2016–17 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team represented Miami University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The RedHawks, led by fifth-year head coach John Cooper, played their home games at Millett Hall, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 11–21, 4–14 in MAC play to finish in last place. As the No. 12 seed in the MAC tournament, they lost in the first round to Western Michigan.

2016–17 Miami RedHawks men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	11–21 (4–14 MAC)
Head coach	John Cooper (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Rick Duckett Sheldon Everett Trey Meyer
Home arena	Millett Hall
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Akron	14	–	4		.778			27	–	9		.750
Ohio	11	–	7		.611			20	–	11		.645
Buffalo	11	–	7		.611			17	–	15		.531
Kent State †	10	–	8		.556			22	–	14		.611
Bowling Green	7	–	11		.389			13	–	19		.406
Miami (OH)	4	–	14		.222			11	–	21		.344
West
Ball State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	13		.618
Western Michigan	11	–	7		.611			16	–	16		.500
Toledo	9	–	9		.500			17	–	17		.500
Eastern Michigan	7	–	11		.389			16	–	17		.485
Northern Illinois	7	–	11		.389			15	–	17		.469
Central Michigan	6	–	12		.333			16	–	16		.500
† 2017 MAC tournament winner

Head coach John Cooper was fired on March 10, 2017 after five seasons at Miami.^[1] Purdue associate head coach Jack Owens was named the new head coach on March 29.^[2]

Previous season

The RedHawks finished the 2015–16 season 13–20, 6–12 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. They defeated Ball State in the first round of the MAC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Buffalo.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Geovonie McKnight	0	G	6'3"	181	Senior	Middletown, OH	Graduated
L. J. Livingston, Jr.	12	F/C	6'10"	200	Senior	Upper Marlboro, MD	Graduated
Jere Vučica	14	F	6'9"	204	RS Senior	Split, Croatia	Graduated
Ali Barnes	15	G	6'0"	183	RS Sophomore	West Chester, OH	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Kalif Wright	21	F	6'7"	235	Senior	Oak Hill, WV	Graduated
Willie Moore	22	G	6'3"	205	Senior	Cincinnati, OH	Graduated
Chris Bryant	24	F	6'8"	217	Senior	Tallahassee, FL	Graduated
Eric Washington	33	G	5'10"	178	RS Senior	Columbia, SC	Graduated
Brian Oddo	35	F	6'6"	205	Senior	New Lenox, IL	Graduated

Recruiting class of 2016

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Derrick Daniels PF	Dayton, OH	Thurgood Marshall High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Oct 16, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Darius Harper PF	Springfield, OH	Springfield High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (110 kg)	Sep 25, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Precious Ayah PF	Decatur, GA	Greenforest Christian Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 9, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Michael Weathers SG	Shawnee Mission, KS	Shawnee Mission North High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Mar 20, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Marcus Weathers SG	Shawnee Mission, KS	Shawnee Mission North High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Mar 20, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Ben Eke Kazee PF	Logan, WV	Logan High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	N/A	Jul 28, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Milos Jovic SG	Prague, Czech Republic	Get Better Academy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	N/A
	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 October 6, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown C 0 Darius Harper 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 295 lb (134 kg) Fr Springfield Springfield, OH G 1 Zach McCormick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Turpin Cincinnati, OH F 2 Rod Mills Jr. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr St. Xavier Cincinnati, OH F 5 Precious Ayah 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Fr Greenforest Bayelsa State, Nigeria F 11 Logan McLane 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 239 lb (108 kg) Jr Greenfield School, NC Winterville, NC G/F 13 Jake Wright 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 203 lb (92 kg) RS So Hopkins The Citadel Hopkins, MN G 15 Milos Jovic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr GB Academy Leskovac, Serbia G 20 Dion Wade 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Jr Findlay Prep Auburn Antwerp, Belgium G 21 Jake Bischoff (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Olentangy Liberty Concord/Otterbein Powell, OH F 22 Marcus Weathers 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Shawnee Mission North Roeland, KS G 24 Michael Weathers 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 161 lb (73 kg) Fr Shawnee Mission North Roeland, KS G 30 Abdoulaye Harouna 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Jr South Kent College of Southern Idaho Niamey, Niger F/C 31 Bruno Solomun 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Forsyth Country Day Zagreb, Croatia F 45 Ben Eke Kazee 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 216 lb (98 kg) Fr Logan Delta State, Nigeria	Head coach John Cooper (Wichita State) Assistant coach(es) Rick Duckett (North Carolina) Sheldon Everett (South Carolina) Trey Meyer (Clemson) 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* 1:00 PM, ESPN3		Muskingum Tarkett Sports Classic play-in game	W 84–57	1–0	Millett Hall  Oxford, OH
11/15/2016* 7:00 PM		at Wright State	L 87–89	1–1	Nutter Center (3,813) Dayton, OH
11/18/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Delaware Tarkett Sports Classic	L 66–68	1–2	Millett Hall (1,317) Oxford, OH
11/19/2016* 3:30 PM, ESPN3		Austin Peay Tarkett Sports Classic	W 76–70	2–2	Millett Hall (1,274) Oxford, OH
11/20/2016* 2:00 PM, ESPN3		Northern Kentucky Tarkett Sports Classic	L 70–79	2–3	Millett Hall (1,229) Oxford, OH
11/26/2016* 3:30 PM, ESPN3		Western Illinois	W 81–72	3–3	Millett Hall (1,083) Oxford, OH
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Grambling State	W 78–76	4–3	Millett Hall (1,205) Oxford, OH
12/03/2016* 2:30 PM		at Fort Wayne	L 71–87	4–4	Memorial Coliseum (1,539) Fort Wayne, IN
12/06/2016* 8:00 PM		at Missouri	L 55–81	4–5	Mizzou Arena (3,515) Columbia, MO
12/10/2016* 3:30 PM, ESPN3		IUPUI	W 71–68	5–5	Millett Hall (1,268) Oxford, OH
12/18/2016* 12:00 PM, ESPNU		at UCF	L 73–80 ^OT	5–6	CFE Arena (2,939) Orlando, FL
12/22/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Tennessee Tech	W 66–58	6–6	Millett Hall (1,108) Oxford, OH
12/29/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Olivet	W 89–69	7–6	Millett Hall (1,096) Oxford, OH
MAC regular season
01/03/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Northern Illinois	W 69–67	8–6 (1–0)	Millett Hall (1,151) Oxford, OH
01/07/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Toledo	L 76–91	8–7 (1–1)	Savage Arena (4,471) Toledo, OH
01/10/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Ball State	L 74–85	8–8 (1–2)	Worthen Arena (3,268) Muncie, IN
01/14/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Akron	L 70–74	8–9 (1–3)	Millett Hall (3,334) Oxford, OH
01/17/2017 8:00 PM, ESPN3		at Northern Illinois	L 58–62	8–10 (1–4)	Convocation Center (1,053) DeKalb, IL
01/21/2017 1:30 PM		at Central Michigan	L 92–101	8–11 (1–5)	McGuirk Arena (2,708) Mount Pleasant, MI
01/24/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Buffalo	W 75–74	9–11 (2–5)	Millett Hall (1,293) Oxford, OH
01/28/2017 3:30 PM, ESPN3		Eastern Michigan	L 57–74	9–12 (2–6)	Millett Hall (1,427) Oxford, OH
01/31/2017 7:00 PM		at Bowling Green	L 72–83	9–13 (2–7)	Stroh Center (1,525) Bowling Green, OH
02/04/2017 3:30 PM, ESPN3		Kent State	L 62–66	9–14 (2–8)	Millett Hall (1,474) Oxford, OH
02/07/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Western Michigan	L 55–72	9–15 (2–9)	Millett Hall (3,061) Oxford, OH
02/11/2017 3:30 PM, ESPN3		Central Michigan	W 81–76	10–15 (3–9)	Millett Hall (1,469) Oxford, OH
02/14/2017 7:00 PM		at Kent State	L 72–76	10–16 (3–10)	MAC Center (2,115) Kent, OH
02/18/2017 3:30 PM, ESPN3		at Buffalo	L 58–71	10–17 (3–11)	Alumni Arena (4,002) Amherst, NY
02/21/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Ohio	L 62–79	10–18 (3–12)	Millett Hall (1,639) Oxford, OH
02/25/2017 3:30 PM, ESPN3		Bowling Green	L 54–70	10–19 (3–13)	Millett Hall (1,586) Oxford, OH
02/28/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Akron	W 79–75	11–19 (4–13)	James A. Rhodes Arena (3,646) Akron, OH
03/03/2017 7:00 PM		at Ohio	L 55–69	11–20 (4–14)	Convocation Center (9,633) Athens, OH
MAC tournament
03/06/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3	(12)	at (5) Western Michigan First round	L 61–65	11–21	University Arena (1,227) Kalamazoo, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time Source,^[3]^[4].

See also

• 2016–17 Miami RedHawks women's basketball team

References

1. Goodman, Jeff (March 10, 2017). "John Cooper fired as Miami (Ohio) head coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
2. Clark, Dave (March 29, 2017). "RedHawks hire Purdue's Jack Owens as basketball head coach". cincinnati.com. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
3. . Archived from the original on January 29, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
4. "2021-22 Miami (OH) Redhawks Schedule".