2016–17 Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team
2016–17 Texas State Bobcats men's basketball | |
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Rainbow Classic champions | |
CIT, Quarterfinals | |
Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
2016–17 record | 22–14 (11–7 Sun Belt) |
Head coach | Danny Kaspar (4th season) |
Assistant coach | Robert Guster |
Assistant coach | Jim Shaw |
Assistant coach | Terrence Johnson |
Home arena | Strahan Coliseum |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas–Arlington | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 9 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 14 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Lafayette | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troy † | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 22 | – | 14 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 19 | .513 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Alabama | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Little Rock | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 9 | – | 24 | .273 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2017 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner |
The 2016–17 Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team represented Texas State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fourth-year head coach Danny Kaspar, played their home games at Strahan Coliseum in San Marcos, Texas as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 22–14, 11–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three way tie for third place. At the Sun Belt Tournament they defeated Louisiana–Monroe and UT Arlington before losing in the championship game to Troy. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Lamar and Idaho before losing in the Quarterfinals to Saint Peter's.
Previous season
The Bobcats finished the 2015–16 season 15–16, 8–12 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated Georgia State in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Texas–Arlington.
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/05/2016* 4:30 pm |
Southeastern Oklahoma State | W 62–41 | |
Strahan Coliseum (1,439) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2016* 9:00 pm |
vs. Florida Atlantic Rainbow Classic |
W 61–57 | 1–0 |
ʻIolani School Gym Honolulu, HI | |||||||
11/13/2016* 9:00 pm |
at Hawaii Rainbow Classic |
L 68–74 | 1–1 |
Stan Sheriff Center (5,309) Honolulu, HI | |||||||
11/14/2016* 10:00 pm |
vs. SIU Edwardsville Rainbow Classic |
W 86–58 | 2–1 |
Stan Sheriff Center (110) Honolulu, HI | |||||||
11/21/2016* 7:00 pm |
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 69–73 | 2–2 |
Strahan Coliseum (1,797) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
11/25/2016* 7:00 pm |
at UTSA | L 48–63 | 2–3 |
Convocation Center (1,057) San Antonio, TX | |||||||
11/29/2016* 7:00 pm |
McNeese State | W 80–68 | 3–3 |
Strahan Coliseum (1,590) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
12/01/2016* 7:00 pm |
Oklahoma Panhandle State | W 75–44 | 4–3 |
Strahan Coliseum (1,418) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
12/07/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Texas–Rio Grande Valley | L 61–72 | 4–4 |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,126) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
12/10/2016* 4:00 pm |
Prairie View A&M | W 64–57 | 5–4 |
Strahan Coliseum (2,117) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
12/17/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Tulsa | L 59–74 | 5–5 |
Reynolds Center (3,990) Tulsa, OK | |||||||
12/20/2016* 7:00 pm |
Howard Payne | W 87–37 | 6–5 |
Strahan Coliseum (1,306) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
12/23/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Tulane | W 69–66 OT | 7–5 |
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,087) New Orleans, LA | |||||||
Sun Belt regular season | |||||||||||
12/31/2016 4:30 pm |
Appalachian State | W 67–58 | 8–5 (1–0) |
Strahan Coliseum (1,318) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
01/02/2017 7:00 pm |
Coastal Carolina | L 53–60 | 8–6 (1–1) |
Strahan Coliseum (1,209) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
01/07/2017 4:30 pm |
UT Arlington | W 81–73 | 9–6 (2–1) |
Strahan Coliseum (1,667) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
01/14/2017 3:00 pm |
at South Alabama | L 67–72 OT | 9–7 (2–2) |
Mitchell Center (2,076) Mobile, AL | |||||||
01/16/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Troy | W 75–71 | 10–7 (3–2) |
Trojan Arena (1,176) Troy, AL | |||||||
01/21/2017 4:30 pm |
Louisiana–Lafayette | L 73–79 | 10–8 (3–3) |
Strahan Coliseum (2,826) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
01/23/2017 7:00 pm |
Louisiana–Monroe | W 63–57 | 11–8 (4–3) |
Strahan Coliseum (1,824) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
01/28/2017 3:30 pm |
at Coastal Carolina | W 52–50 | 12–8 (5–3) |
HTC Center (2,070) Conway, SC | |||||||
01/30/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Appalachian State | W 68–55 | 13–8 (6–3) |
Holmes Center (1,123) Boone, NC | |||||||
02/04/2017 4:30 pm |
at UT Arlington | L 61–76 | 13–9 (6–4) |
College Park Center (3,483) Arlington, TX | |||||||
02/11/2017 4:30 pm |
Little Rock | W 56–49 | 14–9 (7–4) |
Strahan Coliseum (2,435) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
02/13/2017 7:00 pm |
Arkansas State | W 62–58 | 15–9 (8–4) |
Strahan Coliseum (1,953) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
02/18/2017 4:00 pm |
at Georgia Southern | L 67–70 | 15–10 (8–5) |
Hanner Fieldhouse (2,281) Statesboro, GA | |||||||
02/20/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Georgia State | L 51–67 | 15–11 (8–6) |
GSU Sports Arena (1,406) Atlanta, GA | |||||||
02/25/2017 4:30 pm |
Troy | W 63–59 | 16–11 (9–6) |
Strahan Coliseum (3,057) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
02/27/2017 7:00 pm |
South Alabama | W 90–64 | 17–11 (10–6) |
Strahan Coliseum (3,527) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
03/02/2017 7:15 pm |
at Louisiana–Lafayette | L 84–94 OT | 17–12 (10–7) |
Cajundome (3,427) Lafayette, LA | |||||||
03/04/2017 2:00 pm |
at Louisiana–Monroe | W 70–65 | 18–12 (11–7) |
Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,504) Monroe, LA | |||||||
Sun Belt Tournament | |||||||||||
03/10/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(4) | vs. (12) Louisiana–Monroe Quarterfinals |
W 63–51 | 19–12 |
Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA | ||||||
03/11/2017 11:30 am, ESPN3 |
(4) | vs. (1) UT Arlington Semifinals |
W 83–62 | 20–12 |
Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA | ||||||
03/12/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(4) | vs. (6) Troy Championship game |
L 53–59 | 20–13 |
Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA | ||||||
CIT | |||||||||||
03/16/2017* 7:30 pm, Facebook Live |
Lamar First Round |
W 70–60 | 21–13 |
Strahan Coliseum (1,255) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
03/22/2017* 7:00 pm, Facebook Live |
Idaho Second Round |
W 64–55 | 22–13 |
Strahan Coliseum (3,086) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
03/25/2017* 4:00 pm, Facebook Live |
Saint Peter's Quarterfinals |
L 44–49 | 22–14 |
Strahan Coliseum (2,907) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |