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2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team
American college basketball season
The 2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of New Hampshire during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by 12th-year head coach Bill Herrion, played their home games at Lundholm Gym in Durham, New Hampshire as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 10–6 in America East play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the America East tournament, they defeated UMBC in the quarterfinals before losing to Vermont in the semifinals.
Quick Facts New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball, Conference ...
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| Conference | America East Conference |
| Record | 20–12 (10–6 America East) |
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| Home arena | Lundholm Gym |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont † | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 29 | – | 6 | .829 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stony Brook | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass Lowell* | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hartford | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Binghamton | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| † 2017 America East tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Wildcats finished the 2015–16 season 20–13, 11–5 in America East play to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Binghamton in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament where they lost to Vermont. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Fairfield before losing to Coastal Carolina in the second round.
New Hampshire was picked to finish second in the preseason America East poll.[1] Tanner Leissner, Jr. was selected to the preseason All-America East team.[2]
More information Name, Number ...
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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| Andrew Dotson | 2 | G | 6'2" | 175 | Freshman | Arlington, TX | Transferred to Spring Hill |
| Frank Okeke | 12 | F | 6'6" | 220 | Senior | DeSoto, TX | Graduated |
| Ronnel Jordan | 23 | G/F | 6'3" | 194 | Senior | San Antonio, TX | Graduated |
| Pat McNamara | 24 | G | 6'5" | 190 | Freshman | Arlington Heights, IL | Transferred to Fairleigh Dickinson |
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Incoming Transfers
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| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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| Darryl Stewart Jr. | 2 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Junior | Atlanta, GA | Junior college transferred from Tyler JC |
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More information Name, Hometown ...
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| John Ogwuche SG |
Decatur, GA | Greenforest Christian Academy | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Oct 3, 2015 | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
| Luke Rosinski PF |
Derry, NH | Kimball Union Academy | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | N/A | ||
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
| Chris Lester PF |
Barrington, IL | Standard of Excellence Academy | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
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More information Date time, TV, Rank# ...
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| 11/11/2016* 1:00 pm |
Lesley | W 85–60 | 1–0 |
Lundholm Gym (632) Durham, NH | |||||||
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Temple NIT Season Tip-Off |
W 57–52 | 2–0 |
Liacouras Center (4,893) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 11/17/2016* 7:00 pm |
Abilene Christian | L 57–65 | 2–2 |
Lundholm Gym (473) Durham, NH | |||||||
| 11/20/2016* 1:00 pm, RTPT |
at No. 19 West Virginia NIT Season Tip-Off |
L 41–100 | 2–2 |
WVU Coliseum (8,842) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
| 11/23/2016* 2:00 pm |
Detroit NIT Season Tip-Off |
W 86–70 | 3–2 |
Lundholm Gym (477) Durham, NH | |||||||
| 11/27/2016* 2:00 pm |
at Winthrop NIT Season Tip-Off |
W 65–60 | 4–2 |
Winthrop Coliseum (992) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| 11/30/2016* 6:30 pm, FS2 |
at Providence | L 62–76 | 4–3 |
Dunkin' Donuts Center (4,801) Providence, RI | |||||||
| 12/03/2016* 7:00 pm |
Holy Cross | W 56–53 | 5–3 |
Lundholm Gym (612) Durham, NH | |||||||
| 12/06/2016* 7:30 pm |
at American | W 80–70 | 6–3 |
Bender Arena (474) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
| 12/10/2016* 3:00 pm |
at Bryant | W 86–73 | 7–3 |
Chace Athletic Center (593) Smithfield, RI | |||||||
| 12/18/2016* 1:00 pm |
at Boston University | L 69–73 | 7–4 |
Case Gym (321) Boston, MA | |||||||
| 12/21/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Daniel Webster | W 89–26 | 8–4 |
Lundholm Gym (655) Durham, NH | |||||||
| 12/31/2016* 2:00 pm |
at Dartmouth Rivalry |
L 62–63 | 9–4 |
Leede Arena (701) Hanover, NH | |||||||
| 01/02/2017* 7:00 pm |
Wheelock | W 95–50 | 9–5 |
Lundholm Gym (524) Durham, NH | |||||||
| America East regular season | |||||||||||
| 01/05/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Stony Brook | L 56–59 | 9–6 (0–1) |
Lundholm Gym (624) Durham, NH | |||||||
| 01/11/2017 7:00 pm |
at Albany | W 75–67 | 10–6 (1–1) |
SEFCU Arena (2,318) Albany, NY | |||||||
| 01/14/2017 1:00 pm |
Binghamton | W 73–66 | 11–6 (2–1) |
Lundholm Gym (682) Durham, NH | |||||||
| 01/16/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Vermont | L 59–71 | 11–7 (2–2) |
Lundholm Gym (881) Durham, NH | |||||||
| 01/19/2017 7:00 pm |
at Maine | W 74–63 | 12–7 (3–2) |
Cross Insurance Center Bangor, ME | |||||||
| 01/22/2017 1:00 pm |
at Hartford | W 81–56 | 13–7 (4–2) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (931) Hartford, CT | |||||||
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
UMass Lowell | W 80–71 | 14–7 (5–2) |
Lundholm Gym (826) Durham, NH | |||||||
| 01/28/2017 1:00 pm |
at UMBC | L 103–105 2OT | 14–8 (5–3) |
Retriever Activities Center (898) Catonsville, MD | |||||||
| 02/01/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Stony Brook | L 61–64 | 14–9 (5–4) |
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,347) Stony Brook, NY | |||||||
| 02/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Albany | L 55–69 | 14–10 (5–5) |
Lundholm Gym (685) Durham, NH | |||||||
| 02/09/2017 9:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Vermont | L 74–82 | 14–11 (5–6) |
Patrick Gym (1,775) Burlington, VT | |||||||
| 02/12/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Binghamton | W 63–55 | 15–11 (6–6) |
Binghamton University Events Center (2,074) Vestal, NY | |||||||
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Maine | W 64–51 | 16–11 (7–6) |
Lundholm Gym (739) Durham, NH | |||||||
| 02/18/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Hartford | W 82–52 | 17–11 (8–6) |
Lundholm Gym (827) Durham, NH | |||||||
| 02/22/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at UMass Lowell | W 78–67 | 18–11 (9–6) |
Tsongas Center (3,779) Lowell, MA | |||||||
| 02/25/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3 |
UMBC | W 94–90 2OT | 19–11 (10–6) |
Lundholm Gym (1,328) Durham, NH | |||||||
| America East tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/01/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
(4) | (5) UMBC Quarterfinals |
W 74–65 | 20–11 |
Lundholm Gym (1,473) Durham, NH | ||||||
| 03/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(4) | at (1) Vermont Semifinals |
L 41–74 | 20–12 |
Patrick Gym (3,266) Burlington, VT | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
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- "Vermont Chosen 2016-17 Men's #AEHoops Preseason Favorite". AmericaEast.com. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- "2016-17 Men's #AEHoops Preseason All-Conference Team". AmericaEast.com. Retrieved January 26, 2017.