2016–17 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 49ers, led by second-year head coach Mark Price, played their home games at the Dale F. Halton Arena and were members Conference USA. They finished the season 13–17, 7–11 in C-USA play to finish in 10th place. They lost to UAB in the first round of the C-USA tournament.

2016–17 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	13–17 (7–11 C-USA)
Head coach	Mark Price (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Houston Fancher Chris Ferguson Andre Gray
Home arena	Dale F. Halton Arena
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Middle Tennessee †	17	–	1		.944			31	–	5		.861
Louisiana Tech	14	–	4		.778			23	–	10		.697
Old Dominion	12	–	6		.667			19	–	12		.613
UTEP	12	–	6		.667			15	–	17		.469
Rice	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
Marshall	10	–	8		.556			20	–	15		.571
UAB	9	–	9		.500			17	–	16		.515
Western Kentucky	9	–	9		.500			15	–	17		.469
UTSA	8	–	10		.444			14	–	19		.424
Charlotte	7	–	11		.389			13	–	17		.433
Florida Atlantic	6	–	12		.333			10	–	20		.333
Southern Miss	6	–	12		.333			9	–	22		.290
FIU	3	–	15		.167			7	–	24		.226
North Texas	2	–	16		.111			8	–	22		.267
† 2017 C-USA Tournament winner

Previous season

The 49ers finished the 2015–16 season 14–19, 9–9 in C-USA play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Rice in the second round of the C-USA tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Middle Tennessee.

Preseason

The 49ers were pick to finish eighth in the Conference USA preseason poll.^[1]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Ridell Camidge	0	G	6'3"	175	Sophomore	Wilmington, NC	Transferred to Tarleton State
Gavin Wilson	5	G	6'1"	210	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Walk-on; graduated
Curran Scott	10	G	6'3"	193	Freshman	Edmond, OK	Transferred to Tulsa
Cameron Blakely	20	F	6'9"	214	Junior	Winder, GA	Graduate transferred to West Georgia
Bernard Sullivan	22	F	6'8"	231	RS Senior	Gastonia, NC	Graduated
Mitch Warner	30	G	6'3"	192	Senior	Charlotte, NC	Walk-on; graduated
Cameron Pappas	35	G	6'1"	175	Senior	Hillsborough, NC	Graduated
Joseph Uchebo	50	C	6'10"	235	Senior	Enugu, Nigeria	Graduated
Ivan Benkovic	55	G	6'7"	207	Junior	Zagreb, Croatia	Transferred to Mid-America Christian

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous
Austin Ajukwa	5	F	6'6"	205	Senior	Columbia, SC	Transferred from Clemson. Under NCAA transfer rules, Ajukwa will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have one year of remaining eligibility.
J. C. Washington	14	F	6'6"	220	Junior	Houston, TX	Junior college transferred from Trinity Valley Community College.

Class of 2016 recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Quentin Jackson #37 PG	Raleigh, NC	Carlisle School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Aug 20, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 78
Ryan Murphy #60 PG	Calabasas, CA	Calabasas High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 69
Najee Garvin SF	Lexington, SC	Moravian Prep	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	N/A	Jan 25, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: 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 August 3, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Najee Garvin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 213 lb (97 kg) Fr Moravian Prep Academy Lexington, South Carolina G 1 Braxton Ogbueze 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Sr Florida Charlotte, North Carolina G 2 Andrien White 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Quality Education Academy Richmond, Virginia G 3 Jon Davis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Hargrave Military Academy Upper Marlboro, Maryland G 5 Austin Ajukwa (I)   6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Clemson Columbia, South Carolina G 10 Corey Bias (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Rufus King High School Milwaukee, Wisconsin G 11 Quentin Jackson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) Fr Cape Fear Christian Academy Cary, North Carolina F/C 12 Lukas Bergang 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Fr Jensen Gymnasium Orebro Gothenburg, Sweden F 14 JC Washington 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Trinity Valley Community College Houston, Texas F 15 Anthony Vanhook 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Cape Fear Community College Chapel Hill, North Carolina G 21 Hudson Price 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Jr TCU Orlando, Florida G 24 Ryan Murphy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr Calabasas High School Calabasas, California F 25 Reid Aube (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 223 lb (101 kg) Sr Concord High School Concord, North Carolina F 30 Luke Sasser (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Carlisle School Raleigh, North Carolina C 31 Benas Griciunas 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 244 lb (111 kg) RS Jr Auburn Šilutė, Lithuania F 35 Bo Blight (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr South Mecklenburg High School Charlotte, North Carolina	Head coach Mark Price (Georgia Tech) Assistant coach(es) Houston Fancher (Middle Tennessee) Chris Ferguson (Cumberlands) Andre Gray (Methodist) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 8:00 pm		Newberry College	W 101–88	1–0	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,866) Charlotte, NC
11/14/2016* 8:00 pm		at Elon	W 100–95	2–0	Alumni Gym (1,478) Elon, NC
11/17/2016* 7:00 pm		East Carolina	W 76–64	3–0	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,281) Charlotte, NC
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm		USC Upstate	L 103–108 ^OT	3–1	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,570) Charlotte, NC
11/26/2016* 4:00 pm, SPEC		at Davidson	L 57–79	3–2	John M. Belk Arena (4,748) Davidson, NC
11/28/2016* 7:00 pm		Appalachian State	W 80–72	4–2	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,153) Charlotte, NC
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm		James Madison	W 65–56	5–2	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,433) Charlotte, NC
12/03/2016* 7:00 pm		Oregon State	W 69–66	6–2	Dale F. Halton Arena (5,366) Charlotte, NC
12/06/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at Wake Forest	L 74–91	6–3	LJVM Coliseum (6,791) Winston-Salem, NC
12/17/2016* 4:00 pm, FS2		vs. Florida Orange Bowl Classic	L 46–87	6–4	BB&T Center  Sunrise, FL
12/20/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. Maryland Baltimore Showcase	L 72–88	6–5	Royal Farms Arena (7,139) Baltimore, MD
Conference USA regular season
12/31/2016 12:00 pm		North Texas	W 101–76	7–5 (1–0)	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,792) Charlotte, NC
01/02/2017 7:00 pm		Rice	L 70–89	7–6 (1–1)	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,660) Charlotte, NC
01/05/2017 8:00 pm		at WKU	L 80–82	7–7 (1–2)	E. A. Diddle Arena (2,568) Bowling Green, KY
01/07/2017 7:00 pm		at Marshall	L 93–110	7–8 (1–3)	Cam Henderson Center (6,617) Huntington, WV
01/12/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Louisiana Tech	L 73–79	7–9 (1–4)	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,319) Charlotte, NC
01/14/2017 7:00 pm, CI		Southern Miss	W 82–66	8–9 (2–4)	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,457) Charlotte, NC
01/21/2017 8:00 pm, ASN		Old Dominion	W 74–72	9–9 (3–4)	Dale F. Halton Arena (5,650) Charlotte, NC
01/26/2017 8:00 pm		at North Texas	W 82–81	10–9 (4–4)	The Super Pit (2,006) Denton, TX
01/28/2017 8:00 pm		at Rice	L 67–84	10–10 (4–5)	Tudor Fieldhouse (2,206) Houston, TX
02/02/2017 7:00 pm		Florida Atlantic	L 75–77	10–11 (4–6)	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,707) Charlotte, NC
02/04/2017 7:00 pm		FIU	W 95–80	11–11 (5–6)	Dale F. Halton Arena (5,316) Charlotte, NC
02/09/2017 7:00 pm, CI		at UAB	L 69–82	11–12 (5–7)	Bartow Arena (3,841) Birmingham, AL
02/11/2017 6:00 pm, CI		at Middle Tennessee	L 55–70	11–13 (5–8)	Murphy Center (5,720) Murfreesboro, TN
02/18/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Old Dominion	L 48–72	11–14 (5–9)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,090) Norfolk, VA
02/23/2017 7:00 pm, CI		WKU	W 83–77	12–14 (6–9)	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,655) Charlotte, NC
02/25/2017 6:00 pm, ASN		Marshall	L 89–93	12–15 (6–10)	Dale F. Halton Arena (7,040) Charlotte, NC
03/02/2017 8:00 pm		at UTSA	W 76-75	13–15 (7–10)	Convocation Center (1,006) San Antonio, TX
03/04/2017 3:00 pm		at UTEP	L 67-74	13–16 (7–11)	Don Haskins Center  El Paso, TX
Conference USA tournament
03/07/2017 5:30, CI	(10)	vs. (7) UAB First Round	L 73–74	13–17	Legacy Arena (6,410) Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. Source^[2]

References

1. "MBK: UAB Voted C-USA Preseason Favorite". Conference USA. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
2. "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule".