2016–17 Utah Utes men's basketball team

2016–17 Utah Utes men's basketball
Conference Pac-12 Conference
2016–17 record 5–1 (0–0 Pac–12)
Head coach Larry Krystkowiak (6th year)
Assistant coach Tommy Connor
Assistant coach DeMarlo Slocum
Assistant coach Andy Hill
Home arena Jon M. Huntsman Center
2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#2 UCLA 0 0       9 0   1.000
USC 0 0       8 0   1.000
California 0 0       6 1   .857
Utah 0 0       5 1   .833
#24 Oregon 0 0       7 2   .778
#20 Arizona 0 0       6 2   .750
Colorado 0 0       6 2   .750
Stanford 0 0       6 3   .667
Arizona State 0 0       5 3   .625
Washington 0 0       4 3   .571
Washington State 0 0       4 4   .500
Oregon State 0 0       3 6   .333
2017 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of Dec. 3, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team represent the University of Utah during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by sixth year head coach Larry Krystkowiak. They play their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season

The 2015–16 Utah Utes finished the season 27–9 overall, and 13–5 in the Pac-12 finish in second place. In the Pac-12 Tournament, Utah advanced to the championship game where they lost to Oregon. The Utes received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, as a 3-seed in the Midwest Region. The Utes would beat 14-seed Fresno State in the first round before losing in the second round to 11-seed Gonzaga.

Departures

Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Brekkott Chapman 0 F 6'8" 205 Sophomore Roy, UT Transferred to Weber State
Isaiah Wright G 1 6'2" 180 Sophomore Boise, Idaho Transferred to San Diego
Austin Eastman 5 G 6'3" 180 Senior Billings, MT Walk-on; graduated
Brandon Taylor 11 G 5'10" 170 Senior Los Angeles, CA Graduated
Dakari Tucker 14 G/F 6'5" 194 Senior Los Angeles, CA Graduated
Chris Reyes 20 F 6'7" 236 Junior La Vern, CA Transferred to Pepperdine
Jordan Loveridge 21 F 6'6" 220 Senior West Jordan, UT Graduated
Keeneth Ogbe 25 G 6'6" 194 Junior Ehingen, Germany Transferred to Utah Valley
Makol Mawien 40 F/C 6'9" 210 Freshman West Valley City, Utah Transferred to New Mexico Junior College
Jakob Poeltl 42 C 7'0" 248 Sophomore Vienna, Austria Declared for 2016 NBA draft[1]

Incoming transfers

Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Tim Coleman 0 PG 6'1" 190 Jr. Cincinnati, OH Junior college transfer from Lee College.[2]
Jojo Zamora 1 SG 6'3" 170 Jr. Oakland, CA Junior college transfer from Yuba College.[3]
Sedrick Barefield 2 PG 6'2" 190 So. Corona, CA Mid-season transfer from SMU. Will be eligible to play after Utah's fall semester.[4]
David Collette 13 PF 6'10" 235 Jr. Murray, UT Mid-season transfer from Utah State. Will be eligible to play after Utah's fall semester.[5]
Tyler Rawson 21 PF 6'10" 225 Jr. American Fork, UT Junior college transfer from Salt Lake Community College.[6]

2016 Recruiting class

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Devon Daniels
SG
Kalamazoo, MI Prolific Prep 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Oct 21, 2015 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
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:

2017 Commitments

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jaxon Brenchley
SG
Hyrum, UT Mountain Crest High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Aug 31, 2016 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Branden Carlsen
PF
South Jordan, UT Bingham High School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Oct 23, 2016 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
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:

Roster

2016–17 Utah Utes men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Home town
G 0 Coleman, TimTim Coleman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Lee College Cincinnati, Ohio
G 1 Zamora, JoJoJoJo Zamora 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Yuba College Oakland, California
G 2 Barefield, SedrickSedrick Barefield 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Southern Methodist Corona, California
G 3 Daniels, DevonDevon Daniels 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Prolific Prep Battle Creek, Michigan
G 5 Van Dyke, ParkerParker Van Dyke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So East HS Salt Lake City, Utah
G 10 Connor, JakeJake Connor (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 183 lb (83 kg) RS So Highland HS Salt Lake City, Utah
F 13 Collette, DavidDavid Collette 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Utah State Murray, Utah
G 15 Bonam, LorenzoLorenzo Bonam 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Sr Gillette College Inkster, Michigan
G 20 Rydalch, BeauBeau Rydalch (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr South Summit HS Oakley, Utah
F 21 Rawson, TylerTyler Rawson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Salt Lake C.C. American Fork, Utah
G/F 30 Bealer, GabeGabe Bealer 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Sr CCSF San Francisco, California
F/C 34 Johnson, JayceJayce Johnson 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS Fr Santa Monica HS Mission Viejo, California
F 35 Kuzma, KyleKyle Kuzma 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Jr Rise Academy Burton, Michigan
F 40 Reininger, MarcMarc Reininger (W) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Regis Jesuit HS Monument, Colorado
F 43 Jokl, JakubJakub Jokl 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Canarias Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Non-conference regular season

Nov. 12, 2016*
5:00 PM, P12N
Northwest Nazarene W 81–37  1–0
Jon M. Huntsman Center (11,275)
Salt Lake City, UT

Nov. 15, 2016*
6:00 PM, P12N
Concordia (Oregon) W 96–53  2–0
Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,179)
Salt Lake City, UT

Nov. 18, 2016*
6:00 PM, P12N
Coppin State W 94–51  3–0
Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,693)
Salt Lake City, UT

Nov. 25, 2016*
7:00 PM, P12N
UC Riverside W 85–67  4–0
Jon M. Huntsman Center (11,324)
Salt Lake City, UT

Nov. 28, 2016*
7:00 PM, P12N
No. 18 Butler L 59–68  4–1
Jon M. Huntsman Center (14,332)
Salt Lake City, UT

Dec. 1, 2016*
7:00 PM, P12N
Montana State W 92–84  5–1
Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,548)
Salt Lake City, UT

Dec. 6, 2016*
6:00 PM, P12N
Utah Valley   
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT

Dec. 10, 2016*
3:30 PM, FOX
at Xavier   
Cintas Center 
Cincinnati, OH

Dec. 17, 2016*
4:00 PM, P12N
Prairie View A&M   
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT

Dec. 22, 2016*
9:00 PM, ESPNU
vs. San Francisco
Diamond Head Classic quarterfinal
  
Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI

Dec. 23, 2016*
8:00 PM
or 10:30 PM, ESPN2/ESPNU
vs. Hawaii/Illinois State
Diamond Head Classic
  
Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI

Dec. 25, 2016*
vs. 
Diamond Head Classic
  
Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
Pac-12 regular season

Jan. 1, 2017
4:30 PM, ESPNU
Colorado   
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT

Jan. 5, 2017
8:00 PM, FS1
at Arizona     
McKale Center 
Tucson, AZ

Jan. 7, 2017
3:00 PM, P12N
at Arizona State     
Wells Fargo Arena 
Tempe, AZ

Jan. 12, 2017
7:00 PM, P12N
USC   
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT

Jan. 14, 2017
4:00 PM, P12N
UCLA   
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT

Jan. 18, 2017
7:00 PM, P12N
at Washington State   
Beasley Coliseum 
Pullman, WA

Jan. 21, 2017
6:00 PM, P12N
at Washington   
Alaska Airlines Arena 
Seattle, WA

Jan. 26, 2017
8:30 PM, FS1
Oregon   
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT

Jan. 28, 2017
5:00 PM, P12N
Oregon State   
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT

Feb. 2, 2017
7:00 PM, P12N
at California   
Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, CA

Feb. 4, 2017
2:30 PM, FS1
at Stanford   
Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, CA

Feb. 9, 2017
7:00 PM, P12N
Washington State   
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT

Feb. 11, 2017
2:30 PM, FS1
Washington   
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT

Feb. 16, 2017
9:00 PM, ESPN2
at Oregon   
Matthew Knight Arena 
Eugene, OR

Feb. 18, 2017
6:30 PM, ESPNU
at Oregon State   
Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, OR

Feb. 23, 2017
9:00 PM, ESPNU
at Colorado   
Coors Events Center 
Boulder, CO

Mar. 2, 2017
9:00 PM, ESPNU
California   
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT

Mar. 4, 2017
2:00 PM, P12N
Stanford   
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT
Pac-12 Tournament

Mar. 8–11, 2017
vs.    
T-Mobile Arena 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Ranking movement

References

  1. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: Jakob Poeltl will enter 2016 NBA Draft (with video)". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: JuCo guard Tim Coleman commits to Runnin' Utes". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: 2016 JuCo guard Jojo Zamora commits to Runnin' Utes during visit". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. Goon, Kyle. "Reports: Runnin' Utes get commit from SMU transfer Sedrick Barefield". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  5. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: David Collette enrolls, joins Runnin' Utes". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  6. Goon, Kyle. "Utah basketball: SLCC big man Tyler Rawson commits to Runnin' Utes". SLTrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
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