2016-2017 UCF Knights

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2016-2017 UCF Knights Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
14 Nick Banyard Sr F 6-8 225 Feb 16, 1994 Flower Mound (TX) United States Marcus High School
21 Chad Brown So C 6-9 245 Sep 6, 1996 Deltona (FL) United States Deltona High School
15 Anthony Catotti Jr F 6-4 200 - Sanford (FL) United States Seminole High School
3 A.J. Davis Jr GF 6-9 215 Mar 15, 1995 Buford (GA) United States Buford High School
4 Ceasar DeJesus RS-Fr G 6-2 190 - Jersey City (NJ) United States Mount Zion Baptist Christian School
0 Tanksley Efianayi Sr SG 6-6 210 Jul 6, 1994 Orlando (FL) United States University High School
24 Tacko Fall So C 7-6 250 Dec 10, 1995 Dakar Senegal Liberty Christian Preparatory School
51 Nathan Laing Jr G 6-0 185 Sep 8, 1993 Lillington (NC) United States Harnett Central High School
22 Chance McSpadden RS-So SG 6-4 185 - Winter Haven (FL) United States Winter Haven High School
25 Tate Morse Jr G 6-4 165 - Orlando (FL) United States Orangewood Christian High School
5 Dorde Mumin Jr G 6-5 205 Aug 18, 1994 Podgorica Montenegro American Heritage School
20 Brock Stephenson Fr G 6-0 190 - Miami (FL) United States Dade Christian High School
1 B.J. Taylor So PG 6-2 200 Nov 2, 1996 Orlando (FL) United States William R. Boone High School
12 Matt Williams Sr G 6-5 210 Oct 14, 1993 Orlando (FL) United States Jones High School

UCF Transfers Sitting Out 2016-2017

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
2 Terrell Allen So PG 6-3 180 Apr 12, 1997 Upper Marlboro (MD) United States Drexel
- Aubrey Dawkins RS F 6-6 205 May 8, 1995 Palo Alto (CA) United States Michigan
10 Dayon Griffin Jr G 6-4 208 Dec 21, 1995 St. Petersburg (FL) United States Louisiana Tech
11 Rokas Ulvydas So PF 6-11 235 Dec 29, 1994 Kaunas Lithuania Texas Tech

Recent UCF Knights History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 17-16 (7-11) 11th (Big 12) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2022-2023 19-15 (8-10) 7th (AAC) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2021-2022 18-12 (9-9) 6th (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 11-12 (8-10) 5th (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 16-14 (7-11) 8th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 24-9 (13-5) 3rd (AAC) 2nd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2017-2018 19-13 (9-9) 6th (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 24-12 (11-7) 4th (AAC) 3rd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2015-2016 12-18 (6-12) 8th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 12-18 (5-13) 9th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 13-18 (4-14) 8th (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 20-11 (9-7) 4th (C-USA) N/A N/A
2011-2012 22-11 (10-6) 3rd (C-USA) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2010-2011 21-12 (6-10) 9th (C-USA) 1st Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2009-2010 15-17 (6-10) 9th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2008-2009 17-14 (7-9) 6th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 16-15 (9-7) 4th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 22-9 (11-5) 2nd (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 14-15 (7-7) 5th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 24-9 (13-7) 1st (A-Sun) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2003-2004 24-7 (17-3) 2nd (A-Sun) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2002-2003 19-12 (11-5) 4th (A-Sun) Runner Up N/A

2016-2017 UCF Knights Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
B.J. Taylor All-AAC Second Team
Tacko Fall AAC Defensive Player of the Year
Tacko Fall AAC Player of the Week (Nov 21, 2016)
B.J. Taylor AAC Player of the Week (Feb 27, 2017)
Ceasar DeJesus AAC Rookie of the Week (Nov 20, 2017)

2016-2017 UCF Knights Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters B. Taylor M. Williams N. Banyard A. Davis T. Fall
Rotation N. Laing T. Efianayi     C. Brown
Lim PT B. Stephenson D. Mumin A. Catotti    
Lim PT   T. Morse      

2016-2017 UCF Knights Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
B.J. Taylor 29 36.4 17.4 4.0 3.5 1.1 0.0 2.2
Matt Williams 36 36.5 15.1 4.3 1.9 0.7 0.0 1.8
Tacko Fall 36 26.3 10.9 9.5 0.6 0.2 2.6 2.5
A.J. Davis 31 32.6 8.3 7.0 2.4 0.9 0.3 2.4
Tanksley Efianayi 34 24.6 8.2 3.5 1.3 0.5 0.1 1.8
Nick Banyard 36 28.4 6.2 6.0 1.6 0.5 0.2 2.0
Chad Brown 36 13.1 4.2 3.5 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.9
Dorde Mumin 26 7.4 1.5 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.4
Nathan Laing 32 10.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.0 1.0
Anthony Catotti 4 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Brock Stephenson 11 1.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tate Morse 2 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

2016-2017 UCF Knights Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Johnny Dawkins Head Coach 2016-2017 Head Coach (Stanford, 2009 to 2016)
Jamill Jones Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (VCU, 2015 to 2016)
Kevin Norris Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (USC, 2013 to 2016)
Robbie Laing Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Florida Atlantic, 2014 to 2016)
Jaycob Ammerman Video Coordinator 2016-2017 N/A
Danny White Athletic Director 2016-2017 Athletic Director (Buffalo, 2012 to 2016)
Jimmy Drew Director of Basketball Operations 2016-2017 N/A
Karen Del Carpio Assistant Director of Basketball Operations 2016-2017 N/A
Ricardo Greer Director of Player Development 2015-2016 N/A
Mary Vander Heiden Director of Sports Medicine 2014-2015 N/A
Jarrett Schweim Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A
Brian Ormiston Director of Communications 2014-2015 N/A