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2016–17 Charleston Cougars men's basketball team

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2016–17 Charleston Cougars men's basketball
NIT, First round
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record25–10 (14–4 CAA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaTD Arena
Seasons
2016–17 CAA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UNC Wilmington 15 3   .833 29 6   .829
College of Charleston 14 4   .778 25 10   .714
Towson 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Elon 10 8   .556 18 14   .563
William & Mary 10 8   .556 17 14   .548
Northeastern 8 10   .444 15 16   .484
Hofstra 7 11   .389 15 17   .469
James Madison 7 11   .389 10 23   .303
Delaware 5 13   .278 13 20   .394
Drexel 3 15   .167 9 23   .281
2017 CAA tournament winner

The 2016–17 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team represented the College of Charleston during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars were led by third-year head coach Earl Grant and played their home games at the TD Arena as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 25–10, 14–4 in CAA play to finish in second place. They defeated James Madison and Towson to advance to the championship game of the CAA tournament where they lost to UNC Wilmington. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Colorado State.

Previous season

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The Cougars finished the 2015–16 season 17–14, 8–10 in CAA play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the CAA tournament where they lost to UNC Wilmington.

Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Donovan Gilmore 0 F 6'7" 210 Sophomore Greensboro, NC Transferred to UNC Asheville
Canyon Barry 24 G/F 6'6" 205 RS Junior Colorado Springs, CO Graduate transferred to Florida
Tim Branin II 25 G 6'1" 185 Freshman Richmond, VA Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons
Harrison Bowne 31 F 6'6" 225 Senior Hickory, NC Graduated
James Bourne 44 F 6'8" 240 RS Senior Alexandria, VA Graduated

Recruiting

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Brevin Galloway
PG
Anderson, SC Seneca High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) May 6, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Chevez Goodwin
PF
Columbia, SC Hammond School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Aug 8, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Jaylen McManus
SF
Charlotte, NC North Mecklenburg High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Oct 31, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Osinachi Smart
C
Umuahia, Nigeria New Garden Friends School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (110 kg) Mar 28, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/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 8, 2015.

Roster

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2016–17 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Chevez Goodwin 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Hammond School Columbia, SC
G 1 Grant Riller 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 178 lb (81 kg) RS Fr Ocoee Ocoee, FL
G 2 Brevin Galloway 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Seneca Anderson, SC
G 3 Payton Hulsey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Southwind/Eastern Florida Memphis, TN
G 4 John Eck (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Hilton Head Prep Hilton Head Island, SC
F 5 Jarrell Brantley 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So Notre Dame Prep Columbia, SC
F 11 Evan Bailey 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) So Jackson Canton, OH
G 12 Cameron Johnson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Jr Clarke Central Athens, GA
G 13 Joe Chealey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Jr Apopka Orlando, FL
F 15 Terrance O'Donohue 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Norcross Norcorss, GA
G 21 Marquise Pointer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Jonesboro Jonesboro, AR
F 23 Nick Harris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS So St. Pius X Catholic Dacula, GA
F 24 Jaylen McManus 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr North Mecklenburg Charlotte, NC
F/C 33 Osinachi Smart 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr New Garden Friends School Umuahia, Nigeria
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2016*
7:00 pm
Allen W 118–67 
TD Arena 
Charleston, SC
Non-Conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm, WCIV
The Citadel W 81–68  1–0
TD Arena (4,178)
Charleston, SC
11/14/2016*
7:00 pm
at Coastal Carolina W 71–64  2–0
HTC Center (2,325)
Conway, SC
11/17/2016*
7:30 pm, ESPN3
Boise State
Charleston Classic quarterfinals
W 60–47  3–0
TD Arena (3,430)
Charleston, SC
11/18/2016*
7:30 pm, ESPNU
UCF
Charleston Classic semifinals
L 40–60  3–1
TD Arena (3,517)
Charleston, SC
11/20/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPNU
Wake Forest
Charleston Classic 3rd place game
L 61–78  3–2
TD Arena (4,325)
Charleston, SC
11/23/2016*
7:00 pm, FS1
at No. 2 Villanova
Charleston Classic
L 47–63  3–3
The Pavilion (6,500)
Villanova, PA
11/27/2016*
4:00 pm
USC Upstate W 72–60  4–3
TD Arena (2,892)
Charleston, SC
12/01/2016*
7:30 pm, WCIV
Navy W 70–64  5–3
TD Arena (3,327)
Charleston, SC
12/04/2016*
4:00 pm, WCIV
Davidson W 76–61  6–3
TD Arena (3,618)
Charleston, SC
12/11/2016*
2:00 pm
vs. Anderson W 59–45  7–3
North Charleston Coliseum (502)
North Charleston, SC
12/15/2016*
7:00 pm, ASN/ESPN3
at East Carolina W 53–35  8–3
Williams Arena (3,462)
Greenville, NC
12/19/2016*
8:00 pm, SECN+
at LSU L 65–75  8–4
Maravich Center (6,619)
Baton Rouge, LA
12/22/2016*
7:00 pm
at Western Carolina W 77–59  9–4
Ramsey Center (1,103)
Cullowhee, NC
CAA regular season
12/31/2016
2:00 pm
at Elon W 66–54  10–4
(1–0)
Alumni Gym (1,055)
Elon, NC
01/02/2017
8:00 pm
at Delaware W 65–56  11–4
(2–0)
Bob Carpenter Center (2,619)
Newark, DE
01/05/2017
7:30 pm, WCIV
Towson W 62–57  12–4
(3–0)
TD Arena (3,296)
Charleston, SC
01/07/2017
4:00 pm, WCIV
Hofstra W 77–71  13–4
(4–0)
TD Arena (3,604)
Charleston, SC
01/12/2017
7:00 pm
at James Madison W 53–51  14–4
(5–0)
JMU Convocation Center (2,768)
Harrisonburg, VA
01/14/2017
4:00 pm, WCIV
William & Mary W 77–67  15–4
(6–0)
TD Arena (3,722)
Charleston, SC
01/19/2017
7:00 pm, ASN
UNC Wilmington L 59–65  15–5
(6–1)
TD Arena (4,631)
Charleston, SC
01/21/2017
4:00 pm, WCIV
James Madison W 73–60  16–5
(7–1)
TD Arena (3,889)
Charleston, SC
01/26/2017
7:00 pm
at Towson L 77–83 OT 16–6
(7–2)
SECU Arena (2,076)
Towson, MD
01/28/2017
2:00 pm, ASN
at Drexel W 90–76  17–6
(8–2)
Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,602)
Philadelphia, PA
02/02/2017
7:00 pm
at UNC Wilmington W 67–66  18–6
(9–2)
Trask Coliseum (5,200)
Wilmington, NC
02/04/2017
5:00 pm, WCIV
Elon W 71–58  19–6
(10–2)
TD Arena (4,081)
Charleston, SC
02/09/2017
7:00 pm
Northeastern L 72–73  19–7
(10–3)
TD Arena (2,916)
Charleston, SC
02/11/2017
2:00 pm, CSN
at William & Mary L 79–89  19–8
(10–4)
Kaplan Arena (5,107)
Williamsburg, VA
02/16/2017
7:00 pm, ASN
at Hofstra W 76–72  20–8
(11–4)
Mack Sports Complex (1,619)
Hempstead, NY
02/18/2017
1:00 pm
at Northeastern W 85–71  21–8
(12–4)
Matthews Arena (1,447)
Boston, MA
02/23/2017
7:30 pm, WCIV
Delaware W 78–65  22–8
(13–4)
TD Arena (3,384)
Charleston, SC
02/25/2017
5:00 pm
Drexel W 80–67  23–8
(14–4)
TD Arena (3,111)
Charleston, SC
CAA tournament
03/04/2017
6:00 pm, CSN
(2) vs. (7) James Madison
Quarterfinals
W 67–62  24–8
North Charleston Coliseum (4,212)
North Charleston, SC
03/05/2017
4:30 pm, CSN
(2) vs. (3) Towson
Semifinals
W 67–59  25–8
North Charleston Coliseum (4,708)
North Charleston, SC
03/06/2017
7:00 pm, CBSSN
(2) vs. (1) UNC Wilmington
Championship game
L 69–78  25–9
North Charleston Coliseum (6,342)
North Charleston, SC
NIT
03/14/2017*
9:00 PM, ESPN3
(5) at (4) Colorado State
First round – California Bracket
L 74–81  25–10
Moby Arena (2,836)
Fort Collins, CO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time [1][2].

References

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