2016–17 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

2016–17 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
2016–17 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	13–18 (6–12 Pac-12)
Head coach	Ernie Kent (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Greg Graham; Silvey Dominguez; Curtis Allen;
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Ernie Kent. The Cougars played their home games at the Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington as members in the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 13–18, 6–12 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost to Colorado in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament.^[1]

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Oregon	16	–	2	.889	33	–	6	.846
No. 4 Arizona †	16	–	2	.889	32	–	5	.865
No. 8 UCLA	15	–	3	.833	31	–	5	.861
Utah	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
California	10	–	8	.556	21	–	13	.618
USC	10	–	8	.556	26	–	10	.722
Colorado	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Arizona State	7	–	11	.389	15	–	18	.455
Stanford	6	–	12	.333	14	–	17	.452
Washington State	6	–	12	.333	13	–	18	.419
Washington	2	–	16	.111	9	–	22	.290
Oregon State	1	–	17	.056	5	–	27	.156

† Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Cougars finished the 2015–16 season 9–22, 1–17 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place in the conference. The Cougars lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Colorado.^[2]

Off-season

Departures

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Junior Longrus	15	F	6'7"	240	Senior	Oakland, CA	Graduated
Que Johnson	32	F	6'5"	208	RS Junior	Pontiac, MI	Graduate transferred to Western Kentucky
Brett Boese	33	F	6'7"	230	Senior	Spokane, WA	Graduated
Valentine Izundu	45	C	6'11"	235	RS Junior	Houston, TX	Graduate transferred to San Diego State

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Keith Langston	10	G	6'5"	190	RS Sophomore	Chicago, IL	Junior college transferred from Chabot College

2016 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Milan Acquaah PG	Los Angeles, CA	Cathedral High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Feb 23, 2015
Milan Acquaah PG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN:
Jeff Pollard PF	Bountiful, UT	Impact Basketball Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jun 25, 2014
Jeff Pollard PF	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN:
Malachi Flynn PG	Tacoma, WA	Bellarmine Prep	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Apr 13, 2016
Malachi Flynn PG	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A
Jamar Ergas SF	Montverde, FL	Montverde Academy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	May 2, 2016
Jamar Ergas SF	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A
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 Washington St. Basketball Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016. "2016 Washington State Cougars Basketball Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016. "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Derrien King	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Santa Monica College	Wichita, KS
G	1	Jamar Ergas	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	Fr	Elite 1 Academy	Toronto, ON
G	2	Ike Iroegbu	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Oak Hill Academy	Elk Grove, CA
F	3	Robert Franks	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Evergreen HS	Vancouver, WA
G	4	Viont'e Daniels	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Federal Way HS	Federal Way, WA
G	5	Milan Acquaah	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Cathedral HS	Pasadena, CA
G	10	K. J. Langston	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS So	Chabot College	Chicago, IL
G	12	Steven Shpreyregin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Skagit Valley College	Seattle, WA
F	13	Jeff Pollard	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	Impact Academy	Bountiful, UT
G	22	Malachi Flynn	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Bellarmine Prep	Tacoma, WA
G	23	Charles Callison	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	San Bernardino Valley College	Moreno Valley, CA
F	24	Josh Hawkinson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	East Shorewood HS	Shoreline, WA
F	25	Arinze Chidom (W)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Bishop O'Dowd HS	Oakland, CA
C	42	Conor Clifford	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	RS Sr	Saddleback College	Huntington Beach, CA

Head coach

Ernie Kent (Oregon)

Assistant coach(es)

Greg Graham (Oregon)
Silvey Dominguez (New Mexico)
Curtis Allen (Washington)

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
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 5:00 pm		Carroll (MT)	W 78–70		Beasley Coliseum (1,932) Pullman, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 4:00 pm, P12N		Montana State	W 69–65	1–0	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
11/15/2016* 7:00 pm, P12N		vs. Central Washington Kennewick Showcase	W 81–76	2–0	Toyota Center (1,935) Kennewick, WA
11/18/2016* 5:30 pm		vs. No. 22 Creighton Paradise Jam quarterfinals	L 77–103	2–1	Sports and Fitness Center (2,223) St. Thomas, VI
11/19/2016* 4:00 pm		vs. Montana Paradise Jam 2nd round consolation	W 87–63	3–1	Sports and Fitness Center (1,831) St. Thomas, VI
11/21/2016* 12:00 pm		vs. Loyola–Chicago Paradise Jam 5th place game	L 79–88	3–2	Sports and Fitness Center (224) St. Thomas, VI
11/27/2016* 3:00 pm, P12N		San Jose State	L 76–88	3–3	Beasley Coliseum (2,317) Pullman, WA
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm, P12N		Utah Valley	W 83–76	4–3	Beasley Coliseum (2,314) Pullman, WA
12/03/2016* 3:00 pm, P12N		New Orleans	L 54–70	4–4	Beasley Coliseum (2,617) Pullman, WA
12/07/2016* 7:00 pm, P12N		Idaho Battle of the Palouse	W 61–48	5–4	Beasley Coliseum (3,178) Pullman, WA
12/10/2016* 3:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. Kansas State Wildcat Classic	L 56–70	5–5	Sprint Center (8,807) Kansas City, MO
12/17/2016* 1:00 pm, P12N		Santa Clara	W 69–68	6–5	Beasley Coliseum (2,388) Pullman, WA
12/21/2016* 6:00 pm, P12N		Sacramento State	W 74–66	7–5	Beasley Coliseum (2,248) Pullman, WA
Pac-12 regular season
01/01/2017 5:30 pm, ESPNU		at Washington Rivalry	W 79–74	8–5 (1–0)	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,259) Seattle, WA
01/04/2017 8:00 pm, P12N		vs. Oregon State	W 75–62	9–5 (2–0)	Spokane Arena (2,237) Spokane, WA
01/07/2017 4:00 pm, P12N		No. 15 Oregon	L 66–85	9–6 (2–1)	Beasley Coliseum (3,335) Pullman, WA
01/12/2017 8:00 pm, P12N		at Stanford	L 54–84	9–7 (2–2)	Maples Pavilion (3,491) Stanford, CA
01/14/2017 1:00 pm, P12N		at California	L 54–58	9–8 (2–3)	Haas Pavilion (9,238) Berkeley, CA
01/18/2017 6:00 pm, P12N		Utah	L 47–88	9–9 (2–4)	Beasley Coliseum (2,928) Pullman, WA
01/21/2017 1:00 pm, P12N		Colorado	W 91–89 ^OT	10–9 (3–4)	Beasley Coliseum (2,920) Pullman, WA
01/26/2017 6:30 pm, P12N		at No. 7 Arizona	L 62–79	10–10 (3–5)	McKale Center (14,644) Tucson, AZ
01/29/2017 11:00 am, P12N		at Arizona State	W 91–83	11–10 (4–5)	Wells Fargo Arena (5,554) Tempe, AZ
02/01/2017 6:00 pm, P12N		No. 11 UCLA	L 79–95	11–11 (4–6)	Beasley Coliseum (4,109) Pullman, WA
02/04/2017 5:00 pm, P12N		USC	L 77–86	11–12 (4–7)	Beasley Coliseum (3,551) Pullman, WA
02/09/2017 6:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	L 70–74	11–13 (4–8)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,800) Salt Lake City, UT
02/12/2017 5:30 pm, ESPNU		at Colorado	L 49–81	11–14 (4–9)	Coors Events Center (7,612) Boulder, CO
02/16/2017 6:00 pm, FS1		No. 5 Arizona	L 59–78	11–15 (4–10)	Beasley Coliseum (3,448) Pullman, WA
02/18/2017 2:00 pm, P12N		Arizona State	W 86–71	12–15 (5–10)	Beasley Coliseum (3,344) Pullman, WA
02/25/2017 5:30 pm, ESPNU		Washington Rivalry	W 79–71	13–15 (6–10)	Beasley Coliseum (5,003) Pullman, WA
03/01/2017 7:00 pm, P12N		at USC	L 64–87	13–16 (6–11)	Galen Center (3,553) Los Angeles, CA
03/04/2017 7:15 pm, ESPN		at No. 3 UCLA	L 68–77	13–17 (6–12)	Pauley Pavilion (13,659) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Tournament
03/08/2017 6:00 pm, P12N	(10)	vs. (7) Colorado First round	L 63–73	13–18	T-Mobile Arena (9,978) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

^ "Colorado rallies for 73-63 win over Washington State". ESPN. March 8, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "Colorado rolls over Washington State 80-56 at Pac-12 tourney". USA Today. March 9, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[1] "Colorado rallies for 73-63 win over Washington State". ESPN. March 8, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[2] "Colorado rolls over Washington State 80-56 at Pac-12 tourney". USA Today. March 9, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

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