2016–17 Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team represented the California Polytechnic State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mustangs, led by eighth-year head coach Joe Callero, played their home games at Mott Athletic Center as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 11–20, 6–10 in Big West play to finish in seventh place. They lost to UC Davis in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament.^[1]

2016–17 Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball
Conference	Big West
Record	11–20 (6–10 Big West)
Head coach	Joe Callero (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Pawel Mrozik Sam Kirby Mitch Reaves
Home arena	Mott Athletic Center
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Big West men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Irvine	12	–	4		.750			21	–	15		.583
UC Davis †	11	–	5		.688			23	–	13		.639
Cal State Fullerton	10	–	6		.625			17	–	15		.531
Long Beach State	9	–	7		.563			15	–	19		.441
Hawai'i	8	–	8		.500			14	–	16		.467
Cal State Northridge	7	–	9		.438			11	–	19		.367
Cal Poly	6	–	10		.375			11	–	20		.355
UC Riverside	5	–	11		.313			7	–	21		.250
UC Santa Barbara	4	–	12		.250			6	–	22		.214
† 2017 Big West tournament winner

Previous season

The Mustangs finished the 2015–16 season 10–20, 4–12 in Big West play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament to UC Irvine.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
David Nwaba	0	G	6'4"	210	Senior	Los Angeles, CA	Graduated
Reese Morgan	5	G	6'2"	200	Senior	San Pedro, CA	Graduated
Mark Patterson	14	G	6'1"	174	Sophomore	Bellflower, CA	Walk-on; transferred
Serigne Athj	24	F	6'4"	195	Freshman	Pasadena, CA	Transferred to Peninsula College
Joel Awich	25	F	6'7"	217	Senior	St. Paul, MN	Graduated
Brian Bennett	34	F	6'9"	288	Senior	Plainfield, IL	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Donovan Fields	3	G	5'10"		Sophomore	Newburgh, NY	Junior college transferred from Odessa College
Victor Joseph	20	G	6'0"	150	Junior	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	Junior college transferred to Chaffey College

2016 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Mark Crowe SG	Dallas, TX	Wilson High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	N/A	Oct 4, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    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: "Cal Poly 2016 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016. "2016 Cal Poly Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016. "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016. "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Aleks Abrams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Jr Oaks Christian School Westlake Village, California G 2 Trevor John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 183 lb (83 kg) RS So Monte Vista HS Danville, California G 3 Donovan Fields 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Newburgh Free Academy Odessa College Newburgh, New York G 4 Jaylen Shead 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Connally HS Pflugerville, Texas G/F 5 Mark Crowe 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Wilson HS Dallas, Texas G 10 Ridge Shipley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Hebron HS Carrollton, Texas G 11 Taylor Sutlive 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) RS Jr Churchill HS San Antonio, Texas G 13 Kyle Toth 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Sr Mitty HS Army Sunnyvale, California F 15 Josh Martin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Jr Bothell HS Minnesota Seattle, Washington G 20 Victor Joseph 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Rancho Cucamonga HS Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga, California F 21 Luke Meikle 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 209 lb (95 kg) RS Jr Bellarmine Prep Tacoma, Washington G 23 Alec Raven 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 193 lb (88 kg) So Montgomery HS Santa Rosa, California C 30 Hank Hollingsworth 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Chelan HS Chelan, Washington F 35 Jakub Niziol 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Howard College Wrocław, Poland F 44 Zach Gordon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 239 lb (108 kg) RS Sr Archbishop Murphy HS Lynnwood, Washington	Head coach Joe Callero (Central Washington) Assistant coach(es) Pawel Mrozik (Polish Open) Sam Kirby (Seattle) Mitch Reaves (Washington State) 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	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm		at Pepperdine	L 68–77	0–1	17 – Tied	21 – Martin	6 – Shead	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,320) Malibu, CA
11/13/2016* 6:00 pm, P12N		at Arizona State	L 74–96	0–2	21 – Toth	7 – Martin	7 – Shead	Wells Fargo Arena (4,155) Tempe, AZ
11/17/2016* 7:00 pm		Cal State Dominguez Hills	W 75–64	1–2	16 – Martin	6 – Martin	6 – Martin	Mott Athletic Center (824) San Luis Obispo, CA
11/19/2016* 2:00 pm		Bethesda	W 69–52	2–2	15 – Fields	10 – Meikle	6 – Shead	Mott Athletic Center (1,342) San Luis Obispo, CA
11/23/2016* 5:00 pm		at Northern Illinois NIU Thanksgiving Classic	W 68–64	3–2	19 – Joseph	4 – 3 Tied	6 – Shead	Convocation Center (844) DeKalb, IL
11/25/2016* 1:30 pm		vs. UIC NIU Thanksgiving Classic	L 71–84	3–3	24 – Dixson	6 – 3 Tied	3 – Tied	Convocation Center  DeKalb, IL
11/26/2016* 11:00 am		vs. Elon NIU Thanksgiving Classic	L 66–72	3–4	23 – Joseph	8 – Shead	7 – Shead	Convocation Center  DeKalb, IL
12/01/2016* 8:00 pm		UTSA	W 59–47	4–4	18 – Toth	5 – 3 Tied	7 – Shead	Mott Athletic Center (1,050) San Luis Obispo, CA
12/03/2016* 7:00 pm		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 82–70	5–4	19 – Joseph	8 – Hollingsworth	7 – Shipley	Mott Athletic Center (1,347) San Luis Obispo, CA
12/10/2016* 4:00 pm		at Fresno State	L 59–73	5–5	17 – Fields	6 – Shead	5 – Shipley	Save Mart Center (7,250) Fresno, CA
12/17/2016* 5:00 pm, P12N		at California	L 55–81	5–6	14 – Toth	16 – Abrams	2 – Meikle	Haas Pavilion (9.698) Berkeley, CA
12/20/2016* 8:00 pm, P12N		at Washington	L 61–77	5–7	14 – Shipley	7 – Gordon	6 – Shipley	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,175) Seattle, WA
12/28/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Grand Canyon	L 64–71	5–8	22 – Meikle	9 – Abrams	5 – Toth	GCU Arena (6,757) Phoenix, AZ
12/31/2016* 10:00 am		at Princeton	L 52–81	5–9	8 – Toth	7 – Meikle	3 – Shipley	Jadwin Gymnasium (2,022) Princeton, NJ
Big West regular season
01/07/2017 7:00 pm		at UC Davis	L 64–68	5–10 (0–1)	16 – Meikle	14 – Gordon	4 – Toth	The Pavilion (1,733) Davis, CA
01/12/2017 7:00 pm		Cal State Fullerton	L 74–87	5–11 (0–2)	15 – Fields	5 – Abrams	8 – Shipley	Mott Athletic Center (1,350) San Luis Obispo, CA
01/14/2017 7:00 pm		at UC Santa Barbara	L 53–58	5–12 (0–3)	15 – Fields	5 – Meikle	4 – Toth	The Thunderdome (3,306) Santa Barbara, CA
01/18/2017 7:00 pm		UC Irvine	L 48–70	5–13 (0–4)	11 – Niziol	12 – Abrams	1 – Shipley	Mott Athletic Center (1,250) San Luis Obispo, CA
01/21/2017 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Long Beach State	L 92–98 OT	5–14 (0–5)	27 – Shipley	8 – Toth	4 – Shipley	Mott Athletic Center (3,032) San Luis Obispo, CA
01/26/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at UC Irvine	W 79–66	6–14 (1–6)	22 – Joseph	6 – Meikle	3 – Shipley	Bren Events Center (2,107) Irvine, CA
01/28/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Cal State Fullerton	L 71–81	6–15 (1–6)	22 – Joseph	5 – Gordon	5 – Shipley	Titan Gym (1,024) Fullerton, CA
02/02/2017 8:00 pm		UC Davis	W 74–70	7–15 (2–6)	20 – Joseph	5 – Shipley	6 – Fields	Mott Athletic Center (1,850) San Luis Obispo, CA
02/04/2017 7:00 pm		UC Riverside	L 56–67 OT	10–18 (5–9)	22 – Joseph	12 – Gordon	4 – Shipley	Mott Athletic Center (2,150) San Luis Obispo, CA
02/09/2017 10:00 pm		at Hawaii	L 65–74	7–17 (2–8)	19 – Shipley	9 – Gordon	2 – Joseph	Stan Sheriff Center (5,596) Honolulu, HI
02/15/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Cal State Northridge	W 85–71	8–17 (3–8)	23 – Fields	8 – Niziol	4 – Fields	Matadome (405) Northridge, CA
02/18/2017 7:00 pm		Hawaii	L 61–82	8–18 (3–9)	16 – Shipley	6 – Meikle	2 – Toth	Mott Athletic Center (2,317) San Luis Obispo, CA
02/23/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Long Beach State	W 78–71	9–18 (4–9)	17 – Shipley	11 – Meikle	6 – Shipley	Walter Pyramid (3,164) Long Beach, CA
02/25/2017 5:00 pm, Prime Ticket		at UC Riverside	W 84–77 OT	10–18 (5–9)	26 – Joseph	11 – Gordon	8 – Shipley	SRC Center (555) Riverside, CA
03/02/2017 7:00 pm		Cal State Northridge	W 76–70	11–18 (6–9)	17 – Shipley	8 – Gordon	4 – Shipley	Mott Athletic Center (1,280) San Luis Obispo, CA
03/04/2017 7:00 pm		UC Santa Barbara	L 44–57	11–19 (6–10)	10 – Fields	9 – Gordon	3 – Fields	Mott Athletic Center (2,950) San Luis Obispo, CA
Big West tournament
03/09/2017 12:00 pm	(7)	vs. (2) UC Davis Quarterfinals	L 55–66	11–20	19 – Shipley	12 – Gordon	3 – Fields	Honda Center  Anaheim, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

• 2016–17 Cal Poly Mustangs women's basketball team

References

1. Morales, Robert (March 9, 2017). "UC Davis defeats Cal Poly, 66-55, in Big West quarterfinal". The Orange County Register. Retrieved February 8, 2024.