2015–16 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 24 Basketball 2015–16 SMU Mustangs SMU Athletics wordmark.svg 150 American Athletic Conference AAC 25–5 13–5 Larry Brown 4th Tim Jankovich K. T. Turner Jerry Hobbie Moody Coliseum Las Vegas Classic Champions The 2015–16 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mustangs were led by fourth year head coach Larry Brown and played their home games on their campus in University Park, Texas at Moody Coliseum. They were members of the American Athletic Conference. The Mustangs finished the season with a record of 25–5, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in second place in conference. Due to multiple violations, including academic fraud and unethical conduct, SMU was ineligible for all postseason play including the AAC tournament and NCAA tournament.NCAA bans SMU from 2016 postseason, Larry Brown for nine games https://www.espn.com/dallas/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/13769364/college-sports-bans-smu-mustangs-2016-postseason-suspends-larry-brown-30-percent-team-games ESPN.com ESPN 29 October 2015 Additionally, head coach Larry Brown was suspended for nine games. SMU, Brown disciplined by NCAA for violations https://www.espn.com/dallas/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/13769364/college-sports-bans-smu-mustangs-2016-postseason-suspends-larry-brown-30-percent-team-games ESPN.com 2015-12-30 Previous season The Mustangs finished the 2014–15 season with a record of 27–7, 15–3 in AAC play to win the AAC regular season championship. They defeated East Carolina, Temple, and UConn to win the AAC tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a #6 seed where they lost on a controversial goaltending call in the Second round to UCLA. Late goaltending call helps UCLA topple SMU https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400785454 ESPN.com 2015-12-30 Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Ryan Manuel 1 G 6'4" 185 Senior Houston, TX Graduated Yanick Moreira 2 C 6'11" 220 Senior Luanda, Angola Graduated Kevin Dunleavy 10 G 6'3" 180 Senior New Providence, NJ Graduated Crandall Head 13 G 6'4" 180 RS Senior Matteson, IL Graduated Cannen Cunningham 15 C 6'10" 225 Senior Arlington, TX Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Semi Ojeleye 33 F 6'8" 230 Junior Ottawa, KS Transferred from Duke in January during the 2014–15 season. Under NCAA transfer rules, Semi Ojeleye has to sit out until January and will be eligible to start in January during the 2015–16 season. Semi Ojeleye has one and a half years of remaining eligibility. 2015 recruiting class no no 2015 Shake Milton PG Owasso, OK Owasso High School 6 4 190 October 15, 2014 4 4 84 Sedrick Barefield PG Corona, CA Centennial High School 6 4 185 February 17, 2014 3 3 79 Jarrey Foster SF Houston, TX North Shore High School 6 4 180 October 8, 2014 0 3 78 2015 2015 SMU Recruiting List 2015 SMU Recruiting List 2015 SMU Recruiting List smu SMU 2567 yes Roster 2015 SMU Mustangs y yes Ben Moore basketball y 0 F 6 8 205 JR Bolingbrook, Illinois Bolingbrook HS Shake Milton y 1 G 6 5 195 FR Owasso, Oklahoma Owasso High School Sedrick Barefield y 2 G 6 2 190 FR Corona, California Centennial HS Sterling Brown basketball y 3 G 6 6 200 JR Maywood, Illinois Proviso East HS Keith Frazier 4 G 6 5 190 JR Dallas, Texas Kimball HS Markus Kennedy y 5 F 6 9 245 SR yes Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Brewster AcademyVillanova Jarrey Foster 10 G 6 5 200 FR Houston, Texas North Shore HS y Nic Moore y 11 G 5 9 170 SR yes Winona Lake, Indiana Warsaw Community HS Courtland Sutton y 14 F 6 4 215 fr yes Brenham, Texas Brenham High School Ben Emelogu y 21 G 6 6 205 JR Grand Prairie, Texas South Grand Prairie HSVirginia Tech Jonathan Wilfong 22 G 6 2 185 JR Memphis, Tennessee Memphis University School Jordan Tolbert 23 F 6 7 240 SR y Fort Worth, Texas All Saints Episcopal SchoolTexas Tech Semi Ojeleye y 33 F 6 8 230 JR Ottawa, Kansas Ottawa Sr. HSDuke Larry Brown (North Carolina) Tim Jankovich (Kansas State) K. T. Turner (Oklahoma City) Jerry Hobbie (Fordham) http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/smu-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule SMU has been invited to play in the Las Vegas Classic, where they will play against two the following three teams: Colorado, Penn State, Kent State. Two on-campus games will precede the Las Vegas-hosted games.Fox takes over Vegas hoops tourneys http://static.foxsports.com/content/fscom/binary/2015/03/16/sbj_vegas1426509604227.pdf March 16, 2015 2015-05-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150419135741/http://static.foxsports.com/content/fscom/binary/2015/03/16/sbj_vegas1426509604227.pdf 2015-04-19 dead The Mustangs will host Gonzaga,SMU Basketball: "SMU at Gonzaga on Monday, Nov. 17, as part of @ESPNCBB College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon. Gonzaga returns to @NewMoody in 2015-16. #PonyUp" https://twitter.com/SMUBasketball/statuses/463334053660213249 May 5, 2014 Michigan,Jon Rothstein: "SMU will host Michigan on Tuesday 12/8/15 at Moody Coliseum, source told @CBSSports. Return game of home-and-home series." https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/598461611318337536 May 13, 2015 Brown,Jon Rothstein: "SMU will host Brown on Sunday 11/29/15 as part of its non-conference schedule, source told @CBSSports." https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/592299115091918849 April 26, 2015 and Yale.Sunday Gravy: Yale men’s basketball gearing up for Duke, SMU, USC http://www.middletownpress.com//sports/20150411/sunday-gravy-yale-mens-basketball-gearing-up-for-duke-smu-usc April 11, 2015 SMU will also play true road games at StanfordJon Rothstein: "SMU + Stanford will start a H + H series starting next year in Palo Alto, source told @CBSSports. Return game in Dallas in 16-17. Dates TBD. " https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/598524623446274048 May 13, 2015 and TCU.Jon Rothstein: "TCU will host SMU on Wednesday 12/2/15, source told @CBSSports. Start of home-and-home series." https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/588320211159425024 April 15, 2015 SMU's American Athletic Conference schedule will include home-and-home matchups with Cincinnati, UConn, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, USF, Tulane, and Tulsa. The Mustangs will also host UCF and play a true road game at Temple during its conference schedule.2015-16 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Schedule Pairings, Tournament Dates Announced https://twitter.com/American_MBB/status/601055207875858432 May 20, 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="SMU Mustangs"| Regular season November 14, 2015 7:00 pm yes Sam Houston State Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPN3 85–50 1–0 6,852 November 19, 2015 10:30 pm yes yes Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA ESPN2 85–70 2–0 3,687 November 22, 2015 3:30 pm yes Yale Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNews 71–69 3–0 6,852 November 29, 2015 2:00 pm yes 25 Brown Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX TWCS 77–69 4–0 6,852 December 2, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes 22 TCU Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX FSSW 75–70 5–0 4,672 December 5, 2015 12:30 pm yes 22 New Hampshire Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX TWCS 98–44 6–0 6,754 December 8, 2015 8:00 pm yes 19 Michigan Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPN2 82–58 7–0 7,245 December 16, 2015 7:00 pm yes 18 Nicholls State Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX Las Vegas Classic Regional Round TWCS 86–42 8–0 6,460 December 17, 2015 6:00 pm yes 18 Hampton Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX Las Vegas Classic Regional Round TWCS 105–72 9–0 6,329 December 22, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes 18 Kent State Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Classic Semifinals 90–74 10–0 2,120 December 23, 2015 9:30 pm yes yes 18 Colorado Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Classic Championship FS1 70–66 11–0 2,154 December 29, 2015 4:00 pm yes 17 Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK ESPN2 81–69 12–0 1–0 5,364 January 2, 2016 6:30 pm 17 South Florida Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNews 72–58 13–0 2–0 6,852 January 7, 2016 6:00 pm 15 Cincinnati Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPN 59–57 14–0 3–0 6,971 January 10, 2016 3:00 pm 15 UCF Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNU 88–73 15–0 4–0 6,952 January 13, 2016 5:15 pm yes 10 East Carolina Williams Arena Greenville, NC ESPNews 79–55 16–0 5–0 6,022 January 17, 2016 2:00 pm yes 10 Tulane Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA ESPN3 60–45 17–0 6–0   January 19, 2016 8:00 pm 8 Houston Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNU 77–73 18–0 7–0 7,059 January 24, 2016 11:00 am yes 8 Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN2 80–89 18–1 7–1 6,096 January 30, 2016 7:00 pm 13 Memphis Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNU 80–68 19–1 8–1 7,205 February 1, 2016 7:00 pm yes 12 Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX CBSSN 68–71 19–2 8–2 6,195 February 7, 2016 1:00 pm yes 12 South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL CBSSN 92–58 20–2 9–2 2,857 February 10, 2016 8:00 pm 16 Tulsa Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX CBSSN 77–82 20–3 9–3 6,852 February 13, 2016 9:00 pm yes 16 Gonzaga Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPN2 69–60 21–3 7,249 February 18, 2016 6:00 pm yes 21 UConn XL Center Hartford, CT ESPN2 62–68 21–4 9–4 15,564 February 21, 2016 1:00 pm 21 East Carolina Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNews 74–63 22–4 10–4 6,852 February 25, 2016 6:00 pm yes 24 Memphis FedEx Forum Memphis, TN ESPN2 69–62 23–4 11–4 13,546 February 28, 2016 2:00 pm 24 Tulane Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX CBSSN 74–53 24–4 12–4 6,781 March 3, 2016 8:00 pm 24 UConn Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPN2 80–54 25–4 13–4 7,303 March 6, 2015 11:00 am yes 24 Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH CBS 54–61 25–5 13–5 13,176 AP Poll Central Time Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 19 RV RV 25 22 22 19 18 18 17 15 10 8 13 12 16 21 24 24 25 24 SMU is ineligible to be ranked in the Coaches poll due to sanctions stemming from academic fraud and unethical conduct. Midseason recognition On February 1, 2016, Nic Moore was named one of 10 finalists for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award.Nortlander Matt Cat Barber, Fred VanVleet missing from list of Cousy Award finalists http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25468790/cat-barber-fred-vanvleet-conspicuously-missing-from-cousy-award-finalists February 2, 2016 CBS Sports February 1, 2016 February 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160201223454/http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25468790/cat-barber-fred-vanvleet-conspicuously-missing-from-cousy-award-finalists dead He was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy on February 11.Payne Terrence Naismith Trophy midseason list announced http://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/oklahoma-sooners-buddy-hield-lsu-tigers-ben-simmons-naismith-trophy-35-finalists-021116 February 19, 2016 Fox Sports February 11, 2016 References Category:SMU Mustangs men's basketball seasons Smu SMU Mustangs men's basketball SMU Mustangs men's basketball