2016-2017 UC Irvine Anteaters

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2016-2017 UC Irvine Anteaters Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
12 Giannis Dimakopoulos Sr C 7-2 255 Nov 7, 1994 Patras Greece Cathedral High School
11 John Edgar Fr F 6-5 215 Dec 15, 1997 Chino Hills (CA) United States Ayala High School
5 Jonathan Galloway So F 6-10 235 Jun 19, 1996 Brentwood (CA) United States / Guam Salesian College Prep
55 Brad Greene Fr C 6-11 270 May 20, 1998 Lone Pine (CA) United States Lone Pine High School
2 Max Hazzard Fr PG 6-0 170 Sep 30, 1996 Los Angeles (CA) United States Loyola High School
14 Evan Leonard Fr PG 6-1 185 - Cerritos (CA) United States Cerritos High School
32 Adam Liberman Fr C 6-10 240 - Valley Villace (CA) United States Valley Torah High School
0 Michael Martin Sr G 5-10 170 Nov 5, 1994 Sunland (CA) United States Chaminade College Preparatory High School
10 Luke Nelson Sr G 6-3 190 Jun 29, 1995 Worthing England The Henley College
25 Spencer Rivers So G 6-2 200 Jun 27, 1995 Winter Park (FL) United States Winter Park High School
42 Tommy Rutherford Fr C 6-8 240 Jan 9, 1997 San Diego (CA) United States Grossmont High School
13 Brandon Smith So SF 6-5 190 Mar 14, 1997 Santa Ana (CA) United States Godinez Fundamental High School
23 Darrian Traylor Fr SG 6-4 210 Mar 20, 1997 Las Vegas (NV) United States Centennial High School
4 Justin Wertner RS-Fr G 6-4 203 Nov 14, 1996 Collierville (TN) United States St. George Academy
24 Eyassu Worku Fr PG 6-2 175 Oct 18, 1998 Los Alamitos (CA) United States / Ethiopia Los Alamitos High School

UC Irvine Transfers Sitting Out 2016-2017

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
50 Elston Jones Jr F 6-9 275 Jul 30, 1995 Goodyear (AZ) United States Utah State

Recent UC Irvine Anteaters History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 24-10 (17-3) 1st (Big West) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2022-2023 23-12 (15-5) 1st (Big West) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2021-2022 15-10 (10-5) 4th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 18-9 (13-4) 2nd (Big West) Runner Up N/A
2019-2020 21-11 (13-3) 1st (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 31-6 (15-1) 1st (Big West) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2017-2018 18-17 (11-5) 2nd (Big West) Runner Up N/A
2016-2017 21-15 (12-4) 1st (Big West) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2015-2016 28-10 (13-3) 1st (Big West) 2nd Rnd CIT Runner Up
2014-2015 21-13 (11-5) 2nd (Big West) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2013-2014 23-12 (13-3) 1st (Big West) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2012-2013 21-16 (11-7) 4th (Big West) Runner Up CIT 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 12-20 (6-10) 6th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2010-2011 13-19 (6-10) 7th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 14-18 (6-10) 7th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 12-19 (8-8) 4th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 18-16 (9-7) 5th (Big West) Runner Up N/A
2006-2007 15-18 (6-8) 5th (Big West) 3rd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 16-13 (10-4) 2nd (Big West) 3rd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 16-13 (8-10) 5th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 11-17 (6-12) 8th (Big West) N/A N/A
2002-2003 20-9 (13-5) 2nd (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A

2016-2017 UC Irvine Anteaters Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Luke Nelson NABC All-District (9) Second Team
Luke Nelson Big West Player of the Year
Michael Martin All-Big West First Team
Luke Nelson All-Big West First Team
Giannis Dimakopoulos All-Big West Second Team
Michael Martin Big West All-Tournament Team
Luke Nelson Big West All-Tournament Team
Jonathan Galloway Big West Defensive POY
Giannis Dimakopoulos Big West Player of the Week (Jan 23, 2017)
Michael Martin Big West Player of the Week (Dec 26, 2016)
Michael Martin Big West Player of the Week (Nov 21, 2016)
Luke Nelson Big West Player of the Week (Mar 6, 2017)
Michael Martin Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational All-Tournament Team

2016-2017 UC Irvine Anteaters Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters M. Martin L. Nelson B. Smith J. Galloway G. Dimakopoulos
Rotation E. Worku       T. Rutherford
Rotation M. Hazzard        
Rotation E. Leonard        
Lim PT   S. Rivers J. Edgar   B. Greene
Lim PT   D. Traylor      

2016-2017 UC Irvine Anteaters Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Luke Nelson 18 26.0 16.9 3.3 3.0 1.7 0.2 2.6
Michael Martin 36 30.1 14.1 2.9 3.1 0.8 0.0 1.7
Giannis Dimakopoulos 36 20.7 10.9 4.1 1.1 0.2 0.9 1.5
Eyassu Worku 36 20.3 7.2 3.1 1.9 0.7 0.1 2.1
Tommy Rutherford 36 17.8 6.2 5.2 0.4 0.2 0.9 1.2
Max Hazzard 36 15.6 4.9 1.7 1.3 0.4 0.0 1.0
Jonathan Galloway 36 25.3 4.4 7.6 0.6 0.1 1.1 1.0
Evan Leonard 31 12.3 3.6 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.6
Brandon Smith 36 21.4 3.1 3.2 0.8 0.8 0.6 1.0
Brad Greene 35 8.9 2.7 3.0 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.7
John Edgar 34 7.9 2.1 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4
Spencer Rivers 34 9.3 2.1 1.0 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.7
Darrian Traylor 20 3.3 1.4 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1

2016-2017 UC Irvine Anteaters Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Russell Turner Head Coach 2010-2011 Assistant Coach (Golden State Warriors, 2004 to 2010)
Ryan Badrtalei Assistant Coach 2009-2010 Director of Basketball Operations (UC Irvine, 2007 to 2009)
Blaine Taylor Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Head Coach (Old Dominion, 2001 to 2013)
Michael Wilder Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Director of Administration (UC Irvine, 2014 to 2016)
Michael Izzi Director of Intercollegiate Athletics 2014-2015 N/A
Ryan Schlaich Director of Basketball Operations 2012-2013 N/A
Pat Flesher Director of Basketball Operations 2016-2017 Director of Basketball Operations (UNC Greensboro, 2014 to 2016)
Bob Olson Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2014-2015 N/A
Stacey Shackleford Assistant Athletic Director 2014-2015 N/A
Mike Nagler Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2015-2016 N/A