2016–17 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

2016–17 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
CIT, Second Round
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record19–14 (12–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCowan Spectrum, Memorial Gym
Seasons
2016–17 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Dakota 14 4   .778 22 10   .688
Eastern Washington 13 5   .722 22 12   .647
Idaho 12 6   .667 19 14   .576
Weber State 12 6   .667 20 14   .588
Montana 11 7   .611 16 16   .500
Montana State 11 7   .611 16 16   .500
Sacramento State 9 9   .500 13 18   .419
Portland State 7 11   .389 15 16   .484
Northern Colorado* 7 11   .389 11 18   .379
Northern Arizona 6 12   .333 9 23   .281
Southern Utah 3 15   .167 6 27   .182
Idaho State 3 15   .167 5 26   .161
Conference tournament winner

The 2016–17 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Vandals, led by ninth-year head coach Don Verlin, played their home games at the Cowan Spectrum, with a few early season games at Memorial Gym, in Moscow, Idaho and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the regular season 19–14, 12–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. Big Sky tournament. They defeated Montana in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky tournament before losing in the semifinals to North Dakota. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Stephen F. Austin before losing in the second round to Texas State.

Previous season

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The Vandals finished the 2015–16 season 21–13, 12–6 record in Big Sky play to finish in third place. They defeated Eastern Washington in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Montana. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Seattle.[1]

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Chris Sarbaugh 10 G 6'4" 201 Senior Spokane, WA Graduated
Paulin Mpawe 15 F 6'10" 227 Senior San Bernardino, CA Graduated
George Nahshon 24 F 6'9" 200 Senior Kapolei, HI Graduated
Skyler White 33 G 6'6" 238 RS Sophomore Bellevue, WA Transferred to Point Loma Nazarene

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Brayon Blake 4 F 6'7" 200 Junior Seattle, WA Junior college transferred from College of Southern Idaho.

2016 incoming recruits

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Tre'von Allen
SF
Clarkston, WA Clarkston High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sep 15, 2015 
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 22, 2016.

Roster

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2016–17 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Nick Blair 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Bishop Gorman HS Las Vegas, NV
G 1 Perrion Callandret 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Bothell HS Bothell, WA
G 2 Myles Franklin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 171 lb (78 kg) RS Fr Hart HS Castaic, CA
F 4 Brayon Blake 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Garfield HS
College of Southern Idaho
Seattle, WA
G 5 Jake Straughan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS So Colton HS Colton, WA
G 11 Victor Sanders 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Jefferson HS Portland, OR
G 13 Pat Ingram 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Sr North Central HS
Trinity Valley CC
Indianapolis, IN
G 14 Chad Sherwood (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr West Albany HS Albany, OR
F 21 Arkadiy Mkrtuchyan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Jr Columbia Christian HS Portland, OR
F 23 Nate Sherwood 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 206 lb (93 kg) RS So West Albany HS Albany, OR
G 24 Tyler Brimhall 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Logan HS Logan, UT
G 25 Trevon Allen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Clarkston HS Lapwai, ID
F 41 Ty Egbert 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Lake Roosevelt HS Coulee Dam, WA
F 44 Jordan Scott 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Lewis-Palmer HS Colorado Springs, CO
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
Chinese exhibition tour
6/14/2016*
6:00 am
vs. Lithuania national team
2016 International Basketball Atlas Challenge, Group B
W 71–69 
Dushu Lake Arena 
Suzhou, China
6/15/2016*
6:00 am
vs. Iran national team
2016 International Basketball Atlas Challenge, Group B
L 62–71 
Dushu Lake Arena 
Suzhou, China
6/16/2016*
vs. Macedonia national team
2016 International Basketball Atlas Challenge, Group B
L 67–79 
Dushu Lake Arena 
Suzhou, China
6/18/2016*
vs. Japan national team
2016 International Basketball Atlas Challenge, Losers' Bracket
W 74–64 
Dushu Lake Arena 
Suzhou, China
6/22/2016*
vs. Macedonia national team
2016 International Basketball Atlas Challenge, 5th Place Match
L 79–85 
Dushu Lake Arena 
Suzhou, China
6/23/2016*
vs. China national team L 94–102 OT
Dushu Lake Arena 
Suzhou, China
Exhibition
10/25/2016*
7:00 pm
Carroll (MT) W 80–62 
Memorial Gym (745)
Moscow, ID
11/04/2016*
7:00 pm
Lewis–Clark State W 80–66 
Memorial Gym (763)
Moscow, ID
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016*
8:00 pm
Corban W 90–67  1–0
Memorial Gym (628)
Moscow, ID
11/16/2016*
6:00 pm
at Northern Illinois L 49–63  1–1
Convocation Center (1,430)
DeKalb, IL
11/18/2016*
4:30 pm
at Little Rock W 65–57  2–1
Jack Stephens Center (2,630)
Little Rock, AR
11/21/2016*
7:00 pm
South Dakota State W 96–86 OT 3–1
Memorial Gym (474)
Moscow, ID
11/25/2016*
4:30 pm
at Sam Houston State L 62–69  3–2
Bernard Johnson Coliseum (625)
Huntsville, TX
11/29/2016*
7:00 pm
San Jose State L 49–58  3–3
Memorial Gym (674)
Moscow, ID
12/03/2016*
7:00 pm
UC Davis W 68–66  4–3
Memorial Gym 
Moscow, ID
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm, P12N
at Washington State
Battle of the Palouse
L 48–61  4–4
Beasley Coliseum (3,178)
Pullman, WA
12/10/2016*
5:00 pm
at South Dakota State L 77–80  4–5
Frost Arena (1,349)
Brookings, SD
12/17/2016*
5:00 pm
Northwest Nazarene W 87–61  5–5
Cowan Spectrum (826)
Moscow, ID
12/22/2016*
7:30 pm, P12N
at Stanford L 80–86  5–6
Maples Pavilion (3,287)
Stanford, CA
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2016
7:00 pm
Eastern Washington L 62–69  5–7
(0–1)
Cowan Spectrum (1,107)
Moscow, ID
01/05/2017
7:00 pm
Montana L 57–70  5–8
(0–2)
Cowan Spectrum (813)
Moscow, ID
01/07/2017
7:00 pm
Montana State W 83–81 OT 6–8
(1–2)
Cowan Spectrum (1,114)
Moscow, ID
01/12/2017
6:00 pm
at Weber State L 66–91  6–9
(1–3)
Dee Events Center (6,507)
Ogden, UT
01/14/2017
6:00 pm
at Idaho State W 77–62  7–9
(2–3)
Holt Arena (1,754)
Pocatello, ID
01/19/2017
7:00 pm
Southern Utah W 79–67  8–9
(3–3)
Cowan Spectrum (889)
Moscow, ID
01/21/2017
7:00 pm
Northern Arizona W 65–49  9–9
(4–3)
Cowan Spectrum (1,323)
Moscow, ID
01/26/2017
6:00 pm
at Montana State L 91–94  9–10
(4–4)
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (2,620)
Bozeman, MT
01/28/2017
6:00 pm
at Montana W 85–77 OT 10–10
(5–4)
Dahlberg Arena (3,935)
Missoula, MT
02/02/2017
7:00 pm
Portland State W 89–72  11–10
(6–4)
Cowan Spectrum (1,014)
Moscow, ID
02/04/2017
7:00 pm
Sacramento State W 71–67  12–10
(7–4)
Cowan Spectrum (1,629)
Moscow, ID
02/09/2017
6:00 pm
at Northern Colorado W 88–76  13–10
(8–4)
Bank of Colorado Arena (1,059)
Greeley, CO
02/11/2017
2:00 pm
at North Dakota L 65–88  13–11
(8–5)
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,345)
Grand Forks, ND
02/18/2017
6:00 pm
at Eastern Washington L 67–77  13–12
(8–6)
Reese Court (2,821)
Cheney, WA
02/23/2017
7:00 pm
Idaho State W 69–61  14–12
(9–6)
Cowan Spectrum 
Moscow, ID
02/25/2017
7:00 pm
Weber State W 83–78 OT 15–12
(10–6)
Cowan Spectrum (1,043)
Moscow, ID
03/02/2017
7:30 pm
at Northern Arizona W 77–75  16–12
(11–6)
Walkup Skydome (1,426)
Flagstaff, AZ
03/04/2017
3:00 pm
at Southern Utah W 84–75  17–12
(12–6)
Centrum Arena (2,010)
Cedar City, UT
Big Sky tournament
03/09/2017
12:05 pm
(4) at (5) Montana
Quarterfinals
W 81–77  18–12
Reno Events Center (1,762)
Reno, NV
03/10/2017
5:35 pm
(4) at (1) North Dakota
Semifinals
L 64–69  18–13
Reno Events Center (2,003)
Reno, NV
CIT
03/15/2017*
8:00 pm, Facebook Live
Stephen F. Austin
First Round
W 73–50  19–13
Memorial Gym (1,109)
Moscow, ID
03/22/2017*
6:00 pm, Facebook Live
at Texas State
Second Round
L 55–64  19–14
Strahan Coliseum (3,086)
San Marcos, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

References

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  1. ^ Dugar, Michael-Shawn (March 17, 2016). "Idaho bows out of CBI with 68-63 loss to Seattle U". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Retrieved February 8, 2024.