2016–17 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team

2016–17 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball

Conference	Big Sky Conference
2016–17 record	2-5 (0–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Todd Simon (1st year)
Assistant coach	John Wardenburg
Assistant coach	Andy Johnson
Assistant coach	Drew Allen
Home arena	Centrum Arena

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 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team represents Southern Utah University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thunderbirds are led by first year head coach Todd Simon and play their home games at the Centrum Arena. They are members of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Thunderbirds finished the season 5–24, 3–15 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament to North Dakota.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Travon Langston	3	G	6'3"	190	Senior	Las Vegas, NV	Graduated
Trey Kennedy	4	G	6'3"	195	Junior	Las Vegas, NV	Graduate transferred to Midwestern State
Daniel Melifonwu	12	F	6'9"	220	Freshman	San Diego, CA	Transferred to Connors State College
Christian Thompson	25	G/F	6'7"	180	Senior	Phoenix, AZ	Graduated
Casey Oliverson	32	F	6'8"	225	Senior	Logan, UT	Graduated
A. J. Hess	35	G/F	6'6"	210	Senior	Carefree, AZ	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jadon Cohee	12	G	6'4"	182	Junior	Langley, BC	Transferred from Seattle. Under NCAA transfer rules, Cohee will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Christian Musoko	34	F	6'8"	235	Junior	Kinshasa, Congo	Junior college transferred from Salt Lake CC
Elliott Smith		F	6'6"	185	Junior	Oakley, CA	Junior college transferred from Harcum College
Hamdi Karoui		F	6'7"	220	Junior	Paris, France	Junior college transferred from College of Eastern Utah

2016 incoming recruits

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kaijae Yee-Stephens SG	Santa Cruz, CA	Santa Cruz High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Oct 13, 2015
Kaijae Yee-Stephens SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Taylor Miller SG	Las Vegas, NV	Palo Verde High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Taylor Miller SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Maizen Fausett SG	Saratoga Springs, UT	Westlake High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A
Maizen Fausett SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Jacob Calloway SG	Juneau, AK	Thunder Mountain High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)
Jacob Calloway SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Decardo Day PG	Jackson, MS	Callaway High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	May 10, 2016
Decardo Day PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Ivan Madunic PF	Split, Croatia		6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Apr 21, 2016
Ivan Madunic PF	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 2015-08-27.

Roster

2016–17 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	2	Onwausor, RandyRandy Onwausor	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Inglewood HS Texas Tech	Inglewood, CA
1.5 !G	3	Day, DecardoDecardo Day	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Callaway HS	Jackson, MS
1.5 !G	4	Namdar, NeemaNeema Namdar (W)	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Alta HS	Sandy, UT
1.5 !G	5	Marshall, JohnJohn Marshall	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Westwind Prep	Phoenix, AZ
1.5 !G	10	Saltes, AdonisAdonis Saltes	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.0 !So	Valley HS	Pine Ridge, SD
3.5 !F	10	Calloway, JacobJacob Calloway	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1.0 !Fr	On Point Academy	Juneau, AK
3.5 !F	11	Joyce, WillWill Joyce	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Newark East Side New Mexico Military Institute	Newark, NJ
1.5 !G	12	Cohee, JadonJadon Cohee (I)	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Walnut Grove Secondary Seattle	Langley, BC
1.5 !G	13	Parsons, RaceRace Parsons	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	South Sevier HS	Monroe, UT
1.5 !G	14	McGee, JamesJames McGee (W)	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Mater Dei HS	San Clemente, CA
3.5 !F	22	Madunic, IvanIvan Madunic	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1.0 !Fr	None	Split, Croatia
1.5 !G	33	Johnson, MatthewMatthew Johnson (W)	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2.0 !So	Coronado HS	Las Vegas, NV
4.5 !F/C	34	Musoko, ChristianChristian Musoko	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Layton Christian HS Salt Lake CC	Kinshasa, Congo
3.5 !F	35	Holker, BraydenBrayden Holker	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Westlake HS	Saratoga Springs, UT
3.5 !F	44	Swallow, JoelJoel Swallow (W)	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2.0 !So	Millard HS	Howell, UT

Head coach

Todd Simon (UNLV)

Assistant coach(es)

John Wardenburg (Brigham Young)
Andy Johnson (UNLV)
Patrice Days (New Orleans)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
10/29/2016* 6:30 PM	Master's	W 110–86		Centrum Arena (400) Cedar City, UT
11/04/2016* 6:30 PM	La Verne	W 103–89		Centrum Arena (600) Cedar City, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 6:00 PM	at Valparaiso Men Who Speak Up Main Event	L 65–79	0–1	Athletics–Recreation Center (3,560) Valparaiso, IN
11/14/2016* 6:00 PM	at Saint Louis Men Who Speak Up Main Event	L 76–88	0–2	Chaifetz Arena (4,725) St. Louis, MO
11/18/2016* 6:30 PM	Bethesda	W 108-92	1-2	Centrum Arena (600) Cedar City, UT
11/21/2016* 4:00 PM	vs. Coastal Carolina Men Who Speak Up Main Event Middleweight	L 68-83	1-3	MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV
11/23/2016* 1:30 PM	vs. Ball State Men Who Speak Up Main Event Middleweight	L 83-94	1-4	MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV
11/26/2016* 4:30 PM	Life Pacific	W 101-56	2-4	Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM	UNLV	L 81-89	2-5	Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
12/03/2016* 1:00 PM	at Oakland			Athletics Center O'rena Rochester Hills, MI
12/08/2016* 8:00 PM	at Loyola Marymount			Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
12/10/2016* 7:00 PM	at Cal State Fullerton			Titan Gym Fullerton, CA
12/17/2016* 4:00 PM	IUPUI			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
12/19/2016* 8:00 PM	at Seattle			KeyArena Seattle, WA
12/21/2016* 8:00 PM	at San Jose State			Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2016	at Northern Arizona			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
01/05/2017 7:00 PM	at Northern Colorado			Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO
01/07/2017	at North Dakota			Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, ND
01/12/2017 6:30 PM	Sacramento State			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
01/14/2017 6:30 PM	Portland State			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
01/19/2017 7:00 PM	at Idaho			Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID
01/21/2017 2:00 PM	at Eastern Washington			Reese Court Cheney, WA
01/26/2017 6:30 PM	North Dakota			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
01/28/2017 4:00 PM	Northern Colorado			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
02/02/2017 7:00 PM	at Weber State			Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
02/04/2017	at Idaho State			Holt Arena Pocatello, ID
02/09/2017	Montana			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
02/11/2017	Montana State			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
02/18/2017	Northern Arizona			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
02/23/2017	at Portland State			Peter Stott Center Portland, OR
02/25/2017	at Sacramento State			Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA
03/02/2017	Eastern Washington			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
03/04/2017	Idaho			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
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.

References

↑ Mike Needham. "Men's Basketball - Schedule/Results - Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics". Suutbirds.com.

Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball

Venues	Centrum Arena (1985–present)

Rivalries	In-state Utah schools

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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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