2015–16 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Grand Canyon Antelopes Grand Canyon Antelopes logo.svg 250 Western Athletic Conference WAC 27–7 11–3 Dan Majerle 3rd Todd Lee Chris Crevelone T. J. Benson GCU Arena Global Basketball Classic championsCoach John McLendon Classic champions CIT Quarterfinals The 2015–16 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team represented Grand Canyon University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Dan Majerle's third season at Grand Canyon. This season was year 3 of a 4-year transition period from Division II to Division I. As a result, the Antelopes were not eligible to make the NCAA Tournament, nor the NIT and could not participate WAC Basketball Tournament. However the Antelopes were eligible for the CIT, CBI or the new Vegas 16 tournaments if invited. They finished the season 27–7, 11–3 in WAC play to finish in a tie for second place. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. In the first round, they defeated South Carolina State to be champions of the Coach John McLendon Classic, the first classic game to be held as part of a postseason tournament. In the second round they defeated Jackson State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Coastal Carolina. Previous season The Antelopes finished the season 17–15, 8–6 in WAC play to finish in a tie for second place. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Northern Arizona. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Isaiah Juarez 1 G 6'3" 180 Freshman Tustin, CA Transferred to Holy Names Sam Daly 3 G 6'3" 175 Sophomore Adelaide, Australia Transferred to Chaminade Daniel Alexander 12 F 6'9" 217 RS Senior Austin, TX Graduated Jerome Garrison 21 G 6'3" 178 Senior Phoenix, AZ Graduated Royce Woolrige 22 G 6'3" 180 Senior Phoenix, AZ Graduated Miroslav Jakšić 25 F 6'11" 220 RS Freshman Windsor, ON Transferred to Toronto Tobe Okafor 50 C 6'11" 230 Junior Lagos, Nigeria Transferred to Arkansas Tech Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Grandy Glaze 1 F 6'6" 235 RS Senior Toronto, ON Transferred from Saint Louis. Will be eligible to play immediately since Glaze graduated from Saint Louis. Grand White 3 G 6'2" 175 RS Senior Monroeville, AL Transferred from Jacksonville State. Will be eligible to play immediately since White graduated from Jacksonville State. Uros Ljeskovic 13 F 6'8" 240 Senior Nikšić, Montenegro Transferred from Coastal Carolina. Will be eligible to play immediately since Ljeskovic graduated from Coastal Carolina. Keonta Vernon 24 F 6'6" 225 Junior Tulare, CA Transferred junior college from College of Southern Idaho. 2015 incoming recruits no no 2015 Kenzo Nudo #124 SG Scottsdale, AZ Chaparral High School 6 3 185 05/21/2014 0 0 59 2015 Grand Canyon 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Grand Canyon Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-15 yes Roster 2015 Grand Canyon Antelopes y yes DeWayne Russell 0 G 5 11 155 sr y Peoria, AZ PeoriaNorthern Arizona y Grandy Glaze 1 F 6 6 235 sr y Toronto, ON Notre Dame PrepSaint Louis y Joshua Braun y 2 G 6 4 195 so y Anthem, AZ Westwind Prep Academy Grant White 3 G 6 1 175 sr Monroeville, AL MonroevilleJacksonville State Ryan Majerle 4 G 6 3 190 sr y Rockford, MI RockfordGrand Valley State/Toledo W Matt Jackson 5 F 6 8 210 so Diamond Creek, Australia Diamond Valley Dominic Magee 10 G 6 4 180 fr y Harvey, LA Helen CoxMemphis De'Andre Davis 11 G 6 1 180 so Round Rock, TX Cedar Ridge Boubacar Toure y 12 C 6 11 215 fr y Dekar, Senegal Phase One Academy Uros Ljeskovic 13 F 6 8 240 sr Nikšić, Montenegro NelsonCoastal Carolina Kerwin Smith 21 F 6 9 200 so Dallas, TX Woodrow Wilson Adrian Carrion Armas 22 G 5 11 168 so Seville, Spain Canarias Basketball Academy W Jevon Estelle 23 F 6 3 210 sr Winslow, AZ Winslow Keonta Vernon 24 F 6 6 225 jr Tulare, CA Tulare UnionCollege of Southern Idaho Zach Tolson 25 F 6 7 200 so y Scottsdale, AZ ChaparralNorthern State Kenzo Nudo 35 G 6 4 200 fr Scottsdale, AZ Chaparral Gerard Martin 42 G 6 6 195 fr y Manly, Australia Australian Institute of Sport Dan Majerle (Central Michigan) Todd Lee (Azusa Pacific) Chris Crevelone (Adams State) T. J. Benson (Grand Canyon) http://www.gculopes.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Schedule and results http://www.gculopes.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball 2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule no 2015-16 yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#522D80; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition November 5 7:00 pm yes no New Mexico Highlands GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Cox7 84–53 6,625 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#522D80; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season November 13 7:00 pm yes no Portland State GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Cox7 82–72 1–0 7,249 November 17 7:00 pm yes no Black Hills State GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Cox7 88–72 2–0 5,102 November 19 7:00 pm yes no Alcorn State GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Cox7 79–46 3–0 4,720 November 23 7:00 pm yes no Mississippi Valley State GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Cox7 94–60 4–0 4,613 November 30 7:00 pm yes no Hampton GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Cox7 63–51 5–0 4,723 December 3 7:00 pm yes no Central Michigan GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Cox7 75–72 6–0 5,642 December 5 10:00 am yes yes no Louisville 24 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN3 63–111 6–1 20,380 December 8 7:00 pm yes no Southern GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Global Basketball Classic Cox7 70–56 7–1 5,637 December 13 6:00 pm yes no Omaha GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Global Basketball Classic Cox7 104–108 OT 7–2 4,614 December 15 7:00 pm yes no Delaware State GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Cox7 88–59 8–2 5,223 December 18 8:00 pm yes yes no San Diego State Viejas Arena San Diego, CA 52–45 9–2 12,414 December 21 6:00 pm yes yes no Houston Cox Pavilion Paradise, NV Global Basketball Classic semifinals 78–69 10–2 868 December 22 8:30 pm yes yes no Marshall Cox Pavilion Paradise, NV Global Basketball Classic championship 85–81 11–2 227 December 28 6:00 pm yes yes no SIU Edwardsville Vadalabene Center Edwardsville, IL 86–75 12–2 1,402 January 3 6:00 pm yes no Bethune-Cookman GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Cox7 74–53 13–2 4,719 January 7 7:00 pm no Texas–Rio Grande Valley GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Cox7 83–63 14–2 1–0 5,452 January 9 7:00 pm no New Mexico State GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ KTVK 79–75 15–2 2–0 7,413 January 16 7:00 pm no Utah Valley GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ KTVK 99–88 16–2 3–0 4,672 January 21 6:00 pm no yes Chicago State JCC Chicago, IL WAC DN 90–65 17–2 4–0 1,783 January 23 6:00 pm no yes UMKC Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO ASN 85–78 18–2 5–0 2,186 January 28 7:00 pm no Cal State Bakersfield GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Cox7 70–64 19–2 6–0 7,119 January 30 7:00 pm no Seattle GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ KTVK 57–59 19–3 6–1 6,987 February 4 7:00 pm yes no New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM WAC DN 50–70 19–4 6–2 5,509 February 6 6:00 pm yes no Texas–Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX WAC DN 64–58 20–4 7–2 1,128 February 9 7:00 pm yes no Benedictine (AZ) GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Cox7 95–71 21–4 4,632 February 12 8:00 pm yes no Seattle KeyArena Seattle, WA WAC DN 71–60 22–4 8–2 2,546 February 18 7:00 pm no UMKC GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Cox7 78–66 23–4 9–2 6,049 February 20 7:00 pm no Chicago State GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ KTVK 67–52 24–4 10–2 7,223 February 27 8:00 pm no yes Cal State Bakersfield Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA WAC DN 62–77 24–5 10–3 3,596 March 1 8:00 pm no yes yes Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA TheW.tv 64–73 24–6 2,735 March 5 2:00 pm no yes Utah Valley UCCU Center Orem, UT ASN 86–79 25–6 11–3 3,854 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#522D80; color:#FFFFFF;"| CIT March 14 7:00 pm yes no South Carolina State GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ First roundCoach John McLendon Classichttp://www.gculopes.com/news/2016/3/9/mens-basketball-gcu-hosts-cit-coach-john-mclendon-classic.aspx GCU to host Coach John McLendon Classic in CIT opening round CBSSN 78–74 7,315 26–6 March 17 7:00 pm yes no Jackson State GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ Second round Cox7 64–54 7,015 27–6 March 23 4:00 pm yes yes no Coastal Carolina HTC Center Conway, SC Quarterfinals 58–60 1,302 27–7 AP Poll Mountain Time References Category:Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball seasons Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball Category:2010s in Phoenix, Arizona