2016–17 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team
2016–17 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball | |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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† 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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 | ||||||
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2017 incoming recruits
2017 recruits | ||||||
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Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
Elijah Olaniyi SG |
Newark, NJ | East Side High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | N/A | ||
Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
Corry Long PG |
Cincinnati, OH | Hughes High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | Sep 9, 2016 | |
Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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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 | |||||||||||
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |