2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team

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.

2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
Record	20–12 (10–6 America East)
Head coach	Bill Herrion (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Kenneth Dempsey Chris Mohr Josh King
Home arena	Lundholm Gym

2016–17 America East Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
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
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.
† 2017 America East tournament winner

Previous season

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.

Preseason

New Hampshire was picked to finish second in the preseason America East poll. Tanner Leissner, Jr. was selected to the preseason All-America East team.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
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

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Darryl Stewart Jr.	2	G	6'2"	185	Junior	Atlanta, GA	Junior college transferred from Tyler JC

2016 incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
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
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 September 28, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Jaleen Smith 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Brazosport Freeport, TX G 2 Darryl Stewart 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Holy Innocents Tyler JC Atlanta, GA F 3 Jacoby Armstrong 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Wylie Dallas, TX G 4 Keon Burns (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Westview/Phillips Exeter Academy Beaverton, OR G 5 Daniel Dion 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Vista Ridge Cedar Park, TX G 10 John Ogwuche 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Greenforst McCalep Makurdi, Nigeria G 11 Jordan Reed 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS So Lovejoy Rice Lucas, TX F 12 Iba Camara 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Admiral Farragut Academy/St. Paul's Dakar, Senegal G 14 Kijana Love 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Steele Cibolo, TX F 21 Tanner Leissner 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Judson Converse, TX F 22 David Watkins 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Brimmer and May Dorchester, MA F 23 Chris Lester 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Barrington Barrington, IL G 30 Joe Bramanti 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Sr Brewster Academy Wright State Andover, MA F 44 Luke Rosinkski 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Kimball Union Academy Derry, NH	Head coach Bill Herrion (Merrimack) Assistant coach(es) Kenneth Dempsey (Moravian) Chris Mohr (Merrimack) Josh King (Eckerd) 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
Non-conference regular season
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.