2015–16 Bradley Braves men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Bradley Braves Bradley Braves logo.svg 150 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 5–27 3–15 Brian Wardle 1st Drew Adams Mike Bargen Jimmie Foster Carver Arena The 2015–16 Bradley Braves men's basketball team represented Bradley University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Braves were led by first year head coach Brian Wardle, who was hired in the offseason to replace Geno Ford. http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209987854&DB_OEM_ID=3400 Brian Wardle New Bradley Basketball Coach - BRADLEYBRAVES.COM—Official Web Site of Bradley University Athletics Bradleybraves.com 2015-04-06 The Braves were members of the Missouri Valley Conference and played their home games at Carver Arena in Peoria, Illinois. They finished the season 5–27, 3–15 in Missouri Valley play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to Loyola–Chicago. Previous season The Braves finished the 2014–15 season with an overall record of 9–24. The team finished in last place in the Missouri Valley Conference with a conference record of 3–15. Following a first round upset of No. 7 seed Drake in the MVC tournament, the Braves season ended with a loss to Northern Iowa. On March 22, 2015, Bradley fired head men's basketball coach Geno Ford, who compiled a 46–86 (19–53) record in four seasons at Bradley.Wise Brandon http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25118796/report-bradley-fires-coach-geno-ford Report: Bradley fires coach Geno Ford CBSSports.com 2015-04-06 Ford was replaced less than a week later by UW–Green Bay head coach Brian Wardle.http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/news/brian-wardle-coaching-rumors-bradley-university/dia2rb02293v17vg00ngldi1p Bradley hires Green Bay's Wardle 2015-03-27 Sporting News 2017-02-07 Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Warren Jones 2 G 6'3" 190 Junior Centralia, IL Graduate transferred to Wisconsin–Parkside Auston Barnes 4 F 6'8" 215 Senior Lansing, MI Graduated Tramique Sutherland 5 G 5'11" 175 Junior Toronto, ON Transferred to UT Permian Basin Darrion Harris 12 G 5'10" 155 Junior St. Louis, MO Left the team for personal reasons Kendahl Amerson 13 G 6'3" 180 Junior Detroit, MI Transferred to Central Oklahoma Josh Cunningham 21 F 6'7" 180 Freshman Chicago, IL Transferred to Dayton Xazavier Taylor 22 F/C 6'9" 225 Sophomore Chicago, IL Transferred to IPFW Omari Grier 24 G 6'4" 180 RS Junior Erial, NJ Graduate transfer to Rutgers Nate Wells 52 C 7'1" 260 Junior Davenport, IA Graduate transfer to Ball State Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Alex Foster 34 F 6'8" 225 Junior Joliet, IL Transferred from Texas Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Foster will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. 2015 recruiting class no 2015 Joel Okafor PG Richmond, IN Richmond High School 5 11 175 3 3 77 April 20, 2015 Ronnie Suggs SG Washington, MO Vermont Academy 6 4 170 2 3 POST April 19, 2015 Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye SG Briston, England Stroud College 6 3 190 N/A N/A NR N/A Scottie James SG Tarpon Springs, FL Tarpon Springs High School 6 7 N/A N/A NR 05/17/2015 2015 Bradley Commit List for 2015 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Bradley Braves Basketball Recruiting 2015 bradley 554 204 – – 2015-05-01 yes Roster 2015 Bradley Braves y yes Ka'Darryl Bell 0 G 6 1 200 SR Chicago, IL Oak Park-River Forest HS Donte Thomas y 1 F 6 7 217 SO Calumet City, IL Thornwood HS Anthony Fields 3 G 6 0 160 SR y Detroit, MI Quality Education AcademyWake Forest Joel Okafor 4 G 5 11 175 FR Richmond, IN Richmond HS Davante Cooper 5 C 6 10 215 FR Atlanta, GA West Oaks Academy Jackson Kane 10 G 5 10 175 SR Roseville, IL Monmouth-Roseville HSSoutheastern CC W Luuk van Bree y 13 F 6 8 210 FR Venray, Netherlands Canarias Basketball Academy Peter Hanley 14 F 6 6 200 FR Peoria, IL Notre Dame HS W Ronnie Suggs 22 G 6 6 185 FR Washington, MO Vermont Academy Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye 23 G 6 3 195 FR London, England Bristol Academy Flyers Scottie James y 24 F 6 8 215 FR Tarpon Springs, FL Tarpon Springs HS Callum Barker 30 F 6 9 240 FR Hobart, Australia Notre Dame Prep Mike Shaw 32 F 6 8 230 SR y Chicago, IL De La Salle InstituteIllinois Alex Foster 34 F 6 8 225 JR Joliet, IL Seton AcademyTexas Tech yes I Brian Wardle (Marquette) Drew Adams (Tennessee) Mike Bargen (Marquette) Jimmie Foster (South Dakota) http://www.bradleybraves.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=3400&SPID=1498&SPSID=19333 Schedule and results no 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- ! colspan="9" style=Bradley Braves| Exhibition 11/04/2015 7:00 pm yes no Edgewood College Carver Arena Peoria, IL 5,829 78–42 11/09/2015 7:00 pm yes no Saint Joseph's (IN) Carver Arena Peoria, IL 4,957 84–65 |- ! colspan="9" style=Bradley Braves| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes no Ball State Carver Arena Peoria, IL   ESPN3 54–53 1–0 11/16/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Arizona 12 McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,238 P12N 60–90 1–1 11/19/2015 8:30 pm yes yes no Virginia 6 TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic quarterfinals 2,517 ESPN2 57–82 1–2 11/20/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Seton Hall TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic consolation round 2,820 ESPNU 59–67 1–3 11/22/2015 12:30 pm yes yes no Towson TD Arena Charleston, SC Charleston Classic 7th place game 1,553 ESPN3 60–62 1–4 11/25/2015 7:00 pm yes no New Orleans Carver Arena Peoria, IL 5,379 ESPN3 51–64 1–5 11/28/2015 1:00 pm yes no Ole Miss Carver Arena Peoria, IL Charleston Classic 5,603 ESPN3 54–67 1–6 12/01/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Delaware Bob Carpenter Center Newark, DE 1,361 47–70 1–7 12/05/2015 7:00 pm yes no North Dakota Carver Arena Peoria, IL 5,557 ESPN3 59–65 2OT 1–8 12/08/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Texas–Arlington College Park Center Arlington, TX 1,833 61–97 1–9 12/17/2015 7:00 pm yes no Maryville Carver Arena Peoria, IL 5,601 61–53 2–9 12/20/2015 1:00 pm yes yes no Boise State Taco Bell Arena Boise, ID MW–MVC Challenge 4,405 ROOT 70–90 2–10 12/23/2015 7:00 pm yes no TCU Carver Arena Peoria, IL 5,560 ESPN3 49–53 2–11 |- ! colspan="12" style=Bradley Braves| Missouri Valley Conference regular season 12/30/2015 7:00 pm yes no Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA 5,230 ESPN3 44–80 2–12 0–1 01/03/2016 1:00 pm no Wichita State Carver Arena Peoria, IL 6,597 ESPN3 58–85 2–13 0–2 01/06/2016 7:00 pm no Southern Illinois Carver Arena Peoria, IL 5,639 ESPN3 44–65 2–14 0–3 01/09/2016 3:00 pm yes no Evansville Ford Center Evansville, IN 5,873 ESPN3 35–67 2–15 0–4 01/13/2016 6:00 pm yes no Loyola–Chicago Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,386 ESPN3 54–53 3–15 1–4 01/16/2016 8:00 pm no Missouri State Carver Arena Peoria, IL 6,076 ESPN3 42–61 3–16 1–5 01/20/2016 7:00 pm no Illinois State Carver Arena Peoria, IL 7,300 ESPN3 52–55 3–17 1–6 01/23/2016 2:00 pm yes no Wichita State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS 10,506 ESPN3 54–88 3–18 1–7 01/27/2016 8:00 pm no Northern Iowa Carver Arena Peoria, IL 5,334 ESPN3 50–68 3–19 1–8 01/30/2016 2:00 pm yes no Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA 3,524 ESPN3 70–80 3–20 1–9 02/02/2016 7:00 pm yes no Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, MO 3,723 ESPN3 71–77 3–21 1–10 02/06/2016 7:00 pm no Indiana State Carver Arena Peoria, IL 6,028 ESPN3 63–58 4–21 2–10 02/10/2016 7:00 pm no Loyola–Chicago Carver Arena Peoria, IL 5,400 ESPN3 43–54 4–22 2–11 02/14/2016 3:00 pm yes no Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL 7,888 ESPN3 60–75 4–23 2–12 02/17/2016 7:00 pm yes no Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL 5,002 ESPN3 59–71 4–24 2–13 02/20/2016 7:00 pm no Drake Carver Arena Peoria, IL 7,149 ESPN3 73–70 5–24 3–13 02/23/2016 8:00 pm no Evansville Carver Arena Peoria, IL 5,523 ESPN3 55–67 5–25 3–14 02/27/2016 1:00 pm yes no Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN 3,700 ESPN3 58–77 5–26 3–15 |- ! colspan="9" style=Bradley Braves| Missouri Valley tournament 03/03/2016 6:00 pm yes no Loyola–Chicago Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO First round 6,929 ESPN3 66–74 5–27 AP Poll Central Timehttp://www.bradleybraves.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=19332&SPID=1498 Basketball (M) - Schedule/Results - BRADLEYBRAVES.COM—Official Web Site of Bradley University Athletics Bradleybraves.com References Category:Bradley Braves men's basketball seasons Bradley Bradley Braves men's basketball Bradley Braves men's basketball