2016–17 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team represented Oregon State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Beavers were led by third-year head coach Wayne Tinkle, and played their home games at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 5–27, 1–17 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to California.

2016–17 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	5–27 (1–17 Pac-12)
Head coach	Wayne Tinkle (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Kerry Rupp Gregg Gottlieb Stephen Thompson
Home arena	Gill Coliseum
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Oregon	16	–	2		.889			33	–	6		.846
No. 4 Arizona †	16	–	2		.889			32	–	5		.865
No. 8 UCLA	15	–	3		.833			31	–	5		.861
Utah	11	–	7		.611			20	–	12		.625
California	10	–	8		.556			21	–	13		.618
USC	10	–	8		.556			26	–	10		.722
Colorado	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Arizona State	7	–	11		.389			15	–	18		.455
Stanford	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Washington State	6	–	12		.333			13	–	18		.419
Washington	2	–	16		.111			9	–	22		.290
Oregon State	1	–	17		.056			5	–	27		.156
† Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Beavers finished the 2015–16 season 19–13, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They defeated Arizona State in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament before losing to California in the quarterfinals. OSU received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the West Region, marking the Beavers' first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1990.^[1] The Beavers lost in the first round of the Tournament to VCU.

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Gary Payton II	1	G	6'3"	190	Senior	Las Vegas, NV	Graduated.
Derrick Bruce	4	G	6'3"	165	Freshman	Orlando, FL	Transferred to NW Florida State College
Langston Morris-Walker	13	G	6'5"	215	Senior	Berkeley, CA	Graduated
Daniel Gomis	14	F	6'10"	240	RS Senior	Thiès, Senegal	Graduated
Olaf Schaftenaar	30	F	6'10"	235	Senior	Utrecht, Ukraine	Graduated
Jarmal Reid	32	F	6'7"	235	Senior	Decatur, GA	Graduated
Justin Stangel	40	C	6'10"	225	Junior	Milwaukie, OR	Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons

Incoming transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Ronnie Stacey	2	G	6'4"		Jr.	Alexander City, AL	Junior college transfer from Tyler Junior College[2]
Keondre Dew	13	F	6'8"	220	Jr.	San Bernardino, CA	Junior College transfer from City College of San Francisco[3]

2016 recruiting class

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Ben Koné PF	San Jose, CA	Archbishop Mitty HS	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Aug 11, 2015
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
JaQuori McLaughlin PG	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sep 25, 2015
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:
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 Basketball Player Commits". ESPN. Retrieved September 20, 2016. "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved September 20, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 JaQuori McLaughlin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Peninsula High School Tacoma, Washington G 1 Stephen Thompson Jr. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Bishop Montgomery High School Los Angeles, California G 2 Ronnie Stacy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Tyler Junior College Alexander City, Alabama F 3 Tres Tinkle  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Hellgate High School Missoula, Montana C 5 Cheikh N'diaye 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Army and Navy Academy Dakar, Senegal F 12 Drew Eubanks 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Reynolds High School Troutdale, Oregon F 13 Keondre Dew 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr City College of San Francisco San Bernardino, California F 14 Matt Dahlen 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Redmond High School Redmond, Oregon G 15 Tanner Sanders (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS So Crescent Valley High School Corvallis, Oregon G 22 Daine Muller (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Skyview High School Billings, Montana C 23 Gligorije Rakocevic 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) So Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary High School Bijelo Polje, Montenegro G 24 Kendal Manuel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Skyview High School Billings, Montana C 31 Christian Russell (W) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr South Salem High School Salem, Oregon F 34 Ben Koné 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Archbishop Mitty High School San Jose, California	Head coach Wayne Tinkle (Montana) Assistant coach(es) Kerry Rupp (Southern Utah) Gregg Gottlieb (UCLA) Stephen Thompson (Syracuse) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

• Nov. 27 - Sophomore forward Tres Tinkle out since game against Fresno State with a broken right wrist.^[4] Would miss the rest of the season.

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov. 4 7:00 PM		Corban	W 96–58	–	Gill Coliseum (4,663) Corvallis, OR
Non-conference regular season
Nov. 11* 6:00 PM, P12N		Prairie View A&M	W 78–58	1–0	Gill Coliseum (4,765) Corvallis, OR
Nov. 13* 2:00 PM, P12N		UTSA	W 72–64	2–0	Gill Coliseum (4,070) Corvallis, OR
Nov. 16* 6:00 PM, P12N		Lamar	L 60–63	2–1	Gill Coliseum (4,182) Corvallis, OR
Nov. 18* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Nevada	L 58–83	2–2	Lawlor Events Center (8,090) Reno, NV
Nov. 22* 6:00 PM, ESPNews		at Tulsa	L 64–75	2–3	Reynolds Center (3,372) Tulsa, OK
Nov. 25* 6:00 PM, P12N		Fresno State	L 58–63	2–4	Gill Coliseum (5,005) Corvallis, OR
Nov. 28* 6:00 PM, P12N		Southern Oregon	W 84–59	3–4	Gill Coliseum (4,010) Corvallis, OR
Dec. 1* 6:00 PM, ESPNU		at Mississippi State	L 57–74	3–5	Humphrey Coliseum (7,684) Starkville, MS
Dec. 3* 4:00 PM		at Charlotte	L 66–69	3–6	Dale F. Halton Arena (5,366) Charlotte, NC
Dec. 11* 3:00 PM, P12N		Savannah State	L 90–93 OT	3–7	Gill Coliseum (4,268) Corvallis, OR
Dec. 16* 8:00 PM, P12N		vs. Long Beach State Dam City Classic	L 67–71	3–8	Moda Center (6,521) Portland, OR
Dec. 18* 3:00 PM, P12N		vs. Portland Dam City Classic	L 45–53	3–9	Moda Center (8,334) Portland, OR
Dec. 21* 8:00 PM, ESPNU		Kent State	W 69–50	4–9	Gill Coliseum (4,020) Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 regular season
Dec. 28 8:00 PM, P12N		No. 22 USC	L 63–70	4–10 (0–1)	Gill Coliseum (4,580) Corvallis, OR
Dec. 30 8:00 PM, P12N		No. 2 UCLA	L 63–76	4–11 (0–2)	Gill Coliseum (5,596) Corvallis, OR
Jan. 4 8:00 PM, P12N		vs. Washington State	L 62–75	4–12 (0–3)	Spokane Arena (2,237) Spokane, WA
Jan. 7 12:00 PM, P12N		at Washington	L 61–87	4–13 (0–4)	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,781) Seattle, WA
Jan. 14 7:30 PM, P12N		at No. 13 Oregon Civil War	L 43–85	4–14 (0–5)	Matthew Knight Arena (12,364) Eugene, OR
Jan. 19 8:00 PM, P12N		Stanford	L 46–62	4–15 (0–6)	Gill Coliseum (4,585) Corvallis, OR
Jan. 21 7:30 PM, P12N		California	L 58–69	4–16 (0–7)	Gill Coliseum (4,945) Corvallis, OR
Jan. 26 5:30 PM, FS1		at Colorado	L 78–85	4–17 (0–8)	Coors Events Center (7,341) Boulder, CO
Jan. 28 4:00 PM, P12N		at Utah	L 78–86	4–18 (0–9)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (13,115) Salt Lake City, UT
Feb. 2 6:00 PM, ESPN2		No. 5 Arizona	L 54–71	4–19 (0–10)	Gill Coliseum (4,745) Corvallis, OR
Feb. 4 3:00 PM, P12N		Arizona State	L 68–81	4–20 (0–11)	Gill Coliseum (4,927) Corvallis, OR
Feb. 9 8:00 PM, P12N		at USC	L 66–92	4–21 (0–12)	Galen Center (3,989) Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 12 2:00 PM, FS1		at No. 10 UCLA	L 60–78	4–22 (0–13)	Pauley Pavilion (12,649) Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 16 6:00 PM, P12N		Colorado	L 52–60	4–23 (0–14)	Gill Coliseum (4,281) Corvallis, OR
Feb. 19 5:30 PM, ESPNU		Utah	W 68–67	5–23 (1–14)	Gill Coliseum (5,186) Corvallis, OR
Feb. 22 8:00 PM, ESPNU		at Stanford	L 66–79	5–24 (1–15)	Maples Pavilion (3,007) Stanford, CA
Feb. 24 7:00 PM, FS1		at California	L 46–76	5–25 (1–16)	Haas Pavilion (9,500) Berkeley, CA
Mar. 4 3:00 PM, ESPN2		No. 6 Oregon Civil War	L 59–80	5–26 (1–17)	Gill Coliseum (9,201) Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 tournament
Mar. 8 2:30 PM, P12N	(12)	vs. (5) California First round	L 62–67	5–27	T-Mobile Arena (7,846) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.