2016–17 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team

2016–17 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball

Conference	Horizon League
2016–17 record	3–4 (0–0 Horizon)
Head coach	LaVall Jordan (1st year)
Assistant coach	Todd Townsend
Assistant coach	Omar Lowery
Assistant coach	Will Vergollo
Home arena	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Klotsche Center

2016–17 Horizon League men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oakland	0	–	0	–	7	–	1	.875
Valparaiso	0	–	0	–	7	–	1	.875
Wright State	0	–	0	–	6	–	2	.750
Northern Kentucky	0	–	0	–	4	–	3	.571
UIC	0	–	0	–	4	–	3	.571
Youngstown State	0	–	0	–	4	–	4	.500
Green Bay	0	–	0	–	3	–	4	.429
Milwaukee	0	–	0	–	3	–	4	.429
Cleveland State	0	–	0	–	1	–	5	.167
Detroit	0	–	0	–	1	–	6	.143


† 2017 Horizon League Tournament winner As of November 20, 2016;

The 2016-17 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team represents the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by first year head coach LaVall Jordan, play their home games at the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena and the Klotsche Center and are members of the Horizon League.

Previous season

The Panthers finished the season 20–13, 10–8 in Horizon League play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Northern Kentucky in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to Green Bay. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

On March 17, head coach Rob Jeter was fired.^[1] He finished at Milwaukee with a 11 year record of 185–170.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Jordan Johnson	1	G	5'9"	175	RS Junior	Waukegan, IL	Transferred to UNLV
Akeem Springs	2	G	6'4"	210	Junior	Waukegan, IL	Graduate transferred to Minnesota
JayQuan McCloud	11	G	6'2"	175	Sophomore	Waukegan, IL	Transferred
J. J. Panoske	23	F	6'10"	225	Senior	Brodhead, WI	Graduated
J. R. Lyle	30	G	6'2"	175	Senior	Kansas City, MO	Graduated
Matt Tiby	31	F	6'8"	230	Senior	Urbandale, IA	Graduated
Scotty Tyler	33	F	6'7"	205	Sophomore	Grafton, WI	Transferred to UW–Whitewater
Austin Arians	34	F	6'6"	200	RS Junior	Stoughton, WI	Graduate transferred to Wake Forest

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Cameron Harvey	31	G	6'3"	210	RS Senior	Naperville, IL	Transferred from Stetson. Will eligible to play since Harvey graduated from Stetson.

Recruiting class of 2016

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Bryce Nze SF	Waukesha, WI	Arrowhead High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Nov 5, 2015
Bryce Nze SF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Bryce Barnes PG	Chicago, IL	Bogan High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	160 lb (73 kg)
Bryce Barnes PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
August Haas PG	Copenhagen, Denmark	SISU Basketball Klub	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
August Haas PG	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 October 18, 2016.

Recruiting class of 2017

2017 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Dylan Alderson PG	Davison, MI	Clarkston High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Sep 20, 2016
Dylan Alderson PG	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: "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Barnes, BryceBryce Barnes	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Chicago, Illinois
1.5 !G	1	Bell, JeremiahJeremiah Bell	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	2.0 !So	Louisville, Kentucky
1.5 !G	3	Stull, BrockBrock Stull	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Caledonia, Illinois
1.5 !G	4	Johnson, JeremyJeremy Johnson	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
1.5 !G	5	Wichmann, CodyCody Wichmann	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Pulaski, Wisconsin
3.5 !F	11	Saddler, ZacZac Saddler	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.0 !Fr	New Braunfels, Texas
1.5 !G	13	Haas, AugustAugust Haas	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Copenhagen, Denmark
1.5 !G	15	Peterson, BaylorBaylor Peterson	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.0 !So	Edina, Minnesota
2.5 !G/F	20	Rongstad, DerekDerek Rongstad (W)	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Middleton, Wisconsin
3.5 !F	21	Studer, DanDan Studer (W)	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Germantown, Wisconsin
3.5 !F	24	Nze, BryceBryce Nze	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Hartland, Wisconsin
1.5 !G	31	Harvey, CameronCameron Harvey	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Collegeville, Pennsylvania
3.5 !F	50	Prahl, BrettBrett Prahl	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	East Troy, Wisconsin
3.5 !F	52	Prahl, AlexAlex Prahl (W)	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	East Troy, Wisconsin

Head coach

LaVall Jordan (Butler)

Assistant coach(es)

Todd Townsend (Marquette)
Omar Lowery (Concordia (WI))
Will Vergollo (Michigan)

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
Exhibition
11/05/2016* 2:00 PM	Concordia (WI)	W 77–62		Klotsche Center (897) Milwaukee, WI
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM	MSOE Sanford Pentagon Showcase	W 88–58	1–0	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI
11/16/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Memphis	L 54–68	1–1	FedEx Forum Memphis, TN
11/20/2016* 12:30 PM, FS1	at DePaul	L 59–77	1–2	Allstate Arena (9,398) Rosemont, IL
11/25/2016* 5:30 PM	vs. East Tennessee State Sanford Pentagon Showcase	L 62-86	1-3	Sanford Pentagon (626) Sioux Falls, SD
11/26/2016* 2:00 PM	vs. UC Irvine Sanford Pentagon Showcase	W 54–37	2–3	Sanford Pentagon (379) Sioux Falls, SD
11/27/2016* 2:30 PM	vs. South Dakota State Sanford Pentagon Showcase	L 58–81	2–4	Sanford Pentagon (1,346) Sioux Falls, SD
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM	Jacksonville	W 72–67	3–4	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,473) Milwaukee, WI
12/03/2016* 8:00 PM	at Montana			Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
12/05/2016* 8:05 PM	at Montana State			Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
12/10/2016* 3:00 PM	at Loyola–Chicago			Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
12/14/2016* 6:00 PM	at Ohio			Convocation Center Athens, OH
12/17/2016* 2:00 PM	Western Illinois			Klotsche Center Milwaukee, WI
12/19/2016* 7:00 PM	Belmont			UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI
Horizon League regular season
12/29/2016 6:00 PM	at Youngstown State			Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
12/31/2016 2:30 PM	at Cleveland State			Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
01/07/2017 7:00 PM	at Green Bay			Resch Center Green Bay, WI
01/12/2017 7:00 PM	Northern Kentucky			UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI
01/14/2017 2:00 PM	Wright State			UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI
01/17/2017 7:00 PM	at UIC			UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
01/20/2017 7:00 PM	Cleveland State			UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI
01/22/2017 2:00 PM	Youngstown State			UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI
01/27/2017 6:00 PM	at Detroit			Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
01/29/2017 12:00 PM, ASN	at Oakland			Athletics Center O'rena Rochester, MI
02/02/2017 7:00 PM	Valparaiso			UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI
02/04/2017 2:00 PM	UIC			UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI
02/09/2017 6:00 PM, ASN	at Wright State			Nutter Center Dayton, OH
02/11/2017 6:00 PM	at Northern Kentucky			BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY
02/18/2017 1:00 PM	Green Bay			UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI
02/21/2017 7:00 PM	at Valparaiso			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/24/2017 7:00 PM	Detroit			Klotsche Center Milwaukee, WI
02/26/2017 2:00 PM	Oakland			Klotsche Center Milwaukee, WI
Horizon League Tournament
03/03–07/2017	vs.			Joe Louis Arena Detroit, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ http://archive.jsonline.com/sports/rob-jeter-fired-as-uwm-mens-basketball-coach-b99689696z1-372401751.html

Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball

Venues	Baker Fieldhouse (1956–1977) J. Martin Klotsche Center (1977–1992) U.S. Cellular Arena (1992–1998) J. Martin Klotsche Center (1998–2003) U.S. Cellular Arena (2003–2012) Klotsche Center (2012–2013) UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2013–present)

Rivalries	Rivalry records

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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

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