2016–17 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team

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2016–17 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record15–16 (8–10 CAA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMatthews Arena
Seasons
2016–17 CAA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UNC Wilmington 15 3   .833 29 6   .829
College of Charleston 14 4   .778 25 10   .714
Towson 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Elon 10 8   .556 18 14   .563
William & Mary 10 8   .556 17 14   .548
Northeastern 8 10   .444 15 16   .484
Hofstra 7 11   .389 15 17   .469
James Madison 7 11   .389 10 23   .303
Delaware 5 13   .278 13 20   .394
Drexel 3 15   .167 9 23   .281
2017 CAA tournament winner

The 2016–17 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team represented Northeastern University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by eleventh-year head coach Bill Coen, played their home games at Matthews Arena in Boston Massachusetts as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 15–16, 8–10 in CAA play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA tournament to Towson.

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2015–16 season 18–15, 9–9 in CAA play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Towson to advance to the semifinals of the CAA tournament where they lost to UNC Wilmington.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Brandon Kamga 0 G 6'5" 215 Freshman Reston, VA Transferred to High Point
David Walker 4 G 6'6" 196 Senior Stow, OH Graduated
Quincy Ford 12 G/F 6'8" 225 RS Senior St. Petersburg, FL Graduated
Caleb Donnelly 15 G 6'1" 181 RS Senior Hudson, NH Graduated
Zach Stahl 33 G 6'5" 215 Senior Chanhasse, MN Graduated
Kwesi Abakah 34 F 6'8" 212 RS Junior Suwanee, GA Graduate transferred to Richmond

Incoming Transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Alex Murphy 0 F 6'5" 225 RS Senior Wakefield, RI Transferred from Florida. Will eligible to play since Murphy graduated from Florida.
Vasa Pusica 4 G 6'5" 210 Junior Belgrade, Serbia Transferred from San Diego. Under NCAA transfer rules, Pusica will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Bolden Brace
#76 SF
Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oct 22, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 67
Maxime Boursiquot
SF
Ottawa, ON Kent School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) N/A Mar 31, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 64
Shawn Occeus
SF
Boca Raton, FL Grandview Prep 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) N/A Oct 5, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/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 August 11, 2015.

Roster

2016–17 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Alex Murphy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Sr St. Mark's
Duke/Florida
Wakefield, RI
G 1 Shawn Occeus 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Grandview Prep Boynton Beach, VA
F 2 Bolden Brace 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Fr Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
G/F 3 Jimmy Marshall 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Douglas S. Freeman Richmond, VA
G 4 Vasa Pusica (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Sunrise Christian Academy
San Diego
Belgrade, Serbia
G 10 T. J. Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX
F 11 Jeremy Miller 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So New Hampton School Milton, MA
G/F 14 Maxime Boursiquot 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Fr Immaculata/Kent School Ottawa, ON
G 20 Devon Begley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Jr Pearland Pearland, TX
F 21 Sajon Ford 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Gibbs St. Petersburg, FL
G 22 Donnell Gresham, Jr. 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 197 lb (89 kg) So Cretin-Derham Hall Maplewood, MN
C 30 Anthony Green 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 252 lb (114 kg) So Tilton School Quincy, MA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm, NESN
Boston University W 87–77  1–0
Matthews Arena (2,287)
Boston, MA
11/14/2016*
7:00 pm, SNY
at UConn W 64–61  2–0
Gampel Pavilion (7,573)
Storrs, CT
11/18/2016*
6:00 pm
at Boston University
Steve Wright Classic
L 63–65  2–1
Case Gym (843)
Boston, MA
11/19/2016*
6:30 pm
vs. LIU Brooklyn
Steve Wright Classic
L 74–78  2–2
Case Gym (672)
Boston, MA
11/20/2016*
2:00 pm
vs. Maine
Steve Wright Classic
W 80–72  3–2
Case Gym (460)
Boston, MA
11/27/2016*
2:00 pm
Kent State W 73–70  4–2
Matthews Arena (701)
Boston, MA
11/30/2016*
7:00 pm
at Cornell L 77–80  4–3
Newman Arena (742)
Ithaca, NY
12/03/2016*
6:00 pm
at Stony Brook L 75–77  4–4
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,883)
Stony Brook, NY
12/06/2016*
7:00 pm
at Harvard L 80–86  4–5
Lavietes Pavilion (1,517)
Cambridge, MA
12/10/2016*
1:00 pm
at Vermont W 59–57  5–5
Patrick Gym (2,284)
Burlington, VT
12/18/2016*
7:00 pm, BTN
at Michigan State W 81–73  6–5
Breslin Center (14,797)
East Lansing, MI
12/20/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Oakland W 61–59  7–5
Athletics Center O'rena (2,622)
Rochester Hills, MI
CAA regular season
12/31/2016
2:00 pm
William & Mary W 84–64  8–5
(1–0)
Matthews Arena (960)
Boston, MA
01/02/2017
4:30 pm
at Drexel W 75–70 OT 9–5
(2–0)
Daskalakis Athletic Center (899)
Philadelphia, PA
01/05/2017
7:00 pm, ASN
Delaware W 90–54  10–5
(3–0)
Matthews Arena (1,873)
Boston, MA
01/07/2017
7:00 pm
James Madison W 64–54  11–5
(4–0)
Matthews Arena (1,354)
Boston, MA
01/12/2017
7:00 pm
Drexel W 92–75  12–5
(5–0)
Matthews Arena (1,417)
Boston, MA
01/14/2017
2:00 pm, CSN
at Towson L 67–74  12–6
(5–1)
SECU Arena (1,773)
Towson, MD
01/19/2017
7:00 pm
at Delaware L 62–69  12–7
(5–2)
Bob Carpenter Center (1,805)
Newark, DE
01/21/2017
4:00 pm
at Hofstra L 73–78  12–8
(5–3)
Mack Sports Complex (2,629)
Hempstead, NY
01/26/2017
7:00 pm
Elon L 49–51  12–9
(5–4)
Matthews Arena (1,249)
Boston, MA
01/28/2017
7:00 pm
Towson W 69–62  13–9
(6–4)
Matthews Arena (1,255)
Boston, MA
02/02/2017
7:00 pm
at William & Mary L 69–94  13–10
(6–5)
Kaplan Arena (2,134)
Williamsburg, VA
02/04/2017
4:00 pm
at James Madison L 69–73  13–11
(6–6)
JMU Convocation Center (3,543)
Harrisonburg, VA
02/09/2017
7:30 pm
at College of Charleston W 73–72  14–11
(7–6)
TD Arena (2,916)
Charleston, SC
02/11/2017
7:00 pm
Hofstra L 64–74  14–12
(7–7)
Matthews Arena (1,032)
Boston, MA
02/16/2017
7:00 pm
UNC Wilmington L 65–66  14–13
(7–8)
Matthews Arena (1,041)
Boston, MA
02/18/2017
1:00 pm
College of Charleston L 71–85  14–14
(7–9)
Matthews Arena (1,447)
Boston, MA
02/23/2017
7:00 pm
at Elon W 105–104 2OT 15–14
(8–9)
Alumni Gym (1,278)
Elon, NC
02/25/2017
2:00 pm
at UNC Wilmington L 65–74  15–15
(8–10)
Trask Coliseum (5,200)
Wilmington, NC
CAA tournament
03/04/2017
8:30 pm, CSN
(6) vs. (3) Towson
Quarterfinals
L 54–82  15–16
North Charleston Coliseum (4,212)
North Charleston, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time Source[1][2][3].

See also

2016–17 Northeastern Huskies women's basketball team

References