2016–17 Baylor Bears basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Sex:none
Year:2016–17
Team:Baylor Bears
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:Big 12
Coachrank:12
Aprank:12
Record:27–8
Conf Record:12–6
Hc Year:14th
Champion:Battle 4 Atlantis champions
Bowl Result:Sweet Sixteen

The 2016–17 Baylor Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Scott Drew's 14th season at Baylor. The Bears competed in the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, TX. They finished the season 27–8, 12–6 in Big 12 play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They lost to Kansas State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated New Mexico State and USC before losing in the Sweet Sixteen to South Carolina.

Previous season

The Bears finished the 2015–16 season 22–12, 10–8 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Texas in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 5 seed and lost in the first round to No. 12-seeded Yale.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
2 F 6'8" 275 Senior Graduated; Entered 2016 NFL draft; Selected 6th Round, Pick #217 by the Dallas Cowboys
11 G 5'10" 175 Senior Graduated
John Heard 13 F 6'5" 200 Senior Graduated
21 F 6'7" 220 Senior Graduated; Entered 2016 NBA draft; Selected 1st Round, Pick #12 by the Utah Jazz; Traded to the Atlanta Hawks
Austin Mills 33 G 6'1" 175 Senior Graduated

Incoming transfers

Recruits

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Roster

[2]

Schedule and results

[3] |-!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:#;"|Regular season|-! colspan=9 style="background:#;"| Big 12 tournament|-! colspan=9 style="background:#;"| NCAA tournament

Rankings

See also: 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 Baylor Basketball Commitment List. Rivals. July 9, 2016.
  2. Web site: Official Men's Basketball Roster - Baylor Official Athletic Site . 2016-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150712005349/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/bay-m-baskbl-mtt.html . 2015-07-12 . dead .
  3. Web site: 2016-17 Baylor Bears. Baylor Bears men's basketball schedule. https://web.archive.org/web/20101224222632/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/bay-m-baskbl-sched.html. 2010-12-24. dead.