2016–17 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

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

Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
2016–17 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
2016–17 record	0–0 (0–0 The American)
Head coach	Mick Cronin (11th year)
Assistant coach	Larry Davis
Assistant coach	Darren Savino
Assistant coach	Antwon Jackson
Home arena	Fifth Third Arena
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The 2016–17 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represents the University of Cincinnati in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearcats are led by eleventh-year head coach Mick Cronin, play home games at Fifth Third Arena. The 2016-17 season will mark the final season year prior to major renovations starting after the 2016-17 season.^[1]

Previous season

The Bearcats finished the season 22–11, 12–6 in AAC play to finish in a tie for third place with Houston and Tulsa. They lost to 5th seeded Connecticut in a 4 overtime thriller in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Tournament. Seeded ninth in the NCAA Tournament the Bearcats lost to Saint Joseph's in the first round.

Preseason

Departures

Graduation

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Octavius Ellis	2	F	6'10'"	235	Senior	Memphis, Tennessee	Graduated
Farad Cobb	21	G	6'1'"	170	Senior	West Palm Beach, Florida	Graduated
Coreontae DeBerry	22	C	6'9'"	275	Senior	Holland, Michigan	Graduated
Shaq Thomas	24	F	6'7'"	210	RS Senior	Paterson, New Jersey	Graduated

Transfers

Name	Position	Old school	New school
Cane Broome	G	Sacred Heart	Cincinnati^[2]

Recruiting

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jarron Cumberland SG	Wilmington, Ohio	Wilmington High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jul 1, 2016
Jarron Cumberland SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 85
Nysier Brooks C	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Life Center Academy	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	260 lb (120 kg)	Jun 30, 2015
Nysier Brooks C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 77
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Roster

2016–17 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
F	0	Quadri Moore	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Linden, NJ
G	1	Jacob Evans III	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Baton Rouge, LA
F	3	Justin Jenifer	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Gwynn Oak, MD
G	10	Troy Caupain	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Midlothian, VA
F	11	Gary Clark	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Clayton, NC
F	13	Tre Scott	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Fr	Darien, GA
G	25	Kevin Johnson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Cincinnati, OH
F	32	Kyle Washington	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Jr	Chaplin, MN
G	34	Jarron Cumberland	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Wilmington, OH
F	45	Zack Tobler (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Fort Mitchell, KY
C	--	Nysier Brooks	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Fr	Philadelphia, PA
G	--	Cane Broome	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	East Hartford, CT

Head coach

Mick Cronin (Cincinnati)

Assistant coach(es)

Larry Davis (Asbury University
Darren Savino (New Jersey City University)
Antwon Jackson (University of Pikeville)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-04-11

Roster is subject to change as/if players transfer or leave the program for other reasons.

Schedule

The Bearcats will host crosstown rival Xavier and Michigan^[3] and return games at Butler^[4] and Iowa State^[5] Cincinnati will be participating in the 2016 Hall of Fame Tipoff,^[6] Cincinnati will play host to Brown (Nov. 11) and Albany (Nov. 14) at Fifth Third Arena before facing Rhode Island (Nov. 19) in Connecticut. The Bearcats conclude play in the tournament against either Duke or Penn State in the championship or consolation game.

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
		Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*	Brown Hall of Fame Tip Off	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
11/14/2016*	Albany Hall of Fame Tip Off	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
11/19/2016*	vs. Rhode Island Hall of Fame Tip Off Naismith Semifinals	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
11/20/2016*	vs. Penn State or Duke Hall of Fame Tip Off Naismith	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
12/1/2016*	at Iowa State	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
12/10/2016*	at Butler	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
12/17/2016*	Michgan	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
*	Bowling Green	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
*	Xavier Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
American Athletic Conference regular season
	UCF	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
	at UCF	CFE Arena Orlando, FL
	Connecticut	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
	at Connecticut
	at East Carolina	Williams Arena Greenville, NC
	East Carolina	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
	at Houston	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX
	Houston	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
	at Memphis	FedEx Forum Memphis, TN
	Memphis	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
	South Florida	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
	vs. South Florida	USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL
	SMU	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
	at SMU	Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX
	at Temple	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
	Temple	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
	at Tulane	Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
	Tulane	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
	at Tulsa	Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
	Tulsa	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
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'

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v t e Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Venues	Schmidlapp Gymnasium (19??–1954) Cincinnati Gardens (1949–1954; 1987–1989) Armory Fieldhouse (1954–1976) Riverfront Coliseum (1976–1987) Fifth Third Arena (1989–present)
Rivalries	Xavier
Culture & lore	Bearcat "Cheer Cincinnati" 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl Longest game in Division I history UC Pep Band
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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
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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