2016–17 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2016–17 California Golden Bears men's basketball
NIT, First round
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record21–13 (10–8 Pac–12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHaas Pavilion
Seasons
2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
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


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.

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

College recruiting information
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 
Star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
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:

College recruiting information (2017)
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 
Star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   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 
Star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   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 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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 Current redshirt 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
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

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. ^ "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.