2015–16 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Cornell Big Red Cornell "C" logo.svg 100 Ivy League Ivy 10–18 3–11 Bill Courtney 6th Craig Carter Jon Jaques Dave Metzendorf Newman Arena The 2015–16 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represented Cornell University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Big Red, led by sixth year head coach Bill Courtney, played their home games at Newman Arena and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 10–18, 3–11 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for seventh place. On March 14, 2016, Cornell fired head coach Bill Courtney.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14970948/cornell-fires-coach-bill-courtney Cornell fires coach Bill Courtney after 5 seasons ESPN.com 2016-03-16 He finished at Cornell with a six-year record of 60–113. On April 18, the school hired Brian Earl as head coach.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/15233274/cornell-big-red-hire-princeton-tigers-assistant-brian-earl-coach Cornell hires Princeton assistant Earl as coach ESPN.com 2017-02-20 Previous season The Big Red finished the season 13–17, 5–9 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fifth place. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Galal Cancer 3 G 6'2" 180 Senior Albany, NY Graduated Dave LaMore 4 F/C 6'9" 225 Senior Whitmore, MI Graduated Devin Cherry 13 G 6'3" 185 Senior Meridian, MS Graduated Shonn Miller 32 F 6'7" 210 Senior Euclid, OH Graduated Nenad Tomic 35 F 6'7" 220 Senior North Royalton, OH Graduated Deion Giddens 50 F/C 6'9" 202 Senior Bitburg, Germany Graduated Recruiting no 2015 Stone Gettings #66 PF Los Angeles, CA Loyola High School 6 8 205 10/26/2014 0 0 66 Donovan Wright SG Blairstown, NJ Blair Academy 6 5 07/07/2014 0 0 NR Joel Davis SG Goldsboro, NC Wayne Country Day School 6 3 07/08/2014 0 0 NR Troy Whiteside SG Knoxville, TN Webb School Of Knoxville 6 4 175 08/31/2014 0 0 NR Matt Morgan PF Concord, NC Cox Mill High School 6 2 09/12/2014 0 0 NR Joseph Ritter PF Dallas, TX Woodrow Wilson High School 6 8 230 10/01/2014 0 0 NR Xavier Eaglin SF Dayton, TX Dayton High School 6 6 185 02/10/2015 0 0 NR 2015 Cornell Commit List for 2015 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Cornell Big Red Basketball Recruiting 2015 2015-10-05 yes Recruiting class of 2016 yes 2016 Josh Warren #114 PF Downingtown, PA Downingtown West High School 6 8 210 09/20/2015 0 0 55 Jerry Ben PF New Haven, MI New Haven High School 6 9 04/01/2015 0 0 NR 2016 Cornell Commit List for 2016 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Cornell Big Red Basketball Recruiting 2016 2015-10-05 yes Roster 2015 Cornell Big Red y y David Onuorah 0 G 6 9 230 JR Lithonia, GA Marist HS Darryl Smith 1 G 6 2 180 JR Chesapeake, VA Blue Ridge School Donovan Wright 3 F 6 5 200 FR Easton, PA Blair Academy Troy Whiteside 4 G 6 4 185 FR Knoxville, TN The Webb School Robert Hatter 5 G 6 2 180 JR Houston, TX Westside HS Matt Morgan y basketball 10 G 6 3 180 FR Concord, NC Cox Mill HS Desmond Fleming 11 G 5 11 180 JR The Woodlands, TX The Woodlands College Park HS Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof 12 F 6 7 205 SO Rockville, MD Gonzaga College HS Stone Gettings 13 F 6 9 230 FR Calabasas, CA Loyola HS Braxston Bunce 15 C 6 11 250 SR Kelowna, BC Kelowna Secondary School Will Bathurst 20 G/F 6 3 180 SO Olean, NY Olean HS Kyle Brown 21 G 6 2 180 SO Bellevue, WA Newport HS Robert Mischler 22 G 6 3 183 SR Mishawaka, IN Marian HS Joel Davis 23 G 6 3 170 FR Goldsboro, NC Wayne Country Day School Pat Smith 24 G/F 6 5 195 FR Chalfont, PA Archbishop Wood Catholic HS JoJo Fallas 25 G 5 11 175 JR Los Angeles, CA Shalhevet HS Joseph Bayless 30 F 6 8 240 FR Dallas, TX Woodrow Wilson HS Jack Gordon 32 G 6 5 185 FR Dallas, TX St. Mark's School Xavier Eaglin 34 F 6 7 205 FR Raywood, TX Dayton HS Bill Courtney (Bucknell) Craig Carter (Rutgers) Jon Jaques (Cornell) Dave Metzendorf (Ithaca) http://www.cornellbigred.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball& Schedule 2015–16 Cornell Big Red men's basketball schedule no 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31B1B; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Georgia Tech Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA   ESPN3 81–116 0–1 11/16/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Colgate Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY 814 101–98 2OTCornell beats Colgate 101–98 in 2OT https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400841064 ESPN.com 25 November 2015 1–1 11/18/2015 6:00 pm yes no Binghamton Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 1,204 76–59 2–1 11/21/2015 3:15 pm yes yes no Canisius Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, NY 1,310 ESPN3 62–87 2–2 11/23/2015 8:30 pm yes no Penn State Harrisburg Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 991 76–47 3–2 11/25/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Pittsburgh Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA 7,720 ESPN3 49–93 3–3 11/29/2015 2:00 pm yes yes no UMass Lowell Costello Athletic Center Lowell, MA 407 77–80 3–4 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes no Siena Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 1,017 81–80 4–4 12/05/2015 2:00 pm yes no Lafayette Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 1,934 85–69 5–4 12/19/2015 12:00 pm yes yes no Syracuse Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 18,295 RSN 46–67 5–5 12/22/2015 6:00 pm yes no Monmouth Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 2,034 69–78 5–6 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Saint Peter's Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ 611 65–62 6–6 01/02/2016 7:00 pm yes no Albany Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 1,421 70–75 6–7 01/06/2016 7:00 pm yes yes no Howard Burr Gymnasium Washington, D.C. 305 84–81 7–7 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31B1B; color:#FFFFFF;"| Ivy League regular season 01/16/2016 7:00 pm yes no Columbia Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 2,236 70–74 7–8 0–1 01/23/2016 4:00 pm no Columbia Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 3,935 68–79 7–9 0–2 01/29/2016 7:00 pm yes no Harvard Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 1,712 77–65 8–9 1–2 01/30/2016 7:00 pm yes no Dartmouth Leede Arena Hanover, NH 899 77–73 9–9 2–2 02/05/2016 7:00 pm yes no Brown Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI 738 80–86 9–10 2–3 02/06/2016 7:00 pm yes no Yale John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 1,684 52–83 9–11 2–4 02/12/2016 6:00 pm no Princeton Newman Arena Ithaca, NY   ASN 56–85 9–12 2–5 02/13/2016 6:00 pm no Penn Newman Arena Ithaca, NY   84–92 9–13 2–6 02/19/2016 7:00 pm no Dartmouth Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 1,098 66–78 9–14 2–7 02/20/2016 6:00 pm no Harvard Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 1,938 74–76 9–15 2–8 02/26/2016 7:00 pm yes no Penn The Palestra Philadelphia, PA 2,058 67–79 9–16 2–9 02/27/2016 6:00 pm yes no Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 2,992 60–74 9–17 2–10 03/04/2016 6:00 pm no Yale Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 1,734 ASN 64–88 9–18 2–11 03/05/2016 6:00 pm no Brown Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 1,629 75–71 10–18 3–11 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:Cornell Big Red men's basketball seasons Cornell Cornell Big Red men's basketball Cornell Big Red men's basketball