2015–16 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team

American college basketball season August 2023 December 2025 Basketball 2015–16 William & Mary Tribe William & Mary Tribe logo.svg Colonial Athletic Association CAA 20–11 11–7 Tony Shaver 13th Jonathan Holmes Kotie Kimble Austin Shaver Kaplan Arena The 2015–16 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tribe were led by thirteenth year head coach Tony Shaver. The team played its home games at Kaplan Arena and remained members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). This was the 111th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary. They finished the season 20–11, 11–7 in CAA play to finish in a three way tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the CAA tournament where they lost Hofstra. Despite again securing twenty wins for the season, the Tribe failed to secure back-to-back postseason tournament bids for the first time in program history. Along with the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons, this was only the second time in program history that William & Mary won twenty games during three consecutive seasons. Previous season The team tried to improve upon their 20–13 (12–6 CAA) record from the 2014–15 season that saw the team fall short, for the second straight year, of a conference championship with a 61–72 loss to Northeastern in the championship game of the 2015 CAA men's basketball tournament. The Tribe ultimately received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Tulsa. The Tribe also saw the graduation of the program's all-time leading scorer, Marcus Thornton. Thornton, who was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the second round of the 2015 NBA draft, is currently playing for the Sydney Kings in the Australian National Basketball League. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Tom Schalk 43 F 6'8" 200 Senior Burnsville, Minnesota Graduated Marcus Thornton 3 G 6'4" 185 Senior Upper Marlboro, Maryland Graduated/2015 NBA draft Recruiting Class of 2015 no 2015 Hunter Seacat SF Mooresville, North Carolina Lake Norman High School 6 9 220 September 8, 2014 NR NR NR 2015 William & Mary Commit List for 2015 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – William & Mary Tribe Basketball Recruiting 2014 2014-09-02 yes Roster 2015 William & Mary Tribe y y Daniel Dixon 0 G 6 5 200 JR Great Falls, Virginia Langley/Fishburne y basketball Jamison Glover 1 G 6 0 185 SO Haymarket, Virginia Battlefield Omar Prewitt y 4 G/F 6 6 190 JR Mount Sterling, Kentucky Montgomery County Greg Malinowski 5 G/F 6 5 205 SO Chantilly, Virginia Episcopal Connor Burchfield 10 G 6 4 175 SO Concord, North Carolina Concord Michael Schlotman 11 G 6 4 195 SO y Munster, Indiana Munster Oliver Tot 21 G 6 6 200 SO Bratislava, Slovakia Kimball Union Academy Paul Rowley 22 F 6 8 190 FR y Purcellville, Virginia Loudoun Valley Terry Tarpey y 25 G/F 6 5 210 SR Stamford, Connecticut Fairfield Prep Sean Shelton 31 F 6 9 256 SR Traverse City, Michigan Saint Francis Catholic David Cohn y 34 G 6 2 170 SO Elmhurst, Illinois YorkColorado State Jack Whitman 41 F 6 9 235 SO Lexington, Kentucky Lexington Catholic Hunter Seacat 50 F 6 9 215 FR Mooresville, North Carolina Lake Norman Tony Shaver (North Carolina) Jonathan Holmes (North Carolina) Kotie Kimble (Coastal Carolina) Austin Shaver (Virginia) http://www.tribeathletics.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Schedule http://www.tribeathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball 2015–16 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball schedule College of William & Mary yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#115740; color:#B9975B;"| Non-conference regular season November 13, 2015 8:00 pm yes yes NC State PNC Arena Raleigh, North Carolina ESPN3 86–68 16,377 1–0 November 17, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes Liberty Vines Center Lynchburg, Virginia ESPN3 70–59 2,102 2–0 November 19, 2015 7:00 pm yes Washington Adventist Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 85–60 1,822 3–0 November 21, 2015 2:00 pm yes yes Dayton UD Arena Dayton, Ohio 66–69 12,796 3–1 November 25, 2015 7:00 pm yes Hampton Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 86–67 2,330 4–1 November 28, 2015 4:00 pm yes yes Howard Burr Gymnasium Washington, D.C. 77–79 954 4–2 December 1, 2015 7:00 pm yes Old Dominion Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia Rivalry 55–48 3,256 5–2 December 5, 2015 2:00 pm yes yes Virginia 10 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia RSN/ESPN3 52–67 14,105 5–3 December 18, 2015 7:00 pm yes Mary Washington Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 94–64 1,462 6–3 December 21, 2015 7:00 pm yes High Point Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 78–75 OT 1,388 7–3 December 29, 2015 7:30 pm yes Central Michigan Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 88–84 3,313 8–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#115740; color:#B9975B;"| CAA regular season December 31, 2015 4:00 pm Towson Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 69–76 2,531 8–4 0–1 January 2, 2016 4:00 pm College of Charleston Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 78–70 2,873 9–4 1–1 January 7, 2016 7:00 pm yes Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia 72–63 1,107 10–4 2–1 January 9, 2016 4:00 pm Northeastern Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 78-60 3,626 11-4 3-1 January 14, 2016 7:00 pm yes College of Charleston TD Arena Charleston, South Carolina 63–61 3,069 12–4 4–1 January 16, 2016 2:00 pm yes UNC Wilmington Trask Coliseum Wilmington, North Carolina ASN 94–97 OT 4,211 12–5 4–2 January 21, 2016 7:00 pm Elon Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 89–67 3,278 13–5 5–2 January 23, 2016 4:00 pm yes Hofstra Mack Sports Complex Hempstead, New York CSN 63–91 894 13–6 5–3 January 28, 2016 7:00 pm yes Delaware Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 94–79 2,311 14–6 6–3 January 30, 2016 4:00 pm James Madison Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia CSN 68–62 3,681 15–6 7–3 February 4, 2016 7:00 pm yes Northeastern Matthews Arena Boston CSN 86–77 1,416 16–6 8–3 February 6, 2016 2:30 pm Delaware Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia Gold Rush/Charter Day NBCSN 90–64 6,028 17–6 9–3 February 11, 2016 7:00 pm Hofstra Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 80-86 3,259 17–7 9–4 February 13, 2016 4:00 pm yes Towson SECU Arena Towson, Maryland CSN 82–99 2,334 17–8 9–5 February 18, 2016 7:00 pm UNC Wilmington Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 87–69 3,148 18–8 10–5 February 20, 2016 4:00 pm Drexel Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia CSN 69–74 3,948 18–9 10–6 February 25, 2016 7:00 pm yes Elon Alumni Gym Elon, North Carolina 75–65 1,632 19–9 11–6 February 27, 2016 2:30 pm yes James Madison JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, Virginia NBCSN 65–71 3,646 19–10 11–7 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#115740; color:#B9975B;"| CAA Tournament March 5, 2016 2:30 pm yes James Madison Royal Farms Arena Baltimore Quarterfinals CSN 79–64 3,904 20–10 March 6, 2016 1:00 pm yes Hofstra Royal Farms Arena Baltimore Semifinals NBCSN 67–70 3,643 20–11 AP Poll Eastern Time See also 2015–16 William & Mary Tribe women's basketball team References William And Mary Category:William & Mary Tribe men's basketball seasons William and Mary Tribe men's basketball William and Mary