2016–17 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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 .[ 1] On March 25, 2016, the school hired Mike Dunleavy Sr. as head coach.[ 2]
Departures
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
College recruiting information
Name
Hometown
High school / college
Height
Weight
Commit date
Maxwell Starwood PF
Baton Rouge, LA
Reno International Prep
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
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)
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)
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:
Roster
2016–17 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
0
Jordan Cornish
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
Jr
Brother Martin HS UNLV
New Orleans, LA
G
2
Jackson Johnson (W)
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
So
Ponte Vedra HS
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
G
3
Ray Ona Embo
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Fr
Quality Education Academy
Lognes, France
G
4
Riley Conroy (W)
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
RS So
Jesuit
New Orleans, LA
G
5
Cameron Reynolds
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
RS Jr
Pearland
Perland, TX
G
10
Von Julien
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
160 lb (73 kg)
So
Riverside Academy
Reserve, LA
G
11
Kain Harris
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
So
St. Rita of Cascia
Chicago, IL
F
12
Sammis Reyes
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
240 lb (109 kg)
So
North Broward Prep Palm Beach State
Santiago, Chile
G
13
Malik Morgan
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
RS Sr
LSU John Curtis
River Ridge, LA
G
14
Colin Slater
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Fr
Immanuel
Sanger, CA
C
15
Ryan Smith
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
250 lb (113 kg)
Sr
Lutheran
Wildomar, CA
F
21
Semir Sehic
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
240 lb (109 kg)
So
Cypress Vanderbilt
Atlanta, GA
F
22
Darian Jones
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Fr
Brusley HS
Brusly, LA
F
23
Blake Paul
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
So
Landry-Walker
New Orleans, LA
G
30
Bernard Woodside (W)
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
So
Tampa Prep ASA College
Tampa, FL
G
35
Melvin Frazier
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
So
L. W. Higgins
Avondale, LA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster
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 .
References