2015–16 IPFW Mastodons men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Fort Wayne Mastodons IPFW wordmark.png 250 The Summit League The Summit 24–10 12–4 Jon Coffman 2nd Mark Downey 1st Ryan Sims 5th Ben Botts 2nd Gates Sports CenterAllen County War Memorial Coliseum The Summit League regular season co–champions NIT First round The 2015–16 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team represented Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mastodons, led by second year head coach Jon Coffman, played their home games at the Gates Sports Center, with five home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, and were members of The Summit League. They finished the season 24–10, 12–4 in Summit League play to finish in a tie for the regular season championship. They lost in the semifinals of the Summit League tournament to North Dakota State. As a regular season league champion who was also the #1 seed in their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to San Diego State. Previous season The Mastodons finished the 2014–15 season with a record of 16–15, 9–7 in conference. They lost to South Dakota State in the quarterfinals of the Summit League tournament. IPFW received a bid to the CIT where they lost in the first round to Evansville. Roster 2015 IPFW Mastodons y Mo Evans 0 G 6 1 185 JR Indianapolis, IN DeAngelo Stewart 2 G F 6 4 205 JR Detroit, MI John Konchar 4 G 6 5 207 FR y y Chicago, IL Charles Ruise, Jr. 5 G 6 1 190 FR Glen St. Mary, FL Max Landis basketball y 10 G 6 2 185 SR y Indianapolis, IN Michael Calder 12 G 6 2 180 SR Fort Lauderdale, FL Filip Serwatka 14 F 6 5 211 FR Elkhart, IN Trevor Osborn 21 G 6 0 178 JR Fort Wayne, IN Xzavier Taylor 22 F 6 6 255 JR Chicago, IL Bryson Scott 23 G 6 1 205 JR Fort Wayne, IN I Kason Harrell 32 G 6 2 192 FR Pittsburgh, PA Racine Talla 34 F 6 9 195 SO y Dakar, Senegal Joe Reed 44 F 6 8 225 SR Greenwood, IN Brent Calhoun 45 C 6 9 260 JR y Indianapolis, IN Andrew Poulter 50 C 6 10 275 JR y New Braunfels, TX Jon Coffman (Washington & Lee) Mark Downey (Charleston (WV)) Ryan Sims (Indianapolis) Ben Botts (IPFW) http://www.gomastodons.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Schedule http://www.gomastodons.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=369&path=mbball 2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule Go Mastodons IPFW September 24, 2015 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#003882; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/06/2015 7:00 pm yes Otterbein Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, IN 833 99–55 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#003882; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 11/13/2015 8:30 pm yes yes Valparaiso Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 4,117 ESPN3 64–78 0–1 11/16/2015 7:30 pm yes Manchester Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, IN Spartan Showcase 1,204 85–53 1–1 11/18/2015 8:00 pm yes yes Austin Peay Dunn Center Clarksville, TN 1,715 80–77 2–1 11/21/2015 2:30 pm yes SIU Edwardsville Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN 1,388 87–67 3–1 11/24/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Miami (OH) Millett Hall Oxford, OH 1,224 57–53 4–1 11/27/2015 4:30 pm yes yes Jacksonville Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Spartan Showcase 1,383 71–63 5–1 11/28/2015 7:00 pm yes yes UNC Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Spartan Showcase 1,389 64–58 6–1 11/29/2015 12:30 pm yes yes Navy Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Spartan Showcase 1,349 53–75 6–2 12/03/2015 10:00 pm yes yes Cal Poly Mott Athletic Center San Luis Obispo, CA 1,465 75–73 7–2 12/05/2015 2:00 pm yes yes Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT 12,241 79–96 7–3 12/09/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN 17,472 65–90 7–4 12/12/2015 2:30 pm yes Austin Peay Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN 1,605 85–68 8–4 12/19/2015 1:00 pm yes Stetson Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN 1,075 95–89 9–4 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Western Michigan University Arena Kalamazoo, MI 2,676 89–86 OT 10–4 12/30/2015 7:00 pm Oral Roberts Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN 1,368 90–84 11–4 1–0 01/02/2016 7:00 pm yes Purdue North Central Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN 798 126–95 12–4 01/06/2016 7:00 pm South Dakota Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN 1,077 85–65 13–4 2–0 01/09/2016 6:00 pm yes Denver Magness Arena Denver, CO 2,054 65–64 14–4 3–0 01/14/2016 8:00 pm yes South Dakota State Frost Arena Brookings, SD 2,496 76–92 14–5 3–1 01/16/2016 2:00 pm yes Omaha Baxter Arena Omaha, NE 2,220 106–101 OT 15–5 4–1 01/21/2016 7:00 pm North Dakota State Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, IN 964 79–74 16–5 5–1 01/23/2016 7:00 pm IUPUI Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, IN 1,530 82–84 16–6 5–2 01/28/2016 8:00 pm yes Oral Roberts Mabee Center Tulsa, OK 2,895 ESPN3 68–63 17–6 6–2 01/31/2016 2:00 pm Western Illinois Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, IN 1,079 88–67 18–6 7–2 02/04/2016 2:00 pm yes South Dakota DakotaDome Vermillion, SD 1,510 95–82 19–6 8–2 02/06/2016 5:00 pm yes North Dakota State Scheels Arena Fargo, ND 3,230 46–62 19–7 8–3 02/13/2016 7:00 pm Denver Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, IN 1,248 88–84 20–7 9–3 02/18/2016 7:00 pm South Dakota State Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, IN 1,452 91–79 21–7 10–3 02/20/2016 7:00 pm Omaha Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, IN Homecoming 1,832 94–90 22–7 11–3 02/25/2016 7:00 pm yes Western Illinois Western Hall Macomb, IL 1,213 ESPN3 87–75 23–7 12–3 02/27/2016 7:00 pm yes IUPUI Fairgrounds Coliseum Indianapolis, IN 1,675 ESPN3 77–80 23–8 12–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#003882; color:#FFFFFF;"| The Summit League tournament 03/05/2016 7:00 pm yes 1 South Dakota 8 Premier Center Sioux Falls, SD Quarterfinals 10,306 ESPN3 86–70 24–8 03/07/2016 7:00 pm yes 1 North Dakota State 5 Premier Center Sioux Falls, SD Semifinals 9,735 ESPN3 68–69 24–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#003882; color:#FFFFFF;"| NIT 03/15/2016 10:00 pm yes yes 7 San Diego State 2 Viejas Arena San Diego, CA First round – South Carolina Bracket 8,324 ESPN3 55–79 24–10 no Eastern Time References Category:Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball seasons IPFW IPFW Category:2015 in sports in Indiana Category:2016 in sports in Indiana