2015–16 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Southern Illinois Salukis Salukis textlogo.png 175 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 22–10 11–7 Barry Hinson 4th Brad Autry Anthony Beane, Sr. Terrance McGee SIU Arena The 2015–16 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Salukis, led by fourth year head coach Barry Hinson, played their home games at the SIU Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 22–10, 11–7 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley tournament to Northern Iowa. Despite having 22 wins, citing financial concerns and player fatigue, they chose not to participate in a postseason tournament.https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/03/09/southern-illinois-basketball-no-postseason Southern Illinois to sit out postseason Wire SI SI.com 2017-02-07 Previous season The Salukis finished the 2015–16 season 12–21, 4–14 in MVC play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley tournament where they lost to Northern Iowa. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Jalen Pendelton 1 G 6'2" 205 Junior Evansville, IN Transferred to Minnesota State K. C. Goodwin 2 G 5'11" 205 RS Freshman Memphis, TN Transferred to Union (TN) Deion Lavender 5 G 6'3" 180 Freshman Alton, IL Transferred to UAB Chaz Glotta 13 G 6'2" 172 Freshman St. Louis, MO Transferred to Northern Colorado Jordan Caroline 14 F 6'6" 235 Freshman Champaign, IL Transferred to Nevada Dawson Verhines 24 G 6'4" 210 Senior Woodlawn, IL Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Mike Rodriguez 1 G 5'10" 160 Junior Boston, MA Junior college transferred from Marshalltown Community College Leo Vincent 5 G 6'1" 180 Junior Bensalem, PA Junior college transferred from Harcum College Aaron Siler 12 G 5'11" 165 Junior Robinson, IL Junior college transferred from Lincoln Trail College Bobby Mannie 14 G 5'11" 165 Junior Herrin, IL Junior College transferred from John A. Logan College Recruiting no 2015 Sean Lloyd SF Philadelphia, PA Mount Zion Baptist Christian School 6 4 185 06/29/2015 0 0 71 2015 Southern Illinois Commit List for 2015 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Southern Illinois Sycamores Basketball Recruiting 2015 2015-08-01 yes Roster 2015 Southern Illinois Salukis y y Mike Rodriguez 1 G 5 10 170 JR Boston, MA Marshalltown CCRedemption Christian Academy Jeremy Postell 2 F 6 6 205 JR Atlanta, GA New Mexico JCWestlake Sean Lloyd 3 G 6 5 200 FR Philadelphia, PA Mt. Zion Prep Leo Vincent 5 G 6 1 185 JR Bensalem, PA Harcum CollegeBensalem Ibby Djimde 10 C 6 8 255 SR y Bamako, Mali IllinoisHuntington Prep Tyler Smithpeters 11 G 6 3 175 JR Harrisburg, IL Harrisburg Austin Weiher 15 F 6 8 210 FR y Kent, WA Creating Young Minds Academy Armon Fletcher 22 G 6 4 180 FR y Edwardsville, IL Edwardsville Bola Olaniyan 23 F 6 7 225 JR Lagos, Nigeria Richmond Anthony Beane, Jr. 25 G 6 2 190 SR Normal, IL Normal Deng Leek 32 C 7 0 230 SR Sudan Jacksonville CollegeWesleyan Christian Academy Sean O'Brien 33 F 6 6 210 JR Mundelein, IL Mundelein Rudy Stradnieks 34 F 6 9 225 FR Riga, Latvia Lee Academy Barry Hinson (Oklahoma State) Jerome Beane, Sr. (Kansas State) Brad Autry (Northwestern Oklahoma State) Terrance McGee (Missouri State) http://www.siusalukis.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/silu-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule and results http://www.siusalukis.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/silu-m-baskbl-sched.html Southern Illinois University Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball 2015-07-14 2015-09-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082843/http://www.siusalukis.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/silu-m-baskbl-sched.html dead yes yes no |- !colspan=12 style=Southern Illinois Salukis| Exhibition 11/09/2015 7:00 pm yes Maryville SIU Arena Carbondale, IL ESPN3 no 106–73 O'Brien 17 O'Brien 7 Smithpeters 6 3,843 |- !colspan=12 style=Southern Illinois Salukis| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes Air Force SIU Arena Carbondale, IL MW–MVC Challenge ESPN3 no 77–75 Rodriguez 15 Olaniyan 12 Olaniyan, Smithpeters 3 4,759 1–0 11/15/2015 3:00 pm yes Florida A&M SIU Arena Carbondale, IL Corpus Christi Coastal Classic ESPN3 no 81–51 Beane Jr. 20 Olaniyan 12 Rodriguez 6 4,119 2–0 11/18/2015 7:00 pm yes Kent State SIU Arena Carbondale, IL ESPN3 no 72–69 Beane Jr. 32 Beane Jr. 8 Beane Jr. & Rodriguez 3 4,362 3–0 11/21/2015 1:00 pm yes yes Sam Houston State Bernard Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, TX no 86–81 OT Beane Jr. 21 Olaniyan 8 Rodriguez 5 1,008 4–0 11/24/2015 7:00 pm yes Oakland SIU Arena Carbondale, IL Corpus Christi Coastal Classic ESPN3 no 97–88 Beane Jr. 30 O'Brien 9 Rodriguez 5 4,280 5–0 11/27/2015 5:00 pm yes yes UTEP American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX Corpus Christi Coastal Classic semifinals ASN no 66–71 O'Brien 25 O'Brien 11 Rodriguez 4 264 5–1 11/28/2015 7:30 pm yes yes Portland American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX Corpus Christi Coastal Classic ASN no 80–79 Beane & O'Brien 18 O'Brien 10 Rodriguez 3 179 6–1 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes Southeast Missouri State SIU Arena Carbondale, IL ESPN3 no 74–50 O'Brien 22 O'Brien 11 Rodriguez 7 4,781 7–1 12/05/2015 5:00 pm yes yes North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX no 95–63 Beane Jr. 27 Smithpeters 5 O'Brien 4 2,475 8–1 12/09/2015 7:00 pm yes SIU Edwardsville SIU Arena Carbondale, IL ESPN3 no 74–76 Beane Jr. 21 Olaniyan 11 Rodriguez 2 4,817 8–2 12/12/2015 7:00 pm yes North Texas SIU Arena Carbondale, IL ESPN3 no 74–66 Beane Jr. 19 Leek 7 O'Brien & Beane Jr. 3 4,839 9–2 12/18/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Murray State CFSB Center Murray, KY no 88–73 Beane Jr. 22 Olaniyan 8 Rodriguez 4 3,784 10–2 12/21/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Saint Louis Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO FSMW no 65–52 Beane Jr. 19 Olaniyan 8 5 tied 2 8,758 11–2 |- !colspan=12 style=Southern Illinois Salukis| Missouri Valley Conference regular season 12/30/2015 7:00 pm yes Loyola–Chicago Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL no 72–62 Beane Jr. 26 Olaniyan 10 Rodriguez & Vincent 3 1,624 12–2 1–0 01/02/2016 7:00 pm Northern Iowa SIU Arena Carbondale, IL no 75–73 Beane Jr. 32 Olaniyan 13 Smithpeters 4 6,106 13–2 2–0 01/06/2016 7:00 pm yes Bradley Carver Arena Peoria, IL no 65-44 Beane Jr. 11 Olaniyan 10 Rodriguez 6 5,639 14-2 3-0 01/09/2016 3:00 pm Wichita State SIU Arena Carbondale, IL CBSSN no 58–83 Beane Jr. 15 Olaniyan 8 Rodriguez 2 8,284 14–3 3–1 01/12/2016 7:00 pm Illinois State SIU Arena Carbondale, IL ESPN3 no 81–78 Vincent 24 O'Brien 8 O'Brien 6 4,441 15–3 4–1 01/17/2016 3:00 pm yes Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA ESPNU no 81–76 Beane Jr. 26 Olaniyan 14 Rodriguez 4 3,136 16–3 5–1 01/20/2016 7:00 pm Indiana State SIU Arena Carbondale, IL ESPN3 no 79-66 Vincent 18 3 tied 4 Smithpeters 4 5,036 17–3 6–1 01/24/2016 3:00 pm yes Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, MO ESPN3 no 80–65 Olaniyan 17 Olaniyan & O'Brien 6 Beane Jr. 6   18–3 7–1 01/28/2016 7:00 pm Evansville SIU Arena Carbondale, IL ESPN3 no 78–85 OT Smithpeters 30 Olaniyan 8 O'Brien 3 6,345 18–4 7–2 01/31/2016 3:00 pm yes Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA ESPN3 no 58–67 Beane 16 Smithpeters 7 O'Brien 4 5,275 18–5 7–3 02/03/2016 8:00 pm yes Wichita State 21 Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS FSMW no 55–76 Beane 20 Olaniyan 16 Rodriguez 3 10,506 18–6 7–4 02/06/2016 7:00 pm Loyola–Chicago SIU Arena Carbondale, IL ESPN3 no 59–73 Beane 18 Beane 11 Rodriguez 4 5,788 18–7 7–5 02/10/2016 6:00 pm yes Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 no 85–78 Beane 31 Beane 5 Beane/Smithpeters/Vincent 2 3,221 19–7 8–5 02/13/2016 3:00 pm Drake SIU Arena Carbondale, IL FSMW no 75–60 Beane 31 Olaniyan 10 O'Brien 4 5,474 20–7 9–5 02/17/2016 7:00 pm Bradley SIU Arena Carbondale, IL ESPN3 no 71–59 O'Brien 24 Olaniyan 11 Smithpeters 7 5,002 21–7 10–5 02/20/2016 3:00 pm yes Evansville Ford Center Evansville, IN FSMW no 71–83 Beane 22 Olaniyan 12 Beane 5 7,163 21–8 10–6 02/24/2016 7:00 pm yes Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL FSMW no 50–73 O'Brien 14 Olaniyan 12 Beane 3 6,502 21–9 10–7 02/27/2016 7:00 pm Missouri State SIU Arena Carbondale, IL ESPN3 no 78–68 Beane 19 Olaniyan 13 O'Brien 8 6,012 22–9 11–7 |- !colspan=12 style=Southern Illinois Salukis| Missouri Valley tournament 03/04/2016 2:30 pm yes Northern Iowa Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Quarterfinals ESPN3 no 60–66 Beane 17 O'Brien 12 Beane 3 10,560 22–10 AP Poll Central Time References Category:Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball seasons Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball