2016–17 Baylor Bears basketball team


The 2016–17 Baylor Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Scott Drew's 14th season at Baylor. The Bears competed in the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, TX. They finished the season 27–8, 12–6 in Big 12 play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They lost to Kansas State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated New Mexico State and USC before losing in the Sweet Sixteen to South Carolina.

2016–17 Baylor Bears basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 12
Record27–8 (12–6 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaFerrell Center
Seasons
2016–17 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Kansas 16 2   .889 31 5   .861
No. 13 West Virginia 12 6   .667 28 9   .757
No. 12 Baylor 12 6   .667 27 8   .771
No. 16 Iowa State 12 6   .667 24 11   .686
Oklahoma State 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Kansas State 8 10   .444 21 14   .600
Texas Tech 6 12   .333 18 14   .563
TCU 6 12   .333 24 15   .615
Oklahoma 5 13   .278 11 20   .355
Texas 4 14   .222 11 22   .333
2017 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[1]

Previous season

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The Bears finished the 2015–16 season 22–12, 10–8 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Texas in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 5 seed and lost in the first round to No. 12-seeded Yale.

Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Rico Gathers 2 F 6'8" 275 Senior LaPlace, LA Graduated; Entered 2016 NFL draft; Selected 6th Round, Pick #217 by the Dallas Cowboys
Lester Medford 11 G 5'10" 175 Senior Tucson, AZ Graduated
John Heard 13 F 6'5" 200 Senior Houston, TX Graduated
Taurean Prince 21 F 6'7" 220 Senior San Antonio, TX Graduated; Entered 2016 NBA draft; Selected 1st Round, Pick #12 by the Utah Jazz; Traded to the Atlanta Hawks
Austin Mills 33 G 6'1" 175 Senior Beverly Hills, CA Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Nuni Omot 21 F 6'8" 193 Junior Mahtomedi, MN Junior college transferred from Indian Hills Community College.

Recruits

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Mark Vital
#13 SF
Lake Charles, LA Prime Prep Academy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sep 3, 2013 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: 
Tyson Jolly
SG
Oklahoma City, OK Elev8 Basketball Academy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Apr 12, 2016 
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 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 9, 2016.

Roster

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2016–17 Baylor Bears men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr Kingsway Christian College
Neosho County CC
Melbourne, Australia
G 1 Wendell Mitchell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Fr Rockdale Rockdale, TX
G 3 Jake Lindsey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Olympus Salt Lake City, UT
F 5 Johnathan Motley 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Jr North Shore Houston, TX
G 10 Tyson Jolly 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Elev8 Basketball Academy Oklahoma City, OK
F 11 Mark Vital 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Advanced Prep International Lake Charles, LA
G 20 Manu Lecomte 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Jr Athénée des Pagodes
Miami (FL)
Brussels, Belgium
F 21 Nuni Omot 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Mahtomedi
Indian Hills CC
Mahtomedi, MN
G 22 King McClure 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Triple A Academy Ovilla, TX
G 24 Ish Wainright 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Montrose Christian Kansas City, MO
G 25 Al Freeman 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr Findlay Prep Charlotte, NC
F 31 Terry Maston 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr DeSoto DeSoto, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
Nov 11, 2016*
6:30 pm, ESPNU
Oral Roberts W 76–61  1–0
Ferrell Center (5,250)
Waco, TX
Nov 15, 2016*
2:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 4 Oregon
College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon
W 66–49  2–0
Ferrell Center (5,891)
Waco, TX
Nov 18, 2016*
7:00 pm, FCS
Florida Gulf Coast
Battle 4 Atlantis opening round
W 81–72  3–0
Ferrell Center (5,906)
Waco, TX
Nov 23, 2016*
1:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 20 vs. VCU
Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals
W 71–63  4–0
Imperial Arena (1,215)
Nassau, Bahamas
Nov 24, 2016*
11:00 am, ESPN
No. 20 vs. No. 24 Michigan State
Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals
W 73–58  5–0
Imperial Arena (1,597)
Nassau, BAH
Nov 25, 2016*
2:30 pm, ESPN
No. 20 vs. No. 10 Louisville
Battle 4 Atlantis championship
W 66–63  6–0
Imperial Arena (1,655)
Nassau, BAH
Nov 30, 2016*
8:00 pm, FSSW+
No. 9 Sam Houston State W 79–45  7–0
Ferrell Center (5,029)
Waco, TX
Dec 03, 2016*
2:30 pm, ESPN2
No. 9 No. 7 Xavier W 76–61  8–0
Ferrell Center (9,684)
Waco, TX
Dec 14, 2016*
6:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 4 Southern W 89–59  9–0
Ferrell Center (5,091)
Waco, TX
Dec 17, 2016*
5:00 pm, FSSW+
No. 4 vs. Jackson State
Fort Hood Showcase
W 82–57  10–0
Abrams Gym (2,000)
Fort Hood, TX
Dec 18, 2016*
3:30 pm, FSSW
No. 4 John Brown W 107–53  11–0
Ferrell Center (5,045)
Waco, TX
Dec 21, 2016*
6:30 pm, FSSW
No. 4 Texas Southern W 89–63  12–0
Ferrell Center (5,347)
Waco, TX
Dec 30, 2016
6:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 4 at Oklahoma W 76–50  13–0
(1–0)
Lloyd Noble Center (10,254)
Norman, OK
Jan 04, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPNews
No. 2 Iowa State W 65–63  14–0
(2–0)
Ferrell Center (7,582)
Waco, TX
Jan 07, 2017
6:00 pm, ESPNews
No. 2 Oklahoma State W 61–57  15–0
(3–0)
Ferrell Center (10,627)
Waco, TX
Jan 10, 2017
6:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 1 at No. 10 West Virginia L 68–89  15–1
(3–1)
WVU Coliseum (14,632)
Morgantown, WV
Jan 14, 2017
3:30 pm, ESPNU
No. 1 at No. 25 Kansas State W 77–68  16–1
(4–1)
Bramlage Coliseum (12,528)
Manhattan, KS
Jan 17, 2017
6:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 6 Texas W 74–64  17–1
(5–1)
Ferrell Center (7,604)
Waco, TX
Jan 21, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 6 at TCU W 62–53  18–1
(6–1)
Schollmaier Arena (7,276)
Fort Worth, TX
Jan 25, 2017
7:00 pm, ESPNews
No. 5 Texas Tech W 65–61  19–1
(7–1)
Ferrell Center (7,059)
Waco, TX
Jan 28, 2017*
5:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 5 at Ole Miss
Big 12/SEC Challenge
W 78–75  20–1
The Pavilion at Ole Miss (9,411)
Oxford, MS
Feb 01, 2017
8:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 2 at No. 3 Kansas L 68–73  20–2
(7–2)
Allen Fieldhouse (16,300)
Lawrence, KS
Feb 04, 2017
2:00 pm, ESPNews
No. 2 Kansas State L 54–56  20–3
(7–3)
Ferrell Center (7,729)
Waco, TX
Feb 08, 2017
6:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 6 at Oklahoma State W 72–69  21–3
(8–3)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (8,170)
Stillwater, OK
Feb 11, 2017
1:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 6 TCU W 70–52  22–3
(9–3)
Ferrell Center (7,906)
Waco, TX
Feb 13, 2017
6:00 pm, ESPNews
No. 4 at Texas Tech L 78–84  22–4
(9–4)
United Supermarkets Arena (9,202)
Lubbock, TX
Feb 18, 2017
12:00 pm, CBS
No. 4 No. 3 Kansas L 65–67  22–5
(9–5)
Ferrell Center (10,021)
Waco, TX
Feb 21, 2017
6:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 9 Oklahoma W 60–54  23–5
(10–5)
Ferrell Center (6,135)
Waco, TX
Feb 25, 2017
3:00 pm, ESPN
No. 9 at Iowa State L 69–72  23–6
(10–6)
Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
Ames, IA
Feb 27, 2017
6:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 11 No. 10 West Virginia W 71–62  24–6
(11–6)
Ferrell Center (8,203)
Waco, TX
Mar 04, 2017
3:00 pm, ESPN
No. 11 at Texas W 75–64  25–6
(12–6)
Frank Erwin Center (12,195)
Austin, TX
Big 12 tournament
Mar 09, 2017
8:00 pm, ESPNU
(3) No. 9 vs. (6) Kansas State
Quarterfinals
L 64–70  25–7
Sprint Center (18,837)
Kansas City, MO
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2017*
11:40 am, truTV
(3 E) No. 12 vs. (14 E) New Mexico State
First Round
W 91–73  26–7
BOK Center (13,571)
Tulsa, OK
Mar 19, 2017*
6:45 pm, truTV
(3 E) No. 12 vs. (11 E) USC
Second Round
W 82–78  27–7
BOK Center (13,571)
Tulsa, OK
Mar 24, 2017*
6:29 pm, TBS
(3 E) No. 12 vs. (7 E) South Carolina
Sweet Sixteen
L 50–70  27–8
Madison Square Garden (19,812)
New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
E=East Region.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes ( ) = First-place votes
Week
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*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

References

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  1. ^ "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "2016 Baylor Basketball Commitment List". Rivals. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "Official Men's Basketball Roster - Baylor Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "2016-17 Baylor Bears". Baylor Bears men's basketball schedule. Archived from the original on December 24, 2010.