2016–17 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

2016–17 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball
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Conference	Southeastern Conference
2016–17 record	( SEC)
Head coach	Mike Anderson (6th year)
Assistant coach	Melvin Watkins T. J. Cleveland Matt Zimmerman
Home arena	Bud Walton Arena

2016–17 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Kentucky †	16	–	2		.889			32	–	6		.842
No. 20 Florida	14	–	4		.778			27	–	9		.750
Arkansas	12	–	6		.667			26	–	10		.722
South Carolina	12	–	6		.667			26	–	11		.703
Ole Miss	10	–	8		.556			22	–	14		.611
Alabama	10	–	8		.556			19	–	15		.559
Vanderbilt	10	–	8		.556			19	–	16		.543
Georgia	9	–	9		.500			19	–	15		.559
Texas A&M	8	–	10		.444			16	–	15		.516
Tennessee	8	–	10		.444			16	–	16		.500
Auburn	7	–	11		.389			18	–	14		.563
Mississippi State	6	–	12		.333			16	–	16		.500
LSU	2	–	16		.111			10	–	21		.323
Missouri	2	–	16		.111			8	–	24		.250
† 2017 SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represents the University of Arkansas in the 2016-17 season. The team's head coach is Mike Anderson, who will be in his sixth season. The team will play their home games at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas, as a member of the SEC.

Previous season

Arkansas was unable to continue the momentum it had built in 2014-15, after finishing second to Kentucky in the SEC and winning a game in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years. They lost Chicago Bulls forward Bobby Portis to the NBA and Michael Qualls also declared but wasn't drafted after sustaining a knee injury. Seniors Rashad Madden and Alandise Harris graduated, and Nick Babb elected to transfer to Iowa State.

In the offseason, returning players Jacorey Williams and Anton Beard, along with Colorado transfer Dustin Thomas, were involved in a counterfeiting scandal and Williams was later kicked off the team. Beard was suspended for the first semester and Thomas had to sit out the season anyway as part of NCAA transfer rules.

The team got off to a slow start and was .500 heading into SEC play, and then went 9-9 in the conference to finish 16-15 before losing to Florida in the SEC Tournament to finish 16-16 overall.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Jabril Durham	4	G	6'1"	185	Senior	DeSoto, Texas	Graduated
Anthlon Bell	5	G	6'3"	185	Senior	Bartlett, Tennessee	Graduated
Lorenzo Jenkins	15	G	6'7"	210	Freshman	Naples, Florida	Transferred
Jimmy Whitt	24	G	6'4"	173	Freshman	Columbia, Missouri	Transferred
Willy Kouassi	50	F	6'10"	230	RS Senior	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Graduated
Keaton Miles	55	F	6'7"	212	RS Senior	Dallas, Texas	Graduated

Recruiting class of 2016

2016 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Arlando Cook F	St. Louis, Missouri	Connors State College	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Nov 5, 2015
	Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Adrio Bailey F	Campti, Louisiana	Lakeview High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Oct 18, 2015
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Jaylen Barford G	Jackson, Tennessee	Motlow State Community College	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 22, 2015
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Daryl Macon G	Little Rock, Arkansas	Holmes Community College	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jun 6, 2015
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
C.J. Jones G	Birmingham, Alabama	Central Park Christian High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Feb 20, 2016
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Brachen Hazen F	Columbia City, Indiana	Columbia City High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Apr 26, 2016
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Recruiting class of 2017

2017 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Daniel Gafford F	El Dorado, Arkansas	El Dorado High School	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Aug 1, 2015
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Darious Hall F	Little Rock, Arkansas	LR Parkview High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Mar 15, 2016
	Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster

2016–17 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Home town G 0 Jaylen Barford 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Jackson, Tennessee F 1 Trey Thompson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Jr Madison, Arkansas F 2 Adrio Bailey 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Campti, Louisiana G 3 Dusty Hannahs 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 203 lb (92 kg) RS Sr Little Rock, Arkansas G 4 Daryl Macon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Little Rock, Arkansas F 5 Arlando Cook 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr St. Louis, Missouri F 13 Dustin Thomas 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Jr Texarkana, Texas G 21 Manuale Watkins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Sr Fayetteville, Arkansas G 23 C.J. Jones 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Birmingham, Alabama G 31 Anton Beard 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr North Little Rock, Arkansas C 33 Moses Kingsley 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Abuja, Nigeria	Head coach Mike Anderson (Tulsa) Assistant coach(es) Melvin Watkins (Charlotte) T. J. Cleveland (Arkansas) Matt Zimmerman (Arkansas) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2016-04-26