at North Dakota	L 73–82	14–15 (7–11)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,870) Grand Forks, ND
Big Sky Tournament
03/07/2017 2:35 PM	(8)	vs. (9) Northern Arizona First Round	W 80–67	15–15	Reno Events Center (1,507) Reno, NV
03/09/2017 12:05 PM	(8)	vs. (1) North Dakota Quarterfinals	L 72–95	15–16	Reno Events Center (1,762) Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

2016–17 Portland State Vikings women's basketball team

References

1. Payne, Terrence (March 16, 2017). "Portland State parts ways with head coach Tyler Geving". NBCSports.com. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
2. "Portland State Names Barret Peery As New Men's Basketball Coach" (Press release). Portland State Vikings. April 10, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
3. http://missoulian.com/sports/college/portland-state-basketball-against-northern-arizona-rescheduled-due-to-weather/article_35a6fb60-4bb5-53a9-886a-d6ced608d246.html