2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Washington University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by sixth-year head coach Jim Hayford and played their home games at Reese Court in Cheney, Washington as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 22–12, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big Sky tournament, they defeated Sacramento State in the quarterfinals before losing to Weber State in the semifinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Wyoming.

2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball
CBI, First Round
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record22–12 (13–5 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaReese Court
Seasons
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 29, 2017, head coach Jim Hayford left Eastern Washington to take the head coaching job at in-state rival Seattle and was replaced by top assistant Shantay Legans.[1]

Previous season

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The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 18–16, 10–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Northern Arizona in the first round of the Big Sky tournament before losing to Idaho in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Pepperdine to advance to the quarterfinals before losing to Nevada.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Austin McBroom 5 G 5'9" 165 RS Senior Los Angeles, CA Graduated
Bear Henderson 11 F 6'6" 215 RS Freshman Mission Hills, CA Transferred to Iowa Western CC
Will Ferris 15 G 6'1" 175 RS Freshman Bellevue, WA Transferred to Azusa Pacific
Enrico Nuno 22 F 6'8" 250 Sophomore Half Moon Bay, CA Dismissed from the team
Kyle Reid 23 F 6'8" 215 RS Senior Cleveland, OH Graduated
Venky Jois 55 F 6'8" 230 Senior Boronia, Australia Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Jacob Wiley 24 F 6'7" 220 RS Senior Newport, WA Transferred from Lewis–Clark State College. Will be eligible to play immediately since Wiley graduated from Lewis–Clark.

2016 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jacob Davison
#67 SG
Montebello, CA Cantwell Sacred Heart Of Mary High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sep 30, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 59
Mason Peatling
PF
Melbourne, Australia Beaconhills College 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Nov 11, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Luka Vulikic
SG
Belgrade, Serbia 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Apr 13, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/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 August 22, 2016.

Roster

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2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Julian Harrell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Loyola HS
Penn/City College of San Francisco
Los Angeles, California
G 2 Ty Gibson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Issaquah HS Issaquah, Washington
G 4 Sir Washington 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Jr Clark HS Las Vegas, Nevada
G 5 Michael Wearne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Box Hill HS Croydon, Australia
G 10 Jacob Davison 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Cantwell-Sacred Heart HS Montebello, California
G 12 Grant Gibb (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Mark Morris HS Longview, Washington
G 13 Luka Vulikic 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr None Belgrade, Serbia
F 14 Mason Peatling 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Beaconhills College HS Melbourne, Australia
G 20 Cody Benzel (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS So Ferris HS Spokane, Washington
F 24 Jacob Wiley 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr Newport HS
Montana/Lewis–Clark
Newport, Washington
F 32 Bogdan Bliznyuk (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Todd Beamer HS Lutsk, Ukraine
F 34 Jesse Hunt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Sir Francis Drake HS Geraldton, Australia
F 40 Geremy McKay 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS So Caulfield Grammar School
Albany
Melbourne, Australia
G 42 Mario Soto 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Saddleback Valley Christian
Concordia Irvine
Irvine, California
F 44 Felix Von Hofe (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Wesley College Melbourne, Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2016*
2:05 pm
Saint Martin's W 80–69 
Reese Court 
Cheney, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
12:05 pm
Linfield W 70–46  1–0
Reese Court (1,410)
Cheney, WA
11/14/2016*
6:00 pm, BTN
at Northwestern
Legends Classic
L 72–86  1–1
Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,604)
Evanston, IL
11/17/2016*
5:00 pm, LHN
at No. 23 Texas
Legends Classic
L 52–85  1–2
Frank Erwin Center (9,072)
Austin, TX
11/21/2016*
6:05 pm
Bryant
Legends Classic
W 81–77  2–2
Reese Court (1,221)
Cheney, WA
11/22/2016*
6:05 pm
Seattle
Legends Classic
W 80–76 2OT 3–2
Reese Court (922)
Cheney, WA
11/26/2016*
6:05 pm
Denver
EWU Men's Basketball Classic
W 85–80 OT 4–2
Reese Court (1,026)
Cheney, WA
11/27/2016*
6:05 pm
San Francisco
EWU Men's Basketball Classic
W 96–90  5–2
Reese Court (1,088)
Cheney, WA
12/04/2016*
1:00 pm
at Seattle W 93–88 2OT 6–2
KeyArena (1,058)
Seattle, WA
12/08/2016*
6:05 pm
Great Falls W 103–76  7–2
Reese Court (1,008)
Cheney, WA
12/13/2016*
6:05 pm
Morehead State W 88–86 OT 8–2
Reese Court (1,046)
Cheney, WA
12/18/2016*
10:00 am
at Northern Kentucky L 48–70  8–3
BB&T Arena (2,062)
Highland Heights, KY
12/20/2016*
3:30 pm, FS1
at No. 17 Xavier L 56–85  8–4
Cintas Center (10,250)
Cincinnati, OH
12/22/2016*
5:30 pm, P12N
at Colorado L 68–76  8–5
Coors Events Center (6,958)
Boulder, CO
Big Sky regular season
12/30/2016
7:00 pm
at Idaho W 69–62  9–5
(1–0)
Coors Events Center (1,107)
Boulder, CO
01/05/2017
6:05 pm
Montana State W 82–64  10–5
(2–0)
Reese Court (1,380)
Cheney, WA
01/07/2017
1:05 pm
Montana L 59–65  10–6
(2–1)
Reese Court (2,107)
Cheney, WA
01/12/2017
6:05 pm
at Idaho State W 92–85  11–6
(3–1)
Reed Gym (1,404)
Pocatello, ID
01/14/2017
6:05 pm
at Weber State L 60–67  11–7
(3–2)
Dee Events Center (6,678)
Ogden, UT
01/19/2017
6:05 pm
Northern Arizona W 84–62  12–7
(4–2)
Reese Court (1,519)
Cheney, WA
01/21/2017
1:05 pm
Southern Utah W 83–68  13–7
(5–2)
Reese Court (1,621)
Cheney, WA
01/26/2017
6:00 pm
at Montana W 72–60  14–7
(6–2)
Dahlberg Arena (3,637)
Missoula, MT
01/28/2017
1:00 pm
at Montana State L 90–91  14–8
(6–3)
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,951)
Bozeman, MT
02/02/2017
6:05 pm
Sacramento State W 77–72  15–8
(7–3)
Reese Court (1,502)
Cheney, WA
02/04/2017
1:05 pm
Portland State W 130–124 3OT 16–8
(8–3)
Reese Court (2,026)
Cheney, WA
02/09/2017
5:00 pm
at North Dakota L 86–95  16–9
(8–4)
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,891)
Grand Forks, ND
02/11/2017
1:00 pm
at Northern Colorado W 70–44  17–9
(9–4)
Bank of Colorado Arena (1,057)
Greeley, CO
02/17/2017
6:05 pm
Idaho W 77–67  18–9
(10–4)
Reese Court (2,821)
Cheney, WA
02/23/2017
6:05 pm
Weber State W 82–72  19–9
(11–4)
Reese Court (2,223)
Cheney, WA
02/25/2017
1:05 pm
Idaho State W 89–77  20–9
(12–4)
Reese Court (2,025)
Cheney, WA
03/02/2017
5:30 pm
at Southern Utah W 91–75  21–9
(13–4)
Centrum Arena (2,159)
Cedar City, UT
03/04/2017
3:30 pm
at Northern Arizona L 61–76  21–10
(13–5)
Walkup Skydome (940)
Flagstaff, AZ
Big Sky tournament
03/09/2017
5:35 pm
(2) vs. (7) Sacramento State
Quarterfinals
W 89–70  22–10
Reno Events Center (1,903)
Reno, NV
03/10/2017
5:05 pm
(2) vs. (3) Weber State
Semifinals
L 72–80  22–11
Reno Events Center (2,265)
Reno, NV
CBI
03/15/2017*
6:00 pm
at Wyoming
First Round
L 81–91  22–12
Arena-Auditorium (1,803)
Laramie, WY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time Source[2].

See also

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References

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