2016–17 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team

2016-2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball

Conference	Big 12 Conference
2016-2017 record	N/A ( {{{short_conf}}})
Head coach	Chris Beard (1st year)
Assistant coach	Mark Adams
Assistant coach	Chris Ogden
Assistant coach	Daryll Dora
Home arena	United Supermarkets Arena

The 2016–17 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Raiders are led by 1st year coach Chris Beard. They play their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas and are members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous Season

The Red Raiders finished the season 19–13, 9–9 in Big 12 play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament to TCU. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Butler.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Toddrick Gotcher	20	G	6'4"	195	Senior	Garland,Texas	Graduated, Master's Degree
Devaugntah Williams	0	G	6'4"	205	Senior	Canton, Ohio	Graduated
Isaiah Manderson	1	C	6'10"	255	Junior	Bronx, New York	Transferred to South Florida

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Niem Stevenson		G	6'5"	225	Junior	Irving,Texas	Junior college transferred from Seward County Community College
Shandell Millinghaus		G	6'2"	210	Junior	Brooklyn,New York	Junior college transferred from Northwest Florida State College

Recruits

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Keon Clergeot PG	Auburndale,FL	Auburndale Senior High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Oct 13, 2015
Keon Clergeot PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A
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: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2016–17 Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G		Clergeot, KeonKeon Clergeot	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Auburndale	Auburndale, FL
1.5 !G	2	Thomas, DevonDevon Thomas	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Kimball Union Academy Cloud County CC	Silver Springs, MD
1.5 !G	3	Williamson, C. J.C. J. Williamson	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2.0 !So	Evans	Orlando, FL
1.5 !G	4	Ham, DonovanDonovan Ham (W)	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	North Atlanta	Atlanta, GA
3.5 !F	5	Gray, JustinJustin Gray	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Berkeley Prep	Tampa, FL
3.5 !F	11	Smith, ZachZach Smith	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Plano East	Plano, TX
1.5 !G	12	Evans, KeenanKeenan Evans	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Berkner	Richardson, TX
3.5 !F	15	Ross, AaronAaron Ross	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Parkview	North Little Rock, AR
1.5 !G		Stevenson, NiemNiem Stevenson	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Ranchview	Irving, TX
1.5 !G	22	Jackson, JordanJordan Jackson	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2.0 !So	St. Pius X	Houston, TX
1.5 !G	30	Sorrells, AndrewAndrew Sorrells (W)	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2.0 !So	Birdville	North Richland Hills, TX
5.0 !C	32	Odiase, NorenseNorense Odiase	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	3.0 !Jr	North Crowley	Crowley, TX
5.0 !C	34	Temple, MatthewMatthew Temple (W)	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Rider High School	Wichita Falls, TX
3.5 !F	21	Ulvydas, RokasRokas Ulvydas	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Mt. Zion Prep-MD	Kaunas, Lithuania

Head coach

Chris Beard (Texas)

Assistant coach(es)

Mark Adams (Texas Tech) * Daryll Dora (Texas Tech) * Chris Ogden (Texas)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

External links

Official Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball page

Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball

Venues	Livestock Judging Pavilion (1925–1927) Tech Gymnasium (1927–1956) Lubbock Municipal Coliseum (1956–1999) United Supermarkets Arena (1999–present)

Culture & lore	Raider Red The Masked Rider "Fight, Raiders, Fight" "The Matador Song" Guns Up Knight School

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

Seasons	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

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