# 2016–17 Seattle Redhawks men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Seattle Redhawks men's basketball team represented Seattle University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redhawks, led by eighth-year head coach Cameron Dollar, played their home games at KeyArena and six games at the Connolly Center as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 13–17, 5–9 WAC play to finish in fifth place. Due to Grand Canyon's postseason ineligibility, they received the No. 4 seed in the WAC tournament where they lost in the quarterfinals to Utah Valley.
On March 13, 2017, the school fired head coach Cameron Dollar. His eight-year record at the school was 107–138. On March 29, the school hired Jim Hayford from in-state rival Eastern Washington as their new head coach.

## Previous season

The Redhawks finished the 2015–16 season 15–17, 7–7 in WAC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Texas–Rio Grande Valley in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament before losing to Cal State Bakersfield in the semifinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Idaho in the first round to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Vermont.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Deshaun Sunderhaus | 11 | F | 6'9" | 215 | RS Senior | Conyers, GA | Graduated |
| Jadon Cohee | 12 | G | 6'4" | 182 | Sophomore | Langley, BC | Transferred to Southern Utah |
| Jack Crook | 24 | C | 6'11" | 255 | Senior | Manchester, England | Graduated |

### Recruiting class of 2016

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Morgan Means #70 SG | Torrance, CA | Redondo Union High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | Mar 30, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 68 ||||||
| Marcel Kliniewski #82 C | Lee, ME | Lee Academy | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) | 262 lb (119 kg) | Nov 19, 2015 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 56 ||||||
| Mattia Da Campo SG | Rome, Italy | Stella Azzurra | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | N/A | |
| 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 13, 2016. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 8:00 pm | | Pacific Lutheran | W 76–65 | 1–0 | Connolly Center (803) Seattle, WA |
| 11/14/2016* 6:00 pm, P12N | | at Colorado Legends Classic campus-site game | L 55–67 | 1–1 | Coors Events Center (6,883) Boulder, CO |
| 11/16/2016* 4:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Notre Dame Legends Classic campus-site game | L 49–92 | 1–2 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,598) South Bend, IN |
| 11/21/2016* 3:35 pm | | vs. Louisiana–Monroe Legends Classic | W 81–75 $^{OT}$ | 2–2 | Reese Court (300) Cheney, WA |
| 11/22/2016* 6:05 pm | | at Eastern Washington Legends Classic | L 76–80 $^{2OT}$ | 2–3 | Reese Court (922) Cheney, WA |
| 11/26/2016* 4:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at UCF Orlando Classic | L 51–67 | 2–4 | CFE Arena (6,804) Orlando, FL |
| 12/01/2016* 7:00 pm | | Northwest | W 82–65 | 3–4 | KeyArena (804) Seattle, WA |
| 12/04/2016* 1:00 pm | | Eastern Washington | L 88–93 | 3–5 | KeyArena (1,058) Seattle, WA |
| 12/10/2016* 7:00 pm | | Great Falls | W 90–49 | 4–5 | Connolly Center (788) Seattle, WA |
| 12/12/2016* 7:00 pm | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 63–58 | 5–5 | Connolly Center (747) Seattle, WA |
| 12/15/2016* 7:00 pm | | Mississippi Valley State | W 82–67 | 6–5 | Connolly Center (811) Seattle, WA |
| 12/19/2016* 7:00 pm | | Southern Utah | W 89–75 | 7–5 | KeyArena (1,235) Seattle, WA |
| 12/22/2016* 7:00 pm | | Washington Elgin Baylor Classic | L 72–94 | 7–6 | KeyArena (6,163) Seattle, WA |
| 12/28/2016* 7:00 pm | | UC Davis | L 65–72 | 7–7 | KeyArena (1,261) Seattle, WA |
| 12/30/2016* 7:00 pm | | at UC Santa Barbara | W 76–70 | 8–7 | The Thunderdome (1,175) Santa Barbara, CA |
| WAC regular season ||||||
| 01/07/2017 7:00 pm | | at Cal State Bakersfield | L 71–78 | 8–8 (0–1) | Icardo Center (2,967) Bakersfield, CA |
| 01/12/2017 7:00 pm | | UMKC | L 68–84 | 8–9 (0–2) | KeyArena (1,031) Seattle, WA |
| 01/14/2017 7:00 pm | | Chicago State | W 65–50 | 9–9 (1–2) | KeyArena (1,054) Seattle, WA |
| 01/21/2017 6:00 pm | | at Grand Canyon | L 59–61 | 9–10 (1–3) | GCU Arena (7,320) Phoenix, AZ |
| 01/26/2017 7:00 pm | | New Mexico State | L 56–71 | 9–11 (1–4) | KeyArena (1,267) Seattle, WA |
| 01/28/2017 7:00 pm | | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | W 96–84 | 10–11 (2–4) | KeyArena (1,561) Seattle, WA |
| 02/04/2017 7:00 pm, ASN | | Utah Valley | W 63–50 | 11–11 (3–4) | KeyArena (2,104) Seattle, WA |
| 02/09/2017 5:00 pm | | at Chicago State | W 90–65 | 12–11 (4–4) | Jones Convocation Center (630) Chicago, IL |
| 02/11/2017 5:00 pm | | at UMKC | L 72–102 | 12–12 (4–5) | Municipal Auditorium (1,788) Kansas City, MO |
| 02/16/2017 7:00 pm | | Grand Canyon | L 58–61 | 12–13 (4–6) | Connolly Center (878) Seattle, WA |
| 02/18/2017 7:00 pm | | Cal State Bakersfield | L 48–51 | 12–14 (4–7) | Connolly Center (912) Seattle, WA |
| 02/23/2017 5:00 pm | | at Texas–Rio Grande Valley | W 86–77 | 13–14 (5–7) | UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,325) Edinburg, TX |
| 02/25/2017 6:00 pm | | at New Mexico State | L 53–86 | 13–15 (5–8) | Pan American Center (4,744) Las Cruces, NM |
| 03/04/2017 6:00 pm | | at Utah Valley | L 54–61 | 13–16 (5–9) | UCCU Center (5,467) Orem, UT |
| WAC tournament ||||||
| 03/09/2017 2:00 pm | (5) | vs. (4) Utah Valley Quarterfinals | L 53–65 | 13–17 | Orleans Arena (1,854) Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time Source. ||||||