2015–16 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Northern Colorado Bears UNC Bears.png Big Sky Conference Big Sky 10–21 7–11 B. J. Hill 6th Joel Davidson Will Hensley Eric Murphy Bank of Colorado Arena The 2015–16 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Colorado during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears were led by sixth-year head coach B. J. Hill and played their home games at Bank of Colorado Arena. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. The Bears finished the season 10–21, 7–11 in Big Sky play to finish in ninth place. They lost to Portland State in the first round of the Big Sky tournament. On April 21, 2016, the school fired head coach B. J. Hill amid an NCAA investigation into "serious and concerning" allegations of violations within the program.https://www.denverpost.com/2016/04/21/northern-colorado-fires-mens-basketball-coach-b-j-hill/ Northern Colorado fires men's basketball coach B.J. Hill – The Denver Post 21 April 2016 2017-01-12 On May 1, the school hired Jeff Linder as head coach.http://uncbears.com/news/2016/5/1/mens-basketball-jeff-linder-named-new-unco-mbb-head-coach.aspx Jeff Linder Named New @unco_mbb Head Coach University of Northern Colorado 2017-01-12 Previous season The Bears finished the 2014–15 season 15–15, 10–8 in Big Sky play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky tournament to Northern Arizona. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Corey Spence 0 G 5'9" 175 Senior Baltimore, Maryland Graduated Cody McDavis 1 F 6'8" 230 Junior Phoenix, Arizona Left the team for personal reasons Tevin Svihovec 5 G 6'2" 190 Senior Kingwood, Texas Graduated Dominique Lee 13 F 6'5" 215 Senior Oakland, California Graduated Tim Huskisson 22 F 6'5" 210 Senior Willard, Missouri Graduated Collin Sanger 23 F 6'5" 200 Freshman Sterling, Colorado Left the team for personal reasons Drew Bender 42 G 6'5" 195 Sophomore Phoenix, Arizona Transferred to Cal State East Bay Dwight Smith 44 G 6'4" 190 RS Senior Omaha, Nebraska Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Chaz Glotta 13 G 6'2" 172 Sophomore St. Louis, Missouri Transferred from Southern Illinois. Under NCAA transfer rules, Glotta will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Tanner Morgan 20 F 6'9" 234 Junior Salem, Oregon Junior college transferred from Casper College Dallas Anglin 55 G 6'2" 180 RS Junior Montclair, New Jersey Transferred from Southern Miss. Under NCAA transfer rules, Anglin has to sit out until January and will be eligible to start in January during the 2015–16 season. Anglin will have one and a half years of remaining eligibility. 2015 incoming recruits no no 2015 Miles Seward SG Toronto, Ontario Athlete Institute Basketball Academy 6 2 172 11/05/2014 0 0 70 Jordan Davis #78 PG Las Vegas, Nevada Canyon Springs High School 6 1 165 0 0 68 2015 Northern Colorado 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Northern Colorado Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-24 yes 2016 incoming recruits no yes 2015 Michael Ranson SG Pueblo, Colorado Central High School 6 2 185 06/18/2015 0 0 NR 2016 Northern Colorado 2016 Basketball Commitments 2016 Northern Colorado Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-24 yes Roster 2015 Northern Colorado Bears y yes Jordan Davis basketball y 0 G 6 2 185 FR Las Vegas, Nevada Canyon Springs Cameron Michael 2 G 6 5 185 JR Loveland, Colorado Air Force Tyler Loose 4 G 6 0 185 JR Laramie, Wyoming Casper College W Jamal Evans 5 F 6 7 205 JR St. Petersburg, Florida Midland College Ibrahim Sylla 10 F 6 8 220 FR y Denver, Colorado South Spencer Mathis 11 F 6 7 195 SO Las Vegas, Nevada Valley Jonah Radebaugh 12 G 6 2 165 FR Thornton, Colorado Northglen W y Chaz Glotta 13 G 6 2 170 SO O'Fallon, Missouri Southern Illinois yes I Miles Seward 15 G 6 3 175 FR Toronto Athlete Institute Basketball Academy Tanner Morgan 20 F 6 9 230 JR Salem, Oregon Casper College Anthony Johnson 24 G 6 2 190 JR Indianapolis, Indiana Decatur Central Jordan Wilson 25 G 5 7 155 JR Los Angeles, California Windward Jon'te Dotson 30 G 6 3 185 JR Denver, Colorado Lincoln W Jeremy Verhagen 33 F 6 10 220 SO y Florence, Arizona Florence Kenny Lesley 40 F 6 8 215 FR Elsberry, Missouri Christian Brothers College Dallas Anglin 55 G 6 1 185 JR y Montclair, New Jersey Southern Miss B. J. Hill (Grand View) Joel Davidson (Wyoming) Will Hensley (Northern Arizona) Eric Murphy (Penn State Beaver) http://uncbears.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Schedule http://uncbears.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball 2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule no 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000066; color:#FFCC33;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Kansas 4 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas Maui Invitational tournament Opening Round 16,300 ESPN3 72–109 0–1 11/17/2015 7:00 pm yes no Colorado Christian Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,150 85–70 1–1 11/21/2015 5:00 pm yes no UMBC Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado Maui on the Mainland 1,121 72–81 1–2 11/22/2015 2:30 pm yes no Austin Peay Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado Maui on the Mainland 1,038 76–91 1–3 11/25/2015 7:00 pm yes no Nebraska–Omaha Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,106 85–105 1–4 11/29/2015 1:00 pm yes yes no Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado 7,424 P12N 52–82 1–5 12/03/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no UC Riverside UC Riverside Student Recreation Center Riverside, California 603 66–77 1–6 12/09/2015 7:00 pm yes no York (NE) Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,052 91–58 2–6 12/13/2015 5:00 pm yes no Colorado State Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,576 CET 73–64 3–6 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes no Denver Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,245 CET 77–81 3–7 12/21/2015 5:00 pm yes yes no Jacksonville State Pete Mathews Coliseum Jacksonville, Alabama 821 76–79 3–8 12/23/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Mississippi State Mississippi Coliseum Jackson, Mississippi 4,512 SECN 69–93 3–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000066; color:#FFCC33;"| Big Sky regular season 12/31/2015 5:00 pm no Eastern Washington Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,125 CET 96–90 4–9 1–0 01/02/2016 2:00 pm no Idaho Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,145 70–75 4–10 1–1 01/07/2016 7:00 pm yes no Idaho State Holt Arena Pocatello, Idaho 1,462 78–83 4–10 1–2 01/09/2016 7:00 pm yes no Weber State Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah 6,518 68–85 4–11 1–3 01/14/2016 7:00 pm no Montana Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,302 CET 66–73 4–12 1–4 01/16/2016 5:00 pm no Montana State Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,120 78–76 5–12 2–4 01/21/2016 7:00 pm yes no Southern Utah Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 1,356 90–80 6–13 3–4 01/23/2016 2:00 pm yes no Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 1,526 84–79 7–13 4–4 01/30/2016 7:00 pm no North Dakota Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 2,016 CET 71–70 8–13 5–4 02/04/2016 7:00 pm no Weber State Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,110 CET 54–64 8–14 5–5 02/06/2016 7:00 pm no Idaho State Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,268 57–90 8–15 5–6 02/11/2016 7:00 pm yes no Idaho Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho 1,012 67–73 8–16 5–7 02/13/2016 3:00 pm yes no Eastern Washington Reese Court Cheney, Washington 1,689 80–97 8–17 5–8 02/20/2016 1:00 pm yes no North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 2,424 73–74 8–18 5–9 02/25/2016 7:00 pm no Sacramento State Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,295 CET 72–67 9–18 6–9 02/27/2016 7:00 pm no Portland State Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,290 CET 86–89 9–19 6–10 03/03/2016 7:05 pm yes no Montana State Worthington Arena Bozeman, Montana 2,227 63–81 9–20 6–11 03/05/2016 7:00 pm yes no Montana Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana 4,224 78–72 10–20 7–11 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000066; color:#FFCC33;"| Big Sky tournament 03/08/2016 12:05 pm yes no Portland State Reno Events Center Reno, Nevada First round 1,311 67–74 10–21 AP Poll Mountain Time References Category:Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball seasons Northern Colorado Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball