2015–16 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Eastern Washington Eagles Eastern Washington University wordmark.svg 200 Big Sky Conference Big Sky 18–16 10–8 Jim Hayford 5th Shantay Legans David Riley Chris Victor Reese Court CBI Quarterfinals The 2015–16 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Washington University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Hayford and played their home games at Reese Court. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 18–16, 10–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Northern Arizona in the first round of the Big Sky tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Idaho. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Pepperdine to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Nevada. Previous season The Eagles finished the season 26–9, 14–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a share for the regular season Big Sky championship. They defeated Idaho, Sacramento State, and Montana to be champions of the Big Sky tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Georgetown. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Ognjen Miljkovic 0 F 6'7" 220 Sophomore Belgrade, Serbia Transferred to Embry-Riddle Tyler Harvey 1 G 6'4" 185 RS Junior Torrance, CA Declare for 2015 NBA draft Daniel Hill 2 G 5'9" 165 Junior Sydney, Australia Went pro Nate Galago 5 G 5'10" 175 RS Sophomore Spokane, WA No longer on team roster Parker Kelly 10 G 6'4" 195 Senior Spokane, WA Graduated Frederik Jörg 21 C 7'1" 295 RS Sophomore Korschenbroich, Germany Transferred to Saint Martin's Drew Brandon 22 G 6'4" 185 RS Senior Corona, CA Graduated Garrett Moon 33 F 6'5" 190 RS Senior San Francisco, CA Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Julian Harrell 0 G 6'5" 195 Junior Los Angeles, CA Transferred from Pennsylvania. Under NCAA transfer rules, Harrell will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Austin McBroom 2 G 5'9" 165 RS Senior North Hollywood, CA Transferred from Saint Louis. Will be eligible to play immediately since McBroom graduated from Saint Louis. Rico Nino 22 F 6'8" 250 Sophomore Half Moon Bay, CA Junior college transferred from Diablo Valley College Geremy McKay 33 F 6'7" 225 RS Freshman Melbourne, Australia Transferred from Albany. Under NCAA transfer rules, McKay will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have four years of remaining eligibility. 2015 incoming recruits no no 2015 Jesse Hunt #79 PF San Anselmo, CA Sir Francis Drake High School 6 6 205 08/30/2014 0 0 64 Michael Wearne PG Melbourne, Australia Box Hill High School 6 1 180 10/20/2014 0 0 NR Ty Gibson SG Issaquah, WA Issaquah High School 6 3 190 03/16/2015 0 0 NR 2015 Eastern Washington 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Eastern Washington Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-12 yes Roster 2015 Eastern Washington Eagles y yes Julian Harrell 0 G 6 5 195 JR yes Los Angeles, California Loyola HS/Penn/City College of San Francisco Ty Gibson 2 G 6 3 190 FR Issaquah, Washington Issaquah HS Sir Washington 4 G 6 3 180 SO yes Las Vegas, Nevada Clark HS Austin McBroom y 5 G 5 9 165 SR yes Los Angeles, California Campbell HS/Central Michigan/Saint Louis Michael Wearne 10 G 6 2 175 FR Croydon, Australia Box Hill HS Bear Henderson 11 F 6 6 215 FR yes Mission Hills, California Village Christian HS Grant Gibb 12 G 6 5 185 FR Longview, Washington Mark Morris HS W Will Ferris 15 G 6 1 175 FR yes Bellevue, Washington Newport HS Cody Benzel 20 G 6 4 175 FR yes Spokane, Washington Ferris HS W Enrico Nuno 22 F 6 8 250 SO Half Moon Bay, California Half Moon Bay HS/Diablo Valley College Kyle Reid 23 F 6 8 215 SR yes Cleveland, Ohio Bishop Montgomery HS/Los Angeles Trade Tech Jesse Hunt 30 F 6 7 210 FR Geraldton, Australia Sir Francis Drake HS Bogdan Bliznyuk y 32 F 6 6 215 SO Lutsk, Ukraine Todd Beamer HS Geremy McKay 40 F 6 7 225 FR yes Melbourne, Australia Caulfield Grammar School/Albany I Felix Von Hofe 44 F 6 5 200 JR Melbourne, Australia Wesley College/Australian Institute of Sport C Venky Jois y 55 F 6 8 230 SR Boronia, Australia Box Hill HS C Jim Hayford (Azusa Pacific) Shantay Legans (Fresno State) David Riley (Whitworth) Chris Victor (UC Irvine) Amir Owens (Idaho State) Kristin Barnett (Kansas) http://goeags.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/roster 13 July 2015 Schedule http://goeags.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball 2021-22 Men's BASKETBALL Schedule no 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#a10022; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 9,931 SECN 88–106 0–1 11/15/2015 3:30 pm yes no George Fox Reese Court Cheney, WA 1,214 126–64 1–1 11/18/2015 12:35 pm yes no Seattle Reese Court Cheney, WA 2,177 76–70 2–1 11/23/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Seattle KeyArena Seattle, WA 3,129 52–58 2–2 11/28/2015 6:30 pm yes yes no Pacific Colberg Court Sacramento, CA Sacramento State Tournament 551 70–63 3–2 11/29/2015 2:30 pm yes yes no South Dakota Colberg Court Sacramento, CA Sacramento State Tournament 314 71–77 3–3 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no San Francisco War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA 1,484 81–77 4–3 12/06/2015 2:05 pm yes no Great Falls Reese Court Cheney, WA 1,107 104–64 5–3 12/09/2015 5:00 pm yes yes no Davidson John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC Gotham Classic 3,714 86–96 5–4 12/11/2015 4:00 pm yes yes no Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA Gotham Classic 7,614 ESPN3 51–84 5–5 12/14/2015 4:00 pm yes yes no Western Carolina Ramsey Center Cullowhee, NC Gotham Classic 858 80–97 5–6 12/17/2015 6:05 pm yes no Morehead State Reese Court Cheney, WA Gotham Classic Postponedhttp://msueagles.com/news/2015/12/16/MBB_1216155131.aspx?path=mbball Eastern Washington Gotham Classic Game Postponed 12/22/2015 12:00 pm yes yes no Denver Magness Arena Denver, CO 1,405 74–58 6–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#a10022; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Sky regular season 12/31/2015 4:05 pm yes no Northern Colorado Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO 1,125 90–96 6–7 0–1 01/02/2016 12:05 pm yes no North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, ND 1,542 71–79 6–8 0–2 01/09/2016 12:05 pm no Idaho Reese Court Cheney, WA 3,262 74–60 7–8 1–2 01/14/2016 6:05 pm no Southern Utah Reese Court Cheney, WA 1,572 106–80 8–8 2–2 01/16/2016 2:05 pm no Northern Arizona Reese Court Cheney, WA 1,455 96–73 9–8 3–2 01/21/2016 6:05 pm yes no Montana State Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT 2,362 71–85 9–9 3–3 01/23/2016 6:05 pm yes no Montana Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 4,923 69–74 9–10 3–4 01/28/2016 6:05 pm no Portland State Reese Court Cheney, WA The Dam Cup 1,671 112–83 10–10 4–4 01/30/2016 12:05 pm no Sacramento State Reese Court Cheney, WA 1,914 74–67 11–10 5–4 02/04/2016 5:35 pm yes no Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ 1,168 84–73 12–10 6–4 02/06/2016 6:05 pm yes no Southern Utah Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT 1,309 81–67 13–10 7–4 02/11/2016 6:05 pm no North Dakota Reese Court Cheney, WA 1,650 95–85 14–10 8–4 02/13/2016 2:05 pm no Northern Colorado Reese Court Cheney, WA 1,689 97–80 15–10 9–4 02/18/2015 7:05 pm yes no Sacramento State Colberg Court Sacramento, CA 649 93–88 16–10 10–4 02/20/2016 7:05 pm yes no Portland State Peter Stott Center Portland, OR The Dam Cup 633 91–107 16–11 10–5 02/27/2016 1:05 pm yes no Idaho Memorial Gym Moscow, ID 1,500 62–66 16–12 10–6 03/03/2016 6:05 pm no Idaho State Reese Court Cheney, WA 1,574 71–75 16–13 10–7 03/05/2016 2:05 pm no Weber State Reese Court Cheney, WA 1,914 77–79 16–14 10–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#a10022; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Sky tournament 03/08/2016 8:00 pm yes no Northern Arizona Reno Events Center Reno, NV First round 1,723 74–52 17–14 03/10/2016 8:00 pm yes no Idaho Reno Events Center Reno, NV Quarterfinals 2,365 73–77 17–15 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#a10022; color:#FFFFFF;"| CBI 03/16/2016 6:05 pm yes no Pepperdine Reese Court Cheney, WA First round 1,518 79–72 18–15 03/21/2016 7:00 pm yes yes no Nevada Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV Quarterfinals 6,053 70–85 18–16 AP Poll Pacific Time See also 2015–16 Eastern Washington Eagles women's basketball team References Category:Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball seasons Eastern Washington Eastern Washington Eastern Washington Eastern Washington