2016–17 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team
The 2016–17 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Midshipmen, led by sixth-year head coach Ed DeChellis, played their home games at Alumni Hall in Annapolis, Maryland and are members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 16–16, 10–8 in Patriot League play to finish in fourth place. In the Patriot League Tournament, they defeated Holy Cross in the quarterfinals before losing to top-seeded Bucknell in the semifinals.
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Conference | Patriot League |
2016–17 record | 16–16 (10–8 Patriot) |
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Home arena | Alumni Hall |
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Bucknell † | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2017 Patriot League Tournament winner |
Previous season
The Midshipmen finished the 2015–16 season 19–14, 9–9 in Patriot League play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place. They defeated Lafayette in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Lehigh. Despite having 19 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.
Offseason
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Will Kelly | 0 | C | 6'9" | 238 | Senior | Mount Laurel, NJ | Graduated |
Kendall Knorr | 3 | G | 6'3" | 200 | Senior | Concord, NC | Graduated |
Tilman Dunbar | 10 | G | 5'10" | 163 | Senior | Woodbridge, VA | Graduated |
Nathan Messer | 24 | G | 6'4" | 198 | Freshman | Chesterfield, MO | No longer on team roster |
Michael Brown | 25 | G | 6'2" | 206 | Junior | Horsham, PA | No longer on team roster |
Aaron Still-Lock | 30 | C | 6'9" | 204 | Freshman | Palmyra, PA | No longer on team roster |
Fred Davies | 34 | G | 5'11" | 180 | Freshman | Columbus, GA | No longer on team roster |
Mitchell Baldwin | 40 | G | 6'3" | 201 | Freshman | Birmingham, AL | No longer on team roster |
Josh Goetz | 42 | C | 6'8" | 254 | Sophomore | Valencia, PA | No longer on team roster |
Jack Hogan | 44 | F | 6'6" | 217 | Sophomore | Melbourne, FL | Transferred |
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2016* 9:00 pm, CBSSN |
Ohio State Veterans Classic |
L 68–78 | 0–1 |
Alumni Hall (4,116) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
11/13/2016* 2:00 pm |
Washington College (MD) HPU Tournament |
W 74–47 | 1–1 |
Alumni Hall (1,258) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
11/18/2016* 4:00 pm |
vs. North Dakota State HPU Tournament |
L 59–66 | 1–2 |
Millis Athletic Center (1,750) High Point, NC | |||||||
11/19/2016* 4:00 pm |
at High Point HPU Tournament |
L 62–69 | 1–3 |
Millis Athletic Center (1,750) High Point, NC | |||||||
11/20/2016* 3:30 pm |
vs. UNC Greensboro HPU Tournament |
L 59–72 | 1–4 |
Millis Athletic Center (1,100) High Point, NC | |||||||
11/23/2016* 7:00 pm |
UMBC | W 78–66 | 2–4 |
Alumni Hall (867) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
11/26/2016* 2:00 pm |
Penn | W 70–68 | 3–4 |
Alumni Hall (787) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
12/01/2016* 7:30 pm |
at College of Charleston | L 64–70 | 3–5 |
TD Arena (3,327) Charleston, SC | |||||||
12/03/2016* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Furman | L 46–79 | 3–6 |
Timmons Arena (1,506) Greenville, NC | |||||||
12/06/2016* 7:00 pm |
Bryant | W 76–74 | 4–6 |
Alumni Hall (417) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
12/09/2016* 7:00 pm |
Columbia | W 69–54 | 5–6 |
Alumni Hall (876) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
12/22/2016* 11:00 am |
at Hartford | L 54–63 | 5–7 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (2,453) Hartford, CT | |||||||
Patriot League regular season | |||||||||||
12/30/2016 7:00 pm |
Bucknell | L 55–59 | 5–8 (0–1) |
Alumni Hall (2,301) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
01/02/2017 7:00 pm |
at Holy Cross | L 50–51 | 5–9 (0–2) |
Hart Center (1,346) Worcester, MA | |||||||
01/05/2017 7:00 pm |
Boston University | L 53–71 | 5–10 (0–3) |
Alumni Hall Annapolis, MD | |||||||
01/08/2017 2:00 pm |
Colgate | W 67–55 | 6–10 (1–3) |
Alumni Hall (1,158) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
01/11/2017 7:30 pm |
at Loyola (MD) | W 75–62 | 7–10 (2–3) |
Reitz Arena (592) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
01/14/2017 2:00 pm |
at Lafayette | W 88–51 | 8–10 (3–3) |
Kirby Sports Center (1,547) Easton, PA | |||||||
01/18/2017 7:00 pm |
Lehigh | W 75–72 | 9–10 (4–3) |
Alumni Hall (1,292) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
01/21/2017 1:30 pm, CBSSN |
at Army | W 96–80 OT | 10–10 (5–3) |
Christl Arena (5,291) West Point, NY | |||||||
01/25/2017 7:30 pm |
at American | W 71–53 | 11–10 (6–3) |
Bender Arena (757) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
01/28/2017 4:00 pm |
Holy Cross | W 60–47 | 12–10 (7–3) |
Alumni Hall (2,278) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
02/02/2017 7:00 pm |
at Boston University | W 70–61 | 13–10 (8–3) |
Case Gym (646) Boston, MA | |||||||
02/04/2017 2:00 pm |
at Colgate | L 52–55 | 13–11 (8–4) |
Cotterell Court (985) Hamilton, NY | |||||||
02/08/2017 7:00 pm |
Loyola (MD) | W 62–59 | 14–11 (9–4) |
Alumni Hall (1,435) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
02/11/2017 7:00 pm |
Lafayette | W 68–60 | 15–11 (10–4) |
Alumni Hall (2,422) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
02/15/2017 7:00 pm |
at Lehigh | L 55–74 | 15–12 (10–5) |
Stabler Arena (1,007) Bethlehem, PA | |||||||
02/18/2017 1:30 pm, CBSSN |
Army | L 68–71 | 15–13 (10–6) |
Alumni Hall (5,710) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
02/22/2017 7:00 pm |
American | L 58–74 | 15–14 (10–7) |
Alumni Hall (2,666) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
02/25/2017 12:00 pm |
at Bucknell | W 82–60 | 15–15 (10–8) |
Sojka Pavilion (3,551) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Patriot League Tournament | |||||||||||
03/02/2017 7:00 pm |
(4) | (5) Holy Cross Quarterfinals |
W 49–42 | 16–15 |
Alumni Hall (988) Annapolis, MD | ||||||
03/05/2017 2:00 pm, CBSSN |
(4) | at (1) Bucknell Semifinals |
L 65–70 | 16–16 |
Sojka Pavilion (2,731) Lewisburg, PA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |