# 2016–17 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by third-year head coach Saul Phillips, will play its home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the regular season 20–10, 11–7 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. As the No. 2 seed in the MAC tournament, they defeated Toledo before losing to eventual tournament champion Kent State in the semifinals.

## Previous season

The Bobcats finished the 2015–16 season 23–12, 11–7 in MAC play to finish in second place in the East Division. They defeated Northern Illinois in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Buffalo. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Albany and UNC Greensboro before losing to Morehead State.

## Offseason
### Departures

Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason |
| Treg Setty | 0 | F | 6'8" | 194 | RS Senior | Maysville, KY | Graduated |

### 2016 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Rodney Culver G | Delray Beach, FL | Pickerington Central High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Apr 24, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Jason Carter F | Johnstown, OH | Johnstown-Monroe High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Jun 29, 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: "Ohio Basketball Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016. "2016 Ohio Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016. "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016. "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016. ||||||

## Preseason

The preseason poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 28, 2016. Ohio was picked second in the MAC East.

### Preseason men's basketball poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

#### East Division

* Akron 194 (15)
* Ohio 190 (16)
* Buffalo 144 (5)
* Kent State 116
* Bowling Green 63
* Miami 49

#### West Division

* Eastern Michigan 178 (16)
* Ball State 158 (12)
* Northern Illinois 148 (5)
* Toledo 100 (1)
* Western Michigan 95
* Central Michigan 77 (2)

#### Tournament champs

Akron (15), Ohio (11), Eastern Michigan (3), Buffalo (2), NIU (2), Central Michigan (1), Kent State (1), Miami (1).

### Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams :
| Team | Player | Position | Year |
| Preseason All-MAC East | Antonio Campbell | F | Sr. |
Source

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 5, 2016* 2:00 pm | | Rio Grande | W 87–56 | | Convocation Center (9,138) Athens, Ohio |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 12, 2016* 2:00 pm | | Southern | W 77–67 | 1–0 | Convocation Center (6,268) Athens, Ohio |
| November 14, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Sam Houston State | W 96–75 | 2–0 | Convocation Center (6,669) Athens, Ohio |
| November 18, 2016* 8:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Georgia Tech | W 67–61 | 3–0 | Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,802) Atlanta, Georgia |
| November 25, 2016* 7:00 pm | | Tennessee Tech | W 68–57 | 4–0 | Convocation Center (6,388) Athens, Ohio |
| November 30, 2016* 7:00 pm | | at Marshall | L 88–98 | 4–1 | Cam Henderson Center (6,013) Huntington, West Virginia |
| December 3, 2016* 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Bryant | W 79–53 | 5–1 | Convocation Center (6,895) Athens, Ohio |
| December 10, 2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Iona | L 75–79 | 5–2 | Hynes Athletic Center (1,751) New Rochelle, New York |
| December 14, 2016* 7:00 pm, BCSN | | Milwaukee | W 71–69 | 6–2 | Convocation Center (4,279) Athens, Ohio |
| December 17, 2016* 2:00 pm | | Cleveland State | W 71–53 | 7–2 | Convocation Center (4,463) Athens, Ohio |
| December 21, 2016* 9:00 pm, FCS | | at WKU | L 66–67 | 7–3 | E. A. Diddle Arena (2,746) Bowling Green, KY |
| December 30, 2016* 7:00 pm | | Urbana | W 77–50 | 8–3 | Convocation Center (4,391) Athens, Ohio |
| MAC regular season ||||||
| January 3, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Western Michigan | W 89–58 | 9–3 (1–0) | Convocation Center (4,616) Athens, Ohio |
| January 6, 2017 9:00 pm, ESPNU | | Kent State | W 85–67 | 10–3 (2–0) | Convocation Center (4,675) Athens, Ohio |
| January 10, 2017 7:00 pm, BCSN | | at Buffalo | W 74–72 | 11–3 (3–0) | Alumni Arena (2,652) Amherst, NY |
| January 14, 2017 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Eastern Michigan | L 49–53 | 11–4 (3–1) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| January 17, 2017 7:00 pm, ASN/ESPN3 | | at Akron | L 68–83 | 11–5 (3–2) | James A. Rhodes Arena (3,598) Akron, OH |
| January 21, 2017 4:30 pm | | at Northern Illinois | W 78–69 | 12–5 (4–2) | Convocation Center (2,167) DeKalb, IL |
| January 24, 2017 7:00 pm, BCSN | | Toledo | L 76–79 | 12–6 (4–3) | Convocation Center (5,166) Athens, Ohio |
| January 28, 2017 12:00 pm | | at Bowling Green | W 96–72 | 13–6 (5–3) | Stroh Center (2,372) DeKalb, IL |
| January 31, 2017 6:00 pm, ASN | | at Western Michigan | L 85–90 | 13–7 (5–4) | University Arena (1,806) Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| February 4, 2017 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Akron | W 85–70 | 14–7 (6–4) | Convocation Center (10,101) Athens, Ohio |
| February 7, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Central Michigan | L 87–97 | 14–8 (6–5) | Convocation Center (7,063) Athens, Ohio |
| February 10, 2017 6:30 pm, CBSSN | | at Ball State | W 79–77 | 15–8 (7–5) | Worthen Arena (3,123) Muncie, IN |
| February 14, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Eastern Michigan | W 79–71 | 16–8 (8–5) | Convocation Center (858) Ypsilanti, Michigan |
| February 18, 2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Bowling Green | W 95–75 | 17–8 (9–5) | Convocation Center (8,150) Athens, Ohio |
| February 21, 2017 7:00 pm, ASN | | at Miami (OH) | W 79–62 | 18–8 (10–5) | Millett Hall (1,639) Oxford, OH |
| February 25, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Kent State | L 67–70 | 18–9 (10–6) | MAC Center (4,183) Kent, Ohio |
| February 28, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Buffalo | L 79–83 | 18–10 (10–7) | Convocation Center (5,672) Athens, Ohio |
| March 3, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Miami (OH) | W 69–55 | 19–10 (11–7) | Convocation Center (9,633) Athens, Ohio |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| March 9, 2017 6:30 pm, BCSN/ESPN3 | (2) | vs. (7) Toledo Quarterfinals | W 67–66 | 20–10 | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH |
| March 10, 2017 8:05 pm, CBSSN | (2) | vs. (6) Kent State Semifinals | L 66–68 | 20–11 | Quicken Loans Arena (6,065) Cleveland, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time Source,. ||||||

## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 2016–17 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2387 | 2166 |
| Scoring Average | 77.00 | 69.87 |
| Field goals – Att | 835–1837 | 768–1853 |
| 3-pt. Field goals – Att | 285–742 | 218–675 |
| Free throws – Att | 432–626 | 412–602 |
| Rebounds | 1141 | 1149 |
| Assists | 415 | 337 |
| Turnovers | 388 | 417 |
| Steals | 182 | 182 |
| Blocked Shots | 88 | 86 |
Source

### Player statistics

| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | | | | | |
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | PF | TO | Stl | Blk |
| Jaaron Simmons | 31 | 31 | 1116 | 36 | 492 | 15.9 | 176 | 406 | 0.433 | 37 | 107 | 0.346 | 103 | 142 | 0.725 | 14 | 96 | 110 | 3.5 | 200 | 72 | 123 | 29 | 2 |
| Jordan Dartis | 31 | 31 | 1082 | 34.9 | 390 | 12.6 | 118 | 268 | 0.44 | 86 | 195 | 0.441 | 68 | 77 | 0.883 | 4 | 109 | 113 | 3.6 | 56 | 54 | 31 | 39 | 6 |
| Kenny Kaminski | 30 | 30 | 850 | 28.3 | 354 | 11.8 | 119 | 300 | 0.397 | 81 | 190 | 0.426 | 35 | 45 | 0.778 | 19 | 72 | 91 | 3 | 27 | 76 | 30 | 25 | 6 |
| Jason Carter | 31 | 15 | 642 | 20.7 | 306 | 9.9 | 115 | 226 | 0.509 | 9 | 44 | 0.205 | 67 | 98 | 0.684 | 61 | 141 | 202 | 6.5 | 18 | 70 | 37 | 20 | 19 |
| Gavin Block | 31 | 31 | 870 | 28.1 | 236 | 7.6 | 77 | 180 | 0.428 | 27 | 78 | 0.346 | 55 | 84 | 0.655 | 23 | 110 | 133 | 4.3 | 64 | 63 | 47 | 31 | 6 |
| Antonio Campbell | 15 | 14 | 334 | 22.3 | 229 | 15.3 | 88 | 166 | 0.53 | 23 | 64 | 0.359 | 30 | 46 | 0.652 | 25 | 100 | 125 | 8.3 | 11 | 49 | 26 | 9 | 16 |
| Mike Laster | 30 | 0 | 455 | 15.2 | 157 | 5.2 | 61 | 115 | 0.53 | 15 | 34 | 0.441 | 20 | 32 | 0.625 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 1.9 | 12 | 40 | 23 | 9 | 2 |
| Doug Taylor | 31 | 2 | 417 | 13.5 | 116 | 3.7 | 43 | 82 | 0.524 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 57 | 0.526 | 48 | 99 | 147 | 4.7 | 7 | 72 | 22 | 10 | 24 |
| Rodney Culver | 31 | 1 | 316 | 10.2 | 82 | 2.6 | 30 | 67 | 0.448 | 5 | 14 | 0.357 | 17 | 31 | 0.548 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 1.5 | 17 | 37 | 35 | 9 | 6 |
| Ellis Dozier | 12 | 0 | 29 | 2.4 | 7 | 0.6 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Antonio Bisutti | 12 | 0 | 18 | 1.5 | 5 | 0.4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Khari Harley | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylin McDonald | 12 | 0 | 19 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.3 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Crabtree | 13 | 0 | 24 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.2 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 1 | 5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Frayer | 12 | 0 | 19 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 31 | - | 6200 | - | 2387 | 77.0 | 835 | 1837 | 0.455 | 285 | 742 | 0.384 | 432 | 626 | 0.690 | 284 | 857 | 1141 | 36.8 | 415 | 550 | 388 | 182 | 88 |
| Opponents | 31 | - | 6200 | - | 2166 | 69.9 | 768 | 1853 | 0.414 | 218 | 675 | 0.323 | 412 | 602 | 0.684 | 326 | 823 | 1149 | 37.1 | 337 | 611 | 417 | 182 | 86 |
Source

## Awards and honors
### All-MAC Awards

Postseason All-MAC teams :
| Team | Player | Position | Year |
| All-MAC First Team | Jaaron Simmons | G | Jr. |
| All-MAC Honorable Mention | Jordan Dartis | G | So. |
| All-MAC Freshman Team | Jason Carter | F | Fr. |
Source

## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV=Received votes. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Post | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | | N/A* |
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | | |