2015–16 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Northern Arizona Athletics wordmark.svg Big Sky Conference Big Sky 5–25 3–15 Jack Murphy 4th Matt Dunn Wes Pifer Kevin Kruger Walkup SkydomeRolle Activity Center The 2015–16 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team represented Northern Arizona University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by fourth year head coach Jack Murphy and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome, with one home game at the Rolle Activity Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–25, 3–14 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky tournament to Eastern Washington. Previous season They finished the season 23–15, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament where they lost to Montana. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Grand Canyon, Sacramento State, Kent State, and NJIT to advance to the CIT championship game where they lost to Evansville. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Geoffrey Frid 0 C 7'1" 233 Sophomore Carlsbad, California Transferred to Cal State Los Angeles Aaseem Dixon 1 G 6'0" 185 Senior Las Vegas, Nevada Graduated Quinton Upshur 2 G 6'5" 207 Senior Norfolk, Virginia Graduated Tate de Laveaga 3 G 6'3" 192 Freshman Scottsdale, Arizona Transferred to Eastern Oregon Zach Reynolds 14 F 6'9" 240 Senior Tampa, Florida Graduated Len Springs 15 F/C 6'10" 220 RS Senior Compton, California Graduated Jaran Hoover 21 G 6'3" 175 RS Freshman Prescott, Arizona Walk-on; didn't return Chris Miller 22 G 6'3" 175 RS Sophomore Peoria, Arizona Transferred Gaellan Bewernick 32 F 6'6" 215 Senor Los Angeles, California Graduated 2015 incoming recruits no no 2015 Michael Green #62 PG Fort Lauderdale, Florida Dillard High School 5 11 160 0 0 75 Brady Twombly #83 SF Carlsbad, California La Costa Canyon High School 6 5 200 11/02/2014 2 3 67 Majestic Tejada PG Hollywood, Florida McArthur High School 6 1 04/12/2014 0 0 NR Corey Brown PF Lauderhill, Florida McArthur High School 6 8 08/29/2014 0 0 NR Bryant Searcy SG Tampa, Florida Tampa Bay Christian Academy 6 4 0 0 NR Isaiah Thomas C Oakland, California Bishop O'Dowd High School 6 8 225 02/17/2015 3 0 NR 2015 Northern Arizona 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Northern Arizona Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-12 yes 2016 incoming recruits no yes 2016 Ray Robinson C Coconut Creek, Florida Deerfield Beach High School 6 8 185 06/28/2015 0 0 NR 2016 Northern Arizona 2016 Basketball Commitments 2016 Northern Arizona Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-12 yes Roster 2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks #003466 #FFCC00 #FFCC00 #003466 yes Torry Johnson 0 G 6 3 165 FR yes Chicago, Illinois Morgan Park HS Majestic Tejada 1 G 6 0 170 FR Hollywood, Florida McArthur HS Corey Brown 2 F 6 8 230 FR Hollywood, Florida McArthur HS Kris Yanku 4 G 6 4 183 JR Woodland Hills, California WH Taft HS Mike Green 5 G 5 10 150 FR Fort Lauderdale, Florida Dillard HS Jaleni Neely 10 G 6 0 165 SR Chicago, Illinois Simeon Academy/Eastern Utah Ako Kaluna 11 F/C 6 7 276 JR Valencia, California West Ranch HS Kye de Laveaga 12 G 6 1 178 SO Scottsdale, Arizona Westwind Prep W Felix Rivera-Vega 13 F 6 6 225 FR Hollywood, Florida McArthur HS Brady Twombly 14 F 6 5 225 FR Carlsbad, California La Costa Canyon HS Bryant Searcy, Jr. 15 G 6 4 190 FR Tampa, Florida Brooks De Bartolo Collegiate HS Steven Stanley 20 F 6 6 215 FR Phoenix, Arizona XXXX W Austin Lee 23 G 5 10 180 SO Los Angeles, California Brentwood School W Alessandro Stecca 24 F 6 6 195 JR yes Corona del Mar, California Mater Dei HS Isaiah Thomas 33 F 6 9 230 FR Oakland, California Bishop O'Dowd HS Jordyn Martin 34 F 6 7 210 SR Las Vegas, Nevada Palo Verde HS Marcus DeBerry 41 G 6 5 150 FR Union City, Tennessee Union City HS Jack Murphy (Arizona) Matt Dunn (Fort Hays State) Wes Pifer (Penn State Altoona) Kevin Kruger (Arizona State) http://www.nauathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/roster?sort=number Schedule http://www.nauathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/schedule 2015-16 NAU Men's Basketball Schedule - Northern Arizona 2015-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150925052630/http://www.nauathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/schedule 2015-09-25 dead no 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#003466; color:#FFCC00;"| Exhibition 11/06/2015 6:30 pm yes no California Baptist Rolle Activity Center Flagstaff, Arizona 658 70–89 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#003466; color:#FFCC00;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 6:30 pm yes yes no Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington 3,011 P12N 70–82 0–1 11/16/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Boise State Taco Bell Arena Boise, Idaho 4,489 RTRM 81–101 0–2 11/18/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Gonzaga 10 McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington 6,000 RTRM 52–91 0–3 11/20/2015 7:00 pm yes no Embry–Riddle Bee Holdzil Fighting Scouts Events Center Fort Defiance, Arizona 2,369 90–57 1–3 11/23/2015 6:30 pm yes no San Diego Christian Rolle Activity Center Flagstaff, Arizona 602 FSAZ+ 81–65 2–3 11/30/2015 6:30 pm yes no Norfolk State Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 967 66–70 2–4 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes no Hampton Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 986 FSAZ+/FCSP 94–98 2OT 2–5 12/05/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Cal State Bakersfield Icardo Center Bakersfield, California 1,001 55–72 2–6 12/16/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Arizona 13 McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 13,566 P12N 37–92 2–7 12/20/2015 12:00 pm yes yes no Arkansas–Little Rock Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, Arkansas 3,130 57–84 2–8 12/22/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, Oklahoma 4,752 ESPN3 55–90 2–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#003466; color:#FFCC00;"| Big Sky regular season 12/31/2015 12:00 pm no Montana Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 907 FSAZ+ 84–90 2OT 2–10 0–1 01/02/2016 12:00 pm no Montana State Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 1,007 72–74 OT 2–11 0–2 01/09/2016 7:00 pm yes no Southern Utah Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 3,011 73–63 3–11 1–2 01/14/2016 8:00 pm yes no Idaho Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho 1,318 76–83 3–12 1–3 01/16/2016 1:05 pm yes no Eastern Washington Reese Court Cheney, Washington 1,455 73–96 3–13 1–4 01/21/2016 6:30 pm no North Dakota Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona   FSAZ+ 59–101 3–14 1–5 01/23/2016 2:00 pm no Northern Colorado Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 1,529 FSAZ+ 79–84 3–15 1–6 01/28/2016 7:00 pm yes no Weber State Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah 6,381 66–76 3–16 1–7 01/30/2016 7:00 pm yes no Idaho State Holt Arena Pocatello, Idaho 1,813 66–88 3–17 1–8 02/04/2016 6:35 pm no Eastern Washington Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 1,168 FSAZ+ 73–84 3–18 1–9 02/06/2016 2:00 pm no Idaho Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 1,623 FSAZ+ 72–70 4–18 2–9 02/11/2016 7:00 pm yes no Montana State Worthington Arena Bozeman, Montana 2,275 58–101 4–19 2–10 02/13/2016 7:00 pm yes no Montana Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana 4,339 67–85 4–20 2–11 02/18/2016 6:30 pm no Idaho State Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 1,011 FSAZ+ 81–68 5–20 3–11 02/20/2016 4:00 pm no Weber State Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 1,343 FSAZ+ 74–77 5–21 3–12 02/27/2016 2:00 pm no Southern Utah Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 1,365 FSAZ+ 59–69 5–22 3–13 03/03/2016 8:00 pm yes no Portland State Peter Stott Center Portland, Oregon 705 81–89 5–23 3–14 03/05/2016 8:05 pm yes no Sacramento State Colberg Court Sacramento, California 793 51–64 5–24 3–15 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#003466; color:#FFCC00;"| Big Sky tournament 03/08/2016 9:00 pm yes no Eastern Washington Reno Events Center Reno, Nevada First round 1,723 52–74 5–25 AP Poll Mountain Time References Category:Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball seasons Northern Arizona Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball