2015–16 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 10 Basketball 2015–16 Syracuse Orange Syracuse Orange logo.svg 100px Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 23–14 9–9 Jim Boeheim 40th Mike Hopkins Adrian Autry Gerry McNamara Carrier Dome Battle 4 Atlantis champions NCAA tournament Final Four The 2015–16 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Orange were led by 40th-year head coach Jim Boeheim and played its home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. They were third year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Orange finished the season 23–14, 9–9 in ACC play to finish in a tie for 9th place. They lost to Pittsburgh in the second round of the ACC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a #10 seed where they defeated Dayton, Middle Tennessee, Gonzaga, and Virginia to reach the Final Four for the sixth time in school history. At the Final Four, the Orange lost to North Carolina. Previous season The Orange finished the 2014–15 season with a record of 18–13, 9–9 to finish in 8th place in ACC play. Syracuse did not participate in the postseason due to a self-imposed postseason ban as a response to an ongoing NCAA investigation into potential past infractions by the team. Syracuse University initiated the case, which includes academics, when it self-reported potential athletic department violations to the NCAA in 2007. School officials said that none of the conduct occurred after 2012, and no current student-athlete is involved. The ban included the NCAA tournament, ACC tournament and NIT.Syracuse self-imposes ban https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12280636/syracuse-basketball-team-self-imposes-postseason-ban-year-response-ncaa-investigation ESPN.com 4 February 2015 4 February 2015 Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes B. J. Johnson 2 F 6'6" 175 Sophomore Ardmore, PA Transferred to La Salle Carter Sanderson 3 G 6'2" 185 Senior Nashville, TN Graduated Ron Patterson 4 G 6'2" 200 Freshman Broad Ripple, IN Transferred to IUPUI Chris McCullough 5 F 6'10" 220 Freshman Bronx, NY Entered 2015 NBA draft Rakeem Christmas 25 F 6'9" 242 Senior Philadelphia, PA Graduated/2015 NBA draft Albert Nassar 33 F 6'6" 195 Senior Stuart, FL Graduate transfer to Nova Southeastern Recruits thumb|upright|Malachi Richardson at the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game no no 2015 Malachi Richardson SG Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New JerseyHamilton, NJ Trenton Catholic Academy 6 5 190 December 13, 2013 5 4 95 Tyler Lydon PF Pine Plains, New YorkPine Plains, NY Brewster Academy 6 8 181 October 17, 2013 4 4 83 Franklin Howard SG Suitland, MarylandSuitland, MD Paul VI High School 6 5 185 April 14, 2014 3 4 81 2015 2015 Syracuse Signees 2015 Syracuse Signees 2015 Syracuse Signees syracuse 185 183 yes Roster 2015 Syracuse Orange y y Michael Gbinije y 0 F 6 7 200 SR Richmond, Virginia Benedictine College Prep Franklin Howard 1 G 6 4 190 FR Suitland, Maryland Paul IV Shaun Belbey 3 G 5 10 165 FR Brick, New Jersey Christian Brothers Academy W Mike Sutton 4 F 6 2 194 SO Norwich, New York Norwich W Trevor Cooney 10 G 6 4 195 SR Wilmington, Delaware Sanford y Adrian Autry 11 G 6 0 182 FR Jamesville, New York Jamesville-DeWitt W Paschal Chukwu 13 C 7 2 226 FR Westport, Connecticut Fairfield Prep Kaleb Joseph 14 G 6 3 180 SO Nashua, New Hampshire Cushing Academy Tyler Lydon 20 F 6 8 210 FR Elizaville, New York New Hampton School y Tyler Roberson 21 F 6 8 226 JR Union, New Jersey Roselle Catholic y Malachi Richardson y 23 G 6 6 205 FR Trenton, New Jersey Trenton Catholic Academy Evan Dourdas 25 G 6 0 160 FR Jamesville, New York Jamesville-DeWitt W DaJuan Coleman 32 C 6 9 268 SR Jamesville, New York Jamesville-DeWitt y Jonathan Radner 33 G 5 10 168 FR Huntington Woods, Michigan Berkley W Doyin Akintobi-Adeyeye 34 F 6 6 230 JR Uniondale, New York Uniondale W Chinoso Obokoh 35 C 6 9 215 SR Rochester, New York Bishop Kearney Ky Feldman 54 G 5 10 150 FR Agoura Hills, California Agoura W Christian White 55 G 5 10 185 SR Rochester, New York Aquinas Institute W Jim Boeheim, 40th yr. (Syracuse, 1966) Mike Hopkins, 20th yr. (Syracuse, 1993) Gerry McNamara, 7th yr. (Syracuse, 2007) Adrian Autry, 5th yr. (Syracuse, 1994) http://cuse.com/roster.aspx?path=mbasket Schedule yes yes yes yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#Syracuse Orange 1; color:white;"| Exhibition Nov 2, 2015 7:00 pm yes Le Moyne Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY TWCS Gbinije 21 Roberson 10 Cooney 5 97–58 8,168 Nov 8, 2015 2:00 pm yes Florida Southern Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY TWCS Richardson 18 Coleman 7 Gbinjie 5 96–54 7,760 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#Syracuse Orange 1; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season Nov 13, 2015 7:00 pm yes Lehigh Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPN3 Gbinije 16 Lydon 11 Cooney 3 57–47 1–0 21,286 Nov 17, 2015 7:00 pm yes St. Bonaventure Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY RSN Gbinije 23 Roberson 12 Gbinije 6 79–66 2–0 21,379 Nov 21, 2015 7:00 pm yes Elon Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Battle 4 Atlantis Opening round ESPN3 Roberson 20 Roberson 16 Cooney 4 66–55 3–0 16,529 Nov 25, 2015 2:30 pm yes yes Charlotte Imperial Arena Nassau, BS Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinal ESPN2 Gbinije 26 Roberson 11 Cooney 5 83–70 4–0 1,744 Nov 26, 2015 3:30 pm yes yes UConn 18 Imperial Arena Nassau, BS Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinal / Rivalry ESPN Tied 17 Lydon 12 Gbinije 7 79–76 5–0 3,009 Nov 27, 2015 3:00 pm yes yes Texas A&M 25 Imperial Arena Nassau, BS Battle 4 Atlantis Championship ESPN Gbinije 20 Lydon 8 Cooney 5 74–67 6–0 2,309 Dec 2, 2015 7:15 pm yes 14 Wisconsin Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN2 Gbinije 19 Richardson 7 Gbinije 5 58–66 OT 6–1 22,360 Dec 5, 2015 1:07 pm yes yes 14 Georgetown Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Rivalry FOX Gbinije 23 Roberson 8 Gbinije 5 72–79 6–2 18,231 Dec 8, 2015 7:00 pm yes Colgate Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPNU Tied 17 Roberson 7 Gbinije 6 78–51 7–2 21,201 Dec 13, 2015 12:00 pm yes yes St. John's Madison Square Garden New York City, NY FS1 Gbinije 21 Lydon 10 Cooney 5 72–84 7–3 13,473 Dec 19, 2015 12:00 pm yes Cornell Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY RSN Roberson 15 Roberson 12 Gbinije 8 67–46 8–3 18,295 Dec 22, 2015 7:00 pm yes Montana State Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPN3 Gbinije 17 Lydon 7 Gbinije 5 82–60 9–3 17,202 Dec 27, 2015 2:00 pm yes Texas Southern Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPNU Gbinije 15 Gbinije 7 Gbinije 4 80–67 10–3 21,601 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#Syracuse Orange 1; color:white;"| ACC regular season Dec 30, 2015 9:00 pm yes Pittsburgh Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA ESPN2 Tied 15 Roberson 7 Gbinije 7 61–72 10–4 0–1 10,429 Jan 2, 2016 2:30 pm yes Miami (FL) 13 Bank United Center Coral Gables, FL ACCN Richardson 20 Roberson 11 Gbinije 4 51–64 10–5 0–2 7,972 Jan 5, 2016 8:00 pm Clemson Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ACCN Gbinije 22 Richardson 9 Cooney 5 73–74 OT 10–6 0–3 16,305 Jan 9, 2016 8:00 pm North Carolina 6 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPN Cooney 27 Tied 7 Richardson 5 73–84 10–7 0–4 26,811 Jan 13, 2016 7:00 pm Boston College Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY RSN Richardson 15 Roberson 12 Tied 3 62–44 11–7 1–4 16,701 Jan 16, 2016 12:00 pm yes Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC ACCN Cooney 25 Roberson 13 Cooney 3 83–55 12–7 2–4 11,592 Jan 18, 2016 7:00 pm yes Duke 20 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPN 4 Tied 14 Roberson 20 Gbinije 9 64–62 13–7 3–4 9,314 Jan 23, 2016 12:00 pm yes Virginia 13 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA ESPN Gbinije 24 Roberson 7 Gbinije 3 65–73 13–8 3–5 13,305 Jan 28, 2016 7:00 pm Notre Dame 25 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPN2 Cooney 22 Roberson 9 Gbinije 5 81–66 14–8 4–5 22,861 Jan 30, 2016 12:00 pm Georgia Tech Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPNU Gbinije 16 Roberson 8 Gbinije 3 60–57 15–8 5–5 25,235 Feb 2, 2016 8:00 pm Virginia Tech Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ACCN Gbinije 17 Roberson 15 Richardson 4 68–60 OT 16–8 6–5 21,409 Feb 11, 2016 7:00 pm Florida State Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPN Gbinije 22 Lydon 10 Richardson 5 85–72 17–8 7–5 22,056 Feb 14, 2016 1:00 pm yes Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA ACCN Lydon 20 Roberson 6 Richardson 5 75–61 18–8 8–5 8,606 Feb 17, 2016 7:00 pm yes Louisville 18 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN Cooney 19 Tied 7 Howard 6 58–72 18–9 8–6 21,654 Feb 20, 2016 2:00 pm Pittsburgh Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPN2 Lydon 21 Coleman 8 Richardson 5 52–66 18–10 8–7 28,696 Feb 27, 2016 2:00 pm NC State Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ACCN Gbinije 34 Coleman 7 Richardson 7 75–66 19–10 9–7 27,141 Feb 29, 2016 7:00 pm yes North Carolina 8 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC ESPN Gbinije 17 Roberson 11 Gbinije 7 70–75 19–11 9–8 20,714 Mar 5, 2016 2:00pm yes Florida State Donald L. Tucker Civic Center Tallahassee, FL ESPN2 Gbinije 21 Tied 5 Gbinije 5 73–78 19–12 9–9 7,769 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#Syracuse Orange 1; color:white;"| ACC Tournament Mar 9, 2016 12:00 pm yes 9 Pittsburgh 8 Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Second round ESPN/ACCN Gbinije 24 Coleman 11 Howard 5 71–72 19–13 18,561 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#Syracuse Orange 1; color:white;"| NCAA tournament Mar 18, 2016 12:15 pm yes yes 10 MW Dayton 7 MW Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO First round CBS Richardson 21 Roberson 18 Gbinije 4 70–51 20–13 14,250 Mar 20, 2016 6:15 pm yes yes 10 MW Middle Tennessee 15 MW Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Second round TNT Gbinije 23 Roberson 9 Cooney 4 75–50 21–13 15,169 Mar 25, 2016 9:40 pm yes yes 10 MW Gonzaga 11 MW United Center Chicago, IL Sweet Sixteen CBS Gbinije 20 Roberson 12 Gbinije, Howard 3 63–60 22–13 21,490 Mar 27, 2016 6:09 pm yes yes 10 MW Virginia 4 1 MW United Center Chicago, IL Elite Eight TBS Richardson 23 Roberson 8 Gbinije 6 68–62 23–13 20,155 Apr 2, 2016 8:49 pm yes yes 10 MW North Carolina 3 1 E NRG Stadium Houston, TX Final Four TBS Cooney 22 Roberson 9 Gbinije 2 66–83 23–14 75,505 AP Poll Eastern Time MW Midwest Region Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked. Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final AP NR NR NR 14 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches NR NR NR 19 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR NR 10 2016–17 Recruiting no no 2015 Matthew Moyer SF Columbus, OH South Kent School 6 7.5 202.5 August 8, 2014 4 4 84 Tyus Battle SG Edison, NJ St. Joseph High School 6 5.5 200 July 13, 2015 4 5 88 2016 2016 Syracuse Signees 2016 Syracuse Signees 2016 Syracuse Signees syracuse 185 183 yes References Category:Syracuse Orange men's basketball seasons Syracuse Syracuse Orange men's b Syracuse Orange men's b Syracuse Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons