2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team represented Northern Arizona University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by fifth-year head coach Jack Murphy and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff, Arizona as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 6–12 in Big Sky play to finish in tenth place. As the no. 9 seed in the Big Sky tournament, the lost in the first round to Portland State.

2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	9–23 (6–12 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jack Murphy (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Matt Dunn Wes Pifer Ben Tucker
Home arena	Walkup Skydome
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Big Sky men's basketball standings

v t e	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

Previous season

The Lumberjacks finished the 2015–16 season 5–25, 3–14 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky tournament to Eastern Washington.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Kris Yanku	4	G	6'4"	183	Junior	Woodland Hills, CA	Playing professionally overseas
Brady Twombly	14	F	6'5"	225	Freshman	Carlsbad, CA	Transferred to MiraCosta College
Bryant Searcy Jr.	15	G	6'4"	190	Freshman	Tampa, FL	Transferred to Saint Leo
Austin Lee	23	G	5'10"	180	Sophomore	Los Angeles, CA	Left the team for personal reasons
Alessandro Stecca	24	F	6'6"	195	RS Junior	Corona del Mar, CA	Left the team for personal reasons

2016 incoming recruits

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Ray Robinson #51 C	Coconut Creek, FL	Deerfield Beach High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jun 28, 2015
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (NR)
Aziz Seck #92 PF	San Diego, CA	Army & Navy Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jul 14, 2015
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (64)
JoJo Anderson PG	Houston, TX	22 Feet Academy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Apr 30, 2016
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (0)
Travis Rice SG	Las Vegas, NV	Bishop Gorman High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Apr 18, 2016
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (0)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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. Retrieved August 25, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Torry Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 165 lb (75 kg) RS So Morgan Park HS Chicago, IL G 1 Majestic Tejada 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So McArthur HS Hollywood, FL F 2 Corey Brown 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So McArthur HS Hollywood, FL G 3 Omar Ndiaye (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Monte de Sol HS Santa Fe, NM G 4 JoJo Anderson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr 22 Feet Academy Houston, TX G 5 Mike Green 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So Dillard HS Fort Lauderdale, FL G 10 Jaleni Neely 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS Sr Simeon Academy Eastern Utah Chicago, IL F/C 11 Ako Kaluna 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 295 lb (134 kg) Sr West Ranch HS Valencia, CA G 12 Kye de Laveaga (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Westwind Prep Scottsdale, AZ F 13 Felix Rivera-Vega 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So McArthur HS Hollywood, FL F 14 Raynard Robinson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Sound Doctrine Christian Academy Deerfield Beach, FL F 20 Steven Stanley (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Brophy College Prep Phoenix, AZ F 22 Brooks DeBisschop (W) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr West Linn HS West Linn, OR G 30 Travis Rice 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Bishop Gorman HS Las Vegas, NV F 33 Isaiah Thomas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Bishop O'Dowd HS Oakland, CA F 34 Jordyn Martin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Sr Palo Verde HS Las Vegas, NV G/F 35 Aziz Seck 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Army & Navy Academy Dakar, Senegal G 41 Marcus DeBerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So Union City HS Union City, TN	Head coach Jack Murphy (Arizona) Assistant coach(es) Matt Dunn (Fort Hays State) Wes Pifer (Penn State Altoona) Ben Tucker (Arizona) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 8:00 pm		at Santa Clara Cable Car Classic	L 64–67	0–1	Leavey Center (1,821) Santa Clara, CA
11/12/2016* 9:30 pm		vs. Tennessee State Cable Car Classic	L 65–69	0–2	Leavey Center (1,734) Santa Clara, CA
11/13/2016* 1:00 pm		vs. UC Davis Cable Car Classic	L 76–89	0–3	Leavey Center (1,102) Santa Clara, CA
11/17/2016* 6:30 pm		vs. Benedictine Mesa	W 91–63	1–3	Warrior Pavilion (782) Tuba City, AZ
11/20/2016* 6:00 pm, P12N		at Washington Global Sports Classic	L 58–92	1–4	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,804) Seattle, WA
11/22/2016* 8:00 pm		at UNLV Global Sports Classic	L 71–110	1–5	Thomas & Mack Center (8,822) Paradise, NV
11/25/2016* 2:30 pm		vs. Alabama State Global Sports Classic	W 71–57	2–5	Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, NV
11/26/2016* 2:30 pm		vs. Jacksonville State Global Sports Classic	L 63–76	2–6	Thomas & Mack Center (244) Paradise, NV
12/03/2016* 3:00 pm, FSAZ/FCSP		San Diego	L 65–80	2–7	Walkup Skydome (767) Flagstaff, AZ
12/05/2016* 6:30 pm		Cal State Bakersfield	L 47–81	2–8	Walkup Skydome (678) Flagstaff, AZ
12/14/2016* 6:30 pm		Little Rock	L 67–72	2–9	Walkup Skydome (584) Flagstaff, AZ
12/17/2016* 7:00 pm		at UTEP	W 76–74	3–9	Don Haskins Center (5,667) El Paso, TX
12/20/2016* 6:00 pm		at UIC	L 65–75	3–10	UIC Pavilion (2,810) Chicago, IL
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2016 12:00 pm		Southern Utah	L 80–93	3–11 (0–1)	Walkup Skydome (581) Flagstaff, AZ
01/05/2017 6:00 pm		at North Dakota	L 63–68	3–12 (0–2)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,518) Grand Forks, ND
01/07/2017 7:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	L 79–83	3–13 (0–3)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,018) Greeley, CO
01/12/2017 6:30 pm		Portland State Postponed (snow), rescheduled for 01/16/2017[1]			Walkup Skydome  Flagstaff, AZ
01/14/2017 12:30 pm		Sacramento State	L 62–74	3–14 (0–4)	Walkup Skydome (659) Flagstaff, AZ
01/16/2017 3:30 pm		Portland State	W 83–76	4–14 (1–4)	Walkup Skydome (711) Flagstaff, AZ
01/19/2017 7:05 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 62–84	4–15 (1–5)	Reese Court (1,519) Cheney, WA
01/21/2017 8:00 pm		at Idaho	L 49–65	4–16 (1–6)	Cowan Spectrum (1,323) Moscow, ID
01/26/2017 6:30 pm		Northern Colorado	W 63–50	5–16 (2–6)	Walkup Skydome (1,713) Flagstaff, AZ
01/28/2017 2:00 pm		North Dakota	W 68–67	6–16 (3–6)	Walkup Skydome (1,658) Flagstaff, AZ
02/02/2017 7:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 90–91 OT	6–17 (3–7)	Holt Arena (1,819) Pocatello, ID
02/04/2017 7:00 pm		at Weber State	L 80–86	6–18 (3–8)	Dee Events Center (1,819) Ogden, UT
02/09/2017 6:30 pm		Montana State	W 69–63	7–18 (4–8)	Walkup Skydome  Flagstaff, AZ
02/11/2017 7:30 pm		Montana	L 59–76	7–19 (4–9)	Walkup Skydome (1,453) Flagstaff, AZ
02/18/2017 2:00 pm		at Southern Utah	L 68–84	7–20 (4–10)	Centrum Arena (1,738) Cedar City, UT
02/23/2017 8:05 pm		at Sacramento State	W 73–69	8–20 (5–10)	Hornets Nest (849) Sacramento, CA
02/25/2017 8:00 pm		at Portland State	L 72–84	8–21 (5–11)	Peter Stott Center (891) Greeley, CO
03/02/2017 6:30 pm		Idaho	L 75–77	8–22 (5–12)	Walkup Skydome (1,426) Flagstaff, AZ
03/04/2017 4:30 pm		Eastern Washington	W 76–61	9–22 (6–12)	Walkup Skydome  Flagstaff, AZ
Big Sky tournament
03/07/2017 2:35 pm	(9)	vs. (8) Portland State First Round	L 67–80	9–23	Reno Events Center (1,507) Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time Source[2][3].