2015–16 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Loyola Ramblers Loyola Ramblers wordmark.svg 150 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 15–17 7–11 Porter Moser 5th Bennie Seltzer Emanuel Dildy Matt Gordon Joseph J. Gentile Arena The 2015–16 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represented Loyola University Chicago during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ramblers, led by fifth year head coach Porter Moser, played their home games at the Joseph J. Gentile Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 7–11 in Missouri Valley play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Bradley in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Wichita State. Previous season The Ramblers finished the season 24–13, 8–10 in MVC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley tournament where they lost to Northern Iowa. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Rider, Oral Roberts, and Seattle to advance to the best-of-three finals series against Louisiana–Monroe. They defeated Louisiana–Monroe 2 games to 0 to become the CBI champions. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Joe Crisman 5 G 6'4" 200 Senior Munster, IN Graduated London Dokubo 13 G 6'0" 170 Senior Schaumburg, IL Graduated Eric Porter 22 G 5'11" 165 Freshman Deerfield, IL Walk on; didn't return Christian Thomas 32 G/F 6'5" 220 Senior St. Louis, MO Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Clayton Custer 13 G 6'0" 175 Sophomore Overland Park, KS Transferred from Iowa State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Custer will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Tyson Smith 25 G 6'2" 185 Sophomore Baltimore, MD Junior college transferred from College of Southern Idaho Maurice Kirby 31 C 6'9" 230 Sophomore Phoenix, AZ Junior college transferred from Coffeyville Community College. Recruiting no 2015 Roosevelt Smart PG Palatine, IL Sunrise Christian Academy 6 2 170 3 N/A 79 September 24, 2014 Pernell Adgei SF Dumfries, VA Fishburne Military School 6 7 N/A N/A N/A October 23, 2014 2015 Loyola Chicago Commit List for 2015 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Loyola Chicago Ramblers Basketball Recruiting 2015 – – yes Roster 2015 Loyola Ramblers y yes Donte Ingram y 0 G/F 6 6 215 SO Chicago, IL Simeon Earl Peterson 2 G 6 3 180 SR Raytown, MO Rayton SouthCoffeyville CC Devon Turk 4 G 6 4 195 SR Houston, TX Westbury Christian Pernell Adgei 5 G/F 6 7 215 FR Dumfries, VA Pope John Paul The Great Jay Knuth 10 F 6 6 205 SO Johnston, IA Johnston Julius Rajala 12 F 6 9 215 SO Helsinki, Finland n/aClayton Custer y 13 G 6 1 185 SO Overland Park, KS Blue Valley NorthwestIowa State yes I Ben Richardson y basketball 14 G 6 3 185 SO Overland Park, KS Blue Valley Northwest Jeff White 23 G 6 1 185 SR Peoria, IL Manual Montel James 24 F 6 7 220 SR Kenner, LA BonnabelCoffeyville CC Tyson Smith 25 G 6 2 185 SO Baltimore, MD Westwind PrepSouthern Idaho Maurice Kirby 31 F 6 9 240 SO Chandler, AZ BashaCoffeyville CC Cal Kennedy 34 F 6 6 210 SO y Oak Lawn, IL Brother Rice W Milton Doyle y 35 G 6 4 185 JR Chicago, IL MarshallKansas Porter Moser (Creighton) Bennie Seltzer (Washington State) Emanuel Dildy (Eastern Illinois) Bryan Mullins (Southern Illinois) http://www.loyolaramblers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/loyc-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule http://www.loyolaramblers.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/loyc-m-baskbl-sched.html 2015-2016 Schedule www.LoyolaRamblers.com Loyola University Chicago dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160426184235/http://www.loyolaramblers.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/loyc-m-baskbl-sched.html 2016-04-26 no 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:#D4AF37;"| Exhibition 11/06/2015 7:00 pm yes no Lewis Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL   75–65 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:#D4AF37;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes no UTSA Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,711 ESPN3 76–64 1–0 11/14/2015 7:00 pm yes no Eureka Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,217 ESPN3 84–51 2–0 11/18/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no New Mexico The Pit Albuquerque, NM MW–MWC Challenge 11,951 ROOT 51–75 2–1 11/21/2015 4:00 pm yes no Toledo Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL Great Alaska Shootout 1,556 ESPN3 69–62 3–1 11/26/2015 1:00 am yes yes no San Diego Alaska Airlines Center Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout quarterfinals 2,362 CBSSN 67–57 4–1 11/27/2015 9:00 pm yes yes no Toledo Alaska Airlines Center Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout semifinals 2,757 CBSSN 74–82 4–2 11/28/2015 8:30 pm yes yes no UNC Asheville Alaska Airlines Center Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout 3rd place game 2,906 48–59 4–3 12/05/2015 1:00 pm yes no Creighton Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 3,473 CSN Chicago 68–65 5–3 12/13/2015 1:00 pm yes yes no Notre Dame Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 8,653 61–81 5–4 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes no Cleveland State Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,189 ESPN3 54–60 5–5 12/19/2015 3:00 pm yes no UIC Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,562 ESPN3 64–47 6–5 12/21/2015 7:00 pm yes no Western Illinois Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,211 ESPN3 72–67 7–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:#D4AF37;"| Missouri Valley regular season 12/30/2015 7:00 pm no Southern Illinois Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,624 CSN Chicago 62–72 7–6 0–1 01/02/2016 1:00 pm yes no Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,375 ESPN3 58–73 7–7 0–2 01/06/2016 7:00 pm yes no Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 4,106 ESPN3 52–54 7–8 0–3 01/09/2016 3:00 pm no Missouri State Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,128 ESPN3 54–56 7–9 0–4 01/13/2016 6:00 pm no Bradley Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,386 CSN Chicago 53–54 7–10 0–5 01/16/2016 3:00 pm yes no Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 6,033 CSN Chicago 51–41 8–10 1–5 01/19/2016 8:00 pm yes no Evansville Ford Center Evansville, IN 4,014 CBSSN 66–74 8–11 1–6 01/23/2016 1:00 pm no Drake Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 2,925 CSN Chicago 68–63 9–11 2–6 01/27/2016 8:00 pm yes no Wichita State 22 Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS 10,506 CBSSN 54–80 15–5 9–0 01/30/2016 3:00 pm no Indiana State Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL   CSN Chicago 104–96 OT 10–12 3–7 02/03/2016 7:00 pm no Illinois State Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,691 ESPN3 70–73 10–13 3–8 02/06/2016 7:00 pm yes no Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 5,788 ESPN3 73–59 11–13 4–8 02/10/2016 7:00 pm yes no Bradley Carver Arena Peoria, IL 5,400 ESPN3 54–43 12–13 5–8 02/14/2016 3:00 pm no Evansville Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 2,257 ESPNU 73–74 12–14 5–9 02/17/2016 3:00 pm no Northern Iowa Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,690 ESPN3 59–56 13–14 6–9 02/21/2016 3:00 pm yes no Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 3,385 ESPNU/ESPN3 75–62 14–14 7–9 02/24/2016 8:00 pm no Wichita State Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 2,709 CSN Chicago 54–76 14–15 7–10 02/27/2016 1:00 pm yes no Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA 3,362 ESPN3 59–69 OT 14–16 7–11 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:#D4AF37;"| Missouri Valley tournament 03/03/2016 6:00 pm yes no Bradley Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO First round 6,929 ESPN3 74–66 15–16 03/04/2016 12:00 pm yes no Wichita State Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Quarterfinals 10,560 ESPN3 58–65 15–17 Coaches' Poll Central Time References Category:Loyola Ramblers men's basketball seasons Loyola Loyola Ramblers Loyola Ramblers