2015–16 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 California Golden Bears California Golden Bears logo.svg 140px Pac-12 Conference Pac-12 Conference men's basketball Pac–12 23 23–11 12–6 Cuonzo Martin 2nd Tracy Webster Yanni Hufnagel Wyking Jones Haas Pavilion NCAA tournament First Round The 2015–16 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Cuonzo Martin's second year as head coach at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 12–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Oregon State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to Utah. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the first round to Hawaii. Previous season The 2014–15 Cal Golden Bears finished the season with an overall record of 18–15, and 7–11 in conference play. They finished in eighth place in the conference and entered the Pac-12 tournament winning their first-round game against Washington State before losing in the quarterfinals to Arizona. Off-season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Dwight Tarwater 1 F 6'6" 230 RS senior Knoxville, TN Graduated Christian Behrens 14 SF 6'8" 226 RS junior Maple Valley, WA Graduated David Kravish 45 PF 6'10" 240 Senior Lee's Summit, MO Graduated 2015 recruiting class left horizontal Golden Bears recruits at the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game 200 20150401 MCDAAG Jaylen Brown pass.JPG Jaylen Brown 20150401 MCDAAG Ivan Rabb attacks against Diamond Stone (4).JPG Ivan Rabb no no 2015 Ivan Rabb PF Oakland, CA Bishop O'Dowd High School 6 10 215 04/13/2015 5 5 5 5 Jaylen Brown SF Marietta, GA Joseph Wheeler High School 6 7 220 05/01/2015 5 5 5 5 Roman Davis SF Los Angeles, CA Windward School 6 7 195 07/01/2015 3 3 3 2 2015 2015 California Basketball Commitment List California Golden Bears 2015 Player Commits cal 25 #7 #3 #7 #5 August 17, 2015 yes Roster 2015 California Golden Bears y yes Jaylen Brown 0 F 6 7 225 Fr y Marietta, Georgia Wheeler HS Ivan Rabb 1 F 6 11 220 Fr y Oakland, California Bishop O'Dowd HS Sam Singer 2 G 6 4 205 Jr y basketball Miami, Florida Ransom Everglades HS Tyrone Wallace y 3 G 6 5 205 Sr Bakersfield, California Bakersfield HS Brandon Chauca 10 G 5 9 160 So Alexandria, Virginia 22 Feet Academy Roger Moute a Bidias 12 F 6 6 206 Jr Yaoundé, Cameroon Notre Dame Prep Nick Kerr y 20 G 6 3 180 Sr y Rancho Santa Fe, California Torrey Pines HS/San Diego W Nick Hamilton 21 G 6 4 192 So Los Angeles, California Westchester HS W Kingsley Okoroh 22 C 7 1 252 So Derby, England Westwind Prep Jabari Bird y 23 G 6 6 198 Jr Vallejo, California Salesian HS Jordan Mathews y 24 G 6 4 203 Jr San Francisco, California Santa Monica HS Roman Davis 25 F 6 7 190 Fr Los Angeles, California Windward HS yes Stephen Domingo y 31 G 6 7 217 Jr y San Francisco, California St. Ignatius/Georgetown Brenden Glapion 32 G 6 3 195 Sr y San Francisco, California Washington HS/Seattle/Cosumnes River College Cole Welle 42 F 6 7 228 So Aptos, California Aptos HS W Kameron Rooks 44 C 7 0 250 So y San Marcos, California Mission Hills HS Cuonzo Martin Tracy Webster Yanni Hufnagel Wyking Jones http://www.calbears.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=30100&SPID=126528&SPSID=749496 February 9, 2016 Schedule yes yes no 2015–16 yes yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#California Golden Bears 1; color:#California Golden Bears 3;"| Tour of Australia Aug. 15 9:00 pm yes yes Victoria Select Frankston Basketball Stadium Frankston, Victoria Brown 17 Rabb 10 Chauca 7 100–63 Aug. 18 2:00 am yes yes Frankston Blues Frankston Basketball Stadium Frankston, Victoria Brown 19 Tied 7 Wallace 4 84–76 Aug. 20 12:00 am yes yes BA Centre of Excellence AIS Arena Canberra, ACT Bird 19 Rabb 12 Brown 3 94–86 Aug. 21 1:00 am yes yes Illawarra Hawks WIN Entertainment Centre Wollongong, NSW Mathews 24 Rabb 10 Wallace 6 99–110 OT |- !colspan=12 style="background:#California Golden Bears 1; color:#California Golden Bears 3;"| Exhibition Nov. 9 7:00 pm yes 14 Carroll (MT) Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N Brown 17 Rabb 11 Singer 9 93–58 8,613 |- !colspan=11 style="background:#California Golden Bears 1; color:#California Golden Bears 3;"| Non-conference regular season Nov. 13 8:30 pm yes 14 Rice Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N Wallace 20 Rabb 13 Wallace 8 97–65 10,530 1–0 Nov. 16 7:00 pm yes 15 UC Santa Barbara Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N Wallace 24 Tied 7 Wallace 6 85–67 8,847 2–0 Nov. 20 8:00 pm yes 15 East Carolina Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA Las Vegas Invitational P12N Wallace 20 Rabb 13 Singer 4 70–62 8,658 3–0 Nov. 23 8:00 pm yes 14 Sam Houston State Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA Las Vegas Invitational P12N Tied 18 Brown 11 Wallace 6 89–63 8,492 4–0 Nov. 26 9:00 pm yes yes 14 San Diego State Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Invitational Semifinals FS1 Rabb 18 Rabb 9 Wallace 3 58–72 N/A 4–1 Nov. 27 5:00 pm yes yes 14 Richmond Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Invitational Consolation FS1 Brown 27 Rabb 7 Bird 3 90–94 N/A 4–2 Dec. 1 7:00 pm yes Seattle Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N Wallace 17 Wallace 11 Wallace 8 66–52 9,423 5–2 Dec. 5 12:00 pm yes yes Wyoming Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY CBSSN Wallace 23 Tied 6 Wallace 6 78–72 OT 6,568 6–2 Dec. 9 8:00 pm yes Incarnate Word Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N Bird 15 Rabb 11 Wallace 8 74–62 9,324 7–2 Dec. 12 12:30 pm yes Saint Mary's Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N Rabb 15 Rabb 11 Wallace 3 63–59 10,074 8–2 Dec. 19 4:00 pm yes Coppin State Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N Tied 13 Tied 9 Brown 5 84–51 9,347 9–2 Dec. 22 6:00 p.m. yes yes Virginia 5 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA ESPN2 Brown 18 Rabb 12 Tied 2 62–63 OT 13,265 9–3 Dec. 28 6:00 pm yes Davidson Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N Mathews 22 Rabb 11 Tied 4 86–60 10,384 10–3 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#California Golden Bears 1;"| Pac-12 regular season Jan. 1 8:00 pm Colorado Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N Mathews 22 Brown 11 Wallace 8 79–65 9,964 11–3 1–0 Jan. 3 4:30 pm Utah 21 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N Rabb 19 Rabb 10 Wallace 6 71–58 10,188 12–3 2–0 Jan. 6 6:00 pm yes Oregon Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR ESPN2 Brown 20 Brown 9 Mathews 3 65–68 6,948 12–4 2–1 Jan. 9 6:30 pm yes Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR P12N Brown 20 Rabb 10 Wallace 6 71–77 7,208 12–5 2–2 Jan. 14 8:00 pm yes Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA FS1 Tied 17 Tied 7 Wallace 4 71–77 5,023 12–6 2–3 Jan. 21 6:00 pm Arizona State Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA FS1 Rabb 20 Tied 8 Singer 8 75–70 9,096 13–6 3–3 Jan. 23 5:30 pm Arizona 12 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA ESPN Mathews 28 Rooks 7 Brown 7 74–73 11,858 14–6 4–3 Jan. 27 8:00 pm yes Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT ESPNU Brown 27 Rabb 12 Singer 3 64–73 13,055 14–7 4–4 Jan. 31 2:00 pm yes Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, CO FS1 Brown 21 Rooks 12 Tied 2 62–70 9,423 14–8 4–5 Feb. 6 1:00 pm Stanford Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA ESPN2 Mathews 18 Rooks 12 Singer 9 76–61 11,858 15–8 5–5 Feb. 11 6:00 pm Oregon 11 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA ESPN2 Bird 24 Wallace 8 Singer 11 83–63 10,628 16–8 6–5 Feb. 13 3:30 pm Oregon State Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA P12N Bird 23 Tied 8 Tied 4 83–71 10,906 17–8 7–5 Feb. 18 8:00 pm yes Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA FS1 Brown 23 Tied 14 Wallace 3 78–75 7,530 18–8 8–5 Feb. 21 5:30 pm yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA ESPNU Wallace 17 Rooks 7 Tied 3 80–62 3,203 19–8 9–5 Feb. 25 6:00 pm UCLA Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA ESPN2 Bird 20 Tied 10 Wallace 6 75–63 11,858 20–8 10–5 Feb. 28 5:00 pm USC Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA FS1 Tied 18 Rabb 10 Wallace 6 87–65 11,858 21–8 11–5 Mar. 3 6:00 pm yes 25 Arizona 18 McKale Center Tucson, AZ ESPN Rabb 15 Rabb 13 Singer 3 61–64 14,644 21–9 11–6 Mar. 5 5:00 pm yes 25 Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ ESPN2 Wallace 24 Brown 6 Wallace 5 68–65 6,276 22–9 12–6 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#California Golden Bears 1;"| Pac-12 tournament Mar. 10 8:30 pm yes 24 3 Oregon State 6 MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV Quarterfinals FS1 Rabb 21 Rabb 15 Wallace 10 76–68 12,916 23–9 Mar. 11 8:30 pm yes 24 3 Utah 12 2 MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV Semifinals FS1 Wallace 26 Wallace 6 Brown 5 78–82 OT 12,916 23–10 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#California Golden Bears 1;"| NCAA tournament Mar. 18 11:00 am yes yes 23 4 S Hawaii 13 S Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, WA First Round TBS Mathews 23 Rabb 12 Tied 2 66–77 11,736 23–11 AP Poll S South Region Pacific Time Ranking movement 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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