2016–17 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

2016–17 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
	† AAC Tournament Champions
	Rankings from AP Poll

Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
2016–17 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
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Conference	American Athletic Conference
2016–17 record	0–0 (0–0 The American)
Head coach	Kevin Ollie (5th year)
Assistant coach	Glen Miller
Assistant coach	Ricky Moore
Home arena	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion; XL Center
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The 2016–17 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represents the University of Connecticut in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies are led by fifth-year head coach Kevin Ollie. The Huskies split their home games between the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on the UConn campus in Storrs, Connecticut. The Huskies are members of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous Season

The Huskies went 25-11 (11-7) finishing 6th in the conference. The Huskies won the American Conference Championship as the 5th seed, due to SMUs ineligibility. The Huskies won the American Conference Championship by beating Cincinnati in the quarterfinals, including the star freshman Jalen Adams hitting a three-quarter court shot with 0.8 seconds left to force a 4th overtime. The Huskies also routed Temple in the semifinals and rolled over Memphis in the Championship. The Huskies received a 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies beat #8 seed Colorado in the first round and ultimately lost in the second round to #1 seed Kansas by 12 points.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Phillip Nolan	0	PF	6'10"	237	Senior	Milwaukee, WI	Graduated
Sterling Gibbs	4	PG	6'2"	185	Graduate Student	Scotch Plains, NJ	Graduated
Daniel Hamilton	5	SF	6'7"	190	Sophomore	Los Angeles, CA	Declared to 2016 NBA draft
Sam Cassell Jr.	10	PG	6'4"	192	RS Junior	Baltimore, MD	Transferred to Iona
Omar Calhoun	21	SG	6'5"	205	Senior	Brooklyn, NY	Graduated
Nnamdi Amilo	23	PF	6'3"	225	Senior	New Fairfield, CT	Graduated
Shonn Miller	32	PF	6'7"	210	Graduate Student	Euclid, OH	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Recruits

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Alterique Gilbert PG	Lithonia, GA	Miller Grove	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jul 4, 2015
Alterique Gilbert PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 89
Juwan Durham PF	Tampa, FL	Tampa Preparatory	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 1, 2015
Juwan Durham PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 88
Vance Jackson SF	Napa, CA	Prolific Prep	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Oct 16, 2015
Vance Jackson SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82
Mamadou Diarra PF	Queens, NY	Putnam Science Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	May 22, 2015
Mamadou Diarra PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82
Christian Vital SG	Queens Village, NY	St. Thomas More	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Apr 29, 2016
Christian Vital SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 77
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 8 Rivals: 9 247Sports: 6 ESPN: 9
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Roster

2016–17 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
PG	2	Jalen Adams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Brewster Academy	Roxbury, MA
PF	12	Kentan Facey	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Long Island (NY) Lutheran	Trelawny, Jamaica
C	13	Steven Enoch	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	So	St. Thomas More	Norwalk, CT
SF	22	Terry Larrier	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS So	Virginia Commonwealth University	Bronx, NY
PF	24	Christian Foxen	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	Jr	South Kent Prep	Rocky Hill, CT
SG	31	Michael Noyes	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Granby Memorial	Granby, CT
C	35	Amida Brimah	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll	Accra, Ghana
SG	44	Rodney Purvis	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Sr	Upper Room Christian Academy	Raleigh, NC
PG	--	Alterique Gilbert	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Miller Grove High School	Lithonia, GA
PF	--	Juwan Durham	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Tampa Preparatory School	Tampa, FL
SF	--	Vance Jackson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Prolific Prep	Napa, CA
PF	--	Mamadou Diarra	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Putnam Science Academy	Queens, NY
SG	--	Christian Vital	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	St. Thomas More	Queens, NY

Head coach

Kevin Ollie

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 5/28/16

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
Non-conference regular season
11/21/16	vs. Maui Invitational Tournament	–	–	–	Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI
11/22/16	vs. Maui Invitational Tournament	–	–	–	Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI
11/23/16	vs. Maui Invitational Tournament	–	–	–	Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI
12/5/16	vs. Syracuse Rivalry	–	–	–	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
12/10/16 CBS	at Ohio State	–	–	–	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
1/21/17	at Georgetown Rivalry	–	–	–	Verizon Center Washington, D.C.
American Athletic Conference regular season
	UCF	–	–	–
	at UCF	–	–	–	CFE Arena Orlando, FL
	at Cincinnati	–	–	–	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
	Cincinnati	–	–	–
	at East Carolina	–	–	–	Williams Arena Greenville, NC
	East Carolina	–	–	–
	at Houston	–	–	–	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX
	Houston	–	–	–
	at Memphis	–	–	–	FedEx Forum Memphis, TN
	Memphis	–	–	–
	South Florida	–	–	–
	at South Florida	–	–	–	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
	SMU	–	–	–
	at SMU	–	–	–	Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX
	at Temple	–	–	–	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
	Temple	–	–	–
	at Tulane	–	–	–	Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
	Tulane	–	–	–
	at Tulsa	–	–	–	Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
	Tulsa	–	–	–
American Athletic Conference Tournament
		–	–	–	XL Center Hartford, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP																				Not released
Coaches'

References

v t e Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Venues	Hawley Armory (1914–1954) Hugh S. Greer Field House (1954–1989) XL Center (1975–present) New Haven Coliseum (1978–1987) Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (1990–present)
Rivalries	Georgetown Syracuse
Culture & lore	Jonathan the Husky "UConn Husky" 6-overtime game 2011 Miracle Run
People	Head coaches Huskies of Honor
Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2016–17 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

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2016–17 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Connecticut	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
East Carolina	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Houston	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Memphis	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
SMU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
South Florida	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Temple	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Tulane	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Tulsa	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UCF	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
† AAC Tournament Champions

Rankings from AP Poll