2016–17 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team

The 2016–17 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of South Florida during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marked the 46th basketball season for USF and the fourth as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by interim head coach Murry Bartow. The Bulls played their home games at the USF Sun Dome on the university's Tampa, Florida campus. The Bulls finished the season 7–23, 1–17 in AAC play to finish in last place. As the No. 11 seed in the AAC tournament, they lost in the first round to UConn.

2016–17 South Florida Bulls men's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record7–23 (1–17 AAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaUSF Sun Dome
Seasons
2016–17 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 SMU 17 1   .944 30 5   .857
No. 18 Cincinnati 16 2   .889 30 6   .833
Houston 12 6   .667 21 11   .656
UCF 11 7   .611 24 12   .667
Memphis 9 9   .500 19 13   .594
UConn 9 9   .500 16 17   .485
Tulsa 8 10   .444 15 17   .469
Temple 7 11   .389 16 16   .500
East Carolina 6 12   .333 15 18   .455
Tulane 3 15   .167 6 25   .194
South Florida 1 17   .056 7 23   .233
2017 AAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The Bulls were led by head coach Orlando Antigua for the first 13 games of the season until he was fired amid academic fraud allegations.[1][2] On March 14, 2017, the school hired Brian Gregory as the next head coach.[3]

Previous season

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The Bulls finished the 2015–16 season 8–25, 4–14 in AAC play to finish in a tie for ninth place in conference. They beat East Carolina in the first round of the AAC tournament before losing to Temple in the quarterfinals.

On July 20, 2016, Oliver Antigua, assistant coach and brother to head coach Orlando Antigua, resigned due to NCAA academic fraud allegations.[4]

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Chris Perry 1 F/C 6'8" 242 Junior Bartow, FL Dismissed from the team due violation of team rules[5]
Roddy Peters 3 G 6'3" 192 RS Sophomore District Heights, MD Dismissed from the team; transferred to Lincoln Memorial[6]
Nehemias Morillo 5 G 6'5" 180 Senior Santiago, Dominican Republic Graduated
Jaleel Cousins 15 C 6'10" 265 Senior Mobile, AL Graduated
Angel Nunez 22 F 6'8" 202 Senior Washington Heights, NY Graduated

Incoming Transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Isaiah Manderson 1 C 6'10" 255 Junior Bronx, NY Transferred from Texas Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Manderson will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Malik Martin 5 F 6'11" 220 Junior Miami, FL Transferred from USC. Under NCAA transfer rules, Martin will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.

Incoming recruits

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Troy Baxter Jr.
#17 SF
Gainesville, FL Oldsmar Christian High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) May 1, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 82
Malik Fitts
SF
La Verne, CA Brewster Academy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Sep 29, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 76
Mike Bibby Jr.
#56 PG
Phoenix, AZ Shadow Mountain High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Aug 6, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   Rivals:    247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 70
Andres Feliz
SG
Orlando, FL West Oaks Academy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) May 2, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 0
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 14, 2016.

Roster

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2016–17 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jahmal McMurray 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Sunrise Christian Academy Topeka, Kansas
F 1 Isaiah Manderson (I)   6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 247 lb (112 kg) Jr Texas Tech Bronx, New York
F 5 Malik Martin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Jr USC Miami, Florida
G 10 Michael Bibby 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Shadow Mountain High School Phoenix, Arizona
G 11 Jake Bodway 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Jr Bloomington Jefferson High School Bloomington, Minnesota
G 13 Geno Thorpe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS Jr Penn State Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
G 14 Henry Beard 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 177 lb (80 kg) Fr Seminole High School Seminole, Florida
F 15 Yito Alvarado 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 206 lb (93 kg) RS Fr University School of NSU San Juan, Puerto Rico
F 21 Tulio Da Silva 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 206 lb (93 kg) RS Fr Arlington Country Day School Formiga, Brazil
F 24 Malik Fitts 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 237 lb (108 kg) Fr Brewster Academy Rancho Cucamonga, California
G 25 Troy Holston 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Oldsmar Christian School Queens, New York
C 33 Ruben Guerrero 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Sunrise Christian Academy Marbella, Spain
F 35 Bo Zeigler 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Jr Detroit Community School Detroit, Michigan
F 42 Luis Santos 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 266 lb (121 kg) So Sunrise Christian High School Bronx, New York
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
11/07/2016*
7:00 pm
Nova Southeastern W 72–64 
USF Sun Dome 
Tampa, FL
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Florida A&M W 84–73  1–0
USF Sun Dome (3,106)
Tampa, FL
11/17/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Elon L 61–74  1–1
USF Sun Dome (2,206)
Tampa, FL
11/19/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Rider W 70–65  2–1
USF Sun Dome (2,639)
Tampa, FL
11/22/2016*
7:00 pm
at Florida Atlantic L 62–78  2–2
FAU Arena (1,474)
Boca Raton, FL
11/28/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Kennesaw State W 71–69  3–2
USF Sun Dome (2,196)
Tampa, FL
12/01/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Troy W 80–74  4–2
Trojan Arena (876)
Troy, AL
12/03/2016*
4:00 pm
at George Washington L 67–68  4–3
Charles E. Smith Center (2,288)
Washington, D.C.
12/12/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Bethune-Cookman W 79–73 OT 5–3
USF Sun Dome (2,207)
Tampa, FL
12/17/2016*
1:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 16 South Carolina L 66–77  5–4
USF Sun Dome (2,489)
Tampa, FL
12/20/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Northern Illinois L 48–59  5–5
USF Sun Dome (2,129)
Tampa, FL
12/22/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Delaware W 81–53  6–5
USF Sun Dome (2,398)
Tampa, FL
AAC regular season
12/28/2016
7:00 pm, ESPNews
at East Carolina L 49–60  6–6
(0–1)
Williams Arena (4,163)
Greenville, NC
12/31/2016
12:00 pm, ESPNU
Houston L 56–70  6–7
(0–2)
USF Sun Dome (2,353)
Tampa, FL
01/07/2017
5:00 pm, ESPNews
at SMU L 65–84  6–8
(0–3)
Moody Coliseum (6,769)
Dallas, TX
01/11/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Tulane L 67–82  6–9
(0–4)
USF Sun Dome (2,608)
Tampa, FL
01/14/2017
7:00 pm, CBSSN
at Memphis L 56–62  6–10
(0–5)
FedEx Forum (11,955)
Memphis, TN
01/17/2017
7:00 pm, ESPNews
at UCF L 64–86  6–11
(0–6)
CFE Arena (5,765)
Orlando, FL
01/21/2017
1:00 pm, ESPNews
Tulsa L 67–79  6–12
(0–7)
USF Sun Dome (2,614)
Tampa, FL
01/25/2017
7:00 pm, ESPNU
UConn L 61–80  6–13
(0–8)
USF Sun Dome (3,238)
Tampa, FL
01/29/2017
4:00 pm, CBSSN
at No. 19 Cincinnati L 53–94  6–14
(0–9)
Fifth Third Arena (12,576)
Cincinnati, OH
02/02/2017
7:00 pm, ESPNews
Memphis L 75–85  6–15
(0–10)
USF Sun Dome (2,563)
Tampa, FL
02/05/2017
1:00 pm, ASN
at Temple L 74–83  6–16
(0–11)
Liacouras Center (5,824)
Philadelphia, PA
02/08/2017
7:00 pm, CBSSN
at UConn L 51–97  6–17
(0–12)
Gampel Pavilion (6,114)
Storrs, CT
02/11/2017
8:00 pm, ESPNU
East Carolina W 64–57  7–17
(1–12)
USF Sun Dome (2,901)
Tampa, FL
02/15/2017
7:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 18 Cincinnati L 54–68  7–18
(1–13)
USF Sun Dome (2,679)
Tampa, FL
02/18/2017
2:00 pm, ESPNews
at Tulane L 71–94  7–19
(1–14)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,038)
New Orleans, LA
02/23/2017
8:00 pm, ESPNews
at Tulsa L 68–82  7–20
(1–15)
Reynolds Center (3,849)
Tulsa, OK
03/02/2017
7:00 pm, ESPNU
UCF L 56–59  7–21
(1–16)
USF Sun Dome (3,120)
Tampa, FL
03/05/2017
2:00 pm, ESPNU
Temple L 60–72  7–22
(1–17)
USF Sun Dome (2,509)
Tampa, FL
AAC tournament
03/08/2017
9:00 pm, ESPNNews
(11) at (6) UConn
First round
L 66–77  7–23
XL Center (4,874)
Hartford, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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  1. ^ "Struggling South Florida fires coach Antigua". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "South Florida fires Orlando Antigua amid academic fraud investigation". UPI. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  3. ^ "South Florida hires Brian Gregory as head coach". USA TODAY. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "USF, NCAA investigate men's basketball program; assistant Oliver Antigua resigns". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  5. ^ "Chris Perry, team's No. 2 scorer, kicked off USF". ESPN. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  6. ^ "USF dismisses point guard Roddy Peters". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.