2016–17 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team represented Tulane University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by first-year head coach Mike Dunleavy Sr., played their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse in New Orleans, Louisiana as third-year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 6–25, 3–15 in AAC play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to Tulsa.

Previous season The Green Wave finished the season 12–22, 3–15 in American Athletic play to finish in last place. They defeated UCF and Houston in the American Athletic tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Memphis.

Following the season, Tulane fired head coach Ed Conroy. On March 25, 2016, the school hired Mike Dunleavy Sr. as head coach.

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Louis Dabney 0 G 6'3' 210 Senior New Orleans, LA Graduated Taron Oliver 2 F 6'9" 310 Freshman Oxon Hill, MD Transferred to Salt Lake CC Kajon Mack 3 G 6'3" 185 RS Junior Los Angeles, CA Graduate transferred to Tennessee Tech Dylan Osetkowski 21 C 6'9" 255 Sophomore San Juan Capistrano, CA Transferred to Texas Jernard Jarreau 22 F 6'10" 235 RS Senior New Orleans, LA Graduated Stanley Roberts, Jr. 32 F 6'8" 250 Sophomore Rolling Hills Estates, CA Left the team for personal reasons

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Jordan Cornish 0 G 6'6" 220 Junior New Orleans, LA Transferred from UNLV. Under NCAA transfer rules, Cornish will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Semir Sehic 21 F 6'9" 247 Sophomore Atlanta, GA Transferred from Vanderbilt. Under NCAA transfer rules, Sehic will have to sit out for the 2016–17 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

Incoming recruits

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=6 style=| AAC regular season

!colspan=9 style=| AAC tournament

References