2015–16 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama Jaguars wordmark.svg 250 Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 14–19 8–12 Matthew Graves 3rd Darnell Archey Russ Willemsen Brock Morris Mitchell Center The 2015–16 South Alabama Jaguars basketball team represented the University of South Alabama during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by third year head coach Matthew Graves, played third home games at the Mitchell Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 14–19, 8–12 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated Georgia Southern in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Louisiana–Lafayette. Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 0 Shaq Calhoun Guard 6–4 205 Sophomore Rome, Georgia 1 Ken Williams Guard 6–3 190 Junior Houston, Texas 4 Barrington Stevens III Guard 5–11 182 Senior Allen, Texas 5 Don MuepoKelly Forward 6–7 238 Junior Fontana, California 10 Georgi Boyanov Forward 6–7 210 Junior Lovech, Bulgaria 11 Nikola Marijan Forward 7–1 235 Freshman Bački Brestovac, Serbia 14 Devin Epps Guard 5–11 175 Sophomore Murfreesboro, Tennessee 20 Tafari Whittingham Forward 6–8 215 Junior Brooklyn, New York 21 Nick Davis Guard 6–6 185 Sophomore Mt. Vernon, Alabama 22 John Brown Guard 6–4 200 Senior Charlotte, North Carolina 24 Nick Stover Forward 6–6 200 Junior Los Angeles, California 30 Ethan Haslam Forward 6–4 182 Freshman Lithia, Florida 42 Trhae Mitchell Forward 6–6 184 Freshman Austell, Georgia Josh Ajayi Forward 6–7 260 Freshman El Monte, California Lance Crawford Guard 5–10 170 Sophomore Davie, Florida Schedule http://www.usajaguars.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=221&path=mbball 2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000066; color:#ff0000;"| Exhibition 11/05/2015 7:00 pm yes Mobile Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 2,841 98–43 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000066; color:#ff0000;"| Regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes Auburn–Montgomery Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 2,398 88–68 1–0 11/15/2015 5:00 pm yes yes NC State PNC Arena Raleigh, NC Legends Classic 15,076 ESPNU 70–88 1–1 11/19/2015 8:00 pm yes yes LSU 23 Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA Legends Classic 9,758 SECN 66–78 1–2 11/23/2015 3:00 pm yes yes Belmont KSU Convocation Center Kennesaw, GA Legends Classic 1,262 85–98 1–3 11/24/2015 3:00 pm yes yes IUPUI KSU Convocation Center Kennesaw, GA Legends Classic 208 78–68 2–3 11/28/2015 3:00 pm yes yes Denver Magness Arena Denver, CO 1,138 56–69 2–4 11/30/2015 7:00 pm yes Spring Hill Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 2,106 79–50 3–4 12/05/2015 5:00 pm yes yes Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 4,106 55–68 3–5 12/14/2015 7:00 pm yes Southern Miss Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 3,146 54–57 3–6 12/18/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Samford Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL 1,864 72–70 2OT 4–6 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes Rice Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 1,937 74–67 5–6 12/30/2015 7:00 pm Arkansas–Little Rock Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 2,314 60–69 5–7 0–1 01/02/2016 4:00 pm Arkansas State Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 1,808 67–89 5–8 0–2 01/07/2016 6:30 pm yes Georgia Southern Hanner Fieldhouse Statesboro, GA 1,003 64–58 6–8 1–2 01/09/2016 1:30 pm yes Georgia State GSU Sports Arena Atlanta, GA 1,614 ESPN3 55–70 6–9 1–3 01/14/2016 7:00 pm Texas State Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 2,084 67–78 6–10 1–4 01/16/2016 4:00 pm UT Arlington Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 2,102 88–85 OT 7–10 2–4 01/21/2016 7:15 pm yes Louisiana–Lafayette Cajundome Lafayette, LA 4,050 82–92 7–11 2–5 01/23/2016 4:00 pm yes Louisiana–Monroe Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA 1,556 68–100 7–12 2–6 01/26/2016 7:30 pm yes Troy Trojan Arena Troy, AL 2,224 66–58 8–12 3–6 01/30/2016 7:00 pm Appalachian State Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 2,231 73–60 9–12 4–6 02/04/2016 7:30 pm yes Arkansas State Convocation Center Jonesboro, AR 1,526 ESPN3 73–79 OT 9–13 4–7 02/06/2016 6:00 pm yes Arkansas–Little Rock Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 3,959 43–74 9–14 4–8 02/11/2016 7:00 pm Georgia State Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 1,956 79–78 OT 10–14 5–8 02/13/2016 4:00 pm Georgia Southern Mitchell Center Mobile, AL   ESPN3 80–76 11–14 6–8 02/16/2016 7:00 pm Troy Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 3,027 54–61 11–15 6–9 02/18/2016 6:30 pm yes Appalachian State Holmes Center Boone, NC 1,253 ESPN3 75–71 12–15 7–9 02/25/2016 7:00 pm Louisiana–Monroe Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 1,877 59–66 12–16 7–10 02/27/2016 4:00 pm Louisiana–Lafayette Mitchell Center Mobile, AL   83–70 13–16 8–10 03/03/2016 7:15 pm yes UT Arlington College Park Center Arlington, TX 2,408 79–92 13–17 8–11 03/05/2016 4:30 pm yes Texas State Strahan Coliseum San Marcos, TX 2,001 57–68 13–18 8–12 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000066; color:#ff0000;"| Sun Belt tournament 03/10/2016 5:00 pm yes Georgia Southern Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA First round 703 ESPN3 61–67 14–18 03/11/2016 5:00 pm yes Louisiana–Lafayette Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA Quarterfinals 907 ESPN3 68–90 14–19 AP Poll Central Time References Category:South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball seasons South Alabama South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball