2016–17 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Indiana State Sycamores basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sycamores, led by seventh-year head coach Greg Lansing, played their home games at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Indiana and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 11–20, 5–13 to finish in a tie for ninth place in MVC play. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament to Evansville.

2016–17 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	11–20 (5–13 MVC)
Head coach	Greg Lansing (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Lou Gudino Marcus Belcher Terry Parker
Home arena	Hulman Center
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Illinois State	17	–	1		.944			28	–	7		.800
No. 19 Wichita State†	17	–	1		.944			31	–	5		.861
Northern Iowa	9	–	9		.500			14	–	16		.467
Southern Illinois	9	–	9		.500			17	–	16		.515
Loyola Chicago	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Missouri State	7	–	11		.389			17	–	16		.515
Bradley	7	–	11		.389			13	–	20		.394
Evansville	6	–	12		.333			16	–	17		.485
Indiana State	5	–	13		.278			11	–	20		.355
Drake	5	–	13		.278			7	–	24		.226
† 2017 MVC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Sycamores finished the 2015–16 season 15–17, 8–10 in MVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Illinois State in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Evansville.

Preseason

The Sycamores were picked to finish third in the preseason MVC poll.^[1] Brenton Scott was selected to the preseason's All-MVC team.^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Kristian Smith	1	G/F	6'6"	200	Senior	Indianapolis, IN	Graduated
Kalen Alexander	10	G	6'3"	169	Junior	Terre Haute, IN	Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons
Devonte Brown	11	G	6'2"	195	Senior	Killeen, TX	Graduated
Grant Prusator	20	G	6'0"	171	Junior	Rochelle, IL	Transferred to Arkansas Tech
Brandon Burnett	22	G	6'6"	232	Senior	Tucson, AZ	Graduated
Nick Amor	24	G/F	6'4"	187	Junior	Lakeville, IN	Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Demonte Ojinnaka	1	G	6'5"	215	Junior	Silver Spring, MD	Junior college transfer from Cloud County CC
Donovan Franklin	13	G	6'5"	175	Sophomore	O'Fallon, IL	Junior college transfer from Gulf Coast State College

2016 recruiting class

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jordan Barnes PG	Saint Louis, MO	Christian Brothers College High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jul 19, 2015
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (74)
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 30, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Everett Clemons 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Vincennes Lanphier HS Springfield, IL G 1 Demonte Ojinnaka 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Blake HS Cloud County CC Silver Spring, MD G 2 Jordan Barnes 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Christian Brothers HS St. Louis, MO G 3 Trey Knight III 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Cedar Park HS Cedar Park, TX G 4 Brenton Scott 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Jr Northrop HS Fort Wayne, IN F 5 Bronson Kessinger 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Fr Corydon Central HS Corydon, IN F 10 Ethan Claycomb (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Lincoln HS Vincennes, IN F 12 Niels Bunschoten 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Howard College Bussum, Netherlands G 13 Donovan Franklin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So O'Fallon HS Gulf Coast State St. Louis, MO G 24 Matt Deady (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr South Vigo HS Terre Haute, IN F 30 Matt Van Scyoc 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 216 lb (98 kg) RS Sr The Citadel Green Lake HS Green Lake, WI G 32 Laquarious Paige 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Stark HS West Orange, TX F/C 34 Brandon Murphy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 275 lb (125 kg) Jr Carver HS Montgomery, AL F/C 41 Emondre Richman 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Collinsville HS Collinsville, IL C 42 T. J. Bell 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Sr Charleston HS Charleston, IL	Head coach Greg Lansing (South Dakota) Assistant coach(es) Lou Gudino (Indiana) Marcus Belcher (Southern Illinois) Terry Parker (Louisiana Tech) 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
Exhibition
11/03/2016* 7:00 pm		Rose-Hulman	W 95–36		Hulman Center (3,321) Terre Haute, IN
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Illinois	L 78–80 OT	0–1	Convocation Center (1,565) DeKalb, IL
11/15/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Ball State	W 80–74 OT	1–1	John E. Worthen Arena (3,845) Muncie, IN
11/19/2016* 6:00 pm		Missouri–St. Louis	W 96–55	2–1	Hulman Center (3,141) Terre Haute, IN
11/24/2016* 12:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 21 Iowa State AdvoCare Invitational Quarterfinals	L 71–73	2–2	HP Field House (2,436) Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/25/2016* 1:30 pm, ESPN3		vs. Stanford AdvoCare Invitational	L 62–65	2–3	HP Field House (1,876) Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/27/2016* 11:00 am, ESPNU		vs. Quinnipiac AdvoCare Invitational	L 77–80	2–4	HP Field House  Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/30/2016* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Illinois	W 63–52	3–4	Hulman Center (3,730) Terre Haute, IN
12/03/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN3		at Utah State MW–MWC Challenge	W 62–61	4–4	Smith Spectrum (7,064) Logan, UT
12/07/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		No. 16 Butler	W 72–71	5–4	Hulman Center (5,559) Terre Haute, IN
12/11/2016* 4:30 pm, ESPN3		Western Kentucky	L 59–77	5–5	Hulman Center (3,345) Terre Haute, IN
12/17/2016* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Valparaiso	L 71–89	5–6	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,172) Valparaiso, IN
12/21/2016* 5:30 pm, ESPN3		Eastern Illinois	W 88–85 2OT	6–6	Hulman Center (3,315) Terre Haute, IN
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
12/28/2016 7:00 pm, FSI/CSNCH		Wichita State	L 72–80	6–7 (0–1)	Hulman Center (4,550) Terre Haute, IN
12/31/2016 12:00 pm, FSI/CSNCH		at Missouri State	L 75–81 OT	6–8 (0–2)	JQH Arena (4,400) Springfield, MO
01/04/2017 8:00 pm		at Southern Illinois	L 74–80 OT	6–9 (0–3)	SIU Arena (4,168) Carbondale, IL
01/07/2017 2:00 pm, FSI/CSNCH		Illinois State	L 58–77	6–10 (0–4)	Hulman Center (3,461) Terre Haute, IN
01/11/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Drake	L 70–87	6–11 (0–5)	Knapp Center (2,958) Des Moines, IA
01/14/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Bradley	W 81–71	7–11 (1–5)	Hulman Center (3,969) Terre Haute, IN
01/18/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Missouri State	L 68–73	7–12 (1–6)	Hulman Center (3,875) Terre Haute, IN
01/21/2017 3:00 pm, ESPN3		at Wichita State	L 58–84	7–13 (1–7)	Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS
01/25/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Illinois State	L 66–71	7–14 (1–8)	Redbird Arena (5,738) Normal, IL
01/28/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Loyola–Chicago	L 66–81	7–15 (1–9)	Hulman Center (4,069) Terre Haute, IN
02/01/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Evansville	W 85–84 OT	8–15 (2–9)	Hulman Center (3,669) Terre Haute, IN
02/04/2017 2:00 pm, CBSSN		at Northern Iowa	L 60–65	8–16 (2–10)	McLeod Center (4,982) Cedar Falls, IA
02/08/2017 9:00 pm, FSI/CSNCH		at Bradley	W 56–54	9–16 (3–10)	Carver Arena (5,004) Peoria, IL
02/11/2017 2:00 pm		Drake	W 84–60	10–16 (4–10)	Hulman Center (4,280) Terre Haute, IN
02/15/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Loyola–Chicago	L 46–64	10–17 (4–11)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1,406) Chicago, IL
02/19/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3		Southern Illinois	L 68–74	10–18 (4–12)	Hulman Center (3,922) Terre Haute, IN
02/22/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Iowa	W 69–59	11–18 (5–12)	Hulman Center (3,778) Terre Haute, IN
02/25/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Evansville	L 63–65	11–19 (5–13)	Ford Center (4,913) Evansville, IN
Missouri Valley tournament
03/03/2017 6:05 pm, ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC	(9)	vs. (8) Evansville First Round	L 72–83	11–20	Scottrade Center (5,057) St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.