2015–16 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Idaho Vandals Idaho Vandals logo.svg 100 Big Sky Conference Big Sky 21–13 12–6 Don Verlin 8th Kirk Earlywine Joe Ford Tim Murphy Cowan Spectrum, Memorial Gym CBI First round The 2015–16 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Vandals, led by eighth year head coach Don Verlin, played their home games at the Cowan Spectrum, with a few early season games at Memorial Gym, and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 12–6 record in Big Sky play to finish in third place. They defeated Eastern Washington in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Montana. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Seattle. Previous season The Vandals finished the 2014–15 season 13–17, 8–10 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky tournament to Eastern Washington. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Sekou Wiggs 2 G 6'3" 182 Sophomore Seattle, WA Transferred to Alaska Anchorage Connor Hill 5 G 6'3" 190 Senior Post Falls, ID Graduated Mike Scott 12 G 6'0" 180 Senior Los Angeles, CA Graduated Bira Sec 13 F 6'6" 215 Senior Dakar, Senegal Graduated Roberto Asencio 50 C 6'9" 245 Junior Haina, Dominican Republic Left the team for personal reasons Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Chris Sarbaugh 10 G 6'3" 200 Senior Spokane, WA Transferred from San Diego. Will be eligible to play immediately since Sarbaugh graduated from San Diego. 2015 incoming recruits no no 2015 Nick Blair SF Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman High School 6 5 185 04/01/2015 0 3 NR 2015 Idaho 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Idaho Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-13 yes Roster 2015 Idaho Vandals y yes Nick Blair 0 F 6 5 201 FR Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman HS Perrion Callandret 1 G 6 2 180 JR Bothell, WA Bothell HS Myles Franklin 2 G 6 0 171 FR Castaic, CA Hart HS Tyler Brimhall 3 G 6 4 185 FR Logan, UT Logan HS Jake Straughan 5 G 6 1 175 FR y Colton, WA Colton HS Chris Sarbaugh 10 G 6 4 201 sr Spokane, WA Gonzaga PrepSan Diego Victor Sanders y 11 G 6 5 195 so Portland, OR Jefferson HS Pat Ingram 13 G 6 2 218 JR Indianapolis, IN North Central HSTrinity Valley CC Chad Sherwood 14 G 6 2 180 SO Albany, OR West Albany HS W Paulin Mpawe 15 F 6 10 227 SR San Bernardino, CA Redlands East Valley HSSan Bernardino Valley College Arkadiy Mkrtuchyan 21 F 6 7 227 SO Portland, OR Columbia Christian HS Nate Sherwood 23 F 6 8 206 FR y Albany, OR West Albany HS George Nahshon 24 F 6 9 200 SR Kapolei, HI Radford HSShoreline CC Skyler White 33 G 6 6 238 SO y Bellevue, WA Northfield Mount Hermon SchoolGeorge Washington Ty Egbert 41 F 6 9 195 JR Coulee Dam, WA Lake Roosevelt HS Jordan Scott 44 F 6 6 200 SO Colorado Springs, CO Lewis-Palmer HS Don Verlin (Colorado State) Kirk Earlywine (Campbell) Joe Ford (Pacific) Tim Murphy (Colorado State) http://www.govandals.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=17100&SPID=10365&SPSID=87264 Schedule http://www.govandals.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=17100&SPID=10365&SPSID=87257 Men's Basketball – 2015–16 Schedule / Results 2015 Idaho Vandals University of Idaho Athletics September 13, 2015 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B18E5F; color:#000000;"| Exhibition 10/30/2015 6:00 pm yes Saint Martin's Memorial Gym Moscow, ID   86–62 11/06/2015 7:00 pm yes Lewis–Clark State Memorial Gym Moscow, ID   88–53 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B18E5F; color:#000000;"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2015 7:00 pm yes yes San Jose State Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 1,327 74–54 1–0 11/17/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Cal State Bakersfield Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 1,480 45–68 1–1 11/21/2015 7:00 pm yes Linfield Memorial Gym Moscow, ID Mean Green Showcase 609 85–59 2–1 11/23/2015 5:30 pm yes yes North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX Mean Green Showcase 1,756 65–63 3–1 11/24/2015 3:00 pm yes yes Troy The Super Pit Denton, TX Mean Green Showcase 256 69–63 4–1 11/24/2015 12:00 pm yes yes Samford The Super Pit Denton, TX Mean Green Showcase 177 58–75 4–2 11/28/2015 7:00 pm yes Northern Illinois Memorial Gym Moscow, ID 571 59–66 4–3 12/02/2015 8:00 pm yes Cal State Bakersfield Memorial Gym Moscow, ID 563 67–63 5–3 12/05/2015 5:00 pm yes Arkansas–Little Rock Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 1,154 54–64 5–4 12/07/2015 7:00 pm yes yes USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA 2,865 P12N 55–74 5–5 12/10/2015 6:00 pm yes Washington State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID Battle of the Palouse 3,759 78–74 6–5 12/18/2015 7:00 pm yes New Hope Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID   127–54 7–5 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes yes UC Davis The Pavilion Davis, CA 1,211 68–51 8–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B18E5F; color:#000000;"| Big Sky regular season 12/31/2015 4:00 pm yes North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, ND 1,436 74–71 9–5 1–0 01/02/2016 1:00 pm yes Northern Colorado Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO 1,145 75–70 10–5 2–0 01/09/2016 12:05 pm yes Eastern Washington Reese Court Cheney, WA 3,262 60–74 10–6 2–1 01/14/2016 7:00 pm Northern Arizona Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 1,318 83–76 11–6 3–1 01/16/2016 7:00 pm Southern Utah Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 1,456 83–85 OT 11–7 3–2 01/21/2016 6:05 pm yes Montana Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 3,733 63–58 12–7 4–2 01/23/2016 1:05 pm yes Montana State Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT 2,435 68–70 12–8 4–3 01/28/2016 7:00 pm Sacramento State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 1,228 63–65 12–9 4–4 01/30/2016 7:00 pm Portland State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 1,546 56–55 13–9 5–4 02/04/2016 6:00 pm yes Southern Utah Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT 1,213 68–44 14–9 6–4 02/06/2016 1:00 pm yes Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ 1,623 70–72 14–10 6–5 02/11/2016 7:00 pm Northern Colorado Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 1,012 73–67 15–10 7–5 02/13/2016 7:00 pm North Dakota Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 1,537 65–64 16–10 8–5 02/18/2016 7:05 pm yes Portland State Peter Stott Center Portland, OR 920 80–74 17–10 9–5 02/20/2016 7:05 pm yes Sacramento State Colberg Court Sacramento, CA 845 65–68 17–11 9–6 02/27/2016 1:00 pm Eastern Washington Memorial Gym Moscow, ID 1,500 66–62 18–11 10–6 03/03/2016 7:00 pm Weber State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 1,476 62–58 19–11 11–6 03/05/2016 7:00 pm Idaho State Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 2,549 82–68 20–11 12–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B18E5F; color:#000000;"| Big Sky tournament 03/10/2016 8:00 pm yes 3 Eastern Washington 6 Reno Events Center Reno, NV Quarterfinals 2,365 77–73 21–11 03/11/2016 8:00 pm yes 3 Montana 2 Reno Events Center Reno, NV Semifinals 2,362 72–81 21–12 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B18E5F; color:#000000;"| CBI 03/16/2016 7:00 pm yes yes Seattle Connolly Centerhttp://www.goseattleu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=10773&DB_OEM_ID=18200&ATCLID=210806995 Seattle University Athletics Seattle U Men's hoop opens CBI Wednesday versus Idaho March 14, 2016 March 21, 2016 Seattle, WA First round 999 63–68 21–13 AP Poll Pacific Time References Idaho Category:Idaho Vandals men's basketball seasons Idaho Idaho Idaho