2016–17 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team

2016–17 Bucknell Bison men's basketball

Conference	Patriot League
2016–17 record	2–1 (0–0 Patriot)
Head coach	Nathan Davis (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Paul Harrison
Assistant coach	John Griffin
Assistant coach	Joe Meehan
Home arena	Sojka Pavilion

2016–17 Patriot League men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Boston University	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Bucknell	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Navy	0	–	0	–	3	–	4	.429
Lafayette	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Lehigh	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Army	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333
Holy Cross	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333
Loyola (MD)	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333
Colgate	0	–	0	–	1	–	4	.200
American	0	–	0	–	0	–	5	.000


† 2017 Patriot League Tournament winner As of December 6, 2016;

The 2016–17 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team represents Bucknell University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bison, led by second year head coach Nathan Davis, play their home games at Sojka Pavilion, and are members of the Patriot League.

Previous season

The Bison finished the season 17–14, 14–4 in Patriot League play to win the regular season league championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament to Holy Cross. As a regular season champion who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Monmouth.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Chris Hass	14	G	6'5"	184	Senior	Pellston, MI	Graduated
Matt Banas	25	F	6'9"	205	Senior	Hershey, PA	Graduated
Ryan Frazier	32	G	6'0"	190	Senior	Silver Springs, MD	Graduated
Dom Hoffman	50	F	6'7"	222	Senior	Hawthorne, NJ	Graduated

Incoming recruits

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Bruce Moore #77 PF	Randallstown, MD	McDonough High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	N/A	Sep 15, 2015
Bruce Moore #77 PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 66
Ben Robertson SF	High Point, NC	High Point Christian Academy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sep 14, 2015
Ben Robertson SF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Avi Toomer SG	Atlanta, GA	Grady High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Oct 8, 2015
Avi Toomer SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
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 2016-09-05.

Roster

2016–17 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
3.5 !F	0	MacLeay, D. J.D. J. MacLeay	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Reagan	San Antonio, TX
1.5 !G	1	Mackenzie, KimbalKimbal Mackenzie	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2.0 !So	John Carroll	Oakville, ON
1.5 !G	2	Brown, StephenStephen Brown	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Christ Chapel Academy	Manassas, VA
4.5 !F/C	4	Sestina, NateNate Sestina	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	2.0 !So	Cameron County	Emporuim, PA
1.5 !G	5	Azzinaro, JohnJohn Azzinaro	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Brennan	San Antonio, TX
1.5 !G	11	Toomer, AviAvi Toomer	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Grady	Atlanta, GA
3.5 !F	13	Moore, BruceBruce Moore	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1.0 !Fr	McDonogh	Owings Mills, MD
1.5 !G	14	Robertson, BenBen Robertson	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	1.0 !Fr	High Point Christian	High Point, MD
1.5 !G	15	Jones, NateNate Jones	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2.0 !So	Radford	Radford, VA
5.0 !C	20	Foulland, NanaNana Foulland	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Berks Catholic	Reading, PA
1.5 !G	22	O'Reilley, MattMatt O'Reilley	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	Prolific Prep Academy	Moraga, CA
3.5 !F	23	Thomas, ZachZach Thomas	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Oakdale	Ijamesville, MD
5.0 !C	44	Oberfeld, BenBen Oberfeld	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Eastview	Eagan, MN

Head coach

Nathan Davis (Randolph–Macon)

Assistant coach(es)

Paul Harrison (Washington and Lee)
John Griffin (Bucknell)
Joe Meehan (Lebanon Valley)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

^[1]

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM	Manhattan	W 76–64	1–0	Sojka Pavilion (2,763) Lewisburg, PA
11/13/2016* 2:00 PM, ACCN Extra	at Wake Forest	L 74–94	1–1	LJVM Coliseum (6,541) Winston-Salem, NC
11/16/2016* 7:00 PM	Robert Morris	W 75–62	2–1	Sojka Pavilion (2,205) Lewisburg, PA
11/19/2016* 1:00 PM, FSN	at Butler Las Vegas Classic	L 60–86	2–2	Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,236) Indianapolis, IN
11/21/2016* 9:00 PM, SECN	at Vanderbilt Las Vegas Classic	W 75–72	3–2	Memorial Gymnasium (8,243) Nashville, TN
11/24/2016* 2:30 PM	vs. Norfolk State Las Vegas Classic semifinals			Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
11/25/2016* 2:30 PM or 5:00 PM	vs. Sacred Heart or Northern Colorado Las Vegas Classic			Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM	Richmond			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
12/03/2016* 2:00 PM	at La Salle			Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA
12/06/2016* 7:00 PM	at Fairfield			Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT
12/17/2016* 12:00 PM	vs. Siena			Glens Falls Civic Center Glens Falls, NY
12/19/2016* 7:00 PM	Mount St. Mary's			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
12/22/2016* 7:00 PM	Princeton			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
Patriot League regular season
12/30/2016 7:00 PM	at Navy			Alumni Hall Annapolis, MD
01/02/2017 7:00 PM	Army			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
01/05/2017 7:30 PM	at American			Bender Arena Washington, D.C.
01/08/2017 1:00 PM	at Holy Cross			Hart Center Worcester, MA
01/11/2017 7:00 PM	Lehigh			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
01/14/2017 2:00 PM	at Colgate			Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY
01/18/2017 7:00 PM	at Loyola (MD)			Reitz Arena Baltimore, MD
01/21/2017 2:00 PM, ASN	Boston University			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
01/25/2017 7:00 PM	at Lafayette			Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA
01/28/2017 3:00 PM	at Navy			Christl Arena West Point, NY
02/01/2017 7:00 PM	American			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
02/06/2017 7:00 PM, CBSSN	Holy Cross			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
02/08/2017 7:00 PM	at Lehigh			Stabler Arena Bethlehem, PA
02/13/2017 7:00 PM, CBSSN	Colgate			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
02/15/2017 7:30 PM	Loyola (MD)			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
02/18/2017 12:00 PM	at Boston University			Case Gym Boston, MA
02/22/2017 7:00 PM	Lafayette			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
02/25/2017 12:00 PM	Navy			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
Patriot League Tournament
02/28–03/08/2017
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

↑ http://www.bucknellbison.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=32100&SPID=137628&SPSID=810386

Bucknell Bison men's basketball

Venues	Sojka Pavilion (2003–present)

Culture & lore	"Ray Bucknell"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Premo-Porretta national championships in bold

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/24/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.