2016–17 UTEP Miners basketball team

2016–17 UTEP Miners men's basketball
Conference Conference USA
2016–17 record 2–2 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach Tim Floyd (7th year)
Assistant coach Phil Johnson
Assistant coach Bob Cantu
Assistant coach Ken DeWeese
Home arena Don Haskins Center
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 2016–16 UTEP Miners basketball team will represent the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by seventh year head coach Tim Floyd, will play their home games at the Don Haskins Center and are members of Conference USA.

Previous season

The Miners finished the 2015–16 season 19–14, 10–8 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place. They defeated FIU in the second round of the C-USA Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Marshall. Despite having 19 wins and an above .500 record, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Brodricks Jones 3 F 6'10" 200 Freshman Los Angeles, CA Transferred to Wyoming
Lee Moore 4 G 6'4" 175 Junior Kennesaw, GA Declare for 2016 NBA draft
Victor Mbachu 13 G 6'1" 170 RS Senior Houston, TX Graduated
Tevin Caldwell 15 G 6'3" 180 RS Senior El Paso, TX Graduated
Earvin Morris 20 G 6'4" 175 Senior Memphis, TN Graduated
Hooper Vint 23 C 6'11" 235 Senior Van Buren, AR Graduated
Christian Romine 34 F/C 6'9" 220 Freshman Mahomet, IL Transferred to Illinois State

Class of 2016 recruits

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Tim Cameron
SG
Norcross, GA Hargrave Military Academy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Oct 8, 2015 
Scout: N/A   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 80
Chris Barnes
#90 SG
Long Beach, CA Compton High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg)  
Scout: N/A   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 59
Deon Barrett
PG
Lancaster, TX Lancaster High School 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 145 lb (66 kg) Sep 17, 2015 
Scout: N/A   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Roman Silva
C
Pomona, CA Diamond Ranch High School 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Apr 16, 2016 
Scout: N/A   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Adrian Moore
G
North Little Rock, AR North Little Rock High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg)  
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:

Class of 2017 recruits

Roster

2016–17 UTEP Miners men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Home town
G 1 Artis, DominicDominic Artis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Findlay Prep
Oregon/Diablo Valley College
San Francisco, CA
G 2 Harris, OmegaOmega Harris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Putnam City West HS Bethany, OK
G 3 Cameron, TimTim Cameron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Hargrave Military Academy Norcross, GA
G 4 Moore, AdrianAdrian Moore 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr North Little Rock HS Little Rock, AR
G 5 Barnes, ChrisChris Barnes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Compton HS Compton, CA
G/F 11 Flaggert, JakeJake Flaggert 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr Lovejoy HS Lucas, TX
F 12 Winn, TerryTerry Winn 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS So Westwind Preparatory Academy Monroe, LA
F 13 Venegas, IvanIvan Venegas (W) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus Chihuahua, Mexico
G 20 Osborne, IsiahIsiah Osborne 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Windsor College Windsor, ON
G 21 Touchet, TreyTrey Touchet 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS So Saint Thomas More HS Lafayette, IN
F 22 Thomas, PaulPaul Thomas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Summer Creek HS Humble, TX
G 23 Barrett, DeonDeon Barrett 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Fr Lancaster HS Lancaster, TX
G 25 Urbanus, HudsonHudson Urbanus 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Bowie HS Austin, TX
C 41 Willms, MattMatt Willms 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Findlay Prep Leamington, ON
C 54 James, KelvinKelvin James 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Hobbs HS Hobbs, NM
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

[1]

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

10/30/2016*
1:00 PM
Southeastern Oklahoma W 80–73 
Don Haskins Center (4,838)
El Paso, TX

11/05/2016*
1:00 PM
Alaska Fairbanks W 87–85 OT
Don Haskins Center (5,025)
El Paso, TX
Non-conference regular season

11/12/2016*
7:00 PM
Louisiana College W 88–54  1–0
Don Haskins Center (6,295)
El Paso, TX

11/17/2016*
11:30 AM, ESPN3
vs. Wake Forest
Charleston Classic quarterfinals
L 81–103  1–1
TD Arena (4,125)
Charleston, SC

11/18/2016*
1:30 PM, ESPN3
vs. Western Michigan
Charleston Classic consolation round
W 85–75  2–1
TD Arena (4,020)
Charleston, SC

11/20/2016*
1:30 PM
vs. Mississippi State
Charleston Classic 5th place game
L 54-61  2-2
TD Arena (1,293)
Charleston, SC

11/23/2016*
7:00 PM
Southeastern Louisiana   
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

12/03/2016*
7:00 PM
Northwestern State   
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

12/07/2016*
7:00 PM, RTSW
at New Mexico   
The Pit 
Albuquerque, NM

12/13/2016*
7:00 PM
New Mexico State
Battle of I-10
  
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

12/17/2016*
7:00 PM
Northern Arizona   
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

12/21/2016*
7:00 PM
Maryland Eastern Shore
Sun Bowl Invitational semifinals
  
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

12/22/2016*
Akron
or UC Irvine

Sun Bowl Invitational
  
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

12/30/2016*
7:00 PM
at New Mexico State
Battle of I-10
  
Pan American Center 
Las Cruces, NM
Conference USA regular season

01/01/2017
2:00 PM
at UTSA   
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX

01/05/2017
5:30 PM, CI
at Louisiana Tech   
Thomas Assembly Center 
Ruston, LA

01/07/2017
3:00 PM
at Southern Miss   
Reed Green Coliseum 
Hattiesburg, MS

01/12/2017
7:00 PM
FIU   
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

01/14/2017
7:00 PM
Florida Atlantic   
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

01/21/2017
7:00 PM
UTSA   
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

01/26/2017
6:00 PM, beIN
at WKU   
E. A. Diddle Arena 
Bowling Green, KY

01/28/2017
5:00 PM
at Marshall   
Cam Henderson Center 
Huntington, WV

02/02/2017
8:00 PM, CBSSN
UAB   
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

02/02/2017
6:00 PM, ASN
Middle Tennessee   
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

02/09/2017
7:00 PM
Louisiana Tech   
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

02/11/2017
7:00 PM
Southern Miss   
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

02/16/2017
6:00 PM, beIN
at North Texas   
The Super Pit 
Denton, TX

02/18/2017
6:00 PM
at Rice   
Tudor Fieldhouse 
Houston, TX

02/23/2017
5:00 PM
at Florida Atlantic   
FAU Arena 
Boca Raton, FL

02/25/2017
5:00 PM
at FIU   
FIU Arena 
Miami, FL

03/02/2017
6:00 PM, beIN
Old Dominion   
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX

03/04/2017
1:00 PM
Charlotte   
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, TX
Conference USA Tournament

03/08–11/2017
vs.    
Legacy Arena 
Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

See also

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.