2015–16 Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Northern Kentucky Norse NKU Norse logo.png 200 Horizon League Horizon 9–21 5–13 John Brannen 1st David Ragland Ronald Nored Sean Dwyer BB&T Arena The 2015–16 Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball team represented Northern Kentucky University (NKU) during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Norse, led by first head coach John Brannen, played their home games at BB&T Arena and were first year members of the Horizon League. Due to their transition to Division I, the Norse were ineligible to participate in NCAA-operated postseason play, specifically the NCAA tournament and NIT, and will remain ineligible for those tournaments until the 2016–17 season. They finished the season 9–21, 5–13 in Horizon League play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Horizon League tournament to Milwaukee. Roster 2015 Northern Kentucky Norse white black black #FFD700 Jeff Garrett 0 F 6 7 215 FR yes Gadsden, Alabama Jordan Garnett 1 F 6 6 220 SO Indianapolis, Indiana Tyler White 3 G 6 3 185 SR Lima, Ohio Deontae Cole 4 F 6 6 210 JR Toledo, Ohio Lavone Holland II 11 G 6 2 180 SO Louisville, Kentucky Brennan Gillis 13 F 6 6 210 FR Indianapolis, Indiana Jake Giesler 20 F 6 7 235 SR yes Fort Thomas, Kentucky Jalen Billups y 21 F/C 6 6 245 SR yes Cincinnati, Ohio Matt Rosenwinkel 22 G 6 2 225 JR Rochelle, Illinois Todd Johnson 23 G 5 9 175 SR Elkhart, Indiana Cole Murray 25 G 6 7 200 JR Delphi, Indiana Jared Bryant 32 F/C 6 7 255 SR yes Cincinnati, Ohio Skyler Kolli 33 G 5 10 150 FR Indianapolis, Indiana Drew McDonald y basketball 34 F/C 6 8 265 FR Cold Spring, Kentucky Dean Danos 44 G 5 11 175 JR Oak Lawn, Illinois http://www.nkunorse.com/roster.aspx?roster=128&path=mbball 12/4/15 John Brannen (Marshall) David Ragland (Southern Indiana) Ronald Nored (Butler) Sean Dwyer (Michigan State) Schedule and results Source:http://www.nkunorse.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=119&path=mbball 2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule yes no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#FFD700;"| Exhibition 11/07/15 1:00 pm yes no Ohio Northern BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY 81–76 1,384 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#FFD700;"| Regular season 11/13/15 7:00 pm yes yes no West Virginia WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV 61–107 10,120 0–1 11/17/15 7:00 pm yes no Tiffin BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ESPN3 83–71 1,794 1–1 11/21/15 7:00 pm yes no Morehead State BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ESPN3 56–64 2,798 1–2 11/23/15 8:30 pm yes yes no Xavier 23 Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FS1 66–78 9,688 1–3 11/30/15 7:00 pm yes yes no North Carolina A&T Corbett Sports Center Greensboro, NC 63–74 546 1–4 12/05/15 8:00 pm yes yes no Eastern Illinois Lantz Arena Charleston, IL 73–79 1,021 1–5 12/13/15 7:00 pm yes no Norfolk State BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ESPN3 81–60 2,351 2–5 12/15/15 7:00 pm yes yes no Michigan Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI BTN 62–77 10,424 2–6 12/19/15 7:00 pm yes no Southeast Missouri State BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ESPN3 79–69 2,096 3–6 12/23/15 7:00 pm yes no IU–Kokomo BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ESPN3 88–44 1,638 4–6 12/30/15 7:00 pm yes yes no Toledo Savage Arena Toledo, OH ESPN3 73–90 4,609 4–7 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#FFD700;"| Horizon League regular season 01/02/16 2:00 pm yes no Green Bay Resch Center Green Bay, WI ESPN3 70–86 3,560 4–8 0–1 01/04/16 8:00 pm yes no Milwaukee UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI ESPN3 67–76 1,813 4–9 0–2 01/09/16 1:00 pm no Wright State BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ESPN3 46–60 2,804 4–10 0–3 01/14/16 7:00 pm no Youngstown State BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ESPN3 84–64 1,866 5–10 1–3 01/16/16 7:00 pm no Cleveland State BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ESPN3 65–70 2,615 5–11 1–4 01/19/16 7:00 pm yes no Oakland Athletics Center O'rena Rochester, MI ESPN3 90–73 2,533 6–11 2–4 01/22/16 7:00 pm no UIC BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ESPN3 82–69 OT 1,755 7–11 3–4 01/24/16 1:00 pm no Valparaiso BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ASN 46–71 2,079 7–12 3–5 01/29/16 7:00 pm yes no Detroit Calihan Hall Detroit, MI ESPN3 91–83 2,025 8–12 4–5 02/01/16 7:00 pm no Oakland BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ESPN3 74–85 1,746 8–13 4–6 02/04/16 7:00 pm no Green Bay BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ESPN3 78–85 2,171 8–14 4–7 02/06/16 7:00 pm no Milwaukee BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ESPN3 75–71 4,084 9–14 5–7 02/11/16 8:00 pm yes no Valparaiso Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN ESPN3 52–64 2,312 9–15 5–8 02/13/16 4:00 pm yes no UIC UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL ESPN3 77–79 2,666 9–16 5–9 02/16/16 7:00 pm no Detroit BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY ESPN3 68–74 2,357 9–17 5–10 02/20/16 7:00 pm yes no Wright State Nutter Center Fairborn, OH ESPN3 64–67 7,825 9–18 5–11 02/25/16 7:30 pm yes no Cleveland State Nutter Center Fairborn, OH ESPN3 58–63 1,333 9–19 5–12 02/27/16 7:00 pm yes no Youngstown State Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH ESPN3 75–94 3,349 9–20 5–13 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#FFD700;"|Horizon League tournament 03/05/16 2:30 pm yes no Milwaukee Joe Louis Arena Detroit, MI First round ESPN3 69–86 5,247 9–21 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball seasons Northern Kentucky