2015–16 Fairfield Stags men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Fairfield Stags Fairfield Stags wordmark.png 200 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference MAAC 19–14 12–8 Sydney Johnson 5th Mitch Buonaguro Tom Parrotta Tyson Wheeler Webster Bank Arena CIT First round The 2015–16 Fairfield Stags men's basketball team represented Fairfield University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Stags, led by fifth year head coach Sydney Johnson, played their home games at Webster Bank Arena and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 12–8 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Saint Peter's in the quarterfinals of the MAAC tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Monmouth. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to New Hampshire. Roster NumberNamePositionHeightWeightYearHometown 0 Mike Kirkland, Jr. Forward 6–7 215 Senior Ocala, Florida 1 Jerome Segura Guard 5–11 175 Sophomore Houston, Texas 2 Jerry Johnson, Jr. Guard 6–2 210 Freshman Memphis, Tennessee 3 Tyler Nelson Guard 6–3 170 Sophomore Bradford, Massachusetts 4 Jared Harper Guard 6–1 175 Sophomore Beverly Hills, California 5 Scott King, Jr. Forward 6–9 220 Senior Derry, New Hampshire 10 Thomas Nolan Forward 6–3 180 Freshman Fairfield, Connecticut 13 Jonathan Kasibabu Forward 6–8 240 Freshman Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo 14 Marcus Gilbert Forward 6–6 185 Senior Smyrna, Delaware 15 Matt Hill Forward/Center 6–8 215 Sophomore Glastonbury, Connecticut 21 Amadou Sidibe Forward 6–8 215 Senior The Bronx, New York 25 Steve Smith Forward 6–7 190 Junior Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania 30 Andrew Leone Guard 5–6 160 Junior New York City, New York 33 Curtis Cobb Guard 6–4 175 Freshman Fall River, Massachusetts 34 Matija Milin Forward 6–9 220 Freshman Belgrade, Serbia 35 Coleman Johnson Forward 6–6 215 Senior Oak Hill, Virginia 40 Kevin Degnan Forward/Center 6–6 215 Freshman Pearl River, New York Schedule http://www.fairfieldstags.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=810771&SPID=137824&DB_OEM_ID=32500&Q_SEASON=2015 Men's Basketball - Schedule - FairfieldStags.com - Official Athletics Web Site of Fairfield University 2015-10-08 2016-03-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306045355/http://www.fairfieldstags.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=810771&SPID=137824&DB_OEM_ID=32500&Q_SEASON=2015 live no 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#C41E3A; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/06/2015 7:00 pm yes no Bridgeport Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,501 91–80 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#C41E3A; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 11/13/2015 3:00 pm yes yes no Yale William H. Detrick Gymnasium New Britain, CT Connecticut 6 Classic   57–70 0–1 11/15/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no North Carolina 1 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC CBE Hall of Fame Classic 13,178 ESPNU 65–92 0–2 11/18/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL CBE Hall of Fame Classic 5,574 72–79 0–3 11/21/2015 7:00 pm yes no Sacred Heart Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 3,251 83–79 OTFairfield needs overtime to hold off Sacred Heart, 83-79 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400841964 ESPN.com 22 November 2015 22 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151122052246/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=400841964 live 1–3 11/24/2015 7:30 pm yes yes no Maryland Eastern Shore Hytche Athletic Center Princess Anne, MD CBE Hall of Fame Classic 846 113–74 2–3 11/27/2015 5:00 pm yes no Columbia Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,887 82–81 OT 3–3 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes no Iona Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 1,621 77–101 3–4 0–1 12/04/2015 7:00 pm no Rider Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 867 74–70 4–4 1–1 12/18/2015 7:00 pm yes no Wagner Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 843 64–76 4–5 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes no Loyola (MD) Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 826 94–88 5–5 12/27/2015 2:00 pm yes yes no Bucknell Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 2,313 101–91 6–5 01/02/2016 7:00 pm yes no Manhattan Draddy Gymnasium Riverdale, NY 1,620 66–72 6–6 1–2 01/04/2016 7:00 pm yes no Dartmouth Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 878 97–85 7–6 01/07/2016 7:00 pm yes no Siena Times Union Center Albany, NY 5,193 TWCSC 76–91 7–7 1–3 01/09/2016 7:00 pm yes no Rider Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, NJ 1,409 69–64 8–7 2–3 01/11/2016 7:00 pm no Monmouth Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,237 SNY 74–86 8–8 2–4 01/15/2016 7:00 pm no Niagara Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,014 73–68 9–8 3–4 01/19/2016 7:00 pm no Saint Peter's Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 2,113 71–77 9–9 3–5 01/22/2016 7:00 pm yes no Marist McCann Field House Poughkeepsie, NY 1,338 ESPN3 88–76 10–9 4–5 01/24/2016 3:30 pm no Iona Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,278 SNY 98–91 11–9 5–5 01/29/2016 7:00 pm no Canisius Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,008 ESPN3 84–77 12–9 6–5 02/01/2016 7:00 pm no Quinnipiac Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT   SNY 59–64 12–10 6–6 02/05/2016 7:00 pm yes no Monmouth Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 3,785 ESPN3 67–91 12–11 6–7 02/07/2016 3:30 pm no Manhattan Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 80–70 13–11 7–7 02/13/2016 2:00 pm yes no Quinnipiac TD Bank Sports Center Hamden, CT 2,034 84–80 2OT 14–11 8–7 02/15/2016 7:00 pm no Marist Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 956 SNY 76–73 15–11 9–7 02/18/2016 8:00 pm yes no Canisius Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, NY 1,137 ESPN3 74–71 16–11 10–7 02/20/2016 3:00 pm yes no Niagara Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,270 71–59 17–11 11–7 02/24/2016 7:00 pm no Siena Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,785 76–69 18–11 12–7 02/27/2016 3:00 pm yes no Saint Peter's Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NY 531 68–72 18–12 12–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#C41E3A; color:#FFFFFF;"| MAAC tournament 03/05/2016 9:30 pm yes no Saint Peter's Times Union Center Albany, NY Quarterfinals 6,987 ESPN3 64–55 19–12 03/06/2016 4:30 pm yes no Monmouth Times Union Center Albany, NY Semifinals 5,722 ESPN3 63–76 19–13 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#C41E3A; color:#FFFFFF;"| CIT 03/16/2016 7:00 pm yes no New Hampshire Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT First round 2,479 62–77 19–14 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:Fairfield Stags men's basketball seasons Fairfield Fairfield Fairfield Stags Fairfield Stags