2015–16 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 February 2024 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Saint Mary's Gaels Saint Mary's College Gaels logo.svg 200px West Coast Conference WCC 29–6 15–3 Randy Bennett 15th Marty Clarke Marcus Schroeder David Carter McKeon Pavilion WCC regular season co-champion NIT Quarterfinals The 2015–16 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Randy Bennett's fifteenth season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels competed in the West Coast Conference and played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion. They finished the season 29–6, 15–3 in WCC play to win a share of the WCC regular season conference championship. They defeated Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine to advance to the championship game of the WCC tournament where they lost to Gonzaga. As a regular season conference champion, and #1 seed in their conference tournament, who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. As a #2 seed, they defeated New Mexico State and Georgia to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Valparaiso. Previous season The Gaels finished the 2014–15 season 21–10, 13–5 in WCC play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC tournament to Portland. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Vanderbilt.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/400785502 Vanderbilt wins NIT game at St. Mary's, 75-64 ESPN March 18, 2015 February 8, 2024 Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Brad Waldow 00 F 6'9" 260 RS Senior Shingle Springs, CA Graduated Kerry Carter 3 G 6'2" 205 Senior West Covina, CA Graduated / Playing for Iberostar Tenerife (Spain) Joe Coleman 10 G 6'4" 210 RS Junior Minneapolis, MN Left the team for personal reasons Tyler Harville 12 G 5'11" 170 Freshman Lexington, KY Transferred to Berry College Aaron Bright 20 G 5'11" 175 Senior Bellevue, WA Graduated Garrett Jackson 22 F 6'6" 225 RS Senior Portland, OR Graduated Treaven Duffy 25 G 6'2" 190 RS Sophomore Walnut Creek, CA Transferred to San Francisco State Desmond Simmons 30 F 6'7" 225 RS Senior Vallejo, CA Graduated Recruiting no no 2014 Stefan Gonzalez PG Pocatello, ID Highland High School 6 2 185 09/24/2014 0 0 60 Franklin Porter SG Portland, OR Titon School 6 3 195 04/15/2015 0 0 NR 2015 Saint Mary's 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Saint Mary's Basketball Commits ESPN nr nr nr nr yes Roster 2015 Saint Mary's Gaels y yes Tanner Krebs 00 G 6 6 200 fr Hobart, Australia Lake Ginninderra College y Jordan Hunter 1 F 6 10 215 fr Vaucluse, Australia St. Ignatius College Stefan Gonzalez 2 G 6 2 195 fr Pocatello, ID Highland Emmett Naar y 3 G 6 1 195 so yes Sydney, Australia Sydney Boys Jack Biebel 11 G 5 11 185 jr San Jose, CA Archbishop MittyFoothill College W Evan Fitzner 21 C 6 10 215 fr y San Diego, CA Francis Parker School Dane Pineau y 22 F 6 9 225 jr Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Grammar Calvin Hermanson 24 F 6 6 200 so y Lake Oswego, OR Lake Oswego Joe Rahon 25 G 6 2 195 jr y San Diego, CA Torrey Pines Kyle Clark 33 F 6 6 215 fr Wynyard, Australia Hellyer College Jock Landale y 34 C 6 11 255 so Malvern East, Victoria, Australia Geelong Grammar Franklin Porter 43 G 6 4 210 fr Portland, OR Tilton School Randy Bennett (UC San Diego) Marty Clarke (Victoria University of Technology) Marcus Schroeder (Princeton) David Carter (Saint Mary's) http://www.smcgaels.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=101618&SPID=12536&DB_OEM_ID=21400&Q_SEASON=2015 Schedule and results yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#06315B; color:#D80024;"| Regular season 11/13/2015 8:00 pm yes San Francisco State McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 80–56 1–0 2,589 11/16/2015 7:00 pm yes Manhattan McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 89–63 2–0 2,242 11/22/2015 8:00 pm yes Stanford McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPNU 78–61 3–0 3,500 11/29/2015 5:00 pm yes Cal State Bakersfield McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CHN 94–59 4–0 2,340 12/04/2015 7:00 pm yes UC Davis McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 81–67 5–0 2,506 12/06/2015 5:00 pm yes UC Irvine McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CHN 70–60 6–0 2,333 12/12/2015 12:30 pm yes yes California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N 59–63 6–1 10,074 12/14/2015 7:00 pm yes Cal Poly McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CHN 93–63 7–1 2,183 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes Southern Utah McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 92–36 8–1 1,836 12/21/2015 8:00 pm no no San Francisco McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CSNCA 74–52 9–1 1–0 2,408 12/23/2015 8:00 pm yes Santa Clara Leavey Center Moraga, CA CSNCA 81–59 10–1 2–0 1,950 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes Utah Valley McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 65–50 11–1 2,113 12/31/2015 8:00 pm BYU McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPNU 85–74 12–1 3–0 3,183 01/02/2016 7:00 pm San Diego McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 79–46 13–1 4–0 2,185 01/07/2016 7:00 pm yes Loyola Marymount Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA TheW.tv 73–48 14–1 5–0 1,791 01/09/2016 1:00 pm yes Pepperdine Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA CSNCA 64–67 14–2 5–1 1,423 01/14/2016 8:00 pm Pacific McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPNU 78–62 15–2 6–1 2,983 01/21/2016 8:00 pm Gonzaga McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPNU 70–67 16–2 7–1 3,500 01/23/2016 8:00 pm Portland McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CSNBA 89–74 17–2 8–1 3,338 01/30/2016 8:00 pm yes Pacific Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA CSNCA 68–65 18–2 9–1 3,010 02/04/2016 6:00 pm yes BYU Marriott Center Provo, UT BYUtv 59–70 18–3 9–2 14,897 02/06/2016 6:00 pm yes San Diego Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA CSNCA 60–43 19–3 10–2 2,292 02/11/2016 8:00 pm Pepperdine McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CSNBA 63–69 19–4 10–3 3,340 02/13/2016 8:00 pm Loyola Marymount McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CSNBA 68–62 20–4 11–3 3,165 02/18/2016 7:00 pm yes Portland Chiles Center Portland, OR TheW.tv 74–72 21–4 12–3 2,868 02/20/2016 7:00 pm yes Gonzaga McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA ESPN2 63–58 22–4 13–3 6,000 02/25/2016 8:00 pm Santa Clara McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA CSNCA 75–50 23–4 14–3 3,165 02/27/2016 8:00 pm yes San Francisco War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA CSNCA 84–72 24–4 15–3 2,769 03/01/2016 8:00 pm yes Grand Canyon McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 73–64 25–4 2,735 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#06315B; color:#D80024;"| WCC tournament 03/05/2016 7:00 pm yes 1 8 Loyola Marymount Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Quarterfinals ESPN2 60–48 26–4 7,209 03/07/2016 6:00 pm yes 1 4 Pepperdine Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Semifinals ESPN 81–66 27–4 8,362 03/08/2016 6:00 pm yes 1 Gonzaga 2 Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Championship ESPN 75–85 27–5 7,418 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#06315B; color:#D80024;"| NIT 03/15/2016 7:00 pm yes 2 New Mexico State 7 McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA First Round – Valparaiso Bracket ESPN2 58–56 28–5 1,154 03/20/2016 4:30 pm yes 2 Georgia 3 McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA Second Round – Valparaiso Bracket ESPNU 77–65 29–5 2,050 03/22/2016 4:00 pm yes yes 2 Valparaiso 1 Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN Quarterfinals – Valparaiso Bracket ESPN 44–60 29–6 5,444 AP Poll Pacific Time Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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