2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team

2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball
2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball
CBI, First Round
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	22–12 (13–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jim Hayford (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Shantay Legans; David Riley; Chris Victor;
Home arena	Reese Court
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Dakota †	14	–	4	.778	22	–	10	.688
Eastern Washington	13	–	5	.722	22	–	12	.647
Idaho	12	–	6	.667	19	–	14	.576
Weber State	12	–	6	.667	20	–	14	.588
Montana	11	–	7	.611	16	–	16	.500
Montana State	11	–	7	.611	16	–	16	.500
Sacramento State	9	–	9	.500	13	–	18	.419
Portland State	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Northern Colorado*	7	–	11	.389	11	–	18	.379
Northern Arizona	6	–	12	.333	9	–	23	.281
Southern Utah	3	–	15	.167	6	–	27	.182
Idaho State	3	–	15	.167	5	–	26	.161

† Conference tournament winner

The 2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Washington University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by sixth-year head coach Jim Hayford and played their home games at Reese Court in Cheney, Washington as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 22–12, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big Sky tournament, they defeated Sacramento State in the quarterfinals before losing to Weber State in the semifinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Wyoming.

On March 29, 2017, head coach Jim Hayford left Eastern Washington to take the head coaching job at in-state rival Seattle and was replaced by top assistant Shantay Legans.^[1]

Previous season

The Eagles finished the 2015–16 season 18–16, 10–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Northern Arizona in the first round of the Big Sky tournament before losing to Idaho in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Pepperdine to advance to the quarterfinals before losing to Nevada.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Austin McBroom	5	G	5'9"	165	RS Senior	Los Angeles, CA	Graduated
Bear Henderson	11	F	6'6"	215	RS Freshman	Mission Hills, CA	Transferred to Iowa Western CC
Will Ferris	15	G	6'1"	175	RS Freshman	Bellevue, WA	Transferred to Azusa Pacific
Enrico Nuno	22	F	6'8"	250	Sophomore	Half Moon Bay, CA	Dismissed from the team
Kyle Reid	23	F	6'8"	215	RS Senior	Cleveland, OH	Graduated
Venky Jois	55	F	6'8"	230	Senior	Boronia, Australia	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jacob Wiley	24	F	6'7"	220	RS Senior	Newport, WA	Transferred from Lewis–Clark State College. Will be eligible to play immediately since Wiley graduated from Lewis–Clark.

2016 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jacob Davison #67 SG	Montebello, CA	Cantwell Sacred Heart Of Mary High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sep 30, 2015
Jacob Davison #67 SG	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 59
Mason Peatling PF	Melbourne, Australia	Beaconhills College	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Nov 11, 2015
Mason Peatling PF	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Luka Vulikic SG	Belgrade, Serbia		6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Apr 13, 2016
Luka Vulikic SG	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 August 22, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Julian Harrell	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Sr	Loyola HS Penn/City College of San Francisco	Los Angeles, California
G	2	Ty Gibson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Issaquah HS	Issaquah, Washington
G	4	Sir Washington	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Jr	Clark HS	Las Vegas, Nevada
G	5	Michael Wearne	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Box Hill HS	Croydon, Australia
G	10	Jacob Davison	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Cantwell-Sacred Heart HS	Montebello, California
G	12	Grant Gibb (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Fr	Mark Morris HS	Longview, Washington
G	13	Luka Vulikic	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	None	Belgrade, Serbia
F	14	Mason Peatling	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Beaconhills College HS	Melbourne, Australia
G	20	Cody Benzel (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS So	Ferris HS	Spokane, Washington
F	24	Jacob Wiley	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Sr	Newport HS Montana/Lewis–Clark	Newport, Washington
F	32	Bogdan Bliznyuk (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Todd Beamer HS	Lutsk, Ukraine
F	34	Jesse Hunt	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Sir Francis Drake HS	Geraldton, Australia
F	40	Geremy McKay	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS So	Caulfield Grammar School Albany	Melbourne, Australia
G	42	Mario Soto	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS So	Saddleback Valley Christian Concordia Irvine	Irvine, California
F	44	Felix Von Hofe (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Wesley College	Melbourne, Australia

Head coach

Jim Hayford (Azusa Pacific)

Assistant coach(es)

Shantay Legans (Fresno State)
David Riley (Whitworth)
Chris Victor (UC Irvine)

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
10/30/2016* 2:05 pm		Saint Martin's	W 80–69		Reese Court Cheney, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 12:05 pm		Linfield	W 70–46	1–0	Reese Court (1,410) Cheney, WA
11/14/2016* 6:00 pm, BTN		at Northwestern Legends Classic	L 72–86	1–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,604) Evanston, IL
11/17/2016* 5:00 pm, LHN		at No. 23 Texas Legends Classic	L 52–85	1–2	Frank Erwin Center (9,072) Austin, TX
11/21/2016* 6:05 pm		Bryant Legends Classic	W 81–77	2–2	Reese Court (1,221) Cheney, WA
11/22/2016* 6:05 pm		Seattle Legends Classic	W 80–76 ^2OT	3–2	Reese Court (922) Cheney, WA
11/26/2016* 6:05 pm		Denver EWU Men's Basketball Classic	W 85–80 ^OT	4–2	Reese Court (1,026) Cheney, WA
11/27/2016* 6:05 pm		San Francisco EWU Men's Basketball Classic	W 96–90	5–2	Reese Court (1,088) Cheney, WA
12/04/2016* 1:00 pm		at Seattle	W 93–88 ^2OT	6–2	KeyArena (1,058) Seattle, WA
12/08/2016* 6:05 pm		Great Falls	W 103–76	7–2	Reese Court (1,008) Cheney, WA
12/13/2016* 6:05 pm		Morehead State	W 88–86 ^OT	8–2	Reese Court (1,046) Cheney, WA
12/18/2016* 10:00 am		at Northern Kentucky	L 48–70	8–3	BB&T Arena (2,062) Highland Heights, KY
12/20/2016* 3:30 pm, FS1		at No. 17 Xavier	L 56–85	8–4	Cintas Center (10,250) Cincinnati, OH
12/22/2016* 5:30 pm, P12N		at Colorado	L 68–76	8–5	Coors Events Center (6,958) Boulder, CO
Big Sky regular season
12/30/2016 7:00 pm		at Idaho	W 69–62	9–5 (1–0)	Coors Events Center (1,107) Boulder, CO
01/05/2017 6:05 pm		Montana State	W 82–64	10–5 (2–0)	Reese Court (1,380) Cheney, WA
01/07/2017 1:05 pm		Montana	L 59–65	10–6 (2–1)	Reese Court (2,107) Cheney, WA
01/12/2017 6:05 pm		at Idaho State	W 92–85	11–6 (3–1)	Reed Gym (1,404) Pocatello, ID
01/14/2017 6:05 pm		at Weber State	L 60–67	11–7 (3–2)	Dee Events Center (6,678) Ogden, UT
01/19/2017 6:05 pm		Northern Arizona	W 84–62	12–7 (4–2)	Reese Court (1,519) Cheney, WA
01/21/2017 1:05 pm		Southern Utah	W 83–68	13–7 (5–2)	Reese Court (1,621) Cheney, WA
01/26/2017 6:00 pm		at Montana	W 72–60	14–7 (6–2)	Dahlberg Arena (3,637) Missoula, MT
01/28/2017 1:00 pm		at Montana State	L 90–91	14–8 (6–3)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,951) Bozeman, MT
02/02/2017 6:05 pm		Sacramento State	W 77–72	15–8 (7–3)	Reese Court (1,502) Cheney, WA
02/04/2017 1:05 pm		Portland State	W 130–124 ^3OT	16–8 (8–3)	Reese Court (2,026) Cheney, WA
02/09/2017 5:00 pm		at North Dakota	L 86–95	16–9 (8–4)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,891) Grand Forks, ND
02/11/2017 1:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	W 70–44	17–9 (9–4)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,057) Greeley, CO
02/17/2017 6:05 pm		Idaho	W 77–67	18–9 (10–4)	Reese Court (2,821) Cheney, WA
02/23/2017 6:05 pm		Weber State	W 82–72	19–9 (11–4)	Reese Court (2,223) Cheney, WA
02/25/2017 1:05 pm		Idaho State	W 89–77	20–9 (12–4)	Reese Court (2,025) Cheney, WA
03/02/2017 5:30 pm		at Southern Utah	W 91–75	21–9 (13–4)	Centrum Arena (2,159) Cedar City, UT
03/04/2017 3:30 pm		at Northern Arizona	L 61–76	21–10 (13–5)	Walkup Skydome (940) Flagstaff, AZ
Big Sky tournament
03/09/2017 5:35 pm	(2)	vs. (7) Sacramento State Quarterfinals	W 89–70	22–10	Reno Events Center (1,903) Reno, NV
03/10/2017 5:05 pm	(2)	vs. (3) Weber State Semifinals	L 72–80	22–11	Reno Events Center (2,265) Reno, NV
CBI
03/15/2017* 6:00 pm		at Wyoming First Round	L 81–91	22–12	Arena-Auditorium (1,803) Laramie, WY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time Source^[2].