2015–16 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Arizona Wildcats Arizona Wildcats logo.svg 150 Pac-12 Conference Pac-12 Conference men's basketball Pac-12 22 17 25–9 12–6 Sean Miller 7th Joe Pasternack Emanuel Richardson Mark Phelps McKale Center NCAA tournament First Round The 2015–16 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Sean Miller, and played their home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 12–6 in Pac-12 play to tie with California for third place. They defeated Colorado in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Oregon. Arizona received an at-large bid to the fourth-straight NCAA tournament, the program's 31st appearance, as a 6-seed in the South Region. They lost in the first round to Wichita State. Previous season 2014–15 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team The 2014–15 Arizona Wildcats finished the season with an overall record of 34–4 and a 16–2 conference record to win their second straight Pac-12 regular season championship (14th overall). Arizona claimed the longest active home winning streak in D-I men's college basketball (38th home win at 2nd all-time, 82nd home win at 5th all-time) after BYU defeated Gonzaga in the regular season finale, snapping the nation's longest active home winning streak of 41 games, as well as Gonzaga's school record 22-game winning streak. In the Pac-12 Tournament as a #1 seed, Arizona defeated #8 seed California Golden Bears; 73–51, and #4 seed UCLA Bruins; 70–64. The Wildcats then went on to beat Oregon Ducks; 80–52 in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game, and claimed their 5th Pac-12 tournament title for the first time since 2002, along with punching their 32nd ticket to the NCAA Tournament. Arizona entered the NCAA tournament as a #2 seed in the West region, and defeated #15 seed Texas Southern Tigers 93–72, then #10 seed Ohio State Buckeyes; 73–58, and #6 seed Xavier Musketeers, to gain its third trip (2nd straight) to the Elite Eight, as well as Sean Miller's first as head coach. The Wildcats then fell to #1 seed Wisconsin Badgers; 85–78 for the second time (from the Elite Eight's by 1 point overtime loss in last year). Off-season Departures Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Matt Korcheck PF 6'10" 235 RS Senior Tucson, Arizona Graduated T. J. McConnell PG 6'1" 195 RS Senior Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Graduated Drew Mellon SF 6’6" 205 Senior Santa Ana, California Graduated Brandon Ashley PF 6'9" 230 Junior San Francisco, California Declared for 2015 NBA draftPascoe Bruce UA basketball: Ashley declares for NBA draft http://tucson.com/sports/blogs/pascoe/ua-basketball-ashley-declares-for-nba-draft/article_99717bd0-de43-11e4-82ff-2ffeb7d88f06.html Tucson.com Arizona Daily Star 9 April 2015 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson SF 6'7" 220 Sophomore Chester, Pennsylvania Declared for 2015 NBA draft.Hollis-Jefferson Declares for NBA Draft http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=210006357 ArizonaWildcats.com Arizona Athletics 7 April 2015 Selected 23rd overall by the Portland Trail Blazers; later traded to the Brooklyn Nets. Stanley Johnson SF 6'7" 245 Freshman Fullerton, California Declared for 2015 NBA draft.Pascoe Bruce Arizona basketball: Johnson leaving for NBA http://tucson.com/sports/blogs/pascoe/arizona-basketball-johnson-leaving-for-nba/article_cb9135de-ea13-11e4-8062-73104fa3157c.html Tucson.com Arizona Daily Star 24 April 2015 Selected 8th overall by the Detroit Pistons. Craig Victor II PF 6'9" 230 Freshman New Orleans, Louisiana Left team in January. Elected to transfer to LSUBorzello Jeff Craig Victor transferring to LSU https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12142363/arizona-wildcats-transfer-craig-victor-join-lsu-tigers ESPN.go.com 9 January 2015 Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Mark Tollefsen F 6'9" 200 RS Senior Danville, California Graduate transfer from San Francisco. Is eligible to play immediately for the 2015–16 season per NCAA graduate transfer rules. 2015 recruiting class thumb|upright|Allonzo Trier at the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game no 2015 Justin Simon CG Temecula, California Temecula Valley HS/Brewster Academy 6 5 190 05/06/2014 5 5 4 4 Ray Smith SF Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas HS 6 8 180 07/13/2014 5 5 5 4 Allonzo Trier SG Seattle, Washington Findlay Prep 6 4 190 08/03/2014 5 5 5 5 Chance Comanche C Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills HS 6 10 200 09/14/2014 4 4 4 4 2015 Arizona 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Arizona Basketball Commits 2015 Arizona Wildcats Recruiting Class 2015 Arizona 24/7 Sports Commits arizona Arizona 106 12 #4 #3 #4 #4 April 23, 2015 yes no yes 2016 Lauri Markkanen PF Helsinki, Finland Helsinki Basketball Academy 6 11 225 10/17/15 5 4 5 5 Kobi Simmons CG Alpharetta, Georgia St. Francis HS 6 5 175 01/16/16 5 5 5 5 Rawle Alkins SG Middle Village, New York Word of God Christian Academy 6 5 210 03/07/2016 5 5 5 5 2016 Arizona 2016 Basketball Commitments 2016 Arizona Basketball Commits 2016 Arizona Wildcats Recruiting Class 2016 Arizona 24/7 Sports Commits arizona Arizona 106 12 yes Personnel On April 13, assistant coach Damon Stoudamire left the team to rejoin the Memphis staff under head coach and former UA player Josh Pastner. On May 22 Mark Phelps, joined the Arizona staff. Roster 2015 Arizona Wildcats y yes Parker Jackson-Cartwright y 0 G 5 11 170 SO Los Angeles, California Sierra Canyon School Gabe York y 1 G 6 3 190 SR West Covina, California Orange Lutheran HS Ray Smith 2 F 6 8 210 FR Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas HS y yes Justin Simon y 3 G 6 5 200 FR Temecula, California Brewster Academy Kadeem Allen y 5 G 6 3 200 JR y Wilmington, North Carolina Hutchinson C.C. Allonzo Trier 11 G 6 6 210 FR Seattle, Washington Findlay Prep y Ryan Anderson basketball, born 1992 y 12 F 6 9 235 SR y Lakewood, California Boston College Dušan Ristić 14 C 7 0 255 SO Novi Sad, Serbia Sunrise Christian Academy y Chance Comanche 21 C 6 11 205 FR Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills HS y Mark Tollefsen 23 F 6 9 205 SR y Danville, California San Francisco y Elliott Pitts 24 G 6 5 190 JR Dublin, California De La Salle HS Kaleb Tarczewski 35 C 7 0 250 SR Claremont, New Hampshire St. Mark's School y Trey Mason 44 G 6 2 195 JR Los Angeles, California Loyola HS W Jacob Hazzard 50 G 6 0 170 SR Los Angeles, California Loyola HS W Paulo Cruz 51 G 6 4 195 FR San Diego, California Francis Parker School W Sean Miller (Pittsburgh) Joe Pasternack (Indiana) Emanuel Richardson (University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown) Mark Phelps (Old Dominion University) http://www.arizonawildcats.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30700&SPID=127128&SPSID=750096&DB_OEM_ID=30700 January 19, 2016 Oct 24, 2015 – Freshman Ray Smith to miss entire 2015–16 season due to a torn ACL in his right knee.Pascoe Bruce Arizona Wildcats: Miller confirms Smith out for season http://tucson.com/sports/blogs/pascoe/arizona-wildcats-miller-confirms-smith-out-for-season/article_64a29b80-7a6c-11e5-be7a-a30bccf798a5.html Tucson.com Arizona Daily Star 13 January 2016 Dec 1, 2015 – Senior Kaleb Tarczewski missed 8 games due to left foot injury.Pascoe Bruce Arizona basketball: Tarczewski out 4-6 weeks http://tucson.com/sports/blogs/pascoe/arizona-basketball-tarczewski-out---weeks/article_c5b1c732-986e-11e5-832f-9bd125582a9d.html Tucson.com Arizona Daily Star 13 January 2016 Returned for Pac-12 season play against Arizona State. Jan 10, 2015 – Freshman Allonzo Trier missed 7 games due to a right hand injury.Pascoe Bruce Arizona basketball: Trier breaks hand, out 4-6 weeks http://tucson.com/sports/basketball/college/wildcats/arizona-basketball-trier-breaks-hand-out---weeks/article_231c870c-b7de-11e5-b8eb-b71f0998321a.html Tucson.com Arizona Daily Star 13 January 2016 Returned Feb. 6 game at Washington. Junior Elliott Pitts out since Dec. 9 game against Fresno State, due to an undisclosed personal issue.Pascoe Bruce Arizona-Missouri postgame: On Allen's recovery, Pitts' issue, and finals week http://tucson.com/sports/blogs/pascoe/arizona-missouri-postgame-on-allen-s-recovery-pitts-issue-and/article_7e48a744-a22d-11e5-bdc1-f7c3eca58538.html Tucson.com Arizona Daily Star 13 January 2016 After the Feb. 17 game against Arizona State, Sean Miller announced Pitts would not return for the remainder of the season.Pascoe Bruce Elliott Pitts leaves Arizona Wildcats for remainder of season http://tucson.com/sports/blogs/pascoe/article_97962f84-d610-11e5-8d76-2fdbeb7718d6.html?id=201408 Tucson.com Arizona Daily Star 18 February 2016 Depth chart https://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa/conferences/Pacific-12-Conference/7/depth-charts/2016 Arizona Wildcats MBB Depth Charts - RealGM Arizona Wildcats 3 Arizona Wildcats 1 Arizona Wildcats 3 Kaleb Tarczewski Ryan Anderson Allonzo Trier Gabe York Kadeem Allen Dušan Ristić Chance Comanche Mark Tollefsen Justin Simon Parker Jackson-Cartwright Elliott Pitts Trey Mason Jacob Hazzard Ray Smith Paulo Cruz Coaching staff Name Position Year at Arizona Alma Mater (year) Sean MillerHead coach 7th Pittsburgh (1992)Joe Pasternack Associate head coach 5th Indiana (1999)Emanuel Richardson Assistant coach 7th Pittsburgh-Johnstown (1998)Mark Phelps Assistant coach 1st Old Dominion (1996)Ryan Reynolds Director of Basketball Operations 7th Xavier (2007)Ben Tucker Assistant director of Basketball Operations 2nd Arizona (2010) Schedule yes yes no 2015–16 yes yes yes |- !colspan=12 style=Arizona Wildcats white| Exhibition Nov 8, 2015 6:00 pm 12 yes Chico State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona P12N Anderson 19 Anderson 10 Allen 4 90–54 14,268 – |- !colspan=12 style=Arizona Wildcats white| Non-conference regular season Nov 13, 2015 7:30 pm 12 yes Pacific McKale Center Tucson, Arizona P12N Anderson 19 Anderson 12 Allen 5 79–61 14,644 1–0 Nov 16, 2015 6:00 pm 12 yes Bradley McKale Center Tucson, Arizona P12N Trier 22 Tarczewski 7 Pitts 7 90–60 14,238 2–0 Nov 19, 2015 6:30 pm 12 yes Boise State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona Wooden Legacy campus-site game P12N York 23 Anderson 15 Allen 6 88–76 14,644 3–0 Nov 22, 2015 6:00 pm 12 yes Northwestern State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona P12N York 18 Ristić 10 Jackson-Cartwright 6 61–42 14,396 4–0 Nov 26, 2015 9:30 pm 11 yes yes Santa Clara Titan Gym Fullerton, California Wooden Legacy Quarterfinals ESPN2 Anderson 17 Anderson 11 Jackson-Cartwright 7 75–73 OT 2,460 5–0 Nov 27, 2015 9:30 pm 11 yes yes Providence Titan Gym Fullerton, California Wooden Legacy Semifinals ESPN2 Anderson 27 Anderson 12 Allen 4 65–69 2,873 5–1 Nov 29, 2015 2:30 pm 11 yes yes Boise State Honda Center Anaheim, California Wooden Legacy 3rd Place Game ESPNU Tied 13 Tied 7 Tied 2 68–59 4,393 6–1 Dec 5, 2015 1:15 pm 19 yes yes Gonzaga 13 McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Washington ESPN York 18 3 Tied 6 3 Tied 2 68–63 6,000 7–1 Dec 9, 2015 7:00 pm 13 yes Fresno State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona P12N Trier 27 Anderson 8 Allen 5 85–72 14,262 8–1 Dec 13, 2015 6:00 pm 13 yes Missouri McKale Center Tucson, Arizona P12N Tollefsen 17 Comanche 10 Jackson-Cartwright 5 88–52 14,644 9–1 Dec 16, 2015 8:00 pm 13 yes Northern Arizona McKale Center Tucson, Arizona P12N Tollefsen 19 Anderson 12 Allen 7 92–37 13,566 10–1 Dec 19, 2015 7:30 pm 13 yes UNLV McKale Center Tucson, Arizona ESPN2 Ristić 20 Anderson 13 Allen 5 82–70 14,644 11–1 Dec 22, 2015 7:00 pm 8 yes Long Beach State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona P12N Trier 20 Anderson 14 Allen 4 85–70 14,644 12–1 |- !colspan=12 style="Arizona Wildcats 0;"| white Pac-12 regular season Jan 3, 2016 12:00 pm 8 yes Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona Rivalry FS1 York 22 Anderson 10 York 6 94–82 8,044 13–1 1–0 Jan 7, 2016 7:00 pm 7 yes UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California Rivalry ESPN2 Anderson 15 Anderson 15 Allen 4 84–87 12,026 13–2 1–1 Jan 9, 2016 5:00 pm 7 yes USC Galen Center Los Angeles, California P12N Trier 25 Tarczewski 12 York 5 101–103 4OT 6,854 13–3 1–2 Jan 14, 2016 7:00 pm 18 Washington McKale Center Tucson, Arizona FS1 Anderson 21 Tarczewski 13 Jackson-Cartwright 11 99–67 14,479 14–3 2–2 Jan 16, 2016 7:30 pm 18 Washington State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona P12N Anderson 15 Tied 8 Jackson-Cartwright 7 90–66 14,502 15–3 3–2 Jan 21, 2016 9:00 pm 12 yes Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, California P12N York 19 Ristić 9 Tied 4 71–57 5,275 16–3 4–2 Jan 23, 2016 6:30 pm 12 yes California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California ESPN York 15 Anderson 9 Jackson-Cartwright 6 73–74 11,858 16–4 4–3 Jan 28, 2016 7:00 pm 18 Oregon 23 McKale Center Tucson, Arizona ESPN2 Anderson 22 Anderson 10 Allen 10 75–83 14,644 16–5 4–4 Jan 30, 2016 7:30 pm 18 Oregon State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona P12N York 24 Anderson 12 Allen 6 80–63 14,644 17–5 5–4 Feb 3, 2016 8:00 pm 23 yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N Anderson 31 Anderson 12 Jackson-Cartwright 4 79–64 3,189 18–5 6–4 Feb 6, 2016 2:30 pm 23 yes Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, Washington FOX Anderson 22 Anderson 15 Allen 3 77–72 9,266 19–5 7–4 Feb 12, 2016 7:00 pm 17 UCLA McKale Center Tucson, Arizona Rivalry ESPN Trier 18 Tarczewski 14 Jackson-Cartwright 4 81–75 14,644 20–5 8–4 Feb 14, 2016 6:00 pm 17 USC 23 McKale Center Tucson, Arizona FS1 York 17 Tied 9 Jackson-Cartwright 5 86–78 14,644 21–5 9–4 Feb 17, 2016 7:00 pm 12 Arizona State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona Rivalry ESPN2 Trier 20 Tarczewski 15 Jackson-Cartwright 7 99–61 14,644 22–5 10–4 Feb 24, 2016 7:00 pm 9 yes Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado ESPN2 Anderson 19 Anderson 10 Tied 3 72–75 11,309 22–6 10–5 Feb 27, 2016 12:00 pm 9 yes Utah 22 Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah ESPN Trier 23 Tarczewski 10 York 3 64–70 15,508 22–7 10–6 Mar 3, 2016 7:00 pm 18 California 25 McKale Center Tucson, Arizona ESPN York 19 Tarczewski 12 Allen 6 64–61 14,644 23–7 11–6 Mar 5, 2016 2:00 pm 18 Stanford McKale Center Tucson, Arizona CBS York 32 Anderson 12 Allen 6 94–62 14,644 24–7 12–6 |- !colspan=12 style="Arizona Wildcats 0;"| white Pac-12 Tournament Mar 10, 2016 3:30 pm 15 4 yes Colorado 5 MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, Nevada Quarterfinals P12N Trier 23 Tarczewski 11 3 Tied 2 82–78 12,916 25–7 Mar 11, 2016 7:00 pm 15 4 yes Oregon 8 1 MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, Nevada Semifinals P12N York 21 Tarczewski 12 Jackson-Cartwright 5 89–95 OT 12,916 25–8 |- !colspan=12 style="Arizona Wildcats 0;"| NCAA tournament Mar 17, 2016 6:20 pm yes yes 17 6 S Wichita State 11 S Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, Rhode Island First Round TNT Allen 11 Anderson 11 Tied 2 55–65 11,559 25–9 Mountain Time S South Region AP Poll Ranking movement 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV=Received votes. Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Post Final AP 12 12 11 19 13 13 8 8 7 18 12 18 23 17 12 9 18 15 17 N/A* Coaches 10 10 10 14 12 12 8 7 6 16 11 15 20 14 12 10 16 14 16 22 *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings Player statistics As of Mar. 21, 2016 Arizona Combined Team Statistics http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/arizona.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/5/24/Statistics.pdf University of Arizona 21 March 2016 Player GP GS MPG FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Kadeem Allen 34 28 24.9 100–215 18–50 67–95 3.1 3.5 1.0 0.8 8.4 Ryan Anderson 33 33 29.2 174–319 2–7 155–208 10.1 0.8 0.7 0.6 15.3 Chance Comanche 23 0 6.0 16–33 0–0 11–16 1.6 0.2 0.0 0.3 1.9 Paulo Cruz 6 0 2.7 0–2 0–2 0–0 0 0 0 0 0 Jacob Hazzard 7 0 3.7 6–10 4–6 2–2 0.1 0.3 0 0 2.6 Parker Jackson-Cartwright 34 6 21.2 57–142 27–72 37–57 1.6 3.4 0.6 0.2 5.2 Elliott Pitts 7 2 21.3 7–26 2–16 0–2 2.3 1.8 1.1 0 2.3 Dušan Ristić 34 9 16.5 94–171 3–8 52–82 3.8 0.8 0.1 0.7 7.1 Justin Simon 24 0 7.5 23–46 1–3 9–21 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 2.3 Kaleb Tarczewski 26 24 27.4 80–150 0–0 84–118 9.3 0.6 0.3 1.4 9.4 Mark Tollefsen 34 13 21.9 90–175 26–73 31–39 3.0 1.3 0.6 0.7 7.0 Allonzo Trier 27 21 28.0 122–262 40–110 115–145 3.3 1.1 0.5 0.2 14.8 Gabe York 34 34 33.3 177–419 98–233 59–78 3.2 2.2 0.9 0.3 15.0 Honors Award Watchlists Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award – Kaleb Tarczewski Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 – Kaleb Tarczewski Jerry West Award – Allonzo Trier Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 – Ryan Anderson Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - 2016 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Finalist – Ryan Anderson Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award Finalist – Ryan Anderson Weekly awards Name awardsAllonzo Trier Pac-12 Player of the Week – Dec.14Ryan Anderson Pac-12 Player of the Week – Feb. 8Naismith Trophy Player of the Week – Feb. 7 Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week – Feb. 7Gabe York Pac-12 Player of the Week – Mar. 7 Season awards Name awardsRyan Anderson All-Pac-12 First TeamKaleb Tarczewski All-Pac-12 Second TeamKaleb Tarczewski All-Pac-12 Defensive TeamGabe York All-Pac-12 Second TeamAllonzo Trier Pac-12 All Freshman Team See also 2015–16 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team References Category:Arizona Wildcats men's basketball seasons Arizona Arizona Wildcats men's basketball Arizona Wildcats men's basketball Arizona