2016–17 Furman Paladins men's basketball team
2016–17 Furman Paladins men's basketball | |
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SoCon regular season co-champions | |
CIT, Semifinals | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 23–12 (14–4 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Timmons Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State † |
14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga |
10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 20 | – | 16 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2017 SoCon Tournament winner |
The 2016–17 Furman Paladins men's basketball team represented
Saint Peter's
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On March 26, 2017, head coach Niko Medved resigned to become the head coach at Drake.[1] He finished at Furman with a four year record of 62–70. Assistant coach Bob Richey was named the interim head coach for the CIT Semifinal,[2] and was named full time head coach on April 10.[3]
Previous season
The
East Tennessee State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Louisiana–Monroe in the first round before losing to Louisiana–Lafayette
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Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/02/2016* 7:00 pm |
Bob Jones | W 101–72 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena (1,143) Greenville, SC | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Presbyterian | L 71–73 | 0–1 |
Templeton Physical Education Center (912) Clinton, SC | |||||||
11/14/2016* 8:00 pm |
at CBE Hall of Fame Classic
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W 84–74 | 1–1 |
Bartow Arena (3,682) Birmingham, AL | |||||||
11/17/2016* 7:00 pm, SECN |
at Georgia CBE Hall of Fame Classic |
L 78–84 | 1–2 |
Stegeman Coliseum (5,923) Athens, GA | |||||||
11/19/2016* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Trinity Baptist | W 102–53 | 2–2 |
Timmons Arena (1,209)Greenville, SC | |||||||
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
UNC Asheville CBE Hall of Fame Classic |
L 58–64 | 2–3 |
Timmons Arena (1,216) Greenville, SC | |||||||
11/25/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Hiwassee | W 98–48 | 3–3 |
Timmons Arena (571) Greenville, SC | |||||||
11/30/2016* 6:30 pm |
at Winthrop | L 57–58 OT | 3–4 |
Winthrop Coliseum (1,441) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
12/03/2016* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Navy | W 79–46 | 4–4 |
Timmons Arena (1,506) Greenville, SC | |||||||
12/06/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Liberty | W 61–58 | 5–4 |
Lynchburg, VA
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12/10/2016* 3:00 pm |
at Gardner–Webb | W 68–65 | 6–4 |
Boiling Springs, NC
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12/16/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
South Carolina State | L 67–69 | 6–5 |
Timmons Arena (1,008) Greenville, SC | |||||||
12/19/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Tennessee Tech | W 68–62 | 7–5 |
Eblen Center (799) Cookeville, TN | |||||||
12/22/2016* 7:00 pm, BTN |
at Michigan | L 62–68 | 7–6 |
Crisler Center (10,634) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
SoCon regular season | |||||||||||
12/31/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3 |
The Citadel | W 83–68 | 8–6 (1–0) |
Timmons Arena (1,529) Greenville, SC | |||||||
01/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Mercer | W 71–69 | 9–6 (2–0) |
Timmons Arena (1,378) Greenville, SC | |||||||
01/05/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Samford | W 83–73 | 10–6 (3–0) |
Pete Hanna Center (1,011) Homewood, AL | |||||||
01/07/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Chattanooga
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L 64–80 | 10–7 (3–1) |
McKenzie Arena (3,495) Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
01/14/2017 7:00 pm |
at Wofford | L 58–67 | 10–8 (3–2) |
Benjamin Johnson Arena (2,675) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
01/19/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
East Tennessee State
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W 75–62 | 11–8 (4–2) |
Timmons Arena (1,609) Greenville, SC | |||||||
01/21/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
VMI | W 89–72 | 12–8 (5–2) |
Timmons Arena (1,734) Greenville, SC | |||||||
01/25/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Western Carolina | W 85–37 | 13–8 (6–2) |
Timmons Arena (1,431) Greenville, SC | |||||||
01/28/2017 2:00 pm |
at UNC Greensboro | W 73–67 | 14–8 (7–2) |
Greensboro Coliseum (3,884) Greensboro, NC | |||||||
02/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Mercer | W 70–68 | 15–8 (8–2) |
Hawkins Arena (3,383) Macon, GA | |||||||
02/04/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at The Citadel | W 99–91 | 16–8 (9–2) |
McAlister Field House (4,388) Charleston, SC | |||||||
02/09/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Chattanooga | W 60–56 | 17–8 (10–2) |
Timmons Arena (2,223) Greenville, SC | |||||||
02/11/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Samford | W 90–73 | 18–8 (11–2) |
Timmons Arena (2,358) Greenville, SC | |||||||
02/13/2017 7:00 pm, ASN |
at VMI | W 80–52 | 19–8 (12–2) |
Cameron Hall (866)
Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/15/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Western Carolina | W 74–62 | 20–8 (13–2) |
Ramsey Center (1,329) Cullowhee, NC | |||||||
02/18/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
UNC Greensboro | W 73–52 | 20–9 (13–3) |
Timmons Arena (2,508) Greenville, SC | |||||||
02/22/2017 7:00 pm |
at East Tennessee State | L 81–93 OT | 20–10 (13–4) |
Freedom Hall Civic Center (6,149) Johnson City, TN | |||||||
02/25/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Wofford | W 78–69 | 21–10 (14–4) |
Timmons Arena (2,582) Greenville, SC | |||||||
SoCon tournament | |||||||||||
03/04/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(2) | vs. (7) Samford Quarterfinals |
L 63–67 | 21–11 |
U.S. Cellular Center (5,127)
Asheville, NC | ||||||
CIT | |||||||||||
03/16/2017* 7:00 pm, Facebook Live
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at USC Upstate First Round |
W 79–57 | 22–11 |
Hodge Center (662) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
03/25/2017* 2:00 pm, Facebook Live |
at Campbell Quarterfinals |
W 79–64 | 23–11 |
Gore Arena (1,920) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
03/29/2017* 9:00 pm, CBSSN |
at Saint Peter's Semifinals |
L 51–77 | 23–12 |
Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
Eastern Time . |
References
- ^ "Live video at 3 p.m.: Furman's Niko Medved accepts Drake head coaching position". The Des Moines Register.
- ^ "Statement From Furman AD Mike Buddie On Niko Medved - Furman". www.furmanpaladins.com. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017.
- ^ "Furman promotes Bob Richey to head coach". April 10, 2017.
- ^ "2016-17 Furman Men's Basketball Schedule - Furman". www.furmanpaladins.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016.