2016–17 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team

2016–17 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball

Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2016–17 record	( WAC)
Head coach	Dan Majerle (4th year)
Assistant coach	Todd Lee
Assistant coach	Chris Crevelone
Assistant coach	T. J. Benson
Home arena	GCU Arena

2016–17 WAC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Cal State Bakersfield	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Chicago State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Grand Canyon*	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
New Mexico State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Seattle	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UT Rio Grande Valley	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UMKC	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Utah Valley	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.

† 2017 WAC Tournament winner

The 2016–17 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team represented Grand Canyon University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Dan Majerle's fourth season at Grand Canyon. This season was year 3 of a 4-year transition period from Division II to Division I. As a result, the Antelopes were not eligible to make the 2017 NCAA Tournament, nor the 2017 NIT and could not participate 2017 WAC Basketball Tournament. However the Antelopes were eligible for the 2017 CIT, 2017 CBI or the Vegas 16 tournaments if invited. They.

Previous season

The Antelopes finished the season 27–7, 11–3 in WAC play to finish in a tie for second place. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. In the first round, they defeated South Carolina State to be champions of the Coach John McLendon Classic, the first classic game to be held as part of a postseason tournament. In the second round they defeated Jackson State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Coastal Carolina.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School

Incoming recruits

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
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 2015-09-15.

Roster

2016–17 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	2	Braun, JoshuaJoshua Braun	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Westwind Prep Academy	Anthem, AZ
3.5 !F	5	Jackson, MattMatt Jackson	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2.0 !So	Diamond Valley	Diamond Creek, Australia
1.5 !G	10	Magee, DominicDominic Magee	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Helen Cox Memphis	Harvey, LA
1.5 !G	11	Davis, De'AndreDe'Andre Davis	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.0 !So	Cedar Ridge	Round Rock, TX
5.0 !C	12	Toure, BoubecarBoubecar Toure	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Phase One Academy	Dekar, Senegal
3.5 !F	21	Smith, KerwinKerwin Smith	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	Woodrow Wilson	Dallas, TX
1.5 !G	22	Carrion Armas, AdrianAdrian Carrion Armas (W)	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	2.0 !So	Canarias Basketball Academy	Seville, Spain
3.5 !F	24	Vernon, KeontaKeonta Vernon	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Tulare Union College of Southern Idaho	Tulare, CA
3.5 !F	25	Tolson, ZachZach Tolson	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Chaparral Northern State	Scottsdale, AZ
1.5 !G	35	Nudo, KenzoKenzo Nudo	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Chaparral	Scottsdale, AZ
1.5 !G	42	Martin, GerardGerard Martin	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Australian Institute of Sport	Manly, Australia

Head coach

Dan Majerle (Central Michigan)

Assistant coach(es)

Todd Lee (Azusa Pacific)
Chris Crevelone(Adams State)
T. J. Benson (Grand Canyon)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

References

Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball

Venues	Antelope Gymnasium (1994–2011) GCU Arena (2011–present)

Culture & lore	"Feel the Place Go Boom"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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

NAIA national championships in bold

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