2015–16 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Bucknell Bison Bucknell Bison wordmark.png 250 Patriot League Patriot 17–14 14–4 Nathan Davis 1st Paul Harrison John Griffin Ryan Ayers Sojka Pavilion Patriot League regular season champions NIT First round The 2015–16 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team represented Bucknell University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bison, led by first year head coach Nathan Davis, played their home games at Sojka Pavilion, and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 17–14, 14–4 in Patriot League play to win the regular season league championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League tournament to Holy Cross. As a regular season champion who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Monmouth. Previous season The Bison finished the 2014–15 season 19–15, 13–5 in Patriot League play to win the Patriot League regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the Patriot League tournament, where they lost to Lafayette. As a regular season league champion who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Temple. On March 30, head coach Dave Paulson resigned to take the same position at George Mason.https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/george-mason-hires-dave-paulsen-from-bucknell/2015/03/30/2934c42c-d717-11e4-bf0b-f648b95a6488_story.html George Mason hires Dave Paulsen from Bucknell to replace Paul Hewitt Washington Post 2017-01-19 He finished at Bucknell with a 10-year record of 134–94. On April 20, the school hired Nathan Davis as head coach.http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25155851/bucknell-hires-d-iii-coaching-standout-nathan-davis-as-its-new-coach Bucknell hires D-III coaching standout Nathan Davis as its new coach CBSSports.com en 2017-01-19 Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Joshea Singleton 1 G 6'3" 205 Senior Kinston, NC Graduated Steven Kasper 3 G 6'3" 192 Senior Lakeland, TN Graduated J. C. Show 12 G 6'2" 185 Freshman Clarks Summit, PA Transferred to Binghamton Cory Starkey 22 F 6'8" 216 Senior Petoskey, MI Graduated Incoming recruits no no 2015 Nate Sestina #83 PF Emporium, PA Cameron County High School 6 7 235 08/06/2014 0 0 62 Kimbal Mackenzie PG Oakville, ON The John Carroll School 6 1 185 08/08/2014 0 0 NR Nate Jones SG Radford, VA Radford High School 6 4 185 0 0 NR 2015 2015 Bucknell Signees 2015 Bucknell Signees 2015 Bucknell Signees 2015-09-27 yes 2016 class recruits no yes 2016 Bruce Moore #77 PF Randallstown, MD McDonough High School 6 7 09/15/2015 0 0 66 Ben Robertson SF High Point, NC High Point Christian Academy 6 5 190 09/14/2015 0 0 NR 2016 2016 Bucknell Signees 2016 Bucknell Signees 2016 Bucknell Signees 2015-09-27 yes Roster 2015 Bucknell Bison y y D.J. MacLeay y 0 F 6 7 213 JR San Antonio, TX Reagan Kimbal Mackenzie 1 G 6 1 185 FR Oakville, ON John Carroll Stephen Brown 2 G 5 11 165 SO Manassas, VA Christ Chapel Academy Nate Sestina y 4 C 6 8 235 FR Emporuim, PA Cameron County John Azzinaro 5 G 5 11 180 JR San Antonio, TX Brennan Chris Hass y 14 G 6 5 184 SR Pellston, MI Pellston Nate Jones 15 G 6 4 185 FR Radford, VA Radford Nana Foulland y 20 C 6 9 227 SO Reading, PA Berks Catholic Matt O'Reilley 22 G 6 3 185 FR Moraga, CA Prolific Prep Academy Zach Thomas basketball y 23 F 6 6 210 SO Ijamesville, MD Oakdale Matt Banas 25 F 6 9 205 SR Hershey, PA Hershey Ryan Frazier y 32 G 6 0 190 SR Silver Springs, MD Salisbury School Ben Oberfeld 44 C 6 9 240 JR Eagan, MN Eastview Dom Hoffman 50 F 6 7 222 SR Hawthorne, NJ Gill St. Bernard's Nathan Davis (Randolph–Macon) Paul Harrison (Washington and Lee) John Griffin (Bucknell) Ryan Ayers (Notre Dame) http://www.bucknellbison.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=32100&SPID=137628&SPSID=810390 Schedule http://www.bucknellbison.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=32100&SPID=137628&SPSID=810386 Men's Basketball September 28, 2015 October 12, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141012183736/http://www.bucknellbison.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=32100&SPID=137628&SPSID=810386 dead 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Bucknell Bison 1; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes Shenandoah Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 2,577 107–61 1–0 11/15/2015 1:00 pm yes Wake Forest Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 3,247 CBSSN 82–90 1–1 11/18/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Robert Morris Charles L. Sewall Center Moon Township, PA 1,602 81–76Bucknell downs Robert Morris, 81-76 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400825503 ESPN.com 19 November 2015 2–1 11/21/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Manhattan Draddy Gymnasium Riverdale, NY 1,810 80–67 3–1 11/21/2015 7:00 pm yes Siena Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 2,295 81–83 OT 3–2 11/28/2015 1:00 pm yes yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA 5,097 58–62 3–3 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes Columbia Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 2,465 61–72 3–4 12/05/2015 12:00 pm yes yes NC State PNC Arena Raleigh, NC 16,378 RSN 86–99 3–5 12/08/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Mount St. Mary's Knott Arena Emmitsburg, MD 1,789 73–81 3–6 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 2,049 77–89 3–7 12/27/2015 2:00 pm yes Fairfield Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 2,313 91–101 3–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Bucknell Bison 1; color:white;"| Patriot League regular season 12/30/2015 7:00 pm Navy Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 2,914 88–58 4–8 1–0 01/02/2016 3:00 pm yes Army Christl Arena West Point, NY 1,597 84–76 5–8 2–0 01/06/2016 7:00 pm American Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 2,584 72–54 6–8 3–0 01/09/2016 2:00 pm Holy Cross Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 3,111 98–71 7–8 4–0 01/11/2016 7:30 pm yes Lehigh Stabler Arena Bethlehem, PA 1,042 CBSSN 82–76 8–8 5–0 01/16/2016 7:00 pm Colgate Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 3,137 73–84 8–9 5–1 01/20/2016 7:00 pm yes Loyola (MD) Reitz Arena Baltimore, MD 796 ASN 67–58 9–9 6–1 01/23/2016 1:00 pm yes Boston University Case Gym Boston, MA 791 74–71 10–9 7–1 01/25/2016 7:30 pm Lafayette Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 2,640 CBSSN 79–67 11–9 8–1 01/30/2016 7:00 pm Army Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 3,513 94–66 12–9 9–1 02/03/2016 7:00 pm yes American Bender Arena Washington, D.C. 759 55–69 12–10 9–2 02/06/2016 1:00 pm yes Holy Cross Hart Center Worcester, MA 2,647 77–52 13–10 10–2 02/10/2016 7:00 pm Lehigh Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 2,523 ASN 65–80 13–11 10–3 02/13/2016 2:00 pm yes Colgate Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY N/A 81–91 13–12 10–4 02/17/2016 7:00 pm Loyola (MD) Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 2,493 87–52 14–12 11–4 02/21/2016 12:00 pm Boston University Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 3,044 CBSSN 80–59 15–12 12–4 02/24/2016 7:00 pm yes Lafayette Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA 1,664 86–83 2OT 16–12 13–4 02/27/2016 4:00 pm yes Navy Alumni Hall Annapolis, MD 2,909 77–73 17–12 14–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Bucknell Bison 1; color:white;"| Patriot League tournament 03/03/2016 7:00 pm Holy Cross Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA Quarterfinals 2,700 72–77 2OT 17–13 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Bucknell Bison 1; color:white;"| NIT 03/15/16 7:30 pm yes yes 8 1 Monmouth Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ First round – Monmouth Bracket 2,661 ESPN3 80–90 17–14 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:Bucknell Bison men's basketball seasons Bucknell Bucknell Bucknell Bucknell