# 2016–17 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team

The 2016–17 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of South Florida during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marked the 46th basketball season for USF and the fourth as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by interim head coach Murry Bartow. The Bulls played their home games at the USF Sun Dome on the university's Tampa, Florida campus. The Bulls finished the season 7–23, 1–17 in AAC play to finish in last place. As the No. 11 seed in the AAC tournament, they lost in the first round to UConn.
The Bulls were led by head coach Orlando Antigua for the first 13 games of the season until he was fired amid academic fraud allegations. On March 14, 2017, the school hired Brian Gregory as the next head coach.

## Previous season

The Bulls finished the 2015–16 season 8–25, 4–14 in AAC play to finish in a tie for ninth place in conference. They beat East Carolina in the first round of the AAC tournament before losing to Temple in the quarterfinals.
On July 20, 2016, Oliver Antigua, assistant coach and brother to head coach Orlando Antigua, resigned due to NCAA academic fraud allegations.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Chris Perry | 1 | F/C | 6'8" | 242 | Junior | Bartow, FL | Dismissed from the team due violation of team rules |
| Roddy Peters | 3 | G | 6'3" | 192 | RS Sophomore | District Heights, MD | Dismissed from the team; transferred to Lincoln Memorial |
| Nehemias Morillo | 5 | G | 6'5" | 180 | Senior | Santiago, Dominican Republic | Graduated |
| Jaleel Cousins | 15 | C | 6'10" | 265 | Senior | Mobile, AL | Graduated |
| Angel Nunez | 22 | F | 6'8" | 202 | Senior | Washington Heights, NY | Graduated |

### Incoming Transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Isaiah Manderson | 1 | C | 6'10" | 255 | Junior | Bronx, NY | Transferred from Texas Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Manderson will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |
| Malik Martin | 5 | F | 6'11" | 220 | Junior | Miami, FL | Transferred from USC. Under NCAA transfer rules, Martin will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |

### Incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Troy Baxter Jr. #17 SF | Gainesville, FL | Oldsmar Christian High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | May 1, 2015 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 82 ||||||
| Malik Fitts SF | La Verne, CA | Brewster Academy | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | Sep 29, 2015 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 76 ||||||
| Mike Bibby Jr. #56 PG | Phoenix, AZ | Shadow Mountain High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Aug 6, 2016 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 70 ||||||
| Andres Feliz SG | Orlando, FL | West Oaks Academy | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | May 2, 2015 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0 ||||||
| 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 August 14, 2016. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/07/2016* 7:00 pm | | Nova Southeastern | W 72–64 | | USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Florida A&M | W 84–73 | 1–0 | USF Sun Dome (3,106) Tampa, FL |
| 11/17/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Elon | L 61–74 | 1–1 | USF Sun Dome (2,206) Tampa, FL |
| 11/19/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Rider | W 70–65 | 2–1 | USF Sun Dome (2,639) Tampa, FL |
| 11/22/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Florida Atlantic | L 62–78 | 2–2 | FAU Arena (1,474) Boca Raton, FL |
| 11/28/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Kennesaw State | W 71–69 | 3–2 | USF Sun Dome (2,196) Tampa, FL |
| 12/01/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Troy | W 80–74 | 4–2 | Trojan Arena (876) Troy, AL |
| 12/03/2016* 4:00 pm | | at George Washington | L 67–68 | 4–3 | Charles E. Smith Center (2,288) Washington, D.C. |
| 12/12/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Bethune-Cookman | W 79–73 $^{OT}$ | 5–3 | USF Sun Dome (2,207) Tampa, FL |
| 12/17/2016* 1:00 pm, CBSSN | | No. 16 South Carolina | L 66–77 | 5–4 | USF Sun Dome (2,489) Tampa, FL |
| 12/20/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Northern Illinois | L 48–59 | 5–5 | USF Sun Dome (2,129) Tampa, FL |
| 12/22/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Delaware | W 81–53 | 6–5 | USF Sun Dome (2,398) Tampa, FL |
| AAC regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2016 7:00 pm, ESPNews | | at East Carolina | L 49–60 | 6–6 (0–1) | Williams Arena (4,163) Greenville, NC |
| 12/31/2016 12:00 pm, ESPNU | | Houston | L 56–70 | 6–7 (0–2) | USF Sun Dome (2,353) Tampa, FL |
| 01/07/2017 5:00 pm, ESPNews | | at SMU | L 65–84 | 6–8 (0–3) | Moody Coliseum (6,769) Dallas, TX |
| 01/11/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Tulane | L 67–82 | 6–9 (0–4) | USF Sun Dome (2,608) Tampa, FL |
| 01/14/2017 7:00 pm, CBSSN | | at Memphis | L 56–62 | 6–10 (0–5) | FedEx Forum (11,955) Memphis, TN |
| 01/17/2017 7:00 pm, ESPNews | | at UCF | L 64–86 | 6–11 (0–6) | CFE Arena (5,765) Orlando, FL |
| 01/21/2017 1:00 pm, ESPNews | | Tulsa | L 67–79 | 6–12 (0–7) | USF Sun Dome (2,614) Tampa, FL |
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | UConn | L 61–80 | 6–13 (0–8) | USF Sun Dome (3,238) Tampa, FL |
| 01/29/2017 4:00 pm, CBSSN | | at No. 19 Cincinnati | L 53–94 | 6–14 (0–9) | Fifth Third Arena (12,576) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPNews | | Memphis | L 75–85 | 6–15 (0–10) | USF Sun Dome (2,563) Tampa, FL |
| 02/05/2017 1:00 pm, ASN | | at Temple | L 74–83 | 6–16 (0–11) | Liacouras Center (5,824) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/08/2017 7:00 pm, CBSSN | | at UConn | L 51–97 | 6–17 (0–12) | Gampel Pavilion (6,114) Storrs, CT |
| 02/11/2017 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | East Carolina | W 64–57 | 7–17 (1–12) | USF Sun Dome (2,901) Tampa, FL |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | No. 18 Cincinnati | L 54–68 | 7–18 (1–13) | USF Sun Dome (2,679) Tampa, FL |
| 02/18/2017 2:00 pm, ESPNews | | at Tulane | L 71–94 | 7–19 (1–14) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,038) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/23/2017 8:00 pm, ESPNews | | at Tulsa | L 68–82 | 7–20 (1–15) | Reynolds Center (3,849) Tulsa, OK |
| 03/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | UCF | L 56–59 | 7–21 (1–16) | USF Sun Dome (3,120) Tampa, FL |
| 03/05/2017 2:00 pm, ESPNU | | Temple | L 60–72 | 7–22 (1–17) | USF Sun Dome (2,509) Tampa, FL |
| AAC tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2017 9:00 pm, ESPNNews | (11) | at (6) UConn First round | L 66–77 | 7–23 | XL Center (4,874) Hartford, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||