2015–16 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Colorado Buffaloes Colorado Buffaloes wordmark.svg 125 Pac-12 Conference Pac-12 Conference men's basketball Pac-12 22–12 10–8 Tad Boyle 6th Jean Prioleau Mike Rhon Rodney Billups Coors Events Center NCAA tournament First Round The 2015–16 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Tad Boyle's sixth season as head coach at Colorado. The Buffaloes played their home games at Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colorado and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 22–12, 10–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. The defeated Washington State in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Arizona. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to UConn. Previous season The Buffaloes finished the season with an overall record of 16–18, and 7–11 in conference play. In the Pac-12 Tournament the Buffaloes defeated Oregon State in the First round before losing to Oregon in the quarterfinals. The team accepted an invitation to play in the CBI where they defeated Gardner–Webb in the First round, and lost to Seattle in the Second round. Off-season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Askia Booker 0 G 6'2" 175 Senior Los Angeles, CA Graduated Kevin Nelson 12 G 6'2" 190 Senior Albuquerque, NM Graduated Dustin Thomas 13 G/F 6'7" 225 Sophomore Texarkana, TX Transferred to Arkansas Jaron Hopkins 23 G 6'6" 200 Sophomore Mesa, AZ Transferred to Fresno State Geoffrey Bates 35 G 6'3" 200 RS Senior Plano, TX Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Kenan Guzonjic 13 F 6'8" 215 Junior Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Junior college transfer from Midland College Derrick White 21 G 6'5" 185 Senior Parker, Colorado Transfer from University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season under NCAA transfer rules.UCCS guard Derrick White transferring to CU http://milehighsports.com/2015/04/22/uccs-guard-derrick-white-transferring-to-cu/ MileHighSports.com 23 April 2015 https://archive.today/20150424063056/http://milehighsports.com/2015/04/22/uccs-guard-derrick-white-transferring-to-cu/ 2015-04-24 dead 2015 recruiting class no no 2015 Thomas Akyazali G Antwerp, Belgium Koninklijk Atheneum Deurne HS 6 2 190 03/14/2015 NR NR NR 3 yes Roster 2015 Colorado Buffaloes y yes Thomas Akyazali 0 G 6 2 180 FR Antwerp, BE Koninklijk Atheneum Deurne HS Wesley Gordon y basketball 1 F 6 9 220 JR y Colorado Springs, CO Sierra HS Xavier Johnson 2 G/F 6 7 225 SR Los Angeles, CA Mater Dei HS yes y Xavier Talton 3 G 6 2 185 SR Sterling, CO Sterling HS Eli Stalzer 5 G 6 3 195 SR Brea, CA Mater Dei HS Tre'Shaun Fletcher 10 G/F 6 7 205 JR Tacoma, WA Lincoln HS y Mitch Lombard 12 G 6 0 183 FR Castle Pines, CO Rock Canyon HS W Kenan Guzonjic 13 F 6 8 245 SO Sarajevo, BA Midland College Tory Miller 14 F 6 9 246 SO Lee's Summit, MO New Hampton School Dominique Collier 15 G 6 2 190 SO Denver, CO East HS Derrick White y 21 G 6 5 193 SR Parker, CO Colorado Colorado Springs yes George King basketball, born 1994 y 24 G 6 6 220 So y San Antonio, TX Brennan HS Brett Brady 22 G 6 1 170 SR Highlands Ranch, CO Highlands Ranch HS W Josh Repine 33 G 6 3 180 SO Englewood, CO New Hampton School W Josh Scott basketball y 40 F 6 10 245 SR Monument, CO Lewis-Palmer HS Josh Fortune 44 G 6 5 200 JR y Hampton, VA Providence Tad Boyle (Kansas) Jean Prioleau (Fordham) Mike Rohn (McPherson) Rodney Billups (Denver) http://www.cubuffs.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=600&SPID=257&SPSID=3891 February 17, 2016 Schedule 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes no yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#000000; color:#CEBE70;"| Non-conference regular season Nov 13, 2015 3:00 pm yes yes Iowa State 7 Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls, SD Sanford Pentagon Opener ESPN2 62–68 3,200 0–1 Nov 17, 2015 1:00 pm yes yes Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, AL College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon ESPN 91–84 7,241 1–1 Nov 20, 2015 7:00 pm yes Portland Coors Events Center Boulder, CO P12N 85–63 7,783 2–1 Nov 22, 2015 12:00 pm yes Omaha Coors Events Center Boulder, CO P12N 87–82 7,199 3–1 Nov 25, 2015 7:00 pm yes Air Force Coors Events Center Boulder, CO P12N 81–70 7,698 4–1 Nov 29, 2015 1:00 pm yes Northern Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, CO P12N 82–52 7,424 5–1 Dec 2, 2015 6:00 pm yes Fort Lewis Coors Events Center Boulder, CO P12N 95–71 7,587 6–1 Dec 6, 2015 12:00 pm yes yes Colorado State Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO RTRM 88–77 8,750 7–1 Dec 12, 2015 6:00 pm yes BYU Coors Events Center Boulder, CO P12N 92–83 8,913 8–1 Dec 18, 2015 7:00 pm yes Nicholls State Coors Events Center Boulder, CO Las Vegas Classic P12N 85–68 8,185 9–1 Dec 19, 2015 7:00 pm yes Hampton Coors Events Center Boulder, CO Las Vegas Classic P12N 95–53 8,177 10–1 Dec 22, 2015 8:30 pm yes yes Penn State Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Classic semifinals 71–70   11–1 Dec 23, 2015 8:30 pm yes yes SMU 18 Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Classic championship FS1 66–70 2,154 11–2 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#000000;"| Pac-12 regular season Jan 1, 2016 9:00 pm yes California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N 65–79 9,964 11–3 0–1 Jan 3, 2016 8:00 pm yes Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA ESPNU 56–55 3,887 12–3 1–1 Jan 8, 2016 7:00 pm Utah Coors Events Center Boulder, CO FS1 54–56 8,701 12–4 1–2 Jan 13, 2016 9:00 pm Oregon State Coors Events Center Boulder, CO ESPNU 71–54 9,190 13–4 2–2 Jan 17, 2016 5:00 pm Oregon Coors Events Center Boulder, CO P12N 91–87 8,459 14–4 3–2 Jan 20, 2016 8:00 pm yes Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA P12N 83–95 6,325 14–5 3–3 Jan 23, 2016 7:00 pm yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA P12N 75–70 3,321 15–5 4–3 Jan 27, 2016 7:00 pm Stanford Coors Events Center Boulder, CO P12N 91–75 8,001 16–5 5–3 Jan 31, 2016 3:00 pm California Coors Events Center Boulder, CO FS1 70–62 9,423 17–5 6–3 Feb 4, 2016 7:00 pm yes Oregon 16 Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR FS1 56–76 7,226 17–6 6–4 Feb 6, 2016 6:30 pm yes Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR P12N 56–60 6,517 17–7 6–5 Feb 11, 2016 8:30 pm Washington State Coors Events Center Boulder, CO P12N 88–81 2OT 7,330 18–7 7–5 Feb 13, 2016 12:00 pm Washington Coors Events Center Boulder, CO P12N 81–80 9,476 19–7 8–5 Feb 17, 2016 9:00 pm yes USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA ESPNU 72–79 5,132 19–8 8–6 Feb 20, 2016 9:00 pm yes UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA FS1 53–77 8,492 19–9 8–7 Feb 24, 2016 7:00 pm Arizona 9 Coors Events Center Boulder, CO ESPN2 75–72 11,309 20–9 9–7 Feb 28, 2016 2:30 pm Arizona State Coors Events Center Boulder, CO P12N 79–69 10,325 21–9 10–7 Mar 5, 2016 7:30 pm yes Utah 13 Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT ESPNU 55–57 15,000 21–10 10–8 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#000000;"| Pac-12 tournament Mar 9, 2016 3:30 pm yes 5 12 Washington State MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV First Round P12N 80–56 12,916 22–10 Mar 10, 2016 3:30 pm yes 5 4 Arizona 15 MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV Quarterfinals P12N 78–82 12,916 22–11 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#000000;"| NCAA tournament Mar 17, 2016 11:30 AM yes yes 8 S UConn 9 S Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, IA First Round TNT 67–74 16,628 22–12 AP Poll Mountain Time S South Region See also 2015–16 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team References Colorado Category:Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball seasons Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball Colorado