# 2016–17 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team represented Tulane University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by first-year head coach Mike Dunleavy Sr., played their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse in New Orleans, Louisiana as third-year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 6–25, 3–15 in AAC play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to Tulsa.

## Previous season

The Green Wave finished the season 12–22, 3–15 in American Athletic play to finish in last place. They defeated UCF and Houston in the American Athletic tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Memphis.
Following the season, Tulane fired head coach Ed Conroy. On March 25, 2016, the school hired Mike Dunleavy Sr. as head coach.

## Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Louis Dabney | 0 | G | 6'3' | 210 | Senior | New Orleans, LA | Graduated |
| Taron Oliver | 2 | F | 6'9" | 310 | Freshman | Oxon Hill, MD | Transferred to Salt Lake CC |
| Kajon Mack | 3 | G | 6'3" | 185 | RS Junior | Los Angeles, CA | Graduate transferred to Tennessee Tech |
| Dylan Osetkowski | 21 | C | 6'9" | 255 | Sophomore | San Juan Capistrano, CA | Transferred to Texas |
| Jernard Jarreau | 22 | F | 6'10" | 235 | RS Senior | New Orleans, LA | Graduated |
| Stanley Roberts, Jr. | 32 | F | 6'8" | 250 | Sophomore | Rolling Hills Estates, CA | Left the team for personal reasons |

### Incoming Transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Jordan Cornish | 0 | G | 6'6" | 220 | Junior | New Orleans, LA | Transferred from UNLV. Under NCAA transfer rules, Cornish will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |
| Semir Sehic | 21 | F | 6'9" | 247 | Sophomore | Atlanta, GA | Transferred from Vanderbilt. Under NCAA transfer rules, Sehic will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. |

## Incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Maxwell Starwood PF | Baton Rouge, LA | Reno International Prep | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75 ||||||
| Colin Slater PG | Fresno, CA | Clovis East High School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75 ||||||
| Renathan Ona Embo #60 PG | Paris, France | Quality Education Academy | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 70 ||||||
| 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 June 28, 2016. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2016* 7:00 pm | | Loyola (New Orleans) | W 80–58 | | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,461) New Orleans, LA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | vs. No. 6 North Carolina | L 75–95 | 0–1 | Smoothie King Center (6,043) New Orleans, LA |
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Southeastern Louisiana | W 93–76 | 1–1 | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,239) New Orleans, LA |
| 11/17/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | vs. Oklahoma Tire Pros Invitational quarterfinals | L 70–89 | 1–2 | HP Field House Orlando, FL |
| 11/18/2016* 4:00 pm, ESPNU | | vs. Arizona State Tire Pros Invitational consolation 2nd round | L 71–80 | 1–3 | HP Field House Orlando, FL |
| 11/20/2016* 11:00 am, ESPN3 | | vs. Missouri Tire Pros Invitational 7th place game | L 62–67 | 1–4 | HP Field House Orlando, FL |
| 11/26/2016* 6:30 pm | | at Georgia Tech | L 68–82 | 1–5 | Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,479) Atlanta, GA |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm | | at New Orleans | L 59–74 | 1–6 | Lakefront Arena (1,308) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/03/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPNews | | St. John's | L 75–95 | 1–7 | Devlin Fieldhouse (2,563) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/07/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Southern | W 84–75 | 2–7 | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,107) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/10/2016* 4:30 pm | | at Southern Miss | W 71–64 | 3–7 | Reed Green Coliseum (3,609) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 12/19/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | McNeese State | L 63–70 | 3–8 | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,029) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/23/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Texas State | L 66–69 $^{OT}$ | 3–9 | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,087) New Orleans, LA |
| AAC regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2016 7:00 pm, ASN | | UCF | L 72–85 | 3–10 (0–1) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,274) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/01/2017 6:00 pm, CBSSN | | at No. 23 Cincinnati | L 56–92 | 3–11 (0–2) | Fifth Third Arena (10,328) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/08/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Memphis | L 59–80 | 3–12 (0–3) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,525) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/11/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at South Florida | W 82–67 | 4–12 (1–3) | USF Sun Dome (2,608) Tampa, FL |
| 01/15/2016 5:00 pm, CBSSN | | SMU | L 64–80 | 4–13 (1–4) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,323) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/18/2017 6:30 pm, ESPNews | | at Tulsa | L 82–89 | 4–14 (1–5) | Reynolds Center (3,870) Tulsa, OK |
| 01/21/2016 3:00 pm, CBSSN | | No. 20 Cincinnati | L 61–78 | 4–15 (1–6) | Devlin Fieldhouse (2,001) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/24/2017 8:00 pm, CBSSN | | at Houston | L 51–65 | 4–16 (1–7) | Hofheinz Pavilion (3,421) Houston, TX |
| 01/28/2016 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | at UConn | L 68–78 | 4–17 (1–8) | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (9,207) Storrs, CT |
| 01/31/2017 7:00 pm, ESPNews | | Temple | L 71–79 | 4–18 (1–9) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,609) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/04/2017 1:00 pm, ASN | | at East Carolina | L 65–74 | 4–19 (1–10) | Williams Arena (4,177) Greenville, NC |
| 02/08/2017 8:00 pm, ESPNews | | Houston | L 62–91 | 4–20 (1–11) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,165) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/15/2017 8:00 pm, ASN | | at No. 19 SMU | L 78–80 | 4–21 (1–12) | Moody Coliseum (6,850) Dallas, TX |
| 02/18/2017 1:00 pm, ESPNews | | South Florida | W 94–71 | 5–21 (2–12) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,038) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/21/2017 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | East Carolina | L 73–76 | 5–22 (2–13) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,142) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/25/2017 11:00 am, ESPNU | | at Temple | L 76–86 $^{2OT}$ | 5–23 (2–14) | Liacouras Center (7,727) Philadelphia, PA |
| 03/02/2016 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Memphis | L 70–92 | 5–24 (2–15) | FedEx Forum (9,223) Memphis, TN |
| 03/05/2017 3:00 pm, ESPNU | | Tulsa | W 81–69 | 6–24 (3–15) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,466) New Orleans, LA |
| AAC tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2017 5:30 pm, ESPNews | (10) | vs. (7) Tulsa First round | L 60–66 | 6–25 | XL Center (4,874) Hartford, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||