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2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball

Big 12 Conference
No. 11
No. 13
28–9 (12–6 Big 12)
Bob Huggins (10th season)
Larry Harrison
Ron Everhart
Erik Martin
WVU Coliseum

The 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by Bob Huggins, in his 10th season as WVU's head coach, and played their home games at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 28–9, 12–6 in Big 12 play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Texas and Kansas State in the Big 12 tournament before losing to Iowa State in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Bucknell and Notre Dame before losing in the Sweet Sixteen to Gonzaga.

The Mountaineers finished the 2015–16 season 26–9, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in second place in conference. They defeated TCU and Oklahoma to advance to the championship game of the Big 12 tournament where they lost to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where, as a No. 3 seed, they were upset in the First Round by No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Jonathan Holton	1	F	6'7"	220	RS Senior	Miami, FL	Graduated
Jaysean Paige	5	G	6'2"	210	Senior	Jamestown, NY	Graduated
Richard Romero III	30	G	6'3"	185	Senior	White Sulphur Springs, WV	Graduated
Devin Williams	41	F	6'9"	255	Junior	Cincinnati, OH	Declare for 2016 NBA draft

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Maciej Bender #30 PF	Warsaw, Poland	Mountain Mission School (Grundy, VA)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Oct 4, 2015
Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Sagaba Konate #19 C	Hermitage, PA	Kennedy Catholic High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Oct 1, 2015
Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Chase Harler SG	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Central Catholic High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Aug 3, 2014
Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruit ranking: Scout: Not Ranked Rivals: 23 ESPN: 20
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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:

"2016 West Virginia Basketball Commits". Scout. "ESPN". ESPN. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals. | | | | | |

Source:

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
10/29/2016*6:00 pm	No. 20	vs. WVU Tech	W 131–56		Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center (6,630)Beckley, WV
11/11/2016*7:00 pm, RTPT	No. 20	Mount St. Mary's	W 87–59	1–0	WVU Coliseum (10,510)Morgantown, WV
11/14/2016*7:00 pm, RTPT	No. 19	Mississippi Valley State	W 107–66	2–0	WVU Coliseum (7,807)Morgantown, WV
11/20/2016*1:00 pm, RTPT	No. 19	New Hampshire NIT Season Tip-Off	W 100–41	3–0	WVU Coliseum (8,842)Morgantown, WV
11/24/2016*2:30 pm, ESPNU	No. 19	vs. Illinois NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals	W 89–57	4–0	Barclays Center (2,451)Brooklyn, NY
11/25/2016*3:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 19	vs. Temple NIT Season Tip-Off finals	L 77–81	4–1	Barclays Center (3,713)Brooklyn, NY
11/28/2016*7:00 pm, RTPT	No. 25	Manhattan NIT Season Tip-Off	W 108–61	5–1	WVU Coliseum (8,190)Morgantown, WV
12/03/2016*2:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 25	at No. 6 Virginia	W 66–57	6–1	John Paul Jones Arena (14,623)Charlottesville, VA
12/07/2016*7:00 pm, RTPT	No. 15	vs. Western Carolina	W 90–37	7–1	Charleston Civic Center (8,384)Charleston, WV
12/10/2016*2:00 pm, RTPT	No. 15	VMI	W 90–55	8–1	WVU Coliseum (9,023)Morgantown, WV
12/17/2016*2:00 pm, RTPT	No. 12	UMKC	W 112–67	9–1	WVU Coliseum (8,800)Morgantown, WV
12/20/2016*7:00 pm, WOWK	No. 11	Radford	W 84–57	10–1	WVU Coliseum (8,311)Morgantown, WV
12/23/2016*4:00 pm, RTPT	No. 11	Northern Kentucky	W 92–61	11–1	WVU Coliseum (10,197)Morgantown, WV
12/30/20164:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 11	at Oklahoma State	W 95–72	12–1(1–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)Stillwater, OK
01/03/20179:15 pm, ESPNews	No. 7	at Texas Tech	L 76–77 OT	12–2(1–1)	United Supermarkets Arena (10,013)Lubbock, TX
01/07/20171:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 7	TCU	W 82–70	13–2(2–1)	WVU Coliseum (12,568)Morgantown, WV
01/10/20177:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 10	No. 1 Baylor	W 89–68	14–2(3–1)	WVU Coliseum (14,632)Morgantown, WV
01/14/20174:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 10	at Texas	W 74–72	15–2(4–1)	Frank Erwin Center (10,751)Austin, TX
01/18/20177:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 7	Oklahoma	L 87–89 OT	15–3(4–2)	WVU Coliseum (11,895)Morgantown, WV
01/21/20174:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 7	at Kansas State	L 75–79	15–4(4–3)	Bramlage Coliseum (12,528)Manhattan, KS
01/24/20177:00 pm, ESPN	No. 18	No. 2 Kansas	W 85–69	16–4(5–3)	WVU Coliseum (13,694)Morgantown, WV
01/28/2017*12:00 pm, ESPN	No. 18	Texas A&M Big 12/SEC Challenge	W 81–77	17–4	WVU Coliseum (12,836)Morgantown, WV
01/31/20179:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 7	at Iowa State	W 85–72	18–4(6–3)	Hilton Coliseum (14,384)Ames, IA
02/04/20175:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 7	Oklahoma State	L 75–82	18–5(6–4)	WVU Coliseum (14,225)Morgantown, WV
02/08/20179:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 13	at Oklahoma	W 61–50	19–5(7–4)	Lloyd Noble Center (4,663)Norman, OK
02/11/201712:00 pm, ESPN	No. 13	Kansas State	W 85–66	20–5(8–4)	WVU Coliseum (14,074)Morgantown, WV
02/13/20179:00 pm, ESPN	No. 9	at No. 3 Kansas	L 80–84 OT	20–6(8–5)	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300)Lawrence, KS
02/18/20172:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 9	Texas Tech	W 83–74 2OT	21–6(9–5)	WVU Coliseum (14,150)Morgantown, WV
02/20/20179:00 pm, ESPN	No. 12	Texas	W 77–62	22–6(10–5)	WVU Coliseum (10,460)Morgantown, WV
02/25/20172:00 pm, ESPN	No. 12	at TCU	W 61–60	23–6(11–5)	Schollmaier Arena (6,486)Fort Worth, TX
02/27/20177:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 10	at No. 11 Baylor	L 62–71	23–7(11–6)	Ferrell Center (8,203)Waco, TX
03/03/20177:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 10	No. 24 Iowa State	W 87–76	24–7(12–6)	WVU Coliseum (14,528)Morgantown, WV
03/09/20177:00 pm, ESPNU	(2) No. 11	vs. (10) Texas Quarterfinals	W 63–53	25–7	Sprint Center (18,837)Kansas City, MO
03/10/20179:00 pm, ESPN2	(2) No. 11	vs. (6) Kansas State Semifinals	W 51–50	26–7	Sprint Center (18,486)Kansas City, MO
03/11/20176:00 pm, ESPN	(2) No. 11	vs. (4) No. 23 Iowa State Championship	L 74–80	26–8	Sprint Center (18,972)Kansas City, MO
03/16/2017*2:45 PM, CBS	(4 W) No. 13	vs. (13 W) Bucknell First Round	W 86–80	27–8	KeyBank Center (17,806)Buffalo, NY
03/18/2017*12:15 pm, CBS	(4 W) No. 13	vs. (5 W) No. 14 Notre Dame Second Round	W 83–71	28–8	KeyBank Center (19,261)Buffalo, NY
03/23/2017*7:39 pm, TBS	(4 W) No. 13	vs. (1 W) No. 2 Gonzaga Sweet Sixteen	L 58–61	28–9	SAP Center (16,884)San Jose, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

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