2015–16 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Columbia Lions Columbia Lions wordmark.png 300 Ivy League Ivy 25–10 10–4 Kyle Smith 6th Derrick Phelps Kevin Hovde Adam Hood Levien Gymnasium CIT champions The 2015–16 Columbia Lions men's basketball team represented Columbia University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions, led by sixth year head coach Kyle Smith, played their home games at Levien Gymnasium and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 25–10, 10–4 in Ivy League play to finish in third place. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Norfolk State, Ball State, NJIT and UC Irvine to become CIT champions. On March 30, one day after winning the CIT, head coach Kyle Smith resigned to become the head coach at San Francisco.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/15097703/kyle-smith-coach-san-francisco-dons-basketball Columbia's Kyle Smith to coach San Francisco 30 March 2016 He finished at Columbia with a six-year record of 101–82. Previous season The Lions finished the season 13–15, 5–9 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fifth place. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Steve Frankoski 5 G 6'2" 190 Senior Florham Park, NJ Graduated Zach En'Wezoh 11 F 6'8" 225 Junior Kennewick, WA Left the team for personal reasons Noah Springwater 21 G 6'3" 180 Senior San Francisco, CA Graduated Meiko Lyles 22 G 6'3" 200 Senior Nashville, TN Graduated Cory Osetkowski 23 C 6'11" 270 Senior Rancho Santa Fe, CA Graduated Recruiting no 2015 Quinton Adlesh #118 SG San Luis Obispo, CA Mission College Prep 6 1 185 11/14/2015 0 0 60 John Sica #106 PF Delmar, NY Bethlehem Central High School 6 7 210 09/14/2014 0 0 58 Peter Barba SG Hudson, OH Western Reserve Academy 6 5 180 06/06/2014 0 0 NR Rodney Hunter SG Cape Coral, FL Mariner High School 6 5 185 12/16/2014 0 0 NR Shane Eberle C Woodbine, MD Elev8 Basketball Academy 6 10 230 02/14/2015 0 0 NR 2015 Columbia Commit List for 2015 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Columbia Lions Basketball Recruiting 2015 2015-10-02 yes Recruiting class of 2016 yes 2016 Patrick Tape PF Matthews, NC Queen's Grant High School 6 9 06/28/2015 0 0 NR Karthik Reddy PF San Antonio, TX Saint Mary's High School 6 7 06/10/2015 0 0 NR 2016 Columbia Commit List for 2016 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Columbia Lions Basketball Recruiting 2016 2015-10-02 yes Roster 2015 Columbia Lions y y Kyle Castlin 0 G 6 4 180 SO Marietta, GA Hillsgrove Jeff Coby y 1 F 6 8 220 JR Pembroke Pines, FL Choate Rosemary Hall/Sagemont Isaac Cohen 2 G 6 4 220 SR Orlando, FL Orlando Christian Prep Grant Mullins 3 G 6 3 175 SR Burlington, ON REDA/Notre Dame Rodney Hunter 4 G/F 6 5 185 FR Cape Coral, FL Mariner C. J. Davis 5 G 6 2 200 FR Far Rockaway, NY Peddie School/Archbishop Molloy Quinton Adlesh 10 G 6 0 190 FR Arroyo Grande, CA Mission College Prep Lukas Meisner 11 F 6 8 210 FR Braunschweig, Germany IGS Franzsches Feld Maodo Lo 12 G 6 3 190 SR Berlin, Germany Wilbraham & Monson Alex Rosenberg basketball y 13 F 6 7 220 SR y Short Hills, NJ Millburn Kendall Jackson 14 G 5 8 155 JR Union City, CA Suffield Academy/Bishop O'Dowd Nate Hickman 15 G 6 4 175 SO Wilmington, DE Peddie School Paddy Quinn 20 G 6 1 190 SR Ramsey, NJ Don Bosco Prep Peter Barba 21 G 6 5 190 FR Chagrin Falls, OH Western Reserve Academy John Sica 24 F 6 7 195 FR Delmar, NY Bethlehem Central Chris McComber 32 F 6 8 235 JR Nepean, ON John McCrae Secondary School/REDA Luke Petrasek y 33 F 6 10 215 JR East Northport, NY Northport Shane Eberle 44 C 6 10 245 FR Woodbine, MD Ourt Lake of Good Counsel Connor Voss 52 C 7 1 250 JR St. Cloud, MN Cathedral Kyle Smith (Hamilton College) Derrick Phelps (North Carolina) Kevin Hovde (Richmond) Adam Hood (Air Force) http://www.gocolumbialions.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=9600&SPID=3886&SPSID=43666 Schedule no yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#75b2dd; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 11:00 am yes no Kean Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 878 107–62 1–0 11/16/2015 10:00 pm yes yes no Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS CBE Hall of Fame Classic 11,368 ESPN3 71–81 1–1 11/20/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL CBE Hall of Fame Classic 6,117 ESPN3 80–83 OT 1–2 11/22/2015 4:00 pm yes no Lehigh Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 1,011 88–61 2–2 11/24/2015 4:00 pm yes no Wofford Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY CBE Hall of Fame Classic 840 ESPN3 70–59 3–2 11/27/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Fairfield Webster Bank Arena Fairfield, CT CBE Hall of Fame Classic 1,887 81–82 OT 3–3 11/28/2015 7:00 pm yes no Longwood Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 983 69–70 3–4 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Bucknell Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 2,465 72–61 4–4 12/04/2015 7:00 pm yes no Saint Joseph's Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 1,088 78–80 4–5 12/06/2015 2:00 pm yes no Delaware Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 989 82–69 5–5 12/09/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Manhattan Draddy Gymnasium Riverdale, NY 714 72–71 6–5 12/12/2015 7:00 pm yes no NJIT Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 1,244 65–56 7–5 12/14/2015 2:00 pm yes no Robert Morris Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 462 78–71 8–5 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes no Howard Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 1,514 72–59 9–5 01/02/2016 7:00 pm yes yes no Stony Brook Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 3,624 60–69 9–6 01/06/2016 7:00 pm yes no Maryland Eastern Shore Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 868 81–75 10–6 01/09/2016 7:00 pm yes no Central Penn Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 785 96–68 11–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#75b2dd; color:#FFFFFF;"| Ivy League regular season 01/16/2016 7:00 pm no Cornell Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 2,236 74–70 12–6 1–0 01/23/2016 4:00 pm yes no Cornell Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 3,935 ESPN3 79–68 13–6 2–0 01/29/2016 7:00 pm yes no Dartmouth Leede Arena Hanover, NH 835 77–60 14–6 3–0 01/30/2016 7:00 pm yes no Harvard Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 2,195 55–54 15–6 4–0 02/05/2016 5:00 pm yes no Yale John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 2,219 FS1 72–86 15–7 4–1 02/06/2016 7:00 pm yes no Brown Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI 953 77–73 16–7 5–1 02/12/2016 7:00 pm no Penn Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 2,505 ESPN3 63–53 17–7 6–1 02/13/2016 7:00 pm no Princeton Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 2,633 ESPN3 83–88 OT 17–8 6–2 02/19/2016 6:00 pm no Harvard Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 2,587 ASN 90–76 18–8 7–2 02/20/2016 7:00 pm no Dartmouth Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 2,349 73–54 19–8 8–2 02/26/2016 6:00 pm yes no Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 3,121 ASN 83–88 19–9 8–3 02/27/2016 7:00 pm yes no Penn Palestra Philadelphia, PA 3,378 93–65 20–9 9–3 03/04/2016 7:00 pm no Brown Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 1,937 66–63 21–9 10–3 03/05/2016 7:00 pm Yale no Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 2,720 55–71 21–10 10–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#75b2dd; color:#FFFFFF;"| CIT 03/16/2016 7:00 pm yes no Norfolk State Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY First round 1,037 86–54 22–10 03/23/2016 7:00 pm yes no Ball State Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY Quarterfinals 1,397 69–67 23–10 03/27/2016 6:00 pm yes no NJIT Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY Semifinals 1,249 CBSSN 80–65 24–10 03/29/2016 7:00 pm yes no UC Irvine Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY Championship game 2,603 CBSSN 73–67 25–10 no Eastern Time 2015–16 Columbia Lions men's basketball schedule References Category:Columbia Lions men's basketball seasons Columbia Columbia Category:CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament championship seasons Columbia Columbia