2015–16 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2024 basketball 2015–16 Maryland Terrapins Maryland terrapins logo.png 200px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 13 18 27–9 12–6 Mark Turgeon 5th Dustin Clark Bino Ranson Cliff Warren Xfinity Center Cancún Challenge (Riviera) champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2015–16 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fifth year head coach Mark Turgeon and played their home games at Xfinity Center. This was their second year as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season with a record of 27–9, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for third place in conference. They defeated Nebraska in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Michigan State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated South Dakota State and Hawaii to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they lost to Kansas.https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2016/03/25/ellis-selden-lead-kansas-past-maryland/82228570/ Ellis, Selden lead Kansas past Maryland Jason Frakes Courier Journal March 25, 2016 February 4, 2024 Previous season The Terrapins finished the 2014–15 season with a record of 28–7, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in second place in conference. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament where they lost to Michigan State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Valparaiso in the First Round before losing in the Second Round to West Virginia. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Evan Smotrycz 1 F 6'9" 235 RS Senior Reading, MA Graduated Spencer Barks 14 F 6'9" 225 Senior Poolesville, MD Graduated Richaud Pack 20 G 6'3" 185 Senior Detroit, MI Graduated Jacob Susskind 24 G 6'5" 205 Senior West Orange, NJ Graduated Jonathan Graham 25 F 6'7" 220 Senior Baltimore, MD Graduated Dez Wells 44 G/F 6'4" 215 Senior Raleigh, NC Graduated/Went undrafted in 2015 NBA draft Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Rasheed Sulaimon 4 G 6'4" 185 Senior Houston, TX Graduated from Duke after controversy that resulted in him being removed from the Duke men's basketball team. Under NCAA graduate transfer rules, Sulaimon was eligible to play immediately. Pre-season 2015 recruiting class thumb|Diamond Stone in the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game no no 2014 Diamond Stone C Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dominican High School 6 10 250 2015-03-27 5 5 5 5 Jaylen Brantley PG Springfield, Massachusetts Notre Dame Prep 5 11 160 2014-10-20 3 3 4 NR 2015 Maryland 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Maryland Commits ESPN maryland 174 120 2015-04-20 yes Roster 2015 Maryland Terrapins #CE1126 #CE1126 #FFFFFF #FFFFFF Rasheed Sulaimon y 0 G 6 5 195 SR Houston, Texas Jaylen Brantley 1 PG 5 11 170 SO Springfield, Massachusetts Melo Trimble y 2 G 6 2 175 SO Upper Marlboro, Maryland Robert Carter basketball y 4 PF 6 8 250 JR yes Thomasville, Georgia Dion Wiley 5 G 6 4 195 SO y Oxon Hill, Maryland Jake Layman y 10 F 6 9 190 SR Wrentham, Massachusetts Jared Nickens y 11 G/F 6 6 190 SO Monmouth Junction, New Jersey Trevor Anzmann 12 G 5 11 175 SR W Westminster, Maryland Ivan Bender 13 F 6 9 190 FR yes Split, Croatia Michal Čekovský y 15 C 7 0 225 SO Košice, Slovakia Varun Ram y W 21 G 5 9 150 SR yes Clarksville, Maryland Kent Auslander 23 G 6 6 200 FR W Herndon, Virginia Andrew Terrell 24 G 6 0 190 FR W Indianapolis, Indiana Diamond Stone y 33 C 6 11 250 FR Milwaukee, Wisconsin Damonte Dodd y 35 C 6 11 240 JR Centreville, Maryland Mark Turgeon (Kansas) Dustin Clark (Texas A&M) Bino Ranson (SNHU) Cliff Warren (Mount St. Mary's) http://www.umterps.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=716396&SPID=120728&DB_OEM_ID=29700&Q_SEASON=2015 Depth chart CE1126 FFFFFF CE1126 Melo Trimble Rasheed Sulaimon Jake Layman Robert Carter Diamond Stone Jaylen Brantley Dion Wiley Jared Nickens Michal Čekovský Damonte Dodd Varun Ram Trevor Anzmann Ivan Bender Andrew Terrell Kent Auslander Schedule and results yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#Maryland Terrapins 1; color:#Maryland Terrapins 2;"| Exhibition |- Nov. 6 7:00pm yes 3 Southern New Hampshire Xfinity Center College Park, MD BTN+ 91–55 Stone 16 Carter 10 Tied 3 – – |- !colspan=12 style="background:#Maryland Terrapins 1; color:#Maryland Terrapins 2;"| Regular season Nov. 13 7:00pm yes 3 Mount St. Mary's Xfinity Center College Park, MD BTN 80–56 Layman 16 Carter 8 Sulaimon 5 17,950 1–0 Nov. 17 9:00pm yes 3 Georgetown Xfinity Center College Park, MD Gavitt Tipoff Games ESPN2 75–71 Trimble 24 Carter 8 Sulaimon 7 17,950 2–0 Nov. 20 7:00pm yes 3 Rider Xfinity Center College Park, MD BTN 65–58 Carter 13 Layman 11 Trimble 5 17,950 3–0 Nov. 24 8:30pm yes yes 2 Illinois State Hard Rock Hotel Cancún, México Cancún Challenge Semifinals CBSSN 77–66 Sulaimon 18 Layman 6 Trimble 7 982 4–0 Nov. 25 8:30pm yes yes 2 Rhode Island Hard Rock Hotel Cancún, México Cancún Challenge Championship CBSSN 86–63 Tied 17 Carter 9 Tied 4 982 5–0 Nov. 28 8:30pm yes 2 Cleveland State Xfinity Center College Park, MD BTN 80–63 Carter 17 Carter 8 Trimble 6 17,282 6–0 Dec. 1 9:30pm yes yes 2 North Carolina 9 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN 81–89 Trimble 23 Layman 8 Trimble 12 21,163 6–1 Dec. 4 7:00pm yes 2 Saint Francis (PA) Xfinity Center College Park, MD BTN 96–55 Carter 20 Tied 6 Trimble 7 17,950 7–1 Dec. 8 9:30pm yes yes 6 UConn Madison Square Garden New York City, NY Jimmy V Classic ESPN 76–66 Trimble 25 Carter 11 Trimble 3 19,812 8–1 Dec. 12 4:15pm yes 6 Maryland Eastern Shore Xfinity Center College Park, MD BTN 77–56 Trimble 18 Stone 6 Sulaimon 10 17,950 9–1 Dec. 19 7:00pm yes yes 6 Princeton Royal Farms Arena Baltimore, MD Baltimore Showcase BTN 82–61 Layman 19 Layman 8 Trimble 10 11,076 10–1 Dec. 27 4:00pm yes 4 Marshall Xfinity Center College Park, MD BTN 87–67 Carter 19 Carter 8 Trimble 7 17,950 11–1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Maryland Terrapins 1;"|Big Ten Regular Season Dec. 30 5:00pm 4 Penn State Xfinity Center College Park, MD ESPN2 70–64 Stone 39 Stone 12 Trimble 6 17,950 12–1 1–0 Jan. 2 8:00pm yes 4 Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 72–59 Trimble 24 Tied 8 Trimble 8 8,117 13–1 2–0 Jan. 6 7:00pm 3 Rutgers Xfinity Center College Park, MD BTN 88–63 Layman 18 Tied 10 Tied 2 17,950 14–1 3–0 Jan. 9 1:00 pm yes 3 Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN 63–60 Trimble 21 Carter 11 Trimble 5 17,287 15–1 4–0 Jan. 12 9:00pm yes 3 Michigan Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI ESPN 67–70 Stone 22 Stone 11 Trimble 3 12,327 15–2 4–1 Jan. 16 12:00pm 3 Ohio State Xfinity Center College Park, MD ESPN2 100–65 Carter 25 Stone 6 Trimble 9 17,950 16–2 5–1 Jan. 19 8:00pm 7 Northwestern Xfinity Center College Park, MD BTN 62–56 OT Trimble 18 Carter 14 Trimble 6 17,950 17–2 6–1 Jan. 23 6:30pm yes 7 Michigan State 11 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ESPN College GameDay ESPN 65–74 Trimble 24 Tied 7 Tied 3 14,797 17–3 6–2 Jan. 28 7:00pm 8 Iowa 3 Xfinity Center College Park, MD ESPN 74–68 Tied 17 Carter 7 Sulaimon 5 17,950 18–3 7–2 Jan. 31 1:00pm yes 8 Ohio State Value City Arena Columbus, OH CBS 66–61 Trimble 20 Layman 10 Sulaimon 5 16,592 19–3 8–2 Feb. 3 8:30pm yes 4 Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 70–65 Trimble 20 Stone 10 Carter 5 15,693 20–3 9–2 Feb. 6 4:00pm 4 Purdue 18 Xfinity Center College Park, MD ESPN 72–61 Sulaimon 21 Sulaimon 10 Trimble 7 17,950 21–3 10–2 Feb. 9 6:00pm yes 2 Bowie State Xfinity Center College Park, MD BTN 93–62 Sulaimon 16 Carter 7 Trimble 3 17,950 22–3 Feb. 13 6:30pm 2 Wisconsin Xfinity Center College Park, MD ESPN 57–70 Sulaimon 17 Carter 8 Trimble 6 17,950 22–4 10–3 Feb. 18 8:00pm yes 6 Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 63–68 Sulaimon 28 Tied 9 Trimble 6 10,768 22–5 10–4 Feb. 21 1:00pm 6 Michigan Xfinity Center College Park, MD CBS 86–82 Carter 17 Trimble 8 Sulaimon 4 17,950 23–5 11–4 Feb. 27 4:00pm yes 10 Purdue 20 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN ESPN 79–83 Trimble 19 Tied 5 Trimble 5 14,846 23–6 11–5 Mar. 3 7:00pm 14 Illinois Xfinity Center College Park, MD ESPN 81–55 Tied 18 Trimble 8 Sulaimon 9 17,950 24–6 12–5 Mar. 6 4:30pm yes 14 Indiana 12 Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN CBS 62–80 Trimble 17 Stone 7 Tied 3 17,472 24–7 12–6 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#Maryland Terrapins 1"|Big Ten tournament Mar. 11 9:00pm yes 18 3 Nebraska 11 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Quarterfinals BTN 97–86 Layman 26 Stone 8 Trimble 8 15,942 25–7 Mar. 12 3:30pm yes 18 3 Michigan State 2 2 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Semifinals CBS 61–64 Carter 18 Carter 8 Sulaimon 3 18,339 25–8 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#Maryland Terrapins 1"|NCAA tournament Mar. 18 4:30 pm yes yes 18 5 S South Dakota State 12 S Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, WA First Round TBS 79–74 Layman 27 Carter 11 Sulaimon 3 11,109 26–8 Mar. 20 7:10pm yes yes 18 5 S Hawaii 13 S Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, WA Second Round TBS 73–60 Trimble 24 Carter 9 Tied 3 11,296 27–8 Mar. 24 9:40 pm yes yes 18 5 S Kansas 1 1 S KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Sweet Sixteen CBS 63–79 Sulaimon 18 Carter 6 Layman 3 19,399 27–9 |- AP Poll Eastern Time S South Region Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked. Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final AP 3 3 2 2 6 6 4 4 3 3 7 8 4 2 6 10 14 18 18 n/a Coaches 3 3 2 2 9 7 4 4 3 35 7 3 2 5 9 12 15 17 13 See also 2015–16 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team References 30em External links Official website Terps at ESPN Category:Maryland Terrapins men's basketball seasons Maryland Maryland Terra Terra