2015–16 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 June 2025 Basketball 2015–16 East Carolina Pirates East Carolina Pirates wordmark.svg 150 American Athletic Conference AAC 12–20 4–14 Jeff Lebo 6th Mike Netti Michael Perry Ken Potosnak Williams Arena The 2015–16 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates were led by sixth year head coach Jeff Lebo and played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as second year members of the American Athletic Conference. The Pirates finished the season with a record of 12–20, 4–14 in AAC play to finish in a tie for ninth place in conference. They lost to South Florida in the first round of the AAC tournament.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/400870283 South Florida beats East Carolina 71-66 in AAC tourney ESPN March 10, 2016 June 30, 2025 Previous season The Pirates finished the 2014–15 season with a record of 14–19, 6–12 in AAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place in conference. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament where they lost to SMU. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Terry Whisnant 0 G 6'3" 180 RS Junior Cherryville, NC Signed to professional team Francis Edosomwan 10 G 6'3" 220 Senior Charlotte, NC Graduated Antonio Robinson 11 G 6'4" 175 Senior Winston-Salem, NC Graduated Paris Roberts-Campbell 22 G 6'3" 185 Senior Charlotte, NC Graduated Keith Armstrong 24 F 6'7" 240 Junior Raleigh, NC Transferred to Winston-Salem State Greg Alexander 31 G 6'4" 200 Sophomore Hampton, VA Transferred to Mount St. Mary's Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Charles Foster 3 G 6'2" 175 Junior Louisville, KY Vincennes University Clarence Williams 10 F 6'8" 200 Junior Decatur, GA Trinity Valley CC Incoming recruits no no 2015 Deng Riak C Bradenton, FL Victory Rock Prep 6 10 215 03/14/2015 0 0 80 Kentrell Barkley SF Durham, NC Northern High School 6 5 195 2014-09-01 3 NR NR 2015 2015 East Carolina Signees 2015 East Carolina Signees 2015 East Carolina Signees 2015-08-14 yes Roster 2015 East Carolina Pirates y yes Deng Riak 0 C 6 10 225 FR Melbourne, Australia Victory Rock Prep Grant Bryant 1 F 6 7 200 SO Kennesaw, GA Kell Caleb White 2 G 6 7 205 JR Buckingham, VA Virginia Episcopal Charles Foster 3 G 6 0 160 JR Louisville, KY Vincennes Prince Williams 4 G 6 5 200 SR Raleigh, NC Broughton W Lance Tejada 5 G 6 2 190 SO Pompano Beach, FL Blanche Ely Clarence Williams 10 F 6 8 195 JR Tallahassee, FL Trinity Valley CC Michel Nzege 13 F 6 8 220 JR y Geneva, Switzerland Winston-Salem State Kentrell Barkley 15 G/F 6 5 205 FR Durham, NC Northern Durham B. 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Tyson 21 G 6 3 180 SO Wadesboro, NC Anson Drew Bost 24 G 5 10 175 SR Raleigh, NC Wake Tech CC W Peyton Robbins 31 G 6 3 210 SR Raleigh, NC St. David's W Justice Obasohan 32 G 6 5 210 FR Wallace, NC NC School of Science and Math W Michael Zangari 34 F 6 9 240 SR Etters, PA Red Land Marshall Guimette 41 F 6 10 250 JR y Kennesaw, GA Harrison Kanu Aja 44 F 6 9 255 SR Baltimore, MD City College of San Francisco Jeff Lebo (North Carolina) Mike Netti (Syracuse) Michael Perry (Richmond) Ken Potosnak (Randolph–Macon) http://www.ecupirates.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ecu-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#4F0076; color:#FFE600;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 8:00 pm yes Grambling State Williams Arena Greenville, NC 5,083 ESPN3 61–53 1–0 11/16/2015 7:00 pm yes Charlotte Williams Arena Greenville, NC 4,276 ESPN3 88–74 2–0 11/20/2015 11:00 pm yes yes California 15 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA Las Vegas Invitational 8,658 P12N 62–70 2–1 11/23/2015 10:00 pm yes yes San Diego State Viejas Arena San Diego, CA Las Vegas Invitational 12,414 ESPN3 54–79 2–2 11/26/2015 2:00 pm yes yes Arkansas–Little Rock Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Invitational semifinals N/A 46–54 2–3 11/27/2015 5:00 pm yes yes Stetson Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Invitational 3rd place game N/A 93–73 3–3 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes Florida Atlantic Williams Arena Greenville, NC 3,763 ESPN3 74–48 4–3 12/04/2015 7:00 pm yes USC Upstate Williams Arena Greenville, NC 4,464 ESPN3 82–71 5–3 12/07/2015 7:00 pm yes yes College of Charleston TD Arena Charleston, SC 2,357 73–77 5–4 12/13/2015 2:00 pm yes North Carolina A&T Williams Arena Greenville, NC 4,151 ESPN3 71–60 6–4 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes UNC Wilmington Williams Arena Greenville, NC 4,038 ESPN3 78–73 7–4 12/20/2015 2:00 pm yes yes James Madison JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, VA 2,510 61–67 7–5 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes South Carolina State Williams Arena Greenville, NC 4,145 ESPN3 98–71 8–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#4F0076; color:#FFE600;"| AAC regular season 01/02/2016 6:00 pm UCF Williams Arena Greenville, NC 4,605 ESPN3 68–71 8–6 0–1 01/05/2016 7:00 pm yes Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 4,244 ESPNews 43–55 8–7 0–2 01/09/2016 9:00 pm yes Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA 4,524 ESPNews 60–78 8–8 0–3 01/13/2016 6:15 pm SMU 10 Williams Arena Greenville, NC 6,022 ESPNews 55–79 8–9 0–4 01/16/2016 4:30 pm yes UCF CFE Arena Orlando, FL 5,411 ESPNews 69–89 8–10 0–5 01/19/2016 7:00 pm Tulsa Williams Arena Greenville, NC 3,878 ESPNews 69–84 8–11 0–6 01/24/2016 2:00 pm yes Memphis FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 11,165 CBSSN 84–83 9–11 1–6 01/27/2016 7:00 pm Temple Williams Arena Greenville, NC 4,196 ESPN3 64–61 10–11 2–6 01/30/2016 12:00 pm Houston Williams Arena Greenville, NC 5,212 ESPNews 93–97 2OT 10–12 2–7 02/07/2016 12:00 pm yes UConn Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT 9,307 CBSSN 67–85 10–13 2–8 02/10/2016 6:15 pm Tulane Williams Arena Greenville, NC 3,656 ESPNews 92–100 3OT 10–14 2–9 02/13/2016 4:00 pm yes Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH   ESPNU 60–75 10–15 2–10 02/16/2016 7:00 pm South Florida Williams Arena Greenville, NC   ESPN3 52–69 10–16 2–11 02/21/2016 2:00 pm yes SMU 21 Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX 6,852 ESPNews 63–74 10–17 2–12 02/24/2016 8:00 pm yes Tulane Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA 1,638 ESPNews 79–73 11–17 3–12 02/27/2016 12:00 pm Cincinnati Williams Arena Greenville, NC 4,841 ESPNU 56–65 11–18 3–13 03/02/2016 9:00 pm yes South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL 2,957 ESPNU 52–39 12–18 4–13 03/06/2016 4:00 pm Memphis Williams Arena Greenville, NC 4,487 CBSSN 53–83 12–19 4–14 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#4F0076; color:#FFE600;"| American Athletic Conference tournament 03/10/2016 yes South Florida Amway Center Orlando, FL First Round   ESPNU 66–71 12–20 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:East Carolina Pirates men's basketball seasons East Carolina Category:2015 in sports in North Carolina Category:2016 in sports in North Carolina