2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team

2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball

Conference	Big Sky Conference
2016–17 record	2–6 (0–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jack Murphy (5th year)
Assistant coach	Matt Dunn
Assistant coach	Wes Pifer
Assistant coach	Ben Tucker
Home arena	Walkup Skydome

2016–17 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern Washington	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Montana State	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
North Dakota	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Idaho	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Portland State	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Southern Utah	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333
Weber State	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333
Northern Colorado	0	–	0	–	2	–	5	.286
Northern Arizona	0	–	0	–	2	–	6	.250
Sacramento State	0	–	0	–	1	–	5	.167
Idaho State	0	–	0	–	1	–	6	.143
Montana	0	–	0	–	1	–	6	.143


† 2017 Big Sky Tournament winner

The 2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team represents Northern Arizona University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks are led by fifth year head coach Jack Murphy and play their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They are members of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Lumberjacks finished the season 5–25, 3–14 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament to Eastern Washington.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Kris Yanku	4	G	6'4"	183	Junior	Woodland Hills, CA	Playing professionally overseas
Brady Twombly	14	F	6'5"	225	Freshman	Carlsbad, CA	Transferred to MiraCosta College
Bryant Searcy, Jr.	15	G	6'4"	190	Freshman	Tampa, FL	Transferred to Saint Leo
Austin Lee	23	G	5'10"	180	Sophomore	Los Angeles, CA	Left the team due to personal reasons
Alessandro Stecca	24	F	6'6"	195	RS Junior	Corona del Mar, CA	Left the team due to personal reasons

2016 incoming recruits

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Ray Robinson #51 C	Coconut Creek, FL	Deerfield Beach High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jun 28, 2015
Ray Robinson #51 C	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Aziz Seck #92 PF	San Diego, CA	Army & Navy Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jul 14, 2015
Aziz Seck #92 PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 64
JoJo Anderson PG	Houston, TX	22 Feet Academy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Apr 30, 2016
JoJo Anderson PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0
Travis Rice SG	Las Vegas, NV	Bishop Gorman High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Apr 18, 2016
Travis Rice SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0
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: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2016-08-25.

Roster

2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Johnson, TorryTorry Johnson	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Morgan Park HS	Chicago, IL
1.5 !G	1	Tejada, MajesticMajestic Tejada	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	McArthur HS	Hollywood, FL
3.5 !F	2	Brown, CoreyCorey Brown	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2.0 !So	McArthur HS	Hollywood, FL
1.5 !G	3	Ndiaye, OmarOmar Ndiaye (W)	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	2.0 !So	Monte de Sol HS	Santa Fe, NM
1.5 !G	4	Anderson, JoJoJoJo Anderson	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	22 Feet Academy	Houston, TX
1.5 !G	5	Green, MikeMike Green	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	2.0 !So	Dillard HS	Fort Lauderdale, FL
1.5 !G	10	Neely, JaleniJaleni Neely	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Simeon Academy Eastern Utah	Chicago, IL
4.5 !F/C	11	Kaluna, AkoAko Kaluna	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	295 lb (134 kg)	4.0 !Sr	West Ranch HS	Valencia, CA
1.5 !G	12	de Laveaga, KyeKye de Laveaga (W)	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Westwind Prep	Scottsdale, AZ
3.5 !F	13	Rivera-Vega, FelixFelix Rivera-Vega	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2.0 !So	McArthur HS	Hollywood, FL
3.5 !F	14	Robinson, RaynardRaynard Robinson	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Sound Doctrine Christian Academy	Deerfield Beach, FL
3.5 !F	20	Stanley, StevenSteven Stanley (W)	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2.0 !So	Brophy College Prep	Phoenix, AZ
3.5 !F	22	DeBisschop, BrooksBrooks DeBisschop (W)	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1.0 !Fr	West Linn HS	West Linn, OR
1.5 !G	30	Rice, TravisTravis Rice	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Bishop Gorman HS	Las Vegas, NV
3.5 !F	33	Thomas, IsaiahIsaiah Thomas	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2.0 !So	Bishop O'Dowd HS	Oakland, CA
3.5 !F	34	Martin, JordynJordyn Martin	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Palo Verde HS	Las Vegas, NV
2.5 !G/F	35	Seck, AzizAziz Seck	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Army & Navy Academy	Dakar, Senegal
1.5 !G	41	DeBerry, MarcusMarcus DeBerry	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	2.0 !So	Union City HS	Union City, TN

Head coach

Jack Murphy (Arizona)

Assistant coach(es)

Matt Dunn (Fort Hays State)
Wes Pifer (Penn State Altoona)
Ben Tucker (Arizona)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 8:00 PM	at Santa Clara Cable Car Classic	L 64–67	0–1	Leavey Center (1,821) Santa Clara, CA
11/12/2016* 9:30 PM	vs. Tennessee State Cable Car Classic	L 65–69	0–2	Leavey Center (1,734) Santa Clara, CA
11/13/2016* 1:00 PM	vs. UC Davis Cable Car Classic	L 76–89	0–3	Leavey Center (1,102) Santa Clara, CA
11/17/2016* 6:30 PM	Benedictine Mesa	W 91–63	1–3	Warrior Pavilion (782) Tuba City, AZ
11/20/2016* 6:00 PM, P12N	at Washington Global Sports Classic	L 58–92	1–4	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,804) Seattle, WA
11/22/2016* 8:00 PM	at UNLV Global Sports Classic	L 71–110	1–5	Thomas & Mack Center (8,822) Paradise, NV
11/25/2016* 2:30 PM	vs. Alabama State Global Sports Classic semifinals	W 71–57	2–5	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
11/26/2016* 2:30 PM	vs. Jacksonville State Global Sports Classic	L 63–76	2–6	Thomas & Mack Center (244) Paradise, NV
12/03/2016* 3:00 PM, FSAZ/FCSP	San Diego			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
12/05/2016* 6:30 PM	Cal State Bakersfield			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
12/14/2016* 6:30 PM	Little Rock			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
12/17/2016* 7:00 PM	at UTEP			Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX
12/20/2016* 6:00 PM	at Illinois–Chicago			UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2016 12:00 PM	Southern Utah			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
01/05/2017 6:00 PM	at North Dakota			Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, ND
01/07/2017 7:00 PM	at Northern Colorado			Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO
01/12/2017 6:30 PM	Portland State			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
01/14/2017 12:30 PM	Sacramento State			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
01/19/2017 7:05 PM	at Eastern Washington			Reese Court Cheney, WA
01/21/2017 8:00 PM	at Idaho			Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID
01/26/2017 6:30 PM	Northern Colorado			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
01/28/2017 2:00 PM	North Dakota			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
02/02/2017 7:00 PM	at Idaho State			Holt Arena Pocatello, ID
02/04/2017 7:00 PM	at Weber State			Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
02/09/2017 6:30 PM	Montana			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
02/11/2017 7:30 PM	Montana State			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
02/18/2017 2:00 PM	at Southern Utah			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
02/23/2017 8:05 PM	at Sacramento State			Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA
02/25/2017 8:00 PM	at Portland State			Peter Stott Center Greeley, CO
03/02/2017 6:30 PM	Idaho			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
03/04/2017 4:30 PM	Eastern Washington			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
Big Sky Tournament
03/07–11/2017	vs.			Reno Events Center Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time Source^[1]^[2].

References

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball

Venues	Walkup Skydome (1977–present)

People	Head coaches

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