# 2016–17 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team represented Stony Brook University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seawolves were led by first-year head coach Jeff Boals and played their home games at Island Federal Credit Union Arena in Stony Brook, New York as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 18–14, 12–4 in America East play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the America East tournament, they defeated Binghamton before losing to Albany in the semifinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to UIC.

## Previous season

The Seawolves finished the 2015–16 season 26–7, 14–2 in America East play to win the regular season championship. They defeated UMBC, Hartford, and Vermont to win the America East tournament. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid go the NCAA tournament, the first in school history. As a No. 13 seed, the Seawolves fell to Kentucky in the first round.
On March 20, 2016, it was announced that head coach Steve Pikiell would leave the school to accept the job as the new head coach for Rutgers. He finished at Stony Brook with an eleven-year record of 192–157. On April 8, the school announced they had hired Jeff Boals as head coach.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Deshaun Thrower | 1 | G | 6'2" | 205 | Sophomore | Muskegon, MI | Transferred to Ferris State |
| Carson Puriefoy | 10 | G | 6'0" | 175 | Senior | Wenonah, NJ | Graduated |
| Rayshaun McGrew | 11 | F | 6'7" | 230 | Senior | Chicago, IL | Graduated |
| Jameel Warney | 20 | F | 6'8" | 260 | Senior | Plainfield, NJ | Graduated |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Junior Saintel | 11 | F | 6'7" | 190 | Junior | Absecon, NJ | Junior college transferred from Chipola College |
| UC Iroegbu | 1 | G | 6'0" | 180 | Junior | Sacramento, CA | Junior college transferred from College of Southern Idaho |
| Blair Mendy | 10 | G | 6'3" | 190 | Sophomore | San Jose, CA | Junior college transferred from City College of San Francisco |

### 2016 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Andrew Garcia #90 SF | Harlem, NY | The Master's School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Sep 15, 2015 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 63 ||||||
| Michael Almonacy PG | Brentwood, NY | Brentwood High School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | May 6, 2015 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| 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: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016. ||||||

### 2017 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2017 recruits :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Elijah Olaniyi SG | Newark, NJ | East Side High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | N/A | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR |||||||
| Corry Long PG | Cincinnati, OH | Hughes High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | Sep 9, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR |||||||
| Jordan McKenzie PG | Concord, NC | Hargrave Military Academy | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Sep 20, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR |||||||
| Anthony Ochefu PF | West Chester, PA | Westtown School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | N/A | Jul 7, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR |||||||
| 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: "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016. |||||||

## Preseason

Stony Brook was picked to finish seventh in the preseason America East poll.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/04/2016* 7:00 pm | | Farmingdale State | W 94–48 | | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm | | Columbia | L 66–73 | 0–1 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,385) Stony Brook, NY |
| 11/20/2016* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Boston College Barclays Center Classic | L 75–82 | 0–2 | Conte Forum (2,108) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 11/22/2016* 7:00 pm, BTN | | at Maryland Barclays Center Classic | L 63–77 | 0–3 | Xfinity Center (14,034) College Park, MD |
| 11/25/2016* 5:00 pm | | at Towson Barclays Center Classic | L 63–88 | 0–4 | SECU Arena (1,322) Towson, MD |
| 11/26/2016* 5:00 pm | | vs. Hampton Barclays Center Classic | W 76–66 | 1–4 | SECU Arena Towson, MD |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm | | Loyola (MD) | L 70–71 | 1–5 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,387) Stony Brook, NY |
| 12/03/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Northeastern | W 77–75 | 2–5 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,883) Stony Brook, NY |
| 12/06/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Lehigh | W 62–57 | 3–5 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,295) Stony Brook, NY |
| 12/10/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Rutgers | L 66–71 | 3–6 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,009) Stony Brook, NY |
| 12/13/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Hofstra | L 58–96 | 3–7 | Mack Sports Complex (2,352) Hempstead, NY |
| 12/17/2016* 1:00 pm | | at Saint Francis (PA) | W 75–63 | 4–7 | DeGol Arena (336) Loretto, PA |
| 12/28/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | NJIT | L 61–64 | 4–8 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,130) Stony Brook, NY |
| 12/31/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Brown | W 92–89 | 5–8 | Pizzitola Sports Center (617) Providence, RI |
| America East regular season ||||||
| 01/05/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at New Hampshire | W 59–56 | 6–8 (1–0) | Lundholm Gym (624) Durham, NH |
| 01/08/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Albany | W 72–70 | 7–8 (2–0) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,962) Stony Brook, NY |
| 01/14/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Maine | W 74–54 | 8–8 (3–0) | Cross Insurance Center Bangor, ME |
| 01/16/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UMass Lowell | W 86–75 | 9–8 (4–0) | Costello Athletic Center (619) Lowell, MA |
| 01/19/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Hartford | W 80–64 | 10–8 (5–0) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,520) Stony Brook, NY |
| 01/22/2017 2:00 pm | | at Binghamton | L 67–71 | 10–9 (5–1) | Binghamton University Events Center (2,189) Vestal, NY |
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UMBC | W 83–73 | 11–9 (6–1) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,013) Stony Brook, NY |
| 01/28/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Vermont | L 64–71 | 11–10 (6–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,009) Stony Brook, NY |
| 02/01/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | New Hampshire | W 64–61 | 12–10 (7–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,347) Stony Brook, NY |
| 02/04/2017 7:00 pm | | at Albany | W 72–65 | 13–10 (8–2) | SEFCU Arena (4,538) Albany, NY |
| 02/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UMass Lowell | W 83–72 | 14–10 (9–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,615) Stony Brook, NY |
| 02/12/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Maine | W 67–66 | 15–10 (10–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,009) Stony Brook, NY |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Hartford | W 66–54 | 16–10 (11–2) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,182) Hartford, CT |
| 02/18/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Binghamton | W 76–55 | 17–10 (12–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,209) Stony Brook, NY |
| 02/22/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UMBC | L 52–65 | 17–11 (12–3) | Retriever Activities Center (991) Catonsville, MD |
| 02/25/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Vermont | L 51–66 | 17–12 (12–4) | Patrick Gym (3,266) Burlington, VT |
| America East tournament ||||||
| 03/01/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | (2) | (7) Binghamton Quarterfinals | W 70–60 | 18–12 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,750) Stony Brook, NY |
| 03/06/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | (2) | (3) Albany Semifinals | L 56–63 | 18–13 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,009) Stony Brook, NY |
| CBI ||||||
| 03/16/2017* 8:00 pm | | at UIC First round | L 69–71 | 18–14 | UIC Pavilion (1,197) Chicago, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||