East Tennessee State: 2016-17 Southern Men’s Basketball Champions

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- T.J. Cromer looked down at the white basketball net hanging around his neck.

"It's my new favorite necklace," the senior guard said with a wide smile.

Cromer scored 23 points, and East Tennessee State beat top-seeded UNC Greensboro 79-74 to win the Southern Conference tournament championship on Monday night.

The Buccaneers (27-7) rallied in the second half to secure their first trip to the NCAA tournament since 2010.

Francis Alonso made five 3-pointers and scored 28 points for UNC Greensboro (25-9), which beat East Tennessee State twice during the regular season and led by seven at halftime. R.J. White had 23 points before fouling out in the final minute.

UNC Greensboro had a chance to tie the game in the final seconds after an unlikely 3-pointer by big man Jordy Kuiper and a steal in the backcourt. But Alonso's 3-point attempt from the left wing rattled out, and A.J. Merriweather knocked down two clinching free throws.

"I thought it was going in," ETSU coach Steve Forbes said of Alonso's 3-point attempt. "I was like, 'Well at least we're going to overtime.'"

The Spartans were unable to stop the Buccaneers down the stretch. ETSU shot 59 percent from the field in the second half. Merriweather had 11 of his 13 points after halftime, including seven straight during a crucial 17-4 run.

"Coach preached before the game we have to be gritty and tough and grind it out," Cromer said. "We knew we had to pick up the intensity and we knew we had 20 minutes to lay our guts out if we wanted to come out victorious."

Cromer was 6-for-13 from the field and 11-for-11 at the free throw line. The tournament's most outstanding player also had 41 points in ETSU's semifinal win over Samford.

Tevin Glass finished with 12 points and nine rebounds, helping the Buccaneers to their first Southern Conference title since 2004. They avenged a loss to Chattanooga in the SoCon championship game last season.

"We lost by six last year and we didn't want to have that sour taste in our mouths," Cromer said.

It was a disappointing end to the season for the Spartans, who were looking to end a 16-year NCAA tournament drought.

"I really hurt for our kids right now, for our seniors most of all," coach Wes Miller said. "I hurt for Diante [Baldwin] and R.J. I told the team in the locker room, I wish there was something I could do or say to make it better. This one really hurts. It's going to hurt forever."


The Buccaneers were perfect from the foul line in their biggest game of the season, making all 19 free throws.

BIG PICTURE

ETSU: Forbes, who coached under Gregg Marshall at Wichita State, said he believes the Buccaneers are built to win an NCAA tournament game because they have size and quality guards. "That's something that Coach Marshall taught me is you have to have some centers when you get in the tournament," Forbes said.

UNCG: The Spartans went through a stretch in the second half where simple shots simply wouldn't fall for them. They shot 37 percent after the break.

UP NEXT

ETSU: The Buccaneers last played in the NCAA tournament in 2010 and lost 100-71 to Kentucky.

UNCG: Picked to finish fifth in the Southern Conference, the Spartans still have a berth in the NIT by virtue of winning the conference's regular-season title. "We're not done playing yet," White said. "We've still got the NIT. This one hurts, but we can't let that take away from the special season we've had."

Iona: 2016-17 Metro Atlantic Men's Basketball Champions

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Jordan Washington played his way through major foul trouble -- all the way to the NCAA tournament.

Washington had 21 points and 10 rebounds, freshman E.J. Crawford had a tiebreaking layup in overtime and Iona topped Siena 87-86 on Monday night to win the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title for the second straight time.

Despite playing with four fouls for more than 13 minutes, Washington exerted himself in the tense extra period, hitting a tough scoop shot and four free throws around Crawford's clutch basket with 27.2 seconds left.

"My coaches said to just keep playing hard," said Washington, who was named tournament MVP. "I had to do what I had to do. I'm still emotional right now. We don't stop until [the clock] hits zero and that's what we did."

Marquis Wright hit a 3 at the final buzzer as Siena came up just short.

"Life's a funny thing," Siena coach Jimmy Patsos said. "Sometimes, you just don't get that extra bounce."

Iona (22-12) won its MAAC-record 10th title and improved to 9-0 against Siena in the conference tournament. Fourth-seeded Siena (17-17) advanced to the conference championship game for the first time in seven years.

Beating the Saints again on their home court made the championship more special for Iona, which split regular-season games with Siena, each team winning on the road.

"We said if we can win in this environment, this will be one that you remember forever," Iona coach Tim Cluess said. "The place is packed, everyone's against you. These guys can remember it's an overtime game, on the road, with 7,000 or 8,000 [fans] screaming against you."

Deyshonee Much had 18 points for Iona, and Rickey McGill finished with 14.

Wright finished with 29 points. Javion Ogunyemi had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Saints, and Brett Bisping added 16 points and 14 rebounds before fouling out in the final seconds.

"Right now, it hurts," Bisping said. "I mean, I'm really proud. We really fought. I can honestly say I think everyone gave it everything they had tonight, and you can live with that."

Trailing by a basket at the break, the Gaels tied it at 40 when McGill drained an open 3 from the corner early in the second half. Schadrac Casimir and Much followed with two more from beyond the arc and a layup by Much gave the Gaels a 50-44 lead with 16:44 left.

When McGill rattled in another 3 from the top of the key, Iona led 57-48 and seemed ready to pull away.

Bispring responded with a pair of 3s and Wright swished another from long range, part of an 11-0 run that gave the Saints a two-point lead.

Neither team led by more than five the rest of the game, which was tied five times in the final 7:11 of regulation. Bisping sent the game into overtime by hitting a pair of free throws with 13.7 seconds left.


To have a shot at the title, the Saints had to defend the perimeter against the Gaels, who had made 323 shots from beyond the arc, seventh in the NCAA. Siena opened an eight-point lead midway through the opening half as the Gaels missed their first six 3-point attempts.

Iona erased the deficit quickly, getting 3s in a 34-second span from Casimir and Crawford to spark a 10-0 run. A hook in the lane by Washington gave the Gaels a 25-23 lead, their first of the game.

BIG PICTURE

Iona: Cluess has led the Gaels to the title game five straight times, a conference record. He is 12-4 against Patsos.

Siena: The Saints have lost eight straight to Iona on their home court at the Times Union Center after winning 11 of the first 12.

UP NEXT

Iona awaits its opponent for the NCAA tournament.

Siena's season is likely over.

UNC Wilmington: 2016-17 Colonial Men's Basketball Champions

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- C.J. Bryce, Devontae Cacok & Co. were headed off to celebrate when UNC Wilmington coach Kevin Keatts reminded his jubilant players to take their box scores.

"That's a championship stat sheet," Keatts said. "Get used to that."

They're working on it.

Bryce scored 24 points, and UNC Wilmington clinched its second straight NCAA tournament berth with a 78-69 victory over College of Charleston in the Colonial Athletic Association championship Monday night.

"We're champions again," Keatts said. "We're going dancing."

The Seahawks (29-5) grabbed control with an 18-5 run in the second half. Bryce sparked the decisive surge with a 3-pointer and finished it off with another long-range basket, making it 65-50 with 8:25 remaining.

College of Charleston closed to 76-69 on Evan Bailey's 3-pointer with 17 seconds left, but it ran out of time for a comeback. The Cougars (25-9) dropped to 0-6 in conference tournament finals since they last made it to the NCAAs by winning the Southern Conference title in 1999.

Seahawk fans rushed the court to join the celebration when the buzzer sounded. Players jumped and shouted. "We're not done yet," Bryce told the crowd.

Cacok had 15 points and 14 rebounds for the Seahawks, who extended their single-season record with their 29th victory. It was Cacok's 12th double-double of the season.

UNCW is 1-5 in its five previous NCAA tournaments, winning its first-round game in 2002 against No. 4 seed Southern California before falling in the next game to Indiana.

The Seahawks lost 93-85 to fourth-seeded Duke a year ago. Bryce had 16 in that game.

"This is definitely a confidence boost," said Bryce, a sophomore named the tournament's most outstanding player. "As long as we stay focused, we'll be good."

Keatts declined to address whether the Seahawks deserve a better NCAA seed than last year's group. "But since last year's [Duke] loss, we've only lost five games," he said. "That's hard to do."

Denzel Ingram had 11 points for UNC Wilmington.

Joe Chealey had 21 points for the Cougars, and Jarrell Brantley finished with 20.

Chealey said the team will learn from the experience.

"We got a taste of what it's like," he said. "We'll be back."

THE BIG PICTURE


College of Charleston: Chealey has to make shots for the Cougars to succeed and he struggled early on. He couldn't seem to get past the 6-foot-7 Cacok and 6-9 Chuck Ogbodo whenever he attempted to slash to the basket. Chealey was 7-for-19 from the field.

UNC Wilmington: The Seahawks shot 53 percent (28-for-53) from the field, helping make up for a lackluster 12-for-21 night for free throws.

EXPANDING SKILL SET

Cacok made sure Keatts saw he had one of the team's 16 assists. The sophomore forward is better known for his work down low grabbing rebounds.

After looking extra hard at the stat sheet, Keatts countered that Cacok also had a turnover. "So that wipes that [assist] out," he said, laughing.

Cacok has 14 assists this season.

UP NEXT

College of Charleston awaits a potential postseason bid.

UNC Wilmington will wait to see its NCAA tournament seeding.

Florida Gulf Coast: 2016-17 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Champions

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The "Dunk City" moniker is on their shirts, on the doors to their arena, on every press release they send out about men's basketball at Florida Gulf Coast.

And yes, those highlight-reel dunks are still happening.

But defense -- not dunks -- got FGCU back into the NCAA Tournament.

Brandon Goodwin scored 19 points and FGCU dominated the second half to earn its third NCAA berth in the last five seasons with a 77-61 win over North Florida in the Atlantic Sun Conference championship game on Sunday. The Eagles trailed by six at the half, then outscored the Ospreys 44-22 and held them to 19 percent shooting in the final 20 minutes.

"We sort of figured it out at halftime," FGCU coach Joe Dooley said.

Demetris Morant and Marc-Eddy Norelia each scored 14 for the Eagles (26-7). Zach Johnson and Christian Terrell added 10 apiece for FGCU, which tied the program's Division I-era record for victories in a season.

"I definitely feel like we can compete with anyone in the country," Goodwin said. "We know what we're capable of and if we do all that coach asks of us, we can definitely win."

The school best known for its "Dunk City" run to the Sweet Sixteen in 2013 also went to the NCAAs last season, winning a First Four game before falling to eventual national finalist North Carolina. And when the bracket comes out next Sunday, someone is going to surely be reminded that the NCAA stage tends to bring out FGCU's best.

"They're going to be a tough out for anybody who has to play them," North Florida coach Matthew Driscoll said. "That's for sure."

Dallas Moore, the leading active scorer in Division I, had 19 points for North Florida (15-19). Wajid Aminu scored 11 and Garrett Sams added 10 for the Ospreys.

Goodwin started the second half with a three-point play and it didn't take long for the Eagles to grab control. His free throws with 16:36 left put FGCU on top for good, and started what became a 17-7 run that set the tone for what became a championship celebration.

"They completely dominated us in the second half," Driscoll said. "They dominated every phase. ... We got some good looks, but they were better."

BIG PICTURE

North Florida: The Ospreys were bidding to be the 26th team to get into the NCAA Tournament with a losing record. ... UNF fell to 4-13 on the road. ... The Ospreys made five of their last seven shots of the first half -- before shooting 5 for 27 in the entire second half.


Florida Gulf Coast: Morant's first dunk of the game was FGCU's 149th of the season -- one more than the original team with the "Dunk City" label had in 2012-13. The Eagles finished with nine on Sunday. ... FGCU is 12-1 in its last 13 games. ... Goodwin (now with 601) broke the FGCU single-season scoring record, established last year when Norelia scored 597 points.

ONE-SIDED

The rivalry between the schools has very distinct ebbs and flows. FGCU won the first six meetings, UNF won the next seven, FGCU then won five straight, UNF took the next three -- and now, each of the last five have been won by FGCU.

MOORE'S NUMBERS

Moore started all 135 games of his career at North Florida. He entered Sunday as the nation's No. 4 scorer this season at 24.0 points per game, and increased his career total to 2,437. "He barely even missed a practice," Driscoll said.

UP NEXT

Florida Gulf Coast awaits its NCAA Tournament matchup, to be announced March 12.

Wichita State: 2016-17 Missouri Valley Men's Basketball Champions

ST. LOUIS -- No. 21 Wichita State left no doubt as to whom the top team in the Missouri Valley Conference was.

Conner Frankamp scored a career-high 19 points and Markis McDuffie added 16 as No. 21 Wichita State beat Illinois State 71-51 in the MVC Tournament championship game Sunday, earning an automatic NCAA Tournament berth.

"I thought we played very well against a very good team," Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall said. "I thought it was a very thorough performance. We defended well. We made our free throws. We got the ball inside. We rebounded well. We shot it well. So that results in a 20-point win and that's hard to do against that team."

The teams had split their regular-season series and shared the conference championship, with Illinois State earning the top seed over Wichita State based on RPI.

The Shockers (30-4) have won 15 straight games since losing at Illinois State on Jan. 14. The Redbirds (27-6) had won eight straight games since losing at Wichita State on Feb. 4.

"Our loss at Illinois State really woke us up," said Frankamp, who was named the tournament's most outstanding player after scoring 37 points in the final two games. "We got right back to work after that and changed a few things and it's really helped us. We'll continue to work and hopefully make a run in the tournament."

Landry Shamet added 14 points for Wichita State. Paris Lee, the MVC's player of the year, led Illinois State with 18 points on 7-of-21 shooting, while MiKyle McIntosh scored 16.

Illinois State shot a season-low 29.3 percent from the field (17 of 58).

"We picked a bad day to have a bad day, especially shooting the ball," Illinois State coach Dan Muller said. "Certainly part of it was their defense, but part of it was us. . We just got beat by a good team today. They played better than us."

After sluggish starts the past two games, Wichita State opened this one with a 10-2 run that included 3-pointers from Frankamp and Shamet.

The Shockers, who got 13 points from Frankamp in the opening half, never trailed in the first 20 minutes, led by as many as 11 points and held a 33-25 advantage at halftime.

Wichita State pulled away in the second half, led by McDuffie and Shamet. The Shockers led by as many 23 points after halftime and sealed the victory at the free-throw line, sinking 21 of 31 attempts in the second half.

BIG PICTURE

With the win, Wichita State reached the 30-win mark for the fourth time in five seasons and solidified its standing as one of the top 25 teams in the nation heading into the NCAA Tournament.

Illinois State has lost five straight tournament championship games and fell to 4-8 in title games. The Redbirds' last MVC Tournament championship was in 1998.


POLL IMPLICATIONS

Wichita State's dominant three wins in the MVC Tournament -- by 26, 15 and 20 points -- could move the Shockers up a few spots in the next poll.

FRESHMAN WATCH

Shamet, the lone freshman in Wichita State's starting lineup, admitted to having some nerves at the start of the MVC Tournament. But after scoring 12 points in the first two games combined, he had 14 points including three 3-pointers against Illinois State. The performance helped land Shamet on the all-tournament team.

UP NEXT

Wichita State has secured a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the sixth consecutive season.

Illinois State will have to wait to see if it receives an invitation to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1998.

Winthrop: 2016-17 Big South Men's Basketball Champions

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Winthrop earned its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2010, beating Campbell 76-59 Sunday in the Big South Conference Tournament championship game behind Keon Johnson's 26 points.

The top-seeded Eagles (26-6) scored on the first possession of the game and never trailed. Winthrop won on its home court and snapped its streak of three straight losses in the conference title final.

Winthrop went to the NCAA Tournament in nine seasons from 1999-2010. The Eagles' lone win came in 2007 against Notre Dame.

After two straight 31-point games, the 5-foot-7 Johnson won the MVP award for the tournament. The senior opened the second half with back-to-back 3s, and scored 15 of Winthrop's first 19 points in the second half.

Xavier Cooks had 17 points and 14 rebounds for Winthrop and Rod Perkins scored all 15 of his points in the first half.

Chris Clemons, who scored 51 points Thursday for Campbell (17-17) in a quarterfinal win over second-seeded UNC Asheville and got 33 in the semifinals against Radford, had 29. The 5-foot-9 sophomore scored 16 straight points for the seventh-seeded Camels in the second half.

Campbell's only appearance in the NCAA Tournament came in 1992, when it lost to eventual champion Duke.

The Eagles took a quick 12-2 lead as Campbell missed seven of its first eight shots. The Camels rallied to tie it at 21, but Winthrop responded with a 9-0 run.

Once Johnson hit his first 3 of the second half, the Eagles led by double digits the rest of the way.

Winthrop lost to Coastal Carolina in the 2014 and 2015 finals and UNC Asheville last season.

BIG PICTURE

Winthrop: This is the Eagles' first NCAA appearance under fifth-year coach Pat Kelsey. ... The Eagles are now 6-0 in Big South finals as the top seed.

UP NEXT

Winthrop awaits seeding for the NCAA Tournament. The 68-team bracket will be revealed Sunday, March 12.

Jacksonville State: 2016-17 Ohio Valley Men's Basketball Champions

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- First-year coach Ray Harper wants Jacksonville State to be as successful in basketball as the school is in football.

And he's in a hurry to get there.

Greg Tucker scored all 14 of his points in the first half, and Jacksonville State topped UT Martin 66-55 Saturday night in the Ohio Valley Conference championship game to earn its first NCAA tournament berth.

It was the first time the Gamecocks (20-14) had reached the OVC Tournament final since they joined the league for the 2003-04 season. The former Division II program upset regular-season champion Belmont in the semifinals and knocked off the West Division winner in the title game for their fourth straight win and third in three days.

"We're trying to build something at Jacksonville State," said Harper, who took Western Kentucky to two NCAA tournaments. "You've got to walk before you can run, but we decided to run a little quicker than anyone thought."

Erik Durham led No. 4 seed Jacksonville State with 17 points, and Malcolm Drumwright added 13 as the Gamecocks became the first school in the country to earn an automatic NCAA tournament bid this year.

On the gridiron, Jacksonville State is accustomed to winning in the second tier of college football. The Gamecocks lost in the FCS title game at the end of the 2015 season and have won the OVC for three straight years.

Now, the basketball program is beginning to make a name for itself.

"It's just a great feeling, to be honest," said Tucker, a senior guard. "I mean, really I can't explain it. We're just all happy that we all got the job done."

The Gamecocks entered second in the OVC in scoring defense and didn't give up more than 59 points in the tournament. They held UT Martin to its lowest point total of the season.

UT Martin (21-12) had its three-game win streak snapped and lost in the title game for the second straight year. First-year coach Anthony Stewart congratulated Jacksonville State for its stingy defense.

"We've had four guys that had a virus right before we came up here, so they were out, down for the count," Stewart said. "And the day we get up here, [leading scorer Jacolby Mobley] tests positive for the flu, so we had four starters battling."

Mobley led the second-seeded Skyhawks with 18 points, Matthew Butler had 17, and Javier Martinez had 13. UT Martin started four seniors along with Butler, a junior.

"To lose two in a row, I don't know how it feels," Butler said. "If it was me, I'd be devastated."

This wasn't the first postseason game between these teams, but they hadn't met in a tournament since the 1984 Div. II Gulf South Conference Tournament in a game won easily by Jacksonville State.

This time, the Gamecocks jumped to a 36-23 halftime lead, then held on despite not making a field goal in the second half until Durham's 3-pointer with 11:42 left. UT Martin wasn't much better during that stretch and only pulled to 37-31 on a jumper by Kahari Beaufort with 14:20 to go.

Norbertas Giga added a dunk almost midway through the half to push Jacksonville State's lead back to double digits. UT Martin didn't get closer than nine the rest of the way.

"They made two 30-footers they bank in late, or they don't even get to 50," Harper said. "That's pretty darn good defense."


Both teams struggled to shoot from the opening tip. Jacksonville State settled down first and finished on a 10-1 run going into halftime.

BIG PICTURE

Jacksonville State: The Gamecocks already were 10th-best nationally with a nine-win turnaround from a season ago. They have matched the 2002-03 squad for most wins as a Division I program.

UT Martin: The Skyhawks notched their third straight 20-win season but missed out on tying the 2008-09 team that won 22 games.

NO RESPECT

Harper noted that his Gamecocks were picked to finish 12th in the OVC and placed nobody on the all-conference first team. The coach said he promised the Gamecocks wouldn't finish last. "And we didn't," he said.

UP NEXT

Jacksonville State: NCAA tournament.

UT Martin: Hoping for an invite to a smaller postseason tournament.

Lent Can Suck My Dick Collection And I’ll Tell You Why.

Soapbox time.

I don’t do Lent. I don’t do religion. The Islamic State and their exploitation of young men who would be better off watching anime, playing Pangya, Overwatch, League and downloading shit from danbooru and pixiv…combined with the church scandals in the Catholic Church that have shocked the nation, rocked the world, and Sandusky’d my vision of what constitutes as religion with flags unfurled, rendering it to a precious cinnamon roll too good for this world, too pure…have caused me to rethink my observation of Lent, since I was baptized into the Catholic faith kicking and screaming.

Today, during Lent, I eat a lot of meat, I watch a lot of porn, I indulge in a lot of dessert, and I consider sports and any anime series plastered on Megami and Nyantype to be my religion. Saimoe! That is my catchphrase! Girls! Women! Ass! Tits! Money! Girls! Sex! Yuri! Yaoi! did i mention girls! And boys. Sports! Sports! Sports! Anime and sports are my religion and I gorge on it during Lent because my view of what is considered to be religion is dimmer than dim sum. The corruptication of Islam by the Islamic State and their unfounded aversion to idolatry, which is at the center of the Saimoe movement, has caused me to disown the mainstream religions as relevant to my interests.

And anyone in the world that judges me negatively by my tastes for anime and sports has my blessing to back Donald Trump or any other equivalent. Examples include Prayut Chanocha, Park Geun-Hye, Rodrigo Duterte, Joko Widodo, Marine Le Pen (although she is an example of an exception because I consider her to be Joan of Arc), Ricky Pena Nieto, etc. Oh yes, and Maggie Thatcher.

So, with that said, enjoy your Lent. I’ll enjoy mine’s doing what people are supposedly told not to do during this period. Which, tbf, is what you exactly do during Easter anyway.

End soapbox.

Oppa bonga style.

89th Academy Awards Winners

Best Picture Moonlight – Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner Arrival – Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, and David Linde Fences – Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington, and Todd Black Hacksaw Ridge – Bill Mechanic and David Permut Hell or High Water – Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn Hidden Figures – Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams, and Theodore Melfi La La Land – Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, and Marc Platt Lion – Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, and Angie Fielder Manchester by the Sea – Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck, and Kevin J. Walsh	Best Director Damien Chazelle – La La Land Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Best Actor Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge as Desmond T. Doss Ryan Gosling – La La Land as Sebastian Wilder Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash Denzel Washington – Fences as Troy Maxson	Best Actress Emma Stone – La La Land as Mia Dolan Isabelle Huppert – Elle as Michèle Leblanc Ruth Negga – Loving as Mildred Loving Natalie Portman – Jackie as Jackie Kennedy Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins as Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as Juan Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water as Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler Dev Patel – Lion as Saroo Brierley Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals as Detective Bobby Andes	Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson Naomie Harris – Moonlight as Paula Nicole Kidman – Lion as Sue Brierley Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures as Dorothy Vaughan Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea as Randi
Best Original Screenplay Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan La La Land – Damien Chazelle The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou 20th Century Women – Mike Mills	Best Adapted Screenplay Moonlight – Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney from In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney Arrival – Eric Heisserer from "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang Fences – August Wilson from Fences by August Wilson (posthumous nomination) Hidden Figures – Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi from Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Lion – Luke Davies from A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose
Best Animated Feature Film Zootopia – Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Clark Spencer Kubo and the Two Strings – Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner Moana – John Musker, Ron Clements, and Osnat Shurer My Life as a Zucchini – Claude Barras and Max Karli The Red Turtle – Michaël Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki	Best Foreign Language Film The Salesman (Iran) in Persian – Asghar Farhadi Land of Mine (Denmark) in Danish – Martin Zandvliet A Man Called Ove (Sweden) in Swedish – Hannes Holm Tanna (Australia) in Nauvhal – Martin Butler and Bentley Dean Toni Erdmann (Germany) in German – Maren Ade
Best Documentary – Feature O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow Fire at Sea – Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo I Am Not Your Negro – Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety, and Hébert Peck Life, Animated – Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman 13th – Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick, and Howard Barish	Best Documentary – Short Subject The White Helmets – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara Extremis – Dan Krauss 4.1 Miles – Daphne Matziaraki Joe's Violin – Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen Watani: My Homeland – Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis
Best Live Action Short Film Sing – Kristóf Deák and Anna Udvardy Ennemis intérieurs – Sélim Azzazi La Femme et le TGV – Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff Silent Nights – Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson Timecode – Juanjo Giménez	Best Animated Short Film Piper – Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer Blind Vaysha – Theodore Ushev Borrowed Time – Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj Pear Cider and Cigarettes – Robert Valley and Cara Speller Pearl – Patrick Osborne
Best Original Score La La Land – Justin Hurwitz Jackie – Mica Levi Lion – Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka Moonlight – Nicholas Britell Passengers – Thomas Newman	Best Original Song "City of Stars" from La La Land – Music by Justin Hurwitz, Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" from La La Land – Music by Justin Hurwitz, Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul "Can't Stop the Feeling!" from Trolls – Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, and Karl Johan Schuster (Shellback) "The Empty Chair" from Jim: The James Foley Story – Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting "How Far I'll Go" from Moana – Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Sound Editing Arrival – Sylvain Bellemare Deepwater Horizon – Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli Hacksaw Ridge – Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright La La Land – Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan Sully – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman	Best Sound Mixing Hacksaw Ridge – Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie, and Peter Grace Arrival – Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye La La Land – Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee, and Steve A. Morrow Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio, and Stuart Wilson 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi – Greg P. Russell,[n 1] Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, and Mac Ruth
Best Production Design La La Land – David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco Arrival – Patrice Vermette and Paul Hotte Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock Hail, Caesar! – Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh Passengers – Guy Hendrix Dyas and Gene Serdena	Best Cinematography La La Land – Linus Sandgren Arrival – Bradford Young Lion – Greig Fraser Moonlight – James Laxton Silence – Rodrigo Prieto
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Suicide Squad – Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, and Christopher Nelson A Man Called Ove – Eva von Bahr and Love Larson Star Trek Beyond – Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo	Best Costume Design Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Colleen Atwood Allied – Joanna Johnston Florence Foster Jenkins – Consolata Boyle Jackie – Madeline Fontaine La La Land – Mary Zophres
Best Film Editing Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert Arrival – Joe Walker Hell or High Water – Jake Roberts La La Land – Tom Cross Moonlight – Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon	Best Visual Effects The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon Deepwater Horizon – Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington, and Burt Dalton Doctor Strange – Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli, and Paul Corbould Kubo and the Two Strings – Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean, and Brad Schiff Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould

Governors Awards

The Academy held its eighth annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 12, 2016, during which the following awards were presented:

Academy Honorary Awards

• Jackie Chan — Hong Kong martial artist, actor, director, producer and singer.
• Anne V. Coates — British film editor.
• Lynn Stalmaster — American casting director.
• Frederick Wiseman — American filmmaker, documentarian and theatrical director.