2016–17 WKU Hilltoppers basketball team

2016–17 WKU Hilltoppers men's basketball

Conference	Conference USA
2016–17 record	2–1 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach	Rick Stansbury (1st year)
Assistant coach	Chris Cheeks
Assistant coach	Shammond Williams
Assistant coach	Quannas White
Home arena	E. A. Diddle Arena

2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Marshall	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	1.000
Rice	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Charlotte	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Middle Tennessee	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Southern Miss	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
WKU	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
UAB	0	–	0	–	3	–	2	.600
Louisiana Tech	0	–	0	–	2	–	2	.500
Old Dominion	0	–	0	–	2	–	2	.500
Florida Atlantic	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
UTEP	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
FIU	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333
North Texas	0	–	0	–	1	–	3	.250
UTSA	0	–	0	–	1	–	4	.200


† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner As of November 18, 2016;

The 2016–17 WKU basketball team will represent Western Kentucky University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers are led by head coach Rick Stansbury in his first season. They will play their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena and are third year members of Conference USA.

Previous season

The Hilltoppers finished the 2015–16 season 18–16, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in eighth place. They defeated North Texas and UAB to advance to the semifinals of the C-USA Tournament where they lost to Old Dominion. Despite having 18 wins and a better they .500 record, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Chris McNeal	1	G	6'0"	195	Freshman	Jackson, Tennessee	Transferred to Indian Hills CC
Aaron Cosby	2	G	6'3"	200	RS Senior	Louisville, Kentucky	Graduated
Marlon Hunter, Jr.	3	G	6'2"	195	Freshman	Memphis, Tennessee	Transferred to Odessa College
Phabian Glasco	13	F	6'7"	230	Junior	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Left the team due to personal reasons
Dylan Sanford	15	G	6'1"	180	Freshman	Owensboro, Kentucky	Left the team due to personal reasons
Aleksej Rostov	20	C	6'10"	240	Senior	Riga, Latvia	Graduated
Nigel Snipes	21	F	6'6"	220	RS Senior	Marietta, Georgia	Graduated
Nathan Smith	22	C	7'2"	240	Freshman	London, England	Left the team due to personal reasons
Frederick Edmond	25	G	6'4"	205	Junior	Lansing, Michigan	Transferred
Keifer Dalton	32	G	5'11"	165	Freshman	Albany, Kentucky	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Chris Harrison-Docks	51	G	6'0"	175	RS Junior	Okemos, Michigan	Graduate transferred to DePaul

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Willie Carmichael III	24	F	6'8"	215	RS Sophomore	Apopka, Florida	Transferred from Tennessee. Carmichael will play in the 2016–17 season
Junior Lomomba	5	G	6'5"	205	RS Junior	Montreal, QE	Transferred from Providence. Lomomba will be eligible to play immediately since Lomomba graduated from Providence.
Que Johnson	32	F	6'5"	208	RS Senior	Pontiac, Michigan	Transferred from Washington State. Johnson will be eligible to play immediately since Johnson graduated from Washington State.
Cleveland Thomas	12	G	6'3"	195	RS Senior	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Transferred to Hartford. Thomas will be eligible to play immediately since Thomas graduated from Hartford.
Lamonte Bearden		G	6'3"	160	Junior	Milawaukee, Wisconsin	Transferred from Buffalo. Under NCAA transfer rules, Bearden will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Moustapha Diagne		C	6'9"	245	Sophomore	Dakar, Senegal	Junior college transferred from Northwest Florida State College.

Class of 2016 recruits

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
T.J. Howard PG	Lithonia, Georgia	DME Academy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Oct 17, 2015
T.J. Howard PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Damari Parris PG	Charlotte, North Carolina	Evelyn Mack Academy	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	May 6, 2016
Damari Parris PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Robinson Idehen C	Modesto, California	Modesto Christian School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jun 13, 2016
Robinson Idehen C	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 August 5, 2016.

Class of 2017 recruits

2017 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Mitchell Robinson C	New Orelans, Louisiana	Chalmette High School	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jun 29, 2016
Mitchell Robinson C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 94
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: "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 5, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
3.5 !F	00	McGhee, JabariJabari McGhee	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Albany, Georgia
1.5 !G	1	Howard, TobiasTobias Howard	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Lithonia, Georgia
1.5 !G	3	Parris, DamariDamari Parris	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Charlotte, North Carolina
1.5 !G	5	Lomoba, JuniorJunior Lomoba	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Montreal
1.5 !G	12	Thomas, ClevelandCleveland Thomas	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
3.5 !F	14	Lawson, BenBen Lawson	85 !7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Hitchin, England
1.5 !G	15	Miller, TylerTyler Miller	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Albany, Georgia
1.5 !G	21	Stajkovski, MarkoMarko Stajkovski	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Novi Sad, Serbia
3.5 !F	23	Johnson, JustinJustin Johnson	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Hazard, Kentucky
3.5 !F	24	Carmichael, WillieWillie Carmichael	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Apopka, Florida
1.5 !G	32	Johnson, QueQue Johnson	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Pontiac, Michigan
3.5 !F	42	Waters, AntonAnton Waters	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Baltimore
1.5 !G	43	Leahy, MartyMarty Leahy	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Brisbane, Australia
1.5 !G		Bearden, LamonteLamonte Bearden (I)	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Milwaukee

Head coach

Rick Stansbury (Campbellsville)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/01/2016* 7:00 PM	Campbellsville	W 87–79		E. A. Diddle Arena (3,887) Bowling Green, Kentucky
11/05/2016* 8:00 PM	Kentucky Wesleyan	W 103–97 ^2OT		E. A. Diddle Arena (4,264) Bowling Green, Kentucky
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016* 7:00 PM	Alabama State Global Sports Classic	W 79–66	1–0	E. A. Diddle Arena (4,149) Bowling Green, Kentucky
11/16/2016* 8:00 PM	Jacksonville State Global Sports Classic	W 74–67	2–0	E. A. Diddle Arena (4,226) Bowling Green, Kentucky
11/19/2016* 7:00 PM	Belmont	L 69–90	2–1	Curb Event Center (3,319) Nashville, Tennessee
11/22/2016* 7:00 PM	North Carolina A&T			E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
11/25/2016* 7:00 PM, P12N	vs. Washington Global Sports Classic semifinals			Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada
11/26/2016* 7:00 PM or 9:30 PM	TCU or UNLV Global Sports Classic			Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM	at Eastern Kentucky			McBrayer Arena Richmond, Kentucky
12/03/2016* 2:00 PM	at Missouri			Mizzou Arena Columbia, Missouri
12/11/2016* 3:30 PM, ESPN3	at Indiana State			Hulman Center Terre Haute, Indiana
12/14/2016* 9:00 PM	at Saint Mary's			McKeon Pavilion Moraga, California
12/17/2016* 1:00 PM, ESPN3	at Detroit			Calihan Hall Detroit
12/21/2016* 8:00 PM	Ohio			E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
12/28/2016* 7:00 PM	Austin Peay			E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
Conference USA regular season
12/31/2016 12:00 PM	at Florida Atlantic			FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida
01/02/2017 6:00 PM	at FIU			FIU Arena Miami
01/05/2017 7:00 PM	Charlotte			E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
01/07/2017 5:00 PM, ASN	Old Dominion			E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
01/12/2017 7:00 PM, CI	at UAB			Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama
01/14/2017 7:00 PM, ASN	at Middle Tennessee			Murphy Center Murfreesboro, Tennessee
01/21/2017 5:00 PM, ASN	at Marshall			Cam Henderson Center Huntington, West Virginia
01/26/2017 7:00 PM, beIN	UTEP			E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
01/28/2017 3:00 PM	UTSA			E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
02/02/2017 7:00 PM, beIN	at Louisiana Tech			Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, Louisiana
02/04/2017 4:00 PM	at Southern Miss			Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
02/11/2017 5:00 PM	Marshall			E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
02/16/2017 8:00 PM, CBSSN	Middle Tennessee			E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
02/19/2017 1:00 PM, CBSSN	UAB			E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
02/23/2016 6:00 PM, CI	at Charlotte			Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, North Carolina
02/25/2016 6:00 PM, ESPN3	at Old Dominion			Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Virginia
03/02/2017 7:00 PM	North Texas			E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
03/04/2017 7:00 PM	Rice			E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky
Conference USA Tournament
03/08–11/2017	vs.			Legacy Arena Birmingham, Alabama
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ "Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers Official Athletic Site – Men's Basketball". wkusports.com.

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball

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2016–17 WKU Hilltoppers basketball team

Previous season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Class of 2016 recruits

Class of 2017 recruits

Roster

Schedule

See also

References