2016–17 Saint Peter's Peacocks basketball team
The 2016–17 Saint Peter's Peacocks basketball team represented Saint Peter's University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Peacocks, led by 11th-year head coach John Dunne, played their home games at the Yanitelli Center in Jersey City, New Jersey as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 23–13, 14–6 in MAAC play to finish in second place. They defeated Canisius in the MAAC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Monmouth. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Albany, Texas State, Furman and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi to become CIT champions.
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CIT champions | |
Conference | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
2016–17 record | 23–13 (14–6 MAAC) |
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Home arena | Yanitelli Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monmouth | 18 | – | 2 | .900 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Peter's | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iona † | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Siena | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairfield | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quinnipiac | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niagara | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 10 | – | 23 | .303 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marist | 5 | – | 15 | .250 | 8 | – | 24 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manhattan | 5 | – | 15 | .250 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2017 MAAC Tournament winner |
Previous season
The Peacocks finished the 2015–16 season 14–16, 12–8 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAAC Tournament to Fairfield.
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm |
Lafayette | L 57–61 | 0–1 |
Yanitelli Center (632) Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
11/18/2016* 3:30 pm |
vs. Lipscomb Fordham Showcase |
W 90–77 | 1–1 |
Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,533) Bronx, NY | |||||||
11/19/2016* 3:00 pm |
at Fordham Fordham Showcase |
L 41–63 | 1–2 |
Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,473) Bronx, NY | |||||||
11/20/2016* 1:00 pm |
vs. Fairleigh Dickinson Fordham Showcase |
W 84–58 | 2–2 |
Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,003) Bronx, NY | |||||||
11/28/2016* 7:00 pm |
Boston University | W 80–67 | 3–2 |
Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
12/02/2016 7:00 pm |
Iona | L 65–79 | 3–3 (0–1) |
Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
12/04/2016 2:00 pm |
Manhattan | W 84–70 | 4–3 (1–1) |
Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
12/07/2016* 8:00 pm |
at Houston Baptist | L 47–62 | 4–4 |
Sharp Gymnasium (589) Houston, TX | |||||||
12/10/2016* 12:00 pm, BTN |
at Maryland | L 56–66 | 4–5 |
Xfinity Center (14,859) College Park, MD | |||||||
12/18/2016* 2:00 pm |
Elon | L 53–68 | 4–6 |
Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
12/23/2016* 2:00 pm |
at St. Francis Brooklyn | W 65–58 | 5–6 |
Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (385) Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
12/28/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at No. 24 Notre Dame | L 55–63 | 5–7 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN | |||||||
01/02/2017 7:00 pm |
Monmouth | W 71–61 | 6–7 (2–1) |
Yanitelli Center (525) Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
01/07/2017 7:00 pm |
at Siena | L 54–56 | 7–7 (2–2) |
Times Union Center (6,478) Albany, NY | |||||||
01/09/2017 7:00 pm |
Quinnipiac | W 58–54 | 7–8 (3–2) |
Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
01/15/2017 2:00 pm |
at Rider | W 71–65 | 8–8 (4–2) |
Alumni Gymnasium (1,265) Lawrenceville, NJ | |||||||
01/17/2017 7:00 pm |
at Fairfield | W 69–55 | 9–8 (5–2) |
Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT | |||||||
01/19/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Siena | W 77–65 | 10–8 (6–2) |
Yanitelli Center (564) Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
01/21/2017 2:00 pm |
Niagara | L 55–56 | 10–9 (6–3) |
Yanitelli Center (347) Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
01/23/2017 7:00 pm |
Rider | W 56–51 | 11–9 (7–3) |
Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
01/26/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
at Marist | W 81–65 | 12–9 (8–3) |
McCann Field House (888) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
01/29/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Iona | L 66–69 OT | 12–10 (8–4) |
Hynes Athletic Center (1,690) New Rochelle, NY | |||||||
02/03/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Monmouth | L 70–71 OT | 12–11 (8–5) |
OceanFirst Bank Center (3,878) West Long Branch, NJ | |||||||
02/06/2017 7:00 pm |
Canisius | L 70–72 | 12–12 (8–6) |
Yanitelli Center (351) Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
02/09/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Quinnipiac | W 76–45 | 13–12 (9–6) |
TD Bank Sports Center (575) Hamden, CT | |||||||
02/12/2017 6:00 pm |
at Manhattan | W 69–50 | 14–12 (10–6) |
Draddy Gymnasium (963) Riverdale, NY | |||||||
02/14/2017 7:30 pm |
Marist | W 71–46 | 15–12 (11–6) |
Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
02/19/2017 2:00 pm |
Fairfield | W 74–55 | 16–12 (12–6) |
Yanitelli Center (862) Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
02/24/2017 7:00 pm |
at Niagara | W 66–53 | 17–12 (13–6) |
Gallagher Center (1,070) Lewiston, NY | |||||||
02/26/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Canisius | W 72–65 | 18–12 (14–6) |
Koessler Center (1,354) Buffalo, NY | |||||||
MAAC Tournament | |||||||||||
03/04/2017 9:30 pm, ESPN3 |
(2) | vs. (7) Canisius Quarterfinals |
W 61–58 | 19–12 |
Times Union Center (2,298) Albany, NY | ||||||
03/05/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(2) | vs. (3) Iona Semifinals |
L 65–73 | 19–13 |
Times Union Center Albany, NY | ||||||
CIT | |||||||||||
03/16/2017* 7:00 pm, Facebook Live |
at Albany First Round |
W 59–55 | 20–13 |
SEFCU Arena (641) Albany, NY | |||||||
03/25/2017* 5:00 pm, Facebook Live |
at Texas State Quarterfinals |
W 49–44 | 21–13 |
Strahan Coliseum (2,907) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
03/29/2017* 9:00 pm, CBSSN |
Furman Semifinals |
W 77–51 | 22–13 |
Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
03/31/2017* 9:00 pm, CBSSN |
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Championship game |
W 62–61 | 23–13 |
Dugan Wellness Center (1,200) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |