2016-2017 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Regular Season Roster

* Including all Indiana Mad Ants information

NBA Affiliate: Indiana Pacers

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2016-2017 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Roster

# Player Pos Height Weight Age Pre-NBA Draft Team NBA Draft Status Nationality
42 Ben Bentil F 6-9 235 21 Providence 2016 Rnd 2 Pick 21 Ghana
United States
25 Rakeem Christmas PF 6-9 255 25 Syracuse 2015 Rnd 2 Pick 6 United States
U.S. Virgin Islands
9 Chris Fowler G 6-1 196 23 Central Michigan 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
21 Tyler Hansbrough PF 6-9 250 31 North Carolina 2009 Rnd 1 Pick 13 United States
17 Stephan Hicks GF 6-4 200 24 Cal State Northridge 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
15 Travis Leslie G 6-4 205 26 Georgia 2011 Rnd 2 Pick 17 United States
18 Jordan Loyd G 6-4 210 23 Indianapolis 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
Serbia
11 Trey McKinney Jones SG 6-5 220 26 Miami (FL) 2013 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
- Georges Niang F 6-7 230 23 Iowa State 2016 Rnd 2 Pick 20 United States
34 Victor Nickerson SF 6-8 185 24 Valparaiso 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
22 Alex Poythress F 6-9 235 23 Kentucky 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
- D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera G 6-3 215 24 Georgetown 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
17 Julyan Stone PG 6-6 200 28 UTEP 2011 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
3 Marquis Teague PG 6-2 180 24 Kentucky 2012 Rnd 1 Pick 29 United States
20 Jarrod Uthoff F 6-9 221 23 Iowa 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
33 Anthony Walker F 6-9 220 23 Texas-Arlington 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
21 Christian Watford PF 6-9 220 25 Indiana 2013 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
50 Adam Woodbury C 7-1 245 23 Iowa 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
- Joe Young G 6-2 180 24 Oregon 2015 Rnd 2 Pick 13 United States
15 Nick Zeisloft G 6-4 185 24 Indiana 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States

2016-2017 Fort Wayne Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Loyd T. McKinney Jones S. Hicks A. Poythress T. Hansbrough
Rotation M. Teague T. Leslie   G. Niang A. Woodbury
Rotation C. Fowler N. Zeisloft   B. Bentil  
Lim PT     V. Nickerson    

Recent Fort Wayne Mad Ants History

Season Team Record Conference Rank
2023-2024 Indiana Mad Ants N/A 4th (Eastern)
2022-2023 Fort Wayne Mad Ants N/A 10th (Eastern)
2021-2022 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 17-17 (16-17) 10th (Eastern)
2020-2021 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 6-9 (2-5) 7th (Eastern)
2019-2020 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 21-22 (16-20) 11th (Eastern)
2018-2019 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 23-27 (18-21) 8th (Eastern)
2017-2018 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 29-22 (23-17) 6th (Eastern)
2016-2017 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 30-21 (24-16) 2nd (Eastern)
2015-2016 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 20-30 (17-26) 8th (Eastern)
2014-2015 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 28-23 (14-11) 3rd (Eastern)

2016-2017 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Alex Poythress All-NBA G League 2nd Team (2017)
Alex Poythress All-Rookie 1st Team (2017)
Alex Poythress East Initial All-Star Selection (2017)
Alex Poythress Slam Dunk Participant (2017)

2016-2017 Fort Wayne Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Georges Niang 6 33.0 19.0 7.2 3.3 1.2 0.3 2.3
Alex Poythress 46 31.1 18.5 7.1 1.5 0.7 1.4 2.7
Tyler Hansbrough 13 33.4 17.6 12.2 0.7 0.8 0.5 1.8
Jarrod Uthoff 11 31.7 17.1 9.1 2.5 1.3 1.5 2.3
Trey McKinney Jones 48 35.7 16.6 4.9 3.1 1.1 0.1 2.2
Jordan Loyd 49 28.4 15.1 4.2 4.0 0.9 0.3 1.7
Travis Leslie 48 28.2 13.9 6.2 2.2 1.0 0.3 1.5
Stephan Hicks 49 30.5 13.6 5.8 1.2 1.0 0.2 1.3
Ben Bentil 20 21.7 12.1 4.5 0.6 0.8 0.2 1.4
Marquis Teague 12 25.9 12.0 1.9 4.8 0.5 0.1 1.6
Joe Young 2 24.5 10.5 2.0 4.5 1.5 1.0 2.5
Rakeem Christmas 9 23.0 9.4 5.8 0.6 0.2 1.3 1.7
Julyan Stone 32 35.7 8.2 6.2 8.9 1.4 1.0 2.8
Nick Zeisloft 47 14.8 7.4 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.4
Christian Watford 20 16.2 5.8 2.4 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.8
Chris Fowler 5 9.6 4.4 0.4 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.8
Adam Woodbury 24 12.6 3.0 3.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.5
Anthony Walker 3 5.7 1.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
Victor Nickerson 14 9.3 1.1 1.4 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.7
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera 1 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Fort Wayne Mad Ants Affiliation History

SeasonTeamNBA Affiliate
2023-2024 Indiana Mad Ants Pacers
2022-2023 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2021-2022 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2020-2021 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2019-2020 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2018-2019 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2017-2018 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2016-2017 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2015-2016 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pacers
2014-2015 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Hawks, Nets, Hornets, Bulls, Nuggets, Pacers, Clippers, Bucks, Timberwolves, Pelicans, Trail Blazers, Raptors, Wizards
2013-2014 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Hornets, Pistons, Pacers, Grizzlies, Bucks, Magic
2012-2013 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Hornets, Pistons, Pacers, Bucks
2011-2012 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pistons, Pacers, Bucks
2010-2011 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pistons, Pacers, Bucks
2009-2010 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pistons, Pacers, Bucks
2008-2009 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pistons, Pacers
2007-2008 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Pistons, Pacers

Fort Wayne Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Jeff Potter Team President 2014-2015 N/A
Steven Gansey Head Coach 2015-2016 Associate Head Coach (Cleveland Charge, 2014 to 2015)
Al Grushkin Assistant Coach 2016-2017 N/A
Jhared Simpson Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Video Coordinator (Indiana Pacers, 2012 to 2017)
Tyler Marsh Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Bakersfield Jam, 2014 to 2015)
Brian Levy General Manager 2015-2016 Assistant General Manager (Bakersfield Jam, 2012 to 2015)
Alex Cerda Basketball Operations 2016-2017 N/A
Harrison Greenberg Director of Basketball Operations 2015-2016 N/A
Jason Manikowski Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2015-2016 N/A
Matt Campbell Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A
Collin Brown Assistant Athletic Trainer 2017-2018 Assistant Athletic Trainer (Fort Wayne Mad Ants, 2016 to 2017)
Kara Stevenson Director of Communications 2014-2015 N/A
Vinessa Needham Director of Communications 2016-2017 N/A