2015–16 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 East Tennessee State Buccaneers ETSU Buccaneers Wordmark.png 300 Southern Conference SoCon 24–12 14–4 Steve Forbes 1st Jason Shay Brian Collins Brooks Savage Freedom Hall Civic Center Vegas 16 Semifinals The 2015–16 East Tennessee State Buccaneers basketball team represented East Tennessee State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Buccaneers, led by first year head coach Steve Forbes, played their home games at the Freedom Hall Civic Center and were of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 24–12, 14–4 in SoCon play to finish in to second place. They defeated Mercer and Furman to advance to the championship game of the SoCon tournament where they lost to Chattanooga. They were invited to the inaugural Vegas 16, which only had eight teams, where they defeated Louisiana Tech in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Oakland. Roster 2015 m East Tennessee State Buccaneers y m T.J. Cromer 0 F 6 3 190 JR Albany, Georgia m Petey McClain 1 G 6 0 185 SR Mobile, Alabama m Shemar Johnson 2 G 6 6 180 FR Columbus, Mississippi Ge'Lawn Guyn 3 G 6 2 185 SR Lexington, Kentucky Peter Jurkin 5 C 7 0 230 JR Juba, South Sudan Isaac Banks 10 F 6 7 215 JR New Orleans, Louisiana Desonta Bradford 11 G 6 4 185 SO Humboldt, Tennessee y Hanner Mosquera-Perea 12 F 6 9 225 SR Istmina, Colombia A.J. Merriweather 13 G 6 2 185 JR Jackson, Tennessee Deuce Bello 14 G 6 4 200 SR Greensboro, North Carolina Lester Wilson 15 F 6 4 215 SR Knoxville, Tennessee Nigel Holley 21 F 6 8 210 JR Wilmington, North Carolina Abednego Lufile 24 F 6 7 225 JR Burlington, Ontario, Canada Stetson Moore 30 G 6 0 155 JR Knoxville, Tennessee Toriano Stokes 31 C 6 8 230 FR Memphis, Tennessee Tevin Glass 40 F 6 8 210 SR Norcross, Georgia Steve Forbes Jason Shay Brian Collins Brooks Savage http://www.etsubucs.com/mbasketball/roster/ November 2, 2015 Schedule http://www.etsubucs.com/mbasketball/schedule/ Men's Basketball | Schedule | Official Site of East Tennessee State Athletics October 21, 2015 October 14, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151014190540/http://www.etsubucs.com/mbasketball/schedule/ dead 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#041E42; color:#FFC72C;"| Exhibition |- 11/05/2015 7:00 pm yes Tusculum Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 2,550 109–77 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#041E42; color:#FFC72C;"| Regular season |- 11/14/2015 4:00 pm yes Averett Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 2,167 107–59 1–0 11/17/2015 6:00 am yes Green Bay Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN NIT Season Tip-Off 3,992 ESPN 103–90 2–0 11/20/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Villanova 11 The Pavilion Villanova, PA NIT Season Tip-Off 6,500 FS2 51–86 2–1 11/22/2015 2:00 pm yes yes Georgia Tech Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA NIT Season Tip-Off 4,665 ESPN3 69–68 3–1 11/24/2015 7:30 pm yes yes Charleston Southern CSU Field House North Charleston, SC NIT Season Tip-Off 905 76–77 3–2 11/28/2015 4:00 pm yes UNC Wilmington Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 2,557 73–94 3–3 12/02/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Tennessee Tech Eblen Center Cookeville, TN 1,011 61–63 3–4 12/10/2015 7:00 pm yes Milligan Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 2,458 98–47 4–4 12/15/2015 7:00 pm yes yes UNC Asheville Kimmel Arena Asheville, NC 1,327 64–84 4–5 12/18/2015 7:00 pm yes Eastern Kentucky Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 2,453 87–81 5–5 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 14,684 67–76 5–6 12/30/2015 7:00 pm yes Morehead State Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 2,650 75–72 6–6 01/02/2016 2:00 pm yes Western Carolina Ramsey Center Cullowhee, NC 956 82–66 7–6 1–0 01/04/2016 8:00 pm yes yes North Carolina Central McLendon–McDougald Gymnasium Durham, NC 881 72–68 8–6 01/09/2016 4:00 pm UNC Greensboro Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 3,078 ESPN3 86–83 9–6 2–0 01/11/2016 7:00 pm VMI Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 2,416 ESPN3 88–51 10–6 3–0 01/14/2016 8:00 pm yes Samford Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL 1,066 ESPN3 81–77 11–6 4–0 01/16/2016 5:00 pm yes Chattanooga McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN 5,003 84–94 11–7 4–1 01/21/2016 7:00 pm Mercer Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 3,003 ESPN3 65–63 OT 12–7 5–1 01/23/2016 4:00 pm The Citadel Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 2,789 ESPN3 101–92 OT 13–7 6–1 01/28/2016 7:00 pm yes Wofford Benjamin Johnson Arena Spartanburg, SC 1,412 73–87 13–8 6–2 01/30/2016 4:00 pm yes Furman Timmons Arena Greenville, SC 2,004 ESPN3 70–74 13–9 6–3 02/04/2016 7:00 pm yes VMI Cameron Hall Lexington, VA 1,178 ESPN3 71–60 14–9 7–3 02/04/2016 7:00 pm yes UNC Greensboro Fleming Gymnasium Greensboro, NC 1,902 68–65 15–9 8–3 02/11/2016 7:00 pm Samford Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 2,945 ESPN3 94–90 OT 16–9 9–3 02/13/2016 4:00 pm Chattanooga Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 5,601 FS South/ESPN3 68–76 16–10 9–4 02/15/2016 7:00 pm Western Carolina Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 2,752 83–77 17–10 10–4 02/18/2016 6:00 pm yes The Citadel McAlister Field House Charleston, SC 1,389 ESPN3 67–51 18–10 11–4 02/20/2016 4:30 pm yes Mercer Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 3,874 ESPN3 77–74 19–10 12–4 02/25/2016 7:00 pm Furman Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 3,016 ESPN3 80–75 20–10 13–4 02/27/2016 4:00 pm Wofford Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 4,104 ESPN3 71–66 21–10 14–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#041E42; color:#FFC72C;"| SoCon tournament 03/05/2016 6:00 pm 2 yes Mercer 7 U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, NC Quarterfinals ESPN3 81–65 22–10 03/06/2016 7:30 pm 2 yes 3 Furman U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, NC Semifinals 6,019 ESPN3 84–76 23–10 03/07/2016 9:00 pm 2 yes Chattanooga 1 U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, NC Championship game 3,058 ESPN2 67–73 23–11 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#041E42; color:#FFC72C;"| Vegas 16 03/28/2016 9:00 pm yes yes Louisiana Tech Mandalay Bay Events Center Paradise, NV Quarterfinals   CBSSN 88–83 24–11 03/29/2016 11:30 pm yes yes Oakland Mandalay Bay Events Center Paradise, NV Semifinals   CBSSN 81–104 24–12 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball seasons East Tennessee State East Tennessee State East Tennessee East Tennessee