2016–17 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team

2016–17 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball

Conference	Horizon League
2016–17 record	7–1 (0–0 Horizon)
Head coach	Matt Lottich (1st year)
Assistant coach	Luke Gore
Assistant coach	David Ragland
Assistant coach	Jackie Manuel
Home arena	Athletics–Recreation Center

2016–17 Horizon League men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oakland	0	–	0	–	8	–	1	.889
Valparaiso	0	–	0	–	7	–	1	.875
Wright State	0	–	0	–	6	–	3	.667
Northern Kentucky	0	–	0	–	5	–	3	.625
UIC	0	–	0	–	4	–	3	.571
Youngstown State	0	–	0	–	5	–	4	.556
Green Bay	0	–	0	–	4	–	4	.500
Milwaukee	0	–	0	–	3	–	5	.375
Cleveland State	0	–	0	–	2	–	5	.286
Detroit	0	–	0	–	1	–	7	.125


† 2017 Horizon League Tournament winner As of December 3, 2016;

The 2016–17 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team represents Valparaiso University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by first-year head coach Matt Lottich, play their home games at the Athletics–Recreation Center and are members of the Horizon League.

Previous season

The Crusaders finished the 2015–16 season 30–7, 16–2 in Horizon League play to win the regular season championship. They lost in the semifinals of the Horizon League Tournament to Green Bay. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, the Crusaders received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. As one of the last four teams left out of the NCAA Tournament, they received a No. 1 seed in the NIT where they defeated Texas Southern, Florida State, Saint Mary's, and BYU to advance to the championship game where they lost to George Washington.

This season was Bryce Drew's final season as Valparaiso head coach. He accepted the Vanderbilt head coaching job on April 5, 2016.^[1] He finished at Valpo with a five year record of 124–49 and went to the postseason every year as head coach. On April 7, the school promoted assistant coach Matt Lottich to head coach.^[2]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Keith Carter	0	G	6'1"	180	Senior	Maywood, IL	Graduated
E. Victor Nickerson	1	G/F	6'8"	185	Senior	Atlanta, GA	Graduated
Darien Walker	5	G	6'3"	220	Senior	Chicago, IL	Graduated
David Skara	10	F	6'8"	205	Sophomore	Zadar, Croatia	Transferred to Clemson
Vashil Fernandez	14	F	6'10"	260	Senior	Kingston, Jamaica	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Bakari Evelyn	3	G	6'2"	175	Sophomore	Detroit, MI	Transferred from Nebraska. Under NCAA transfer rules, Evelyn will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.
Joe Burton	10	G/F	6'6"	215	Junior	Houston, TX	Transferred from Oklahoma. Under NCAA transfer rules, Burton will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
John Middleton	13	G	6'4"	215	Sophomore	Atlantic City, NJ	Transferred from Utah State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Middleton will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

Class of 2016 signees

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Micah Bradford PG	Bradley, Illinois	Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Nov 18, 2015
Micah Bradford PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: 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:

Class of 2017 signees

2017 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Parker Hazen #42 SF	Columbia City, Indiana	Columbia City High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	188 lb (85 kg)
Parker Hazen #42 SF	Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78
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:

Roster

2016–17 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Bradford, MicahMicah Bradford	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Bradley, IL
1.5 !G	2	Walker, TevonnTevonn Walker	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1.5 !G	3	Joseph, MaxMax Joseph	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1.5 !G	4	Evelyn, BakariBakari Evelyn (I)	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.0 !So	Detroit, MI
1.5 !G	5	Karys, JasonJason Karys (W)	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Newton, MA
2.5 !G/F	10	Burton, JoeJoe Burton (I)	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Porter, TX
1.5 !G	11	Hammink, ShaneShane Hammink	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Millingen aan de Rijn, Netherlands
1.5 !G	13	Middleton, JohnJohn Middleton (I)	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2.0 !So	Atlantic City, NJ
5.0 !C	14	Sorolla, JaumeJaume Sorolla	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Tortosa, Spain
1.5 !G	15	Williams, LexusLexus Williams	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Chicago, IL
5.0 !C	21	Smits, DerrikDerrik Smits	86 !7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Zionsville, IN
1.5 !G	22	Davidson, NickNick Davidson	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Munster, IN
3.5 !F	23	Adekoya, JubrilJubril Adekoya	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Tinley Park, IL
3.5 !F	25	Peters, AlecAlec Peters	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Washington, IL
3.5 !F	30	Levingston Simon, ChandlerChandler Levingston Simon (W)	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Vernon Hills, IL
2.5 !G/F	33	Kiser, JohnJohn Kiser (W)	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Noblesville, IN

Head coach

Matt Lottich (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

Luke Gore (Bethel)
David Ragland (Southern Indiana)
Jackie Manuel (North Carolina)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/05/2016* 7:30 PM	Hillsdale	W 78–63		Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM	Southern Utah Men Who Speak Up Main Event	W 79–65	1–0	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,560) Valparaiso, IN
11/12/2016* 7:00 PM	Trinity Christian	W 89–75	2–0	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,588) Valparaiso, IN
11/14/2016* 7:00 PM	Coppin State Men Who Speak Up Main Event	W 78–58	3–0	Athletics–Recreation Center (1,972) Valparaiso, IN
11/17/2016* 8:00 PM, P12N	at No. 4 Oregon	L 76–54	3–1	Matthew Knight Arena (7,509) Eugene, OR
11/21/2016* 11:00 PM	vs. Alabama Men Who Speak Up Main Event semifinals	W 68–60	4–1	MGM Grand Garden Arena (2,107) Paradise, NV
11/23/2016* 10:59 PM, ESPN2	vs. BYU Men Who Speak Up Main Event Championship	W 92-89	5-1	MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV
11/27/2016* 1:30 PM	Ball State	W 79–73	6–1	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,166) Valparaiso, IN
11/29/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN#	No. 21 Rhode Island	W 65–62	7–1	Athletics–Recreation Center (4,149) Valparaiso, IN
12/07/2016* 7:00 PM, SECN	at Kentucky			Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
12/10/2016* 7:05 PM	at Missouri State			JQH Arena Springfield, MO
12/17/2016* 7:00 PM	Indiana State			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
12/22/2016* 7:00 PM	Santa Clara			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
12/28/2016* 7:00 PM	Chicago State			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
Horizon League regular season
12/30/2016 4:00 PM, ESPNU	at UIC			UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
01/06/2017 8:00 PM, ESPN2	Oakland			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
01/12/2017 6:45 PM	at Youngstown State			Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
01/14/2017 2:30 PM	at Cleveland State			Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
01/16/2017 7:00 PM	Green Bay			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
01/22/2017 2:00 PM, ASN	UIC			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
01/27/2017 ESPNU/ESPN3	Wright State			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
01/29/2017 1:30 PM	Northern Kentucky			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/02/2017 2:00 PM, ESPN3 exclusive	at Milwaukee			UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI
02/04/2017 2:00 PM, ESPN3 exclusive	at Green Bay			Resch Center Green Bay, WI
02/09/2017 7:00 PM	Cleveland State			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/11/2017 7:00 PM	Youngstown State			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/16/2017 6:00 PM, ESPN2	at Oakland			Athletics Center O'rena Rochester, MI
02/21/2017 7:00 PM	Milwaukee			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/24/2017 6:30 PM	at Wright State			Nutter Center Dayton, OH
02/26/2017 1:00 PM	at Northern Kentucky			BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY
Horizon League Tournament
03/03–07/2017	vs.			Joe Louis Arena Detroit, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ "Sources: Vandy, Bryce Drew reach 6-year deal". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
↑ Technologies, Streamline. "Matt Lottich Hired as Valparaiso University Men's Basketball Head Coach". ValpoAthletics.com. Retrieved 2016-12-02.

Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball

Venues	Hilltop Gym (19??–1984) ARC (1984–present)

Culture & lore	History "The Shot"

People	Head coaches NBA players

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