| Conference Link: | Pac-12 Conference men's basketball |
| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Team: | Arizona Wildcats |
| Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
| Record: | 0–5 |
| Wins Vacated: | 32 |
| Conf Record: | 0–2 |
| Conf Wins Vacated: | 16 |
| Coachrank: | 7 |
| Aprank: | 4 |
| Hc Year: | 8th |
| Champion: | Pac-12 tournament champions Pac-12 regular season co-champions |
| Bowl Result: | Sweet Sixteen |
The 2016–17 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by eighth-year head coach Sean Miller, and played their home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as members in the Pac-12 Conference. Coming into the '16-'17 season Arizona has been ranked in 78-consecutive AP polls & 81-straight coaches polls. The 97-consecutive weeks in the AP poll is currently the second-longest streak in the nation behind Kansas at 161 weeks.[1] They have been ranked every week in the 2016-2017 season, bringing those totals to 97 weeks for the AP & 100 weeks for the coaches poll. Arizona won its first 10 conference games, the best start since the '97-'98 season when they started 16-0. They finished the season with at record of 31–4, tied at 16–2 with Oregon in Pac-12 play for first place to win their 3rd Pac-12 regular season championship title for the 15th time. The Wildcats entered the Pac-12 Tournament as a 2-seed, the Wildcats defeated 7-seed Colorado in the quarterfinals, 3-seed UCLA in the semifinals and 1-seed Oregon (avenged from 85–58 loss on February 4 in Eugene, OR) in the championship game, Wildcats won their 2nd Pac-12 Tournament championship title for the 6th time since 2002. Arizona received as an automatic bid to the 5th straight NCAA tournament (34th NCAA tournament appearances) as a 2-seed in the West regional, The Arizona Wildcats defeated the 15-seed North Dakota 100–82 in the first round, 7-seed Saint Mary's 69–60 in the second round before being upset by 11-seed Xavier 71–73 in the Sweet Sixteen.
Due to 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, all wins from this season have been vacated.[2] [3]
See main article: 2015–16 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team.
The Wildcats finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 25–9, 12–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie with California for third place. The Wildcats entered the Pac-12 tournament as a 4 seed where they beat Colorado in the quarterfinals, but fell in the semifinals to Oregon in overtime. Arizona received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, the program's 33rd overall appearance, as a No. 6 seed in the South Region. They lost in the First Round to Wichita State.
| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sortname | 6’9” | 235 | RS Senior | Graduated. | |||
| sortname | 6’9” | 205 | RS Senior | Graduated. | |||
| sortname | 7'0" | 250 | Senior | Graduated. | |||
| sortname | 6'3" | 190 | Senior | Graduated. | |||
| sortname | Jacob Hazzard | 6'0" | 170 | Senior | Walk-on; Graduated. | ||
| sortname | Elliott Pitts | G | 6'5" | 190 | Junior | Dismissed from the team due to undisclosed reasons.[4] Transferred to Diablo Valley College.[5] | |
| sortname | Trey Mason | G | 6'2" | 195 | Junior | Walk-on; Left team but will continue as a student.[6] | |
| sortname | G | 6'5" | 200 | Freshman | Transferred to St. John's.[7] | ||
| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sortname | Talbott Denny | G | 6'6" | 210 | RS Senior | Graduate transfer from Lipscomb.[8] | ||
| sortname | Keanu Pinder | F | 6'8" | 220 | Junior | Junior college transfer from Hutchinson Community College.[9] | ||
| sortname | Dylan Smith | G | 6'5" | 170 | Sophomore | Transferred after freshman year from UNC Asheville. Will sit out for 2016–17 season due to NCAA transfer rules and have three years of eligibility starting in 2017–18.[10] |
Arizona's recruiting class has been ranked among the top 5 in the nation. However, due to eligibility concerns, five-star recruit Terrance Ferguson chose to play internationally and not attend Arizona.[11]
| Name | Position | Year at Arizona | Alma Mater (year) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Miller | Head coach | 8th | Pittsburgh (1992) | |
| Associate head coach | 6th | Indiana (1999) | ||
| Assistant coach | 8th | Pittsburgh-Johnstown (1998) | ||
| Assistant coach | 2nd | Old Dominion (1996) | ||
| Ryan Reynolds | Director of Basketball Operations | 8th | Xavier (2007) | |
| Austin Carroll | Assistant director of Basketball Operations | 1st | American (2014) |
In Arizona's non-conference schedule the team hosted Cal State Bakersfield, Grand Canyon, New Mexico, Texas Southern, UC Irvine, Northern Colorado and Sacred Heart. Arizona had one true road game against Missouri. The Wildcats also played five games in four neutral sites. They played Michigan State in the Armed Forces Classic at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii (later announced that game was moved to Stan Sheriff Center to accommodate more fans[19]), Gonzaga in the first ever HoopHall LA event at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, Texas A&M at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, and also played at Orleans Arena as part in the Las Vegas Invitational in Las Vegas, where they face off against three of the following: Butler, Santa Clara or Vanderbilt.[20]
In the unbalanced 18-game Pac-12 schedule, the team will face neither the Rocky Mountain teams (Colorado/Utah) on the road, nor the Oregon teams (Oregon/Oregon State) at home.
Arizona's pre-season Red-Blue scrimmage took place on October 14, 2016 at McKale Center. The Red team beat the Blue, 53–49.
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See also: 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FGM-FGA | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Alkins, Rawle" | Rawle Alkins | 37 | 36 | 28.0 | 143–309 | 44–119 | 74–101 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 10.9 |
| data-sort-value="Allen, Kadeem" | Kadeem Allen | 34 | 33 | 30.0 | 107–236 | 32–75 | 86–116 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 8.7 |
| data-sort-value="Comanche, Chance" | Chance Comanche | 37 | 2 | 18.1 | 89–156 | 0–0 | 54–74 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 6.3 |
| data-sort-value="Cruz, Paulo" | Paulo Cruz | 8 | 0 | 2.6 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| data-sort-value="Desjardins, Jake" | Jake Desjardins | 7 | 0 | 1.7 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| data-sort-value="Jackson-Cartwright, Parker" | Parker Jackson-Cartwright | 31 | 10 | 24.9 | 57–133 | 30–71 | 38–54 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 5.9 |
| data-sort-value="Jones, Kory" | Kory Jones | 4 | 0 | 1.8 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| data-sort-value="Markkanen, Lauri" | Lauri Markkanen | 37 | 37 | 30.8 | 185–376 | 69–163 | 137–164 | 7.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 15.6 |
| data-sort-value="Pinder, Keanu" | Keanu Pinder | 35 | 0 | 12.0 | 29–54 | 1–4 | 19–33 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| data-sort-value="Ristić, Dušan" | Dušan Ristić | 36 | 34 | 22.8 | 164–295 | 1–2 | 62–81 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 10.9 |
| data-sort-value="Simmons, Kobi" | Kobi Simmons | 37 | 16 | 23.5 | 111–281 | 32–98 | 69–89 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 8.7 |
| data-sort-value="Trier, Allonzo" | Allonzo Trier | 18 | 13 | 31.9 | 91–198 | 34–87 | 94–116 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 17.2 |
| data-sort-value="Trillo, Tyler" | Tyler Trillo | 8 | 0 | 3.9 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2016–17 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team