2016–17 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2016–17 California Golden Bears men's basketball
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 →

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 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 edit

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 edit

Departures edit

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 edit

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 edit

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
Charlie Moore PG	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
Jemarl Baker SG	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
Juhwan Harris-Dyson SG	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
Trevin Knell SG	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 edit

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)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 12, 2016

Schedule and results edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

References edit

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

[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] "Cal's Jordan Mathews To Transfer To Gonzaga". 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.

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