2016-17 Schedule/Results End of the Season Notes
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2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT END OF THE SEASON NOTES 11/1 College of Idaho (Ex.) ................................. W, 86-35 11/6 Chico State (Ex.) ....................................... W, 78-70 11/11 vs. No. 12/9 Michigan State# .............................. W, 65-63 11/15 Cal State Bakersfield .................................. W, 78-66 11/18 Sacred Heart% ..........................................W, 95-65 11/21 Northern Colorado% ................................. W, 71-55 11/24 vs. Santa Clara^ ..................................................... W, 69-61 11/25 vs. Butler^ .................................................................. L, 65-69 11/30 Texas Southern ........................................ W, 85-63 12/3 vs. No. 8/8 Gonzaga$ .............................................. L, 62-69 12/6 UC Irvine .................................................. W, 79-57 32-5, 16-2 PAC-12 Record 4/4 Rankings 12/10 at Missouri ............................................................... W, 79-60 2 RPI 12/14 Grand Canyon ......................................... W, 64-54 Sean Miller Head Coach 12/17 vs. Texas A&M! ....................................................... W, 67-63 220-66 (8th yr) Record at School 12/20 New Mexico ............................................. W, 77-46 340-113 (13th yr) Career Record 12/30 at California* .......................................................... W, 67-62 1/1 at Stanford* ........................................................... W, 91-52 OFF THE TOP 1/5 Utah* ...................................................... W, 66-56 • Arizona eclipsed the 30-win mark for the seventh time in program history in 2016-17 with a fourth 30- 1/7 Colorado* ............................................... W, 82-73 win season during the Sean Miller era of 2009 to present. 1/12 Arizona State* ......................................... W, 91-75 • UA won a share of the regular season Pac-12 title with Oregon while winning the Pac-12 Tournament 1/19 at USC* ..................................................................... W, 73-66 championship. The pair of championship titles gives Arizona a fifth season of winning the Pac-12 1/21 at No. 3/3 UCLA* ................................................... W, 96-85 Tournament and at least a share of the regular season crown in the same year. The Wildcats have achieved this feat more than any other Pac-12 institution. 1/26 Washington State* ..................................... W, 79-62 1/29 Washington* ........................................... W, 77-66 • Lauri Markkanen became the program’s newest All-American receiving third team honors from the Associated Press, USA Today, Sporting News and the NABC. His other national accolades include an 2/2 at Oregon State* ................................................... W, 71-54 All-District Team selection from the USBWA, Karl Malone Award finalist nominee and a John R. Wooden 2/4 at No. 13/13 Oregon* ........................................... L, 58-85 Award finalist nomination. The freshman’s first season in Tucson saw him earn First Team All-Pac-12 2/8 Stanford* ................................................. W, 74-67 honors and a spot on the Pac-12 All-Freshmen team. Markkanen wrapped up 2016-17 ranked in the top five in Wildcat freshmen history in scoring, made three-point field goals, made free throws, free throw 2/11 California* ................................................ W, 62-57 percentage and rebounding. 2/16 at Washington State* ......................................... W, 78-59 • The Wildcats advanced to their 18th Sweet 16 as a program and the fifth under head coach Sean Miller. 2/18 at Washington* ...................................................... W, 76-68 Miller’s five appearances with Arizona and two with Xavier give him seven Sweet 16 appearances since 2/23 USC* ......................................................... W, 90-77 2008, which is tied for the most by any head coach in the country during that time. 2/25 No. 5/5 UCLA* ........................................... L, 72-77 • Arizona wrapped up the 2016-17 campaign ranked in the top 25 of the Associated Press poll in 97 3/4 at Arizona State* .................................................... W, 73-60 consecutive polls, which is good for the second-longest active streak in the nation. The current run of 97 straight polls is the second longest streak in program history behind the Wildcats’ impressive 312 Pac-12 Conference Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) consecutive polls from 1987 to 2005, which is an AP record. 3/9 vs. Colorado ........................................................... W, 92-78 • UA finished the season with a record of 32-5 with all five losses coming to teams who all advanced to at 3/10 vs. No. 3/3 UCLA ..................................................... W, 86-75 least the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats handful of defeats came to Butler (Sweet 16), Gonzaga (National Championship game), Oregon (Final Four), UCLA (Sweet 16) and Xavier (Elite Eight). 3/11 vs. No. 5/5 Oregon ................................................. W, 83-80 NCAA Tournament First & Second Rounds (Salt Lake City, Utah) ARIZONA PROBABLE STARTERS 3/16 vs. North Dakota ...................................................W, 100-82 No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown 3/18 vs. No. 22/21 Saint Mary’s .................................... W, 69-60 5 Kadeem Allen G Sr. 6-3 205 9.8 4.0 3.0 Wilmington, N.C. 1 Rawle Alkins G Fr. 6-5 220 10.9 4.9 2.1 Brooklyn, N.Y. 35 Allonzo Trier G So. 6-5 205 17.2 5.3 2.7 Seattle, Wash. NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 (San Jose, Calif.) 10 Lauri Markkanen F Fr. 7-0 230 15.6 7.2 0.9 Jyväskylä, Finland 3/23 vs. Xavier .....................................................................L, 71-73 14 Dusan Ristic C Jr. 7-0 250 10.9 5.5 0.4 Novi Sad, Serbia Schedule Key OFF THE BENCH # - Armed Forces Classic (Honolulu, Hawai’i) No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown % - Non-bracketed game of the Las Vegas Invitational (Tucson, Ariz.) 2 Kobi Simmons G Fr. 6-5 175 8.7 1.6 2.0 Atlanta, Ga. ^ - Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational (Las Vegas, Nev.) 21 Chance Comanche C So. 6-11 215 6.3 3.6 0.4 Beverly Hills, Calif. $ - Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame Game (Los Angeles, Calif.) 0 Parker Jackson-Cartwright G Jr. 5-11 170 5.9 2.5 4.1 Los Angeles, Calif. 25 Keanu Pinder F Jr. 6-9 220 2.2 2.9 0.3 Perth, Australia ! - Lone Star Shootout (Houston, Texas) 20 Talbott Denny F Sr. 6-5 215 Will Miss Season (Injury) Tucson, Ariz. * - Pac-12 conference game 24 Ray Smith F R-Fr. 6-8 220 Will Miss Season (Injury) Las Vegas, Nev. 50 Tyler Trillo G R-So. 5-11 170 0.0 0.0 0.6 Southbury, Conn. 51 Paulo Cruz G So. 6-4 210 0.0 0.4 0.0 San Diego, Calif. 52 Kory Jones G Fr. 6-3 170 0.8 0.0 0.0 Herndon, Va. 55 Jake DesJardins F Fr. 6-6 215 0.3 0.1 0.0 Henderson, Nev. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Chance COMANCHE .................................................... Co-Manch-EE AMONG ARIZONA’S BEST DUSAN RISTIC ....................................................Doo-sahn Wrist-itch Not only have the 2016-17 Wildcats cracked the 30-win mark for just the seventh time in program history, they wrapped up the Allonzo TRIER .............................................................................Tree-ER season with the fourth-most wins in a season in UA history. RAWLE ALKINS ......................................................... Raleigh ALL-kins LAURI MARKKANEN ....................................L-Ow-Ree MARK-a-nin Season Record KEANU PINDER ...................................................Key-An-Oo PIN-der 1987-88 35-3 KOBI Simmons ............................................................................Ko-Bee 2014-15 34-4 Jake DERJARDINS ........................................................... Des-Jar-Dins 2013-14 33-5 2016-17 32-5 2010-11 30-8 2004-05 30-7 1997-98 30-5 TRIER AND MARKKANEN LEAD WILDCATS TO PAC-12 TOURNEY TITLE ARIZONA’S CURRENT STREAKS Allonzo Trier was named Most Outstanding Player of the Pac-12 Tournament after averaging 20.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and All games .............................................................................................. 1 L 3.3 assists per game while shooting 50.0 percent from beyond the arc and 82.1 percent at the foul line in the trio of wins. The At McKale Center ............................................................................... 1 L sophomore was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Lauri Markkanen who averaged 20.0 points per game while connecting On the road ........................................................................................ 3 W on 47.1 percent of his shots from three-point range. Trier’s showing in Las Vegas added to his strong play to close out the season. At neutral sites .....................................................................................1 L He is averaging 22.1 points per game while shooting 54.9 percent from the field, 51.4 percent from beyond the arc and 82.1 Non-conference home games .................................................. 40 W percent at the free throw line in his last seven games entering Thursday. Non-conference road games .......................................................2 W Pac-12 games overall ......................................................................1 W ONE OF THE WINNINGEST PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS Pac-12 home games ......................................................................... 1 L Pac-12 road games ........................................................................