2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball

Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2016–17 record	6–2 (0–0 Pac-12)
Head coach	Tad Boyle (7th year)
Assistant coach	Jean Prioleau
Assistant coach	Mike Rhon
Assistant coach	Bill Grier
Home arena	Coors Events Center

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#11 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
#23 Oregon	0	–	0	–	7	–	2	.778
#16 Arizona	0	–	0	–	6	–	2	.750
Colorado	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
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 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represent the University of Colorado in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This is Tad Boyle's seventh season as head coach at Colorado. The Buffaloes play their home games at Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colorado as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season

The Buffaloes finished the season with an overall record of 22–12, and 10–8 in conference play. In the Pac-12 Tournament the Buffaloes defeated Washington State in the first round before losing to Arizona in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as an 8-seed in the South region where they lost to 9-seed Connecticut in the first round.

Departures

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Xavier Talton	3	G	6'2"	185	Senior	Sterling, CO	Graduated
Eli Stalzer	5	G	6'3"	195	Senior	Brea, CA	Graduated
Tre'Shaun Fletcher	10	G/F	6'7"	205	Junior	Tacoma, WA	Transferred to Toledo
Kenan Guzonjic	13	F	6'8"	245	Junior	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Graduate transferred to Barry
Brett Brady	22	G	6'1"	170	Senior	Highlands Ranch, CO	Graduate transferred to Colorado Christian
Josh Scott	40	F	6'10"	245	Senior	Monument, CO	Graduated

2016 Recruiting class

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Deleon Brown G	Caledonia, MI	Brewster Academy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Oct 7, 2014
Deleon Brown G	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: N/A
Bryce Peters G	Long Beach, CA	Damien HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sep 14, 2015
Bryce Peters G	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 80
Dallas Walton PF	Arvada, CO	Arvada West HS	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Feb 16, 2016
Dallas Walton PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 65
Lucas Siewert PF	Los Angeles, CA	Cathedral HS	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Apr 19, 2016
Lucas Siewert PF	Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 69
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A
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 April 3, 2016.

2017 Committments

2017 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
D'Shawn Schwartz SF	Colorado Springs, CO	Sand Creek High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	Sep 10, 2016
D'Shawn Schwartz SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 83
Tyler Bey PF	Los Angeles, CA	Middlebrooks Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 10, 2016
Tyler Bey PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 76
Evan Battey PF	Villa Park, CA	Villa Park High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	280 lb (130 kg)	Sep 27, 2016
Evan Battey PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82
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 2016-06-02.

Roster

2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Akyazali, ThomasThomas Akyazali	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.0 !So	Koninklijk Atheneum Deurne HS	Antwerp, Belgium
3.5 !F	1	Gordon, WesleyWesley Gordon	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Sierra HS	Colorado Springs, CO
1.5 !G	5	Brown, DeleonDeleon Brown	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Brewster Academy	Grand Rapids, MI
3.5 !F	10	Strating, AlexanderAlexander Strating (W)	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1.0 !Fr	American School of The Hague	Wassenaars, Netherlands
2.5 !G/F	11	Johnson, XavierXavier Johnson	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Mater Dei HS	Los Angeles, CA
1.5 !G	12	Lombard, MitchMitch Lombard (W)	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	2.0 !So	Rock Canyon HS	Castle Pines, CO
3.5 !F	14	Miller, ToryTory Miller	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	246 lb (112 kg)	3.0 !Jr	New Hampton School	Lee's Summit, MO
1.5 !G	15	Collier, DominiqueDominique Collier	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	3.0 !Jr	East HS	Denver, CO
1.5 !G	21	White, DerrickDerrick White	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Legend HS Colorado–Colorado Springs	Parker, CO
1.5 !G	23	Peters, BryceBryce Peters	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Damien HS	La Puente, CA
1.5 !G	24	King, GeorgeGeorge King	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Cathedral HS	Joinville, Brazil
3.5 !F	25	Siewert, LucasLucas Siewert	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Brennan HS	San Antonio, TX
1.5 !G	33	Repine, JoshJosh Repine (W)	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	3.0 !Jr	New Hampton School	Englewood, CO
4.5 !F/C	35	Walton, DallasDallas Walton	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Arvada West	Arvada, CO
1.5 !G	44	Fortune, JoshJosh Fortune	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Providence	Hampton, VA

Head coach

Tad Boyle (Kansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Jean Prioleau (Fordham)
Mike Rohn (McPherson)
Bill Grier (Oregon)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
Nov. 11, 2016* 7:00 PM, P12N	Sacramento State	W 90–53	1–0	Coors Events Center (8,322) Boulder, CO
Nov. 14, 2016* 7:00 PM, P12N	Seattle Legends Classic campus-site game	W 67–55	2–0	Coors Events Center (6,883) Boulder, CO
Nov. 17, 2016* 7:00 PM, P12N	Louisiana–Monroe Legends Classic campus-site game	W 89–70	3–0	Coors Events Center (7,329) Boulder, CO
Nov. 21, 2016* 5:00 PM, ESPN2	vs. Notre Dame Legends Classic semifinal	L 83–89	3–1	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
Nov. 22, 2016* 1:30 PM, ESPNU	vs. No. 22 Texas Legends Classic 3rd place game	W 68–54	4–1	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
Nov. 27, 2016* 12:00 PM, P12N	Wofford	W 75–60	5–1	Coors Events Center (6,854) Boulder, CO
Nov. 30, 2016* 7:00 PM, P12N	Colorado State	L 58–72	5–2	Coors Events Center (8,715) Boulder, CO
Dec. 3, 2016* 8:00 PM	at Portland	W 76–63	6–2	Chiles Center (2,720) Portland, OR
Dec. 7, 2016* 7:00 PM, P12N	Xavier			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Dec. 10, 2016* 8:00 PM, ESPN2	at BYU			Marriott Center Provo, UT
Dec. 17, 2016* 12:00 PM, P12N	Fort Hays State			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Dec. 19, 2016* 7:00 PM, CBSSN	at Air Force			Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO
Dec. 22, 2016* 6:30 PM, P12N	Eastern Washington			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Pac-12 regular season
Jan. 1, 2017 6:30 PM, ESPNU	at Utah			Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
Jan. 5, 2017 7:00 PM, P12N	at Arizona State			Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ
Jan. 7, 2017 7:30 PM, P12N	at Arizona			McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Jan. 12, 2017 9:00 PM, FS1	UCLA			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Jan. 15, 2017 6:30 PM, ESPNU	USC			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Jan. 18, 2017 9:00 PM, ESPNU	at Washington			Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
Jan. 21, 2017 2:00 PM, P12N	at Washington State			Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
Jan. 26, 2017 6:30 PM, FS1	Oregon State			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Jan. 28, 2017 7:30 PM, P12N	Oregon			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Feb. 2, 2017 9:00 PM, P12N	at Stanford			Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
Feb. 5, 2017 2:30 PM, ESPNU	at California			Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
Feb. 9, 2017 8:00 PM, FS1	Washington			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Feb. 12, 2017 6:30 PM, ESPNU	Washington State			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Feb. 16, 2017 7:00 PM, P12N	at Oregon State			Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
Feb. 19, 2017 1:00 PM, FOX	at Oregon			Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR
Feb. 23, 2017 9:00 PM, ESPNU	Utah			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Mar. 2, 2017 7:00 PM, ESPN2	Stanford			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Mar. 5, 2017 12:00 PM, P12N	California			Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
Pac-12 Tournament
Mar. 8–12, 2017	vs.			T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball

Venues	Carlson Gymnasium (1924–1937) Balch Fieldhouse (1937–1979) Coors Events Center (1979–present)

Culture & lore	History "CU Fight Song" Ralphie the Buffalo UC Pep Band

People	Head coaches

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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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