2016-2017 Denver Pioneers

2016-2017 Denver Pioneers Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
32 Abiola Akintola So PF 6-6 220 Feb 13, 1997 Melbourne Australia Australian Institute of Sport
44 Daniel Amigo Jr C 6-10 245 Sep 13, 1995 El Paso (TX) Mexico / Argentina Coronado High School
13 C.J. Bobbitt So SG 6-7 225 Jul 24, 1997 Harker Heights (TX) United States Harker Heights High School
14 Duke Douglas Jr G 6-4 190 Nov 2, 1994 New Orleans (LA) United States Isidore Newman School
22 Josiah Dunn RS-Sr G 6-2 185 Jan 10, 1995 Littleton (CO) United States Abraham Lincoln High School
3 Bradley George RS-So G 6-3 185 Dec 17, 1996 Houston (TX) United States Clear Lake High School
10 Jake Holtzmann So SF 6-6 195 Apr 9, 1997 Parker (CO) United States Chapparral High School
25 Emil Knighton So F 6-7 220 Sep 20, 1997 Parker (CO) United States Ponderosa High School
11 Jake Krafka Fr SF 6-7 225 May 26, 1998 Austin (TX) United States Jack C. Hays High School
4 Jacob Lunsford So G 6-1 175 Jan 9, 1997 Clayton (CA) United States Clayton Valley High School
24 Christian Mackey Jr C 6-6 275 Aug 19, 1996 Kirtland (NM) United States Kirtland High School
0 Ade Murkey Fr SF 6-5 200 Jan 29, 1998 West St. Paul (MN) United States St. Croix Lutheran High School
12 Luke Neff Fr PG 6-0 155 Jul 5, 1998 Arvada (CO) United States Arvada West High School
15 Thomas Neff So SG 6-5 200 Oct 14, 1996 Arvada (CO) United States Arvada West High School
5 Jake Pemberton Jr G 6-4 190 Jan 12, 1996 Highlands Ranch (CO) United States Mountain Vista High School
2 Joe Rosga So SG 6-3 190 Mar 30, 1997 Minneapolis (MN) United States Cretin Derham Hall High School

Recent Denver Pioneers History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 17-17 (6-10) 7th (Summit) Runner Up N/A
2022-2023 15-17 (6-12) 8th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 11-21 (7-11) 6th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 2-19 (1-13) 9th (Summit) N/A N/A
2019-2020 7-24 (3-13) 8th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 8-22 (3-13) 9th (Summit) N/A N/A
2017-2018 15-15 (8-6) 3rd (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 16-14 (8-8) 4th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 16-15 (7-9) 6th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2014-2015 12-18 (6-10) 6th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 16-15 (8-6) 4th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 22-10 (16-2) 1st (WAC) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 22-9 (11-5) 3rd (Sun Belt) 3rd Rnd N/A
2010-2011 13-17 (9-7) 5th (Sun Belt) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 19-13 (10-8) 6th (Sun Belt) 3rd Rnd N/A
2008-2009 15-16 (9-9) 7th (Sun Belt) 2nd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 11-19 (7-11) 9th (Sun Belt) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 4-25 (3-15) 13th (Sun Belt) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 16-15 (7-8) 5th (Sun Belt) 3rd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 20-11 (12-3) 1st (Sun Belt) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2003-2004 14-13 (6-9) 8th (Sun Belt) N/A N/A
2002-2003 17-15 (7-8) 6th (Sun Belt) 3rd Rnd N/A

2016-2017 Denver Pioneers Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Daniel Amigo The Summit League All-Second Team
Joe Rosga The Summit League Honorable Mention Team
Daniel Amigo The Summit League Player of the Week (Jan 17, 2017)

2016-2017 Denver Pioneers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Rosga J. Pemberton T. Neff C. Bobbitt D. Amigo
Rotation     J. Krafka   C. Mackey
Rotation     A. Murkey    
Lim PT L. Neff B. George E. Knighton A. Akintola  
Lim PT J. Dunn D. Douglas      
Lim PT J. Lunsford        

2016-2017 Denver Pioneers Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Daniel Amigo 30 24.9 15.5 7.1 1.4 0.3 0.6 2.7
Joe Rosga 30 34.5 15.2 4.1 3.2 1.1 0.0 2.2
C.J. Bobbitt 30 26.0 10.4 4.8 1.0 0.4 0.1 1.7
Jake Pemberton 30 32.1 9.2 2.8 4.4 1.4 0.2 2.4
Thomas Neff 30 27.3 7.9 3.0 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.8
Ade Murkey 27 10.7 4.1 1.6 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.6
Jake Krafka 26 12.6 4.0 2.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.5
Christian Mackey 30 10.7 3.8 3.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.8
Duke Douglas 27 9.5 2.6 1.2 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.4
Bradley George 30 9.6 2.4 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.1 1.0
Abiola Akintola 28 6.8 1.8 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Josiah Dunn 5 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Luke Neff 7 2.9 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
Emil Knighton 6 1.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jacob Lunsford 4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2016-2017 Denver Pioneers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Rodney Billups Head Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Colorado, 2012 to 2016)
Dan Ficke Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (Loyola (MD), 2013 to 2015)
Ricardo Patton Assistant Coach 2016-2017 N/A
Steve Snell Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Associate Head Coach (Santa Clara, 2015 to 2016)
Kathryn Whartenby Director of Strength and Conditioning 2014-2015 N/A
Dwight Thorne Director of Basketball Operations 2016-2017 N/A
Alex Pickert Graduate Manager 2015-2016 N/A
Zach Ruebesam Graduate Manager 2016-2017 N/A
Peg Bradley-Doppes Athletic Director, Vice Chancellor for Athletics and Recreation 2014-2015 N/A
Julie Campbell Director of Sports Medicine 2014-2015 N/A