2016–17 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball | |
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Big South regular season co–champions | |
CIT, First Round | |
Conference | Big South Conference |
Record | 23–10 (15–3 Big South) |
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Home arena | Kimmel Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winthrop † | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Asheville | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gardner–Webb | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
High Point | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radford | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campbell | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 19 | – | 18 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charleston Southern | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Longwood | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Presbyterian | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2017 Big South tournament winner |
The 2016–17 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Asheville during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fourth-year head coach Nick McDevitt, played their home games at Kimmel Arena as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 15–3 in Big South play to finish in a tie for the Big South regular season championship. They were upset in the quarterfinals of the Big South tournament by Campbell. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to UT Martin.
Previous season
[edit]The Bulldogs finished the 2015–16 season 22–12, 12–6 in Big South play to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Liberty, High Point, and Winthrop to become champions of the Big South tournament. They received conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they were lost in the first round to the eventual National Champion Villanova.
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/05/2016* 7:00 pm |
Montreat | W 101–59 | Kimmel Arena (841) Asheville, NC | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm, WTVR-TV |
at VCU | W 80–65 | 0–1 |
Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA | |||||||
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Georgia CBE Hall of Fame Classic |
W 60–46 | 0–2 |
Stegeman Coliseum (6,415) Athens, GA | |||||||
11/17/2016* 7:00 pm |
at USC Upstate | W 73–57 | 1–2 |
Hodge Center (537) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
11/20/2016* 2:00 pm |
Siena CBE Hall of Fame Classic |
W 92–80 | 2–2 |
Kimmel Arena (1,227) Asheville, NC | |||||||
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Furman CBE Hall of Fame Classic |
W 64–58 | 3–2 |
Timmons Arena (1,216) Greenville, SC | |||||||
11/25/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at No. 5 Kansas CBE Hall of Fame Classic |
L 57–95 | 3–3 |
Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS | |||||||
11/29/2016* 7:00 pm |
Brevard | W 68–50 | 4–3 |
Kimmel Arena (939) Asheville, NC | |||||||
12/03/2016* 2:00 pm |
at Coastal Carolina | W 79–77 OT | 5–3 |
HTC Center (1,447) Conway, SC | |||||||
12/06/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Elon | W 78–67 | 6–3 |
Alumni Gym (1,421) Elon, NC | |||||||
12/10/2016* 7:00 pm |
Warren Wilson | W 117–52 | 7–3 |
Kimmel Arena (1,229) Asheville, NC | |||||||
12/17/2016* 4:30 pm |
Western Carolina | W 59–57 | 8–3 |
Kimmel Arena (1,661) Asheville, NC | |||||||
12/19/2016* 7:00 pm |
UNC Greensboro | L 73–75 | 8–4 |
Kimmel Arena (1,269) Asheville, NC | |||||||
12/22/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 |
at Ohio State | L 77–79 | 8–5 |
Value City Arena Columbus, OH | |||||||
Big South Conference regular season | |||||||||||
12/29/2016 7:00 pm |
at Radford | L 77–80 OT | 8–6 (0–1) |
Dedmon Center (807) Radford, VA | |||||||
12/31/2016 2:00 pm |
Gardner–Webb | W 90–85 OT | 9–6 (1–1) |
Kimmel Arena (1,491) Asheville, NC | |||||||
01/03/2017 7:00 pm |
at Liberty | W 70–57 | 10–6 (2–1) |
Vines Center (1,219) Lynchburg, VA | |||||||
01/07/2017 2:00 pm |
High Point | W 88–58 | 11–6 (3–1) |
Kimmel Arena (912) Asheville, NC | |||||||
01/11/2017 7:00 pm |
Longwood | W 89–68 | 12–6 (4–1) |
Kimmel Arena (1,262) Asheville, NC | |||||||
01/14/2017 5:30 pm |
at Charleston Southern | W 76–67 | 13–6 (5–1) |
CSU Field House (755) North Charleston, SC | |||||||
01/19/2017 6:30 pm |
at Winthrop | L 73–76 | 13–7 (5–2) |
Winthrop Coliseum (3,215) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
01/21/2017 4:30 pm |
Campbell | W 72–56 | 14–7 (6–2) |
Kimmel Arena Asheville, NC | |||||||
01/26/2017 7:00 pm |
at Presbyterian | W 73–47 | 15–7 (7–2) |
Templeton Center (602) Clinton, SC | |||||||
01/28/2017 12:00 pm |
Radford | W 80–69 | 16–7 (8–2) |
Kimmel Arena (1,744) Asheville, NC= | |||||||
02/01/2017 7:00 pm |
Charleston Southern | W 91–73 | 17–7 (9–2) |
Kimmel Arena (1,333) Asheville, NC | |||||||
02/04/2017 7:00 pm |
at High Point | W 74–71 | 18–7 (10–2) |
Millis Athletic Center (1,750) High Point, NC | |||||||
02/09/2017 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
Winthrop | W 104–101 2OT | 19–7 (11–2) |
Kimmel Arena (2,732) Asheville, NC | |||||||
02/11/2017 5:00 pm |
at Longwood | W 91–69 | 20–7 (12–2) |
Willett Hall (1,312) Farmville, VA | |||||||
02/15/2017 7:00 pm |
Presbyterian | W 89–48 | 21–7 (13–2) |
Kimmel Arena (1,523) Asheville, NC | |||||||
02/18/2017 2:00 pm |
at Campbell | W 66–53 | 22–7 (14–2) |
Gore Arena (1,584) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
02/23/2017 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Gardner–Webb | L 76–81 | 22–8 (14–3) |
Paul Porter Arena (2,289) Boiling Springs, NC | |||||||
02/25/2017 12:00 pm |
Liberty | W 63–45 | 23–8 (15–3) |
Kimmel Arena (2,928) Asheville, NC | |||||||
Big South tournament | |||||||||||
03/02/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(2) | vs. (7) Campbell Quarterfinals |
L 79–81 | 23–9 |
Winthrop Coliseum (729) Rock Hill, SC | ||||||
CIT | |||||||||||
03/16/2017* 8:00 pm, Facebook Live |
at UT Martin First Round |
L 75–89 | 23–10 |
Skyhawk Arena (504) Martin, TN | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time Source[1]. |