2016–17 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

The 2016–17 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Cuonzo Martin's third year as head coach at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 10–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Oregon State and Utah in Pac-12 tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Oregon. They were one of the last four teams not selected for the NCAA tournament and thus received a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Cal State Bakersfield.

2016–17 California Golden Bears men's basketball
NIT, First round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	21–13 (10–8 Pac–12)
Head coach	Cuonzo Martin (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Tracy Webster Wyking Jones Tim O'Tool
Home arena	Haas Pavilion
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Oregon	16	–	2		.889			33	–	6		.846
No. 4 Arizona †	16	–	2		.889			32	–	5		.865
No. 8 UCLA	15	–	3		.833			31	–	5		.861
Utah	11	–	7		.611			20	–	12		.625
California	10	–	8		.556			21	–	13		.618
USC	10	–	8		.556			26	–	10		.722
Colorado	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Arizona State	7	–	11		.389			15	–	18		.455
Stanford	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Washington State	6	–	12		.333			13	–	18		.419
Washington	2	–	16		.111			9	–	22		.290
Oregon State	1	–	17		.056			5	–	27		.156
† Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

On March 15, head coach Cuonzo Martin resigned to become the head coach at Missouri.^[1] He finished at Cal with a three-year record of 62–39. On March 24, Cal promoted assistant coach Wyking Jones to head coach.^[2]

Previous season

The Golden Bears finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 23–11, 12–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Oregon State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Utah. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Hawaii.

Off-season

Departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Brenden Glapion	G	6'3"	195	RS Sr.	San Francisco, CA	Graduated
Nick Kerr	G	6'3"	180	RS Sr.	Rancho Santa Fe, CA	Graduated
Jordan Mathews	G	6'4"	203	Jr.	San Francisco, CA	Graduated; transferred to Gonzaga^[3]
Tyrone Wallace	G	6'5"	205	Sr.	Bakersfield, CA	Graduated; Declared for 2016 NBA draft
Jaylen Brown	F	6'7"	225	Fr.	Marietta, GA	Declared for 2016 NBA draft^[4]

Incoming transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Dontae Coleman	G	6'3"	188	So.	Augusta, GA	Junior college transfer from Lawson State Community College^[5]
Grant Mullins	G	6'3"	175	Sr.	Burlington, ON	Graduate transfer from Columbia University.^[6]
Marcus Lee	F	6'9"	224	Sr.	Antioch, CA	Transfer from University of Kentucky.^[7]

2016 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Charlie Moore PG	Chicago, IL	Morgan Park HS	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	May 18, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
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:

US college sports recruiting information for 2017 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jemarl Baker SG	Los Angeles, CA	Theodore Roosevelt HS	6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	Dec 31, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 85
Juhwan Harris-Dyson SG	Northridge, CA	Heritage Christian HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	Jul 13, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 80
Trevin Knell SG	Woods Cross, UT	Woods Cross HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oct 4, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 77
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:

Roster

2016–17 California Golden Bears men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Ivan Rabb 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Bishop O'Dowd HS Oakland, California G 2 Sam Singer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Ransom Everglades HS Miami, Florida G 3 Grant Mullins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Sr Columbia Burlington, Ontario G 10 Brandon Chauca 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr 22 Feet Academy Alexandria, Virginia F 12 Roger Moute a Bidias 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Notre Dame Prep Yaoundé, Cameroon G 13 Charlie Moore 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Morgan Park HS Chicago, Illinois G 14 Don Coleman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) So Lawson State C.C. Augusta, Georgia F 15 Marcus Lee   6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Sr Kentucky Antioch, California G 20 Derek King (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Santa Teresa HS/Foothill College Shanghai, China G 21 Nick Hamilton (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Jr Westchester HS Inglewood, California C 22 Kingsley Okoroh 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 252 lb (114 kg) Jr Westwind Prep Derby, England G 23 Jabari Bird 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Sr Salesian HS Vallejo, California F 25 Roman Davis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Fr Windward HS Carson, California G 30 Koko Kurdoghlian (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Fr La Cañada HS La Cañada, California G 31 Stephen Domingo 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Sr Georgetown San Francisco, California F 42 Cole Welle (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Jr Aptos HS Aptos, California C 44 Kameron Rooks 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 265 lb (120 kg) RS Jr Mission Hills HS San Marcos, California	Head coach Cuonzo Martin Assistant coach(es) Tracy Webster Wyking Jones Tim O'Toole Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 12, 2016

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov. 3* 7:00 pm		California Baptist	W 81–73	–	16 – Tied	8 – Rooks	4 – Singer	Haas Pavilion (2,828) Berkeley, CA
Non-conference regular season
Nov. 11* 7:00 pm, P12N		South Dakota State	W 82–58	1–0	14 – Tied	7 – Tied	5 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (7,782) Berkeley, CA
Nov. 16* 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 25	UC Irvine	W 75–65 ^OT	2–0	38 – Moore	9 – Domingo	5 – Singer	Haas Pavilion (8,104) Berkeley, CA
Nov. 21* 8:00 pm, P12N		vs. San Diego State Sacramento Showcase	L 65–77	2–1	19 – Rabb	11 – Rabb	2 – Tied	Golden 1 Center (10,104) Sacramento, CA
Nov. 25* 8:00 pm, P12N		Wyoming	W 71–61	3–1	18 – Moore	10 – Rabb	6 – Moore	Haas Pavilion (8,355) Berkeley, CA
Nov. 27* 5:00 pm, P12N		Southeastern Louisiana California Bears Classic	W 67–55	4–1	22 – Moore	10 – Rabb	4 – Moore	Haas Pavilion (8,387) Berkeley, CA
Nov. 30* 6:00 pm, P12N		Louisiana Tech California Bears Classic	W 68–59 ^OT	5–1	25 – Rabb	13 – Rabb	4 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (8,129) Berkeley, CA
Dec. 3* 1:00 pm, P12N		Alcorn State California Bears Classic	W 83–59	6–1	26 – Rabb	9 – Okoroh	4 – Moore	Haas Pavilion (8,257) Berkeley, CA
Dec. 6* 4:00 pm, FS1		vs. Princeton Pearl Harbor Basketball Invitational	W 62–51	7–1	15 – Moore	11 – Rabb	3 – Singer	Bloch Arena (4,024) Honolulu, HI
Dec. 7* 4:00 pm, FS1		vs. Seton Hall Pearl Harbor Basketball Invitational	L 57–60	7–2	22 – Bird	9 – Bird	3 – Moore	Bloch Arena (4,024) Honolulu, HI
Dec. 10* 7:30 pm, P12N		UC Davis	W 86–61	8–2	22 – Moore	5 – Singer	6 – Singer	Haas Pavilion (8,664) Berkeley, CA
Dec. 17* 5:00 pm, P12N		Cal Poly	W 81–55	9–2	25 – Bird	11 – Okoroh	5 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (9,698) Berkeley, CA
Dec. 21* 7:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 12 Virginia	L 52–56	9–3	15 – Bird	12 – Rabb	4 – Moore	Haas Pavilion (11,092) Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 regular season
Dec. 30 8:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 18 Arizona	L 62–67	9–4 (0–1)	16 – Rabb	16 – Rabb	4 – Moore	Haas Pavilion (10,844) Berkeley, CA
Jan. 1 7:00 pm, P12N		Arizona State	W 81–65	10–4 (1–1)	20 – Tied	15 – Rabb	6 – Moore	Haas Pavilion (8,776) Berkeley, CA
Jan. 5 6:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 4 UCLA	L 71–81	10–5 (1–2)	19 – Mullins	20 – Rabb	2 – Tied	Pauley Pavilion (13,659) Los Angeles, CA
Jan. 8 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 25 USC	W 74–73	11–5 (2–2)	17 – Rabb	8 – Rabb	5 – Mullins	Galen Center (5,528) Los Angeles, CA
Jan. 12 6:00 pm, FS1		Washington	W 69–59	12–5 (3–2)	20 – Rabb	14 – Rabb	2 – Bird	Haas Pavilion (9,093) Berkeley, CA
Jan. 14 1:00 pm, P12N		Washington State	W 58–54	13–5 (4–2)	14 – Rabb	12 – Rabb	3 – Rabb	Haas Pavilion (9,238) Berkeley, CA
Jan. 19 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 11 Oregon	L 63–86	13–6 (4–3)	21 – Bird	6 – Moore	5 – Moore	Matthew Knight Arena (10,010) Eugene, OR
Jan. 21 7:30 pm, P12N		at Oregon State	W 69–58	14–6 (5–3)	18 – Rabb	8 – Tied	4 – Moore	Gill Coliseum (4,945) Corvallis, OR
Jan. 29 5:30 pm, ESPNU		Stanford	W 66–55	15–6 (6–3)	25 – Rabb	13 – Rabb	8 – Moore	Haas Pavilion (11,877) Berkeley, CA
Feb. 2 6:00 pm, P12N		Utah	W 77–75 ^2OT	16–6 (7–3)	26 – Bird	14 – Rabb	4 – Moore	Haas Pavilion (9,246) Berkeley, CA
Feb. 5 1:30 pm, ESPNU		Colorado	W 77–66	17–6 (8–3)	17 – Moore	11 – Rabb	8 – Moore	Haas Pavilion (9,719) Berkeley, CA
Feb. 8 8:00 pm, ESPNU		at Arizona State	W 68–43	18–6 (9–3)	18 – Mullins	11 – Rabb	3 – Tied	Wells Fargo Arena (5,107) Tempe, AZ
Feb. 11 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 9 Arizona	L 57–62	18–7 (9–4)	19 – Bird	6 – Rooks	4 – Singer	McKale Center (14,644) Tucson, AZ
Feb. 17 7:00 pm, FS1		at Stanford	L 68–73	18–8 (9–5)	23 – Bird	13 – Rabb	6 – Moore	Maples Pavilion (4,870) Stanford, CA
Feb. 22 6:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 6 Oregon	L 65–68	18–9 (9–6)	20 – Bird	12 – Rabb	4 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (10,759) Berkeley, CA
Feb. 24 7:00 pm, FS1		Oregon State	W 76–46	19–9 (10–6)	16 – Rabb	9 – Rabb	5 – Moore	Haas Pavilion (9,500) Berkeley, CA
Mar. 2 8:00 pm, ESPNU		at Utah	L 44–74	19–10 (10–7)	11 – Mullins	8 – Rabb	1 – Tied	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,876) Salt Lake City, UT
Mar. 4 11:00 am, P12N		at Colorado	L 46–54	19–11 (10–8)	11 – Tied	13 – Rabb	2 – Singer	Coors Events Center (8,392) Boulder, CO
Pac-12 tournament
Mar 8, 2017 2:30 pm, P12N	(5)	vs. (12) Oregon State First Round	W 67–62	20–11	20 – Bird	13 – Rabb	4 – Moore	T-Mobile Arena (7,846) Paradise, NV
Mar 9, 2017 2:30 pm, P12N	(5)	vs. (4) Utah Quarterfinals	W 78–75	21–11	26 – Bird	10 – Okoroh	2 – Tied	T-Mobile Arena (12,782) Paradise, NV
Mar 10, 2017 6:00 pm, P12N	(5)	vs. (1) No. 5 Oregon Semifinals	L 65–73	21–12	23 – Mullins	9 – Okoroh	4 – Mullins	T-Mobile Arena (19,224) Paradise, NV
NIT
Mar. 14, 2017* 8:15 pm, ESPN2	(1)	(8) Cal State Bakersfield First Round – California Bracket	L 66–73	21–13	26 – Coleman	7 – Welle	4 – Mullins	Haas Pavilion (1,778) Berkeley, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Ranking movement

See also: 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV=Received votes. NV=Received no votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Post	Final
AP	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV			N/A*
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV

Notes

• March 24, 2017 – Wyking Jones was named the team's head coach

References

1. "Cuonzo Martin resigns from Cal, reportedly off to Missouri".
2. Tril, Chris (March 24, 2017). "Wyking Jones promoted to Cal men's basketball head coach". The Daily Californian. Berkeley. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
3. . June 23, 2016. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
4. Letourneau, Connor (April 21, 2016). "Cal's Jaylen Brown declares for NBA draft". SFGate.com. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
5. Letourneau, Connor (March 5, 2016). "JUCO point guard Dontae Coleman commits to Cal". SFGate.com. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
6. Borzello, Jeff (April 27, 2016). "Columbia grad transfer Grant Mullins chooses California". ESPN. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
7. Letourneau, Connor. "Kentucky transfer Marcus Lee commits to Cal". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 11, 2016.