2016–17 Mercer Bears men's basketball team
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 15–17 (9–9 SoCon) |
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Home arena | Hawkins 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 Mercer Bears men's basketball team represented
East Tennessee State
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Previous season
The
East Tennessee State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Coastal Carolina
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Murder of Jibri Bryan
Jibri Bryan, a sixth-year senior, was shot and killed on February 2, 2016. He was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the driver's seat of a
Chevy Monte Carlo parked in a convenience store in Macon, Georgia. Bryan played in six games in the 2015–16 season due to a knee injury, averaging 7.8 points per game. Jarvis Clinton Miller has been charged in the murder of Bryan after attempting to flee from the crime scene. In a statement, Mercer coach Bob Hoffman said, "Jibri Bryan was a special young man who was a great contributor to our team and did everything that was asked of him.[1]
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2016* 8:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Brewton–Parker | W 87–53 | 1–0 |
Hawkins Arena (3,553) Macon, GA | |||||||
11/13/2016* 8:00 pm, ESPNU |
vs. Florida | L 54–76 | 1–1 |
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (3,716)
Jacksonville, FL | |||||||
11/20/2016* 2:00 pm |
Georgia Southern Savannah Invitational |
W 80–67 | 2–1 |
Hawkins Arena (3,508) Macon, GA | |||||||
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm, ASN |
Radford Savannah Invitational |
W 58–47 | 3–1 |
Hawkins Arena (2,572) Macon, GA | |||||||
11/25/2016* 5:00 pm, ESPN3 |
vs. East Carolina Savannah Invitational semifinals |
W 70–66 | 4–1 |
Savannah Civic Center (2,263) Savannah, GA | |||||||
11/26/2016* 7:30 pm |
vs. Akron Savannah Invitational finals |
L 63–65 | 4–2 |
Savannah Civic Center (2,391) Savannah, GA | |||||||
11/29/2016* 7:00 pm |
Davidson | L 57–78 | 4–3 |
Hawkins Arena (3,228) Macon, GA | |||||||
12/03/2016* 4:00 pm |
at George Mason | L 68–79 | 4–4 |
EagleBank Arena (3,560) Fairfax, VA | |||||||
12/07/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Oglethorpe | W 98–41 | 5–4 |
Hawkins Arena (2,625) Macon, GA | |||||||
12/10/2016* 4:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at Clemson | L 47–90 | 5–5 |
Littlejohn Coliseum (7,514) Clemson, SC | |||||||
12/18/2016* 1:00 pm, SECN |
at Auburn | L 74–76 | 5–6 |
Auburn Arena (7,991)
Auburn, AL | |||||||
12/22/2016* 7:00 pm, ASN |
La Salle | L 96–98 3OT | 5–7 |
Hawkins Arena (3,272) Macon, GA | |||||||
12/28/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Kennesaw State | W 80–76 | 6–7 |
KSU Convocation Center (1,506) Kennesaw, GA | |||||||
SoCon regular season | |||||||||||
12/31/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Wofford | L 71–88 | 6–8 (0–1) |
Benjamin Johnson Arena (1,083) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
01/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Furman | L 69–71 | 6–9 (0–2) |
Timmons Arena (1,378)
Greenville, SC | |||||||
01/05/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
VMI | W 68–50 | 7–9 (1–2) |
Hawkins Arena (2,754) Macon, GA | |||||||
01/07/2017 4:30 pm, ESPN3 |
East Tennessee State
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L 58–67 | 7–10 (1–3) |
Hawkins Arena (3,739) Macon, GA | |||||||
01/11/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Samford | W 68–65 | 8–10 (2–3) |
Pete Hanna Center (1,826) Homewood, AL | |||||||
01/14/2017 4:30 pm, ASN |
Chattanooga
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L 68–70 | 8–11 (2–4) |
Hawkins Arena (3,672) Macon, GA | |||||||
01/19/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at UNC Greensboro | L 66–68 | 8–12 (2–5) |
Greensboro Coliseum (2,073) Greensboro, NC | |||||||
01/21/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Western Carolina | W 70–50 | 9–12 (3–5) |
Ramsey Center (1,685) Cullowhee, NC | |||||||
01/28/2017 4:30 pm, ESPN3 |
The Citadel | W 82–66 | 10–12 (4–5) |
Hawkins Arena (4,328) Macon, GA | |||||||
01/30/2017 7:00 pm, ASN |
Western Carolina | W 62–47 | 11–12 (5–5) |
Hawkins Arena (2,789) Macon, GA | |||||||
02/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Furman | L 68–70 | 11–13 (5–6) |
Hawkins Arena (3,383) Macon, GA | |||||||
02/04/2017 4:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Wofford | L 62–65 | 11–14 (5–7) |
Hawkins Arena (4,386) Macon, GA | |||||||
02/09/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at VMI | W 81–51 | 12–14 (6–7) |
Cameron Hall (1,023)
Lexington, VA | |||||||
02/11/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at East Tennessee State | L 71–88 | 12–15 (6–8) |
Freedom Hall Civic Center (5,225) Johnson City, TN | |||||||
02/18/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at The Citadel | W 89–78 | 13–15 (7–8) |
McAlister Field House (3,809) Charleston, SC | |||||||
02/22/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
UNC Greensboro | L 66–72 | 13–16 (7–9) |
Hawkins Arena (2,877) Macon, GA | |||||||
02/25/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Chattanooga | W 64–54 | 14–16 (8–9) |
McKenzie Arena (5,632) Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
02/27/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Samford | W 88–79 | 15–16 (9–9) |
Hawkins Arena (3,021) Macon, GA | |||||||
SoCon tournament | |||||||||||
03/04/2017 8:30 pm, ESPN3 |
(6) | vs. (3) East Tennessee State Quarterfinals |
L 66–73 | 15–17 |
U.S. Cellular Center (5,127)
Asheville, NC | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. .All times are in Eastern Time |
References
- ^ "Officials charge man in murder of Mercer's Jibri Bryan; gunman at large". ESPN. February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ^ "2016-17 Men's Basketball Schedule - Mercer". Mercerbears.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016.