2015–16 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 2015–16 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Conference USA C-USA 18–16 8–10 Ray Harper 4th David Boyden Shawn Forrest Chris Shumate E. A. Diddle Arena The 2015–16 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were led by head coach Ray Harper in his fourth season. They played their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena and were second year members of Conference USA. They finished the season 18–16, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in eighth place. They defeated North Texas and UAB to advance to the semifinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Old Dominion. Despite having 18 wins and a better they .500 record, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.C-USA 2019-20 MEN'S BASKETBALL STATS, retrieved 29 April 2020 On March 17, 2016, head coach Ray Harper resigned after three players were suspended by a university disciplinary committee.http://www.wbko.com/content/news/Ray-Harper-has-resigned-as-WKU-basketball-coach.html Ray Harper has resigned as WKU basketball coachhttp://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/kentuckiana/2016/03/17/wkus-harper-resigns-three-players-suspended/81939626/ WKU's Harper resigns as three players suspended The Courier-Journal en 2017-01-25http://www.bgdailynews.com/sports/wku/ransdell-outcome-of-wku-players-hearing-was-primary-reason-for/article_6295a761-199a-550c-a4c7-94c04a0acd82.html Ransdell: Outcome of WKU players' hearing was 'primary reason' for Harper's resignation GREENWELL ZACH Bowling Green Daily News en 2017-01-25 He finished at WKU with a record of 90–62. On March 28, the school hired Rick Stansbury as head coach.http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/kentuckiana/2016/03/28/its-official-wku-hires-stansbury-as-new-basketball-coach/82335644/ It's official: WKU hires Stansbury as coach The Courier-Journal en 2017-01-25 Previous season The Hilltoppers finished the season 20–12, 13–5 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for the second place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to UAB. Despite having 20 wins they didn't play in a postseason tournament. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Ayinde Sprewell 0 G 6'3" 188 Junior Orlando, FL Graduate transferred to St. Thomas Kevin Kaspar 1 G 6'0" 173 Senior Istanbul, Turkey Graduated Derrick Clayton 2 G 6'6" 184 Freshman Castro Valley, CA Transferred to Palm Beach State College Trency Jackson 3 G 6'2" 188 RS Senior Jackson, MS Graduated Brandon Price 5 G 5'9" 151 Sophomore Radcliff, KY Transferred to Georgia Southwestern Jordan Green 10 F 6'7" 193 Freshman Lexington, KY Transferred to Coppin State Avery Patterson 15 G 6'0" 190 Freshman Decatur, GA Transferred to Columbia State Community College Rob Marberry 33 F 6'8" 230 Freshman Nashville, TN Walk-on; transferred to Lipscomb George Fant 44 F 6'6" 250 Senior Bowling Green, KY Graduated T. J. Price 52 G 6'4" 223 Senior Slidell, LA Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Aaron Cosby 2 G 6'3" 205 RS Senior Louisville, KY Transferred from Illinois. Cosby will be eligible to play immediately since Cosby graduated from Illinois. Phabian Glasco 13 F 6'7" 225 Junior Tulsa, OK Junior college transferred from Connors State College Willie Carmichael III 24 F 6'8" 210 Sophomore Apopka, FL Transferred from Tennessee. Under NCAA transfer rules, Carmichael III will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Frederick Edmond 25 G 6'4" 190 Junior Lansing, MI Junior college transferred from College of Southern Idaho Anton Waters 42 F 6'6" 205 Junior Baltimore, MD Junior college transferred from Gulf Coast State College Class of 2015 recruits no no 2015 Chris McNeal PG Memphis, TN South Side High School 5 11 165 07/07/2014 NR NR NR Marlon Hunter Jr. SG Memphis, TN Houston High School 6 2 180 11/06/2014 NR NR NR Kristaps Gluditis PG Riga, Latvia Get Better Academy 6 4 180 04/28/2015 NR NR NR Nathan Smith C London, England Get Better Academy 7 1 220 NR NR NR 2015 2015 Western Kentucky Basketball Commits 2015 Western Kentucky Basketball Commits 2015 Western Kentucky Basketball Commits July 30, 2015 yes Roster 2015 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers y Chris McNeal 1 G 6 0 195 FR Jackson, Tennessee Aaron Cosby 2 G 6 3 200 SR y Louisville, Kentucky Marlon Hunter 3 G 6 2 195 FR Memphis, Tennessee Phabian Glasco 13 F 6 7 230 JR Tulsa, Oklahoma Benjamin Lawson y 14 F 7 1 230 JR Hitchin, England Dylan Sanford 15 G 6 1 180 FR Owensboro, Kentucky W Aleksej Rostov 20 C 6 10 240 SR Riga, Latvia Nigel Snipes 21 F 6 6 220 SR yes Marietta, Georgia Nathan Smith 22 C 7 2 240 FR London, England Justin Johnson y basketball 23 F 6 7 235 SO Hazard, Kentucky Willie Carmichael 24 F 6 8 210 SO Apopka, Florida I yes Fredrick Edmond 25 G 6 4 205 JR Lansing, Michigan Keifer Dalton 32 G 5 11 165 FR Albany, Kentucky W Anton Waters 42 F 6 7 245 JR Baltimore, Maryland Chris Harrison-Docks 51 G 6 0 175 JR yes Okemos, Michigan Ray Harper (Kentucky Wesleyan) Lawrence Brenneman (Geneva College) David Boyden (Western Kentucky) Shawn Forrest (Arkansas–Pine Bluff) http://www.wkusports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/wky-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule http://www.wkusports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wky-m-baskbl-sched.html Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball wkusports.com 2015-07-30 2017-06-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20170618070931/http://www.wkusports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wky-m-baskbl-sched.html dead 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2013 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#F5002F; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/02/2015 7:00 pm yes Lindsey Wilson E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 2,881 84–71 11/06/2015 7:00 pm yes Kentucky Wesleyan E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,207 75–68 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#F5002F; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2015 7:00 pm yes Campbellsville E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY Gulf Coast Showcase Opening Round 3,424 97–77 1–0 11/18/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Belmont Curb Event Center Nashville, TN 3,253 ASN 85–90 1–1 11/21/2015 12:00 pm yes Stony Brook E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,684 FCS/WKYU 67–66 2–1 11/23/2015 5:00 pm yes yes Drake Germain Arena Estero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals 523 79–81 OT 2–2 11/24/2015 1:30 pm yes yes Central Michigan Germain Arena Estero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase consolation round 823 88–60 3–2 11/25/2015 2:30 pm yes yes Duquesne Germain Arena Estero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game 1,077 73–81 3–3 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes Eastern Kentucky E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,026 FCS/WKYU 86–84 4–3 12/05/2015 7:30 pm yes yes Xavier 12 Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH 10,250 FS1 64–95 4–4 12/13/2015 2:00 pm yes Indiana State E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 2,810 ASN 75–62 5–4 12/16/2015 8:00 pm yes Alabama A&M E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,109 FCS/WKYU 79–70 6–4 12/19/2015 11:00 am yes yes Louisville 19 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 21,606 ESPNU 56–78 6–5 12/22/2015 8:00 pm yes Detroit E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,031 ASN 79–74 7–5 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes Brescia E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,388 93–66 8–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#F5002F; color:#FFFFFF;"| Conference USA regular season 01/03/2016 12:00 pm yes Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV 4,623 ASN 76–94 8–6 0–1 01/07/2016 7:00 pm FIU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,394 FCS/WKYU 72–75 8–7 0–2 01/09/2016 2:00 pm Florida Atlantic E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,607 FCS/WKYU 86–82 OT 9–7 1–2 01/14/2016 7:00 pm yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,664 ASN 73–83 9–8 1–3 01/16/2016 7:00 pm yes North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX 1,903 81–76 10–8 2–3 01/21/2016 6:00 pm yes Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA 6,535 ASN 62–68 10–9 2–4 01/23/2016 6:00 pm yes Charlotte Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC 4,197 FCS/WKYU 71–88 10–10 2–5 01/28/2016 6:30 pm UAB E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,892 FS1 69–62 11–10 3–5 01/30/2016 7:00 pm Middle Tennessee E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 5,259 FCS/WKYU 64–66 11–11 3–6 02/04/2016 7:00 pm yes UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX 1,003 83–71 12–11 4–6 02/06/2016 4:00 pm yes UTEP Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 12,000 FS1 89–93 OT 12–12 4–7 02/13/2016 7:00 pm Marshall E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,373 FCS/WKYU 93–96 OT 12–13 4–8 02/18/2016 7:00 pm Old Dominion E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,182 FCS/WKYU 56–59 12–14 4–9 02/20/2016 2:00 pm Charlotte E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,570 FCS/WKYU 59–54 13–14 5–9 02/25/2016 6:00 pm yes Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 4,333 ASN 78–72 14–14 6–9 02/27/2016 11:00 am yes UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 7,510 FSN 67–71 14–15 6–10 03/03/2016 8:00 pm Southern Miss E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,405 ASN 75–60 15–15 7–10 03/05/2016 7:00 pm Louisiana Tech E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,591 FCS/WKYU 96–90 OT 16–15 8–10 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#F5002F; color:#FFFFFF;"| Conference USA Tournament 03/09/2016 12:00 pm yes 8 North Texas 9 Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL Second round 3,888 ASN 84–76 17–15 03/10/2016 12:00 pm yes 8 UAB 1 Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL Quarterfinals 9,797 ASN 88–77 18–15 03/11/2016 3:00 pm yes 8 Old Dominion 5 Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL Semifinals 6,176 CBSSN 77–89 18–16 AP Poll Central Time See also 2015–16 WKU Lady Toppers basketball team References Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball seasons WKU Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball basketball Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball basketball