2016–17 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team

2016–17 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball
Conference America East Conference
2016–17 record 1–5 (0–0 America East)
Head coach Jeff Boals (1st year)
Assistant coach Geno Ford
Assistant coach Lamar Chapman
Assistant coach Bryan Weber
Home arena Island Federal Credit Union Arena
2016–17 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UMBC 0 0       5 1   .833
Vermont 0 0       6 2   .750
Albany 0 0       4 3   .571
New Hampshire 0 0       4 3   .571
Binghamton 0 0       5 4   .556
Maine 0 0       2 5   .286
UMass Lowell* 0 0       2 6   .250
Stony Brook 0 0       1 5   .167
Hartford 0 0       1 7   .125
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.
2017 America East Tournament winner
As of December 6, 2016; 

The 2016–17 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team represents Stony Brook University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seawolves are led by first year head coach Jeff Boals and play their home games at Island Federal Credit Union Arena. They are members of the America East Conference.

Previous season

The Seawolves finished the season 26–7, 14–2 in America East play to win the regular season championship. They defeated UMBC, Hartford, and Vermont to become champions of the America East Tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid go the NCAA Tournament, their first in school history. As a #13 seed, the Seawolves fell to Kentucky in the first round.

On March 20, it was announced that head coach Steve Pikiell would leave the school to accept the job as the new head coach for Rutgers. He finished at Stony Brook with an eleven year record of 192–157.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Deshaun Thrower 1 G 6'2" 205 Sophomore Muskegon, MI Transferred to Ferris State
Carson Puriefoy 10 G 6'0" 175 Senior Wenonah, NJ Graduated
Rayshaun McGrew 11 F 6'7" 230 Senior Chicago, IL Graduated
Jameel Warney 20 F 6'8" 260 Senior Plainfield, NJ Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Junior Saintel 11 F 6'7" Junior Absecon, NJ Junior college transferred from Chipola College

2016 incoming recruits

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Andrew Garcia
#90 SF
Harlem, NY The Master's School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sep 15, 2015 
Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 63
Michael Almonacy
PG
Brentwood, NY Brentwood High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) May 6, 2015 
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:

2017 incoming recruits

Roster

2016–17 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Home town
G 1 Iroegbu, U. C.U. C. Iroegbu 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Sacramento, CA
G 2 Almonacy, MichaelMichael Almonacy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Brentwood, NY
G 3 Mitchell, KameronKameron Mitchell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Jacksonville, FL
G 4 Donohoe, TimTim Donohoe (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Saratoga Springs, NY
G 5 Walker, AhmadAhmad Walker 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Port Washington, NY
G/F 11 Saintel, JuniorJunior Saintel 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Mays Landing, NJ
F 12 Sturdivant, TyrellTyrell Sturdivant 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Chester, PA
G/F 15 Yeboah, AkwasiAkwasi Yeboah 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Fr Chigwell, England
G/F 22 Sekunda, BryanBryan Sekunda 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr State College, PA
G/F 23 Garcia, AndrewAndrew Garcia 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Harlem, NY
G/F 24 Nyama, RolandRoland Nyama 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Jr Frankfurt, Germany
F 32 Petras, JakubJakub Petras 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Jr Rajec, Slovakia
G 34 Woodhouse, LucasLucas Woodhouse 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Sr Greenlawn, NY
F/C 42 Campbell, AlonzoAlonzo Campbell 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Fr Columbus, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition

11/04/2016*
7:00 PM
Farmingdale State W 94–48 
Island Federal Credit Union Arena 
Stony Brook, NY
Non-conference regular season

11/11/2016*
7:00 PM
Columbia L 66–73  0–1
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,385)
Stony Brook, NY

11/20/2016*
1:00 PM, ACCN Extra
at Boston College
Barclays Center Classic
L 75–82  0–2
Conte Forum (2,108)
Chestnut Hill, MA

11/22/2016*
7:00 PM, BTN
at Maryland
Barclays Center Classic
L 63–77  0–3
Xfinity Center (14,034)
College Park, MD

11/25/2016*
5:00 PM
at Towson
Barclays Center Classic
L 63–88  0–4
SECU Arena 
Towson, MD

11/26/2016*
5:00 PM
vs. Hampton
Barclays Center Classic
W 76–66  1–4
SECU Arena 
Towson, MD

11/30/2016*
7:00 PM
Loyola (MD) L 70–71  1–5
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,387)
Stony Brook, NY

12/03/2016*
7:00 PM
Northeastern W 77–75  2–5
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,883)
Stony Brook, NY

12/06/2016*
7:00 PM
Lehigh   
Island Federal Credit Union Arena 
Stony Brook, NY

12/10/2016*
7:00 PM
Rutgers   
Island Federal Credit Union Arena 
Stony Brook, NY

12/13/2016*
7:00 PM
at Hofstra   
Hofstra Arena 
Hempstead, NY

12/17/2016*
1:00 PM
at Saint Francis (PA)   
DeGol Arena 
Loretto, PA

12/28/2016*
7:00 PM
NJIT   
Island Federal Credit Union Arena 
Stony Brook, NY

12/31/2016*
2:00 PM
at Brown   
Pizzitola Sports Center 
Providence, RI
America East regular season

01/05/2017
7:00 PM
at New Hampshire   
Lundholm Gym 
Durham, NH

01/08/2017
2:00 PM
Albany   
Island Federal Credit Union Arena 
Stony Brook, NY

01/14/2017
2:00 PM
at Maine   
Cross Insurance Center 
Bangor, ME

01/16/2017
2:00 PM
at UMass Lowell   
Costello Athletic Center 
Lowell, MA

01/19/2017
7:00 PM
Hartford   
Island Federal Credit Union Arena 
Stony Brook, NY

01/22/2017
2:00 PM
at Binghamton   
Binghamton University Events Center 
Vestal, NY

01/25/2017
7:00 PM
UMBC   
Island Federal Credit Union Arena 
Stony Brook, NY

01/28/2017
7:00 PM
Vermont   
Island Federal Credit Union Arena 
Stony Brook, NY

02/01/2017
7:00 PM
New Hampshire   
Island Federal Credit Union Arena 
Stony Brook, NY

02/04/2017
7:00 PM
at Albany   
SEFCU Arena 
Albany, NY

02/06/2017
7:00 PM
UMass Lowell   
Island Federal Credit Union Arena 
Stony Brook, NY

02/12/2017
2:00 PM
Maine   
Island Federal Credit Union Arena 
Stony Brook, NY

02/15/2017
7:00 PM
at Hartford   
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion 
Hartford, CT

02/18/2017
7:00 PM
Binghamton   
Island Federal Credit Union Arena 
Stony Brook, NY

02/22/2017
7:00 PM
at UMBC   
Retriever Activities Center 
Catonsville, MD

02/25/2017
2:00 PM
at Vermont   
Patrick Gym 
Burlington, VT
America East Tournament


  
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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