2015–16 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

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2015–16 SMU Mustangs men's basketball
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Conference American Athletic Conference
Ranking
AP #24
2015–16 record 25–5 (13–5 The American)
Head coach Larry Brown (4th year)
Assistant coach Tim Jankovich
Assistant coach K. T. Turner
Assistant coach Jerry Hobbie
Home arena Moody Coliseum
Seasons
« 2014–15 2016–17 »
2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Temple 14 – 4   .778     21 – 12   .636
#24 SMU* 13 – 5   .722     25 – 5   .833
Houston 12 – 6   .667     22 – 10   .688
Cincinnati 12 – 6   .667     22 – 11   .667
Tulsa 12 – 6   .667     20 – 12   .625
Connecticut † 11 – 7   .611     25 – 11   .694
Memphis 8 – 10   .444     19 – 15   .559
UCF 6 – 12   .333     12 – 18   .400
East Carolina 4 – 14   .222     12 – 20   .375
South Florida 4 – 14   .222     8 – 25   .242
Tulane 3 – 15   .167     12 – 22   .353
*Ineligible for postseason due to postseason ban
† American Athletic Conference Tournament Champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mustangs were led by fourth year head coach Larry Brown and played their home games on their campus in University Park, Texas at Moody Coliseum. They were members of the American Athletic Conference.

Due to multiple violations, including academic fraud and unethical conduct, SMU was ineligible for all postseason play including the American Athletic Conference Tournament and NCAA Tournament.[1] Additionally, head coach Larry Brown was suspended for nine games.[2]

Previous season

SMU finished the 2014–15 season with a 27–7 record, 15–3 in AAC play to win the America Athletic regular season championship. They defeated East Carolina, Temple, and Connecticut to become champions of the American Athletic Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost on a controversial goaltending call in the second round to UCLA.[3]

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Ryan Manuel 1 G 6'4" 185 Senior Houston, TX Graduated
Yanick Moreira 2 C 6'11" 220 Senior Luanda, Angola Graduated
Kevin Dunleavy 10 G 6'3" 180 Senior New Providence, NJ Graduated
Crandall Head 13 G 6'4" 180 RS Senior Matteson, IL Graduated
Cannen Cunningham 15 C 6'10" 225 Senior Arlington, TX Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Semi Ojeleye 33 F 6'8" 230 Junior Ottawa, KS Transferred from Duke in January during the 2014–15 season. Under NCAA transfer rules, Semi Ojeleye has to sit out until January and will be eligible to start in January during the 2015–16 season. Semi Ojeleye has one and a half years of remaining eligibility.

2015 recruiting class

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Shake Milton
PG		 Owasso, OK Owasso High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Oct 15, 2014 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 84
Sedrick Barefield
PG		 Corona, CA Centennial High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Feb 17, 2014 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 79
Jarrey Foster
SF		 Houston, TX North Shore High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oct 8, 2014 
Scout: N/A   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 78
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

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Roster

2015–16 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year High school/previous college Home town
F 0 Ben Moore 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Bolingbrook HS Bolingbrook, Illinois
G 1 Malik Milton 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Owasso HS Owasso, Oklahoma
G 2 Sedrick Barefield 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Centennial HS Corona, California
G 3 Sterling Brown 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Proviso East HS Maywood, Illinois
G 4 Keith Frazier 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Kimball HS Dallas, Texas
F 5 Markus Kennedy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS Sr Brewster Academy
Villanova		 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G 10 Jarrey Foster 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr North Shore HS Houston, Texas
G 11 Nic Moore 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS Sr Warsaw Community HS Winona Lake, Indiana
G 21 Ben Emelogu II 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr South Grand Prairie HS
Virginia Tech		 Grand Prairie, Texas
G 22 Jonathan Wilfong 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Memphis University School Memphis, Tennessee
F 23 Jordan Tolbert 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Sr All Saints Episcopal School
Texas Tech		 Fort Worth, Texas
F 33 Semi Ojeleye 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Ottawa Sr. HS
Duke		 Ottawa, Kansas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

SMU has been invited to play in the Las Vegas Classic, where they will play against two the following three teams: Colorado, Penn State, Kent State. Two on-campus games will precede the Las Vegas-hosted games.[4] The Mustangs will host Gonzaga,[5] Michigan,[6] Brown,[7] and Yale.[8] SMU will also play true road games at Stanford[9] and TCU.[10]

SMU's American Athletic Conference schedule will include home-and-home matchups with Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, USF, Tulane, and Tulsa. The Mustangs will also host UCF and play a true road game at Temple during its conference schedule.[11]

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Regular season
11/14/2015*
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 Sam Houston State W 85–50  1–0
 Moody Coliseum (6,852)
Dallas, TX
11/19/2015*
10:30 PM, ESPN2		 at Stanford W 85–70  2–0
 Maples Pavilion (3,687)
Stanford, CA
11/22/2015*
3:30 PM, ESPNews		 Yale W 71–69  3–0
 Moody Coliseum (6,852)
Dallas, TX
11/29/2015*
2:00 PM, TWCS		 #25 Brown W 77–69  4–0
 Moody Coliseum (6,852)
Dallas, TX
12/02/2015*
7:00 PM, FSSW		 #22 at TCU W 75–70  5–0
 Schollmaier Arena (4,672)
Fort Worth, TX
12/05/2015*
12:30 PM, TWCS		 #22 New Hampshire W 98–44  6–0
 Moody Coliseum (6,754)
Dallas, TX
12/08/2015*
8:00 PM, ESPN2		 #19 Michigan W 82–58  7–0
 Moody Coliseum (7,245)
Dallas, TX
12/16/2015*
7:00 PM, TWCS		 #18 Nicholls State
Las Vegas Classic Regional Round		 W 86–42  8–0
 Moody Coliseum (6,460)
Dallas, TX
12/17/2015*
6:00 PM, TWCS		 #18 Hampton
Las Vegas Classic Regional Round		 W 105–72  9–0
 Moody Coliseum (6,329)
Dallas, TX
12/22/2015*
7:00 PM		 #18 vs. Kent State
Las Vegas Classic Semifinals		 W 90–74  10–0
 Orleans Arena (2,120)
Paradise, NV
12/23/2015*
9:30 PM, FS1		 #18 vs. Colorado
Las Vegas Classic Championship		 W 70–66  11–0
 Orleans Arena (2,154)
Paradise, NV
12/29/2015
4:00 PM, ESPN2		 #17 at Tulsa W 81–69  12–0
(1–0)		 Reynolds Center (5,364)
Tulsa, OK
01/02/2016
6:30 PM, ESPNews		 #17 South Florida W 72–58  13–0
(2–0)		 Moody Coliseum (6,852)
Dallas, TX
01/07/2016
6:00 PM, ESPN		 #15 Cincinnati W 59–57  14–0
(3–0)		 Moody Coliseum (6,971)
Dallas, TX
01/10/2016
3:00 PM, ESPNU		 #15 UCF W 88-73  15-0
(4-0)		 Moody Coliseum (6,952)
Dallas, TX
01/13/2016
5:15 PM, ESPNews		 #10 at East Carolina W 79–55  16–0
(5–0)		 Williams Arena (6,022)
Greenville, NC
01/17/2016
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 #10 at Tulane W 60–45  17–0
(6–0)		 Devlin Fieldhouse 
New Orleans, LA
01/19/2016
8:00 PM, ESPNU		 #8 Houston W 77–73  18–0
(7–0)		 Moody Coliseum (7,059)
Dallas, TX
01/24/2016
11:00 AM, ESPN2		 #8 at Temple L 80–89  18–1
(7–1)		 Liacouras Center (6,096)
Philadelphia, PA
01/30/2016
7:00 PM, ESPNU		 #13 Memphis W 80–68  19–1
(8–1)		 Moody Coliseum (7,205)
Dallas, TX
02/01/2016
7:00 PM, CBSSN		 #12 at Houston L 68–71  19–2
(8–2)		 Hofheinz Pavilion (6,195)
Houston, TX
02/07/2016
1:00 PM, CBSSN		 #12 at South Florida W 92–58  20–2
(9–2)		 USF Sun Dome (2,857)
Tampa, FL
02/10/2016
8:00 PM, CBSSN		 #16 Tulsa L 77–82  20–3
(9–3)		 Moody Coliseum (6,852)
Dallas, TX
02/13/2016*
9:00 PM, ESPN2		 #16 Gonzaga W 69–60  21–3
 Moody Coliseum (7,249)
Dallas, TX
02/18/2016
6:00 PM, ESPN2		 #21 at Connecticut L 62–68  21–4
(9–4)		 XL Center (15,564)
Hartford, CT
02/21/2016
1:00 PM, ESPNews		 #21 East Carolina W 74–63  22–4
(10–4)		 Moody Coliseum (6,852)
Dallas, TX
02/25/2016
6:00 PM, ESPN2		 #24 at Memphis W 69–62  23–4
(11–4)		 FedEx Forum (13,546)
Memphis, TN
02/28/2016
2:00 PM, CBSSN		 #24 Tulane W 74–53  24–4
(12–4)		 Moody Coliseum (6,781)
Dallas, TX
03/03/2016
8:00 PM, ESPN2		 #24 Connecticut W 80–54  25–4
(13–4)		 Moody Coliseum (7,303)
Dallas, TX
03/06/2015
11:00 AM, CBS		 #24 at Cincinnati L 54–61  25–5
(13–5)		 Fifth Third Arena (13,176)
Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final 
AP RV RV 25 22 22 19 18 18 17 15 10 8 13 12 16 21 24 24 25 24

SMU is ineligible to be ranked in the Coaches poll due to sanctions stemming from academic fraud and unethical conduct.

Midseason recognition

On February 1, 2016, Nic Moore was named one of 10 finalists for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award.[12] He was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy on February 11.[13]

References

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