2016–17 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

2016–17 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball

Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2016–17 record	2–4 (0–0 MVC)
Head coach	Greg Lansing (7th year)
Assistant coach	Lou Gudino
Assistant coach	Marcus Belcher
Assistant coach	Terry Parker
Home arena	Hulman Center

2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Loyola–Chicago	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Missouri State	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Northern Iowa	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Wichita State	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Bradley	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Southern Illinois	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Evansville	0	–	0	–	2	–	2	.500
Indiana State	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Illinois State	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	.333
Drake	0	–	0	–	1	–	4	.200


† 2017 MVC Tournament winner

The 2016–17 Indiana State Sycamores basketball team represents Indiana State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sycamores, led by seventh-year head coach Greg Lansing, played their home games at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute, IN and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Previous Season

The Sycamores finished the 2015–16 season 15–17, 8–10 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Illinois State in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Evansville.

Preseason

The Sycamores were picked to finish third in the preseason MVC poll.^[1] Brenton Scott was selected to the preseaons All-MVC team.^[1]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Kristian Smith	1	G/F	6'6"	200	Senior	Indianapolis, IN	Graduated
Kalen Alexander	10	G	6'3"	169	Junior	Terre Haute, IN	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Devonte Brown	11	G	6'2"	195	Senior	Killeen, TX	Graduated
Grant Prusator	20	G	6'0"	171	Junior	Rochelle, IL	Transferred to Arkansas Tech
Brandon Burnett	22	G	6'6"	232	Senior	Tucson, AZ	Graduated
Nick Amor	24	G/F	6'4"	187	Junior	Lakeville, IN	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Donovan Franklin		G	6'5"	175	Sophomore	O'Fallon, IL	Junior college transfer from Gulf Coast State College
Demonte Ojinnaka		G	6'5"	215	Junior	Silver Spring, MD	Junior college transfer from Cloud County CC

Recruiting

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jordan Barnes PG	Saint Louis, MO	Christian Brothers College High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jul 19, 2015
Jordan Barnes PG	Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 74
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 2016-08-30.

Roster

2016–17 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Clemons, EverettEverett Clemons	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Vincennes Lanphier HS	Springfield, IL
1.5 !G	1	Ojinnaka, DemonteDemonte Ojinnaka	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Blake HS Cloud County CC	Silver Spring, MD
1.5 !G	2	Barnes, JordanJordan Barnes	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Christian Brothers HS	St. Louis, MO
1.5 !G	3	Knight III, TreyTrey Knight III	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Cedar Park HS	Cedar Park, TX
1.5 !G	4	Scott, BrentonBrenton Scott	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Northrop HS	Fort Wayne, IN
3.5 !F	5	Kessinger, BronsonBronson Kessinger	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Corydon Central HS	Corydon, IN
3.5 !F	10	Claycomb, EthanEthan Claycomb (W)	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Lincoln HS	Vincennes, IN
3.5 !F	12	Bunschoten, NielsNiels Bunschoten	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Howard College	Bussum, Netherlands
1.5 !G	13	Franklin, DonovanDonovan Franklin	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1.0 !Fr	O'Fallon HS Gulf Coast State	St. Louis, MO
1.5 !G	24	Deady, MattMatt Deady (W)	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1.0 !Fr	South Vigo HS	Terre Haute, IN
3.5 !F	30	Van Scyoc, MattMatt Van Scyoc	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	The Citadel Green Lake HS	Green Lake, WI
1.5 !G	32	Paige, LaquariousLaquarious Paige	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Stark HS	West Orange, TX
4.5 !F/C	34	Murphy, BrandonBrandon Murphy	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Carver HS	Montgomery, AL
4.5 !F/C	41	Richman, EmondreEmondre Richman	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	2.0 !So	Collinsville HS	Collinsville, IL
5.0 !C	42	Bell, T. J.T. J. Bell	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Charleston HS	Charleston, IL

Head coach

Greg Lansing (South Dakota)

Assistant coach(es)

Lou Gudino (Indiana)
Marcus Belcher (Southern Illinois)
Terry Parker (Louisiana Tech)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

^[2]

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/03/2016* 7:00 PM	Rose-Hulman	W 95–36		Hulman Center (3,321) Terre Haute, IN
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 8:00 PM, ESPN3	at Northern Illinois	L 78–80 ^OT	0–1	Convocation Center (1,565) DeKalb, IL
11/15/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Ball State	W 80–74 ^OT	1–1	John E. Worthen Arena (3,845) Muncie, IN
11/19/2016* 6:00 PM	Missouri–St. Louis	W 96–55	2–1	Hulman Center (3,141) Terre Haute, IN
11/24/2016* 12:30 PM, ESPN2	vs. No. 21 Iowa State AdvoCare Invitational Quarterfinals	L 71–73	2–2	HP Field House (2,436) Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/25/2016* 1:30 PM, ESPN3	vs. Stanford AdvoCare Invitational	L 62–65	2–3	HP Field House (1,876) Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/27/2016* 11:00 am, ESPNU	vs. Quinnipiac AdvoCare Invitational	L 77–80	2–4	HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/30/2016* 8:00 PM, ESPN3	Northern Illinois	W 63–52	3–4	Hulman Center (3,730) Terre Haute, IN
12/03/2016* ESPN3	at Utah State MW–MWC Challenge	W 62-61	4-4	Smith Spectrum (7,064) Logan, UT
12/07/2016* 6:00 PM, ESPN3	Butler			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
12/11/2016* 4:30 PM	Western Kentucky			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
12/17/2016* 8:00 PM	at Valparaiso			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
12/21/2016* 5:30 PM	Eastern Illinois			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
12/28/2016 7:00 PM, FSI/CSNCH	Wichita State			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
12/31/2016 12:00 PM, FSI/CSNCH	at Missouri State			JQH Arena Springfield, MO
01/04/2017 8:00 PM	at Southern Illinois			SIU Arena Carbondale, IL
01/07/2017 2:00 PM, FSI/CSNCH	Illinois State			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
01/11/2017 8:00 PM	at Drake			Knapp Center Des Moines, IA
01/14/2017 1:00 PM	Bradley			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
01/18/2016 7:00 PM	Missouri State			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
01/21/2017 3:00 PM, ESPN3	Wichita State			Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS
01/25/2017 8:00 PM, ESPN3	at Illinois State			Redbird Arena Normal, IL
01/28/2017 2:00 PM	Loyola–Chicago			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
02/01/2017 7:00 PM	Evansville			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
02/04/2017 2:00 PM, CBSSN	at Northern Iowa			McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA
02/08/2017 9:00 PM, FSI/CSNCH	at Bradley			Carver Arena Peoria, IL
02/11/2017 2:00 PM	Drake			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
02/15/2017 8:00 PM	at Loyola–Chicago			Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
02/19/2017 4:00 PM, ESPNU/ESPN3	Southern Illinois			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
02/22/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Northern Iowa			Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
02/25/2017 2:00 PM	at Evansville			Ford Center Evansville, IN
Missouri Valley Tournament
03/02–05/2017	vs.			Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

1 2 TN, Streamline Technologies - Nashville,. "Shockers Tabbed as MVC Men's Hoops Favorite". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
↑ http://www.gosycamores.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15200&SPID=7259&SPSID=65150

Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball

Venues	North Hall (1895–1923) William H. Wiley High School Gymnasium (1923–1928) ISU Gymnasium (1928–1962) College Arena (1962–1973) Hulman Center (1973–present)

Culture & lore	"Cheer for the Blue and White" "March On! (You Fighting Sycamores)"

People	Head coaches All-Century Team

Seasons	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NAIA national championship in bold; NCAA Division I Final Four appearance in italics

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