2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles FGCU wordmark.png 175 Atlantic Sun Conference A-Sun 21–14 8–6 Joe Dooley 3rd Michael Fly 5th Tom Abatemarco 1st Senque Carey 1st Alico Arena Atlantic Sun tournament champions NCAA tournament First round The 2015–16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. FGCU was a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They played their home games at Alico Arena and were led by third year head coach Joe Dooley. They finished the season 21–14, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They defeated Kennesaw State, North Florida, and Stetson to be champions of the A-Sun tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Fairleigh Dickinson in the First Four to advance to the first round where they lost to North Carolina. Pre-season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Brett Comer 0 G 6'3" 192 Senior Winter Park, FL Graduated Bernard Thompson 2 G 6'3" 166 Senior Conyers, GA Graduated Nate Hicks 1 C 6'10" 227 RS Senior Panama City Beach, FL Graduated Jamail Jones 5 5 6'6" 215 RS Senior Atlanta, GA Graduated Logan Hovey 10 F 6'7" 208 RS Freshman Orlando, FL Transferred to Southwest Baptist Eric Moeller 42 F 6'11" 215 RS Sophomore Ocala, FL Retired due to injuries Eric Moeller leaving FGCU; Eljiah Long released from letter of intent http://www.naplesnews.com/sports/college/fgcu/college-basketball-eric-moeller-leaving-fgcu-eljiah-long-released-from-letter-of-intent_72169713 Naples Daily News 26 Aug 2015 Marcus Blake 24 F 6'7" 205 RS Senior Miami, FL Walk-on; graduated Armand Shoon 4 G 6'3" 183 Sophomore Miami, FL Walk-on; transferred to St. Thomas UniversityBaseball not putting big stock on Atlantic Sun tourney seeding Caldwell, Dana http://www.naplesnews.com/sports/college/fgcu/fgcu-notebook-baseball-not-putting-big-stock-on-atlantic-sun-tourney-seeding_96178709 Naples Daily News 26 Aug 2015 Nick Pellar 11 F 6'6" 206 RS Sophomore Munster, Indiana Walk-on; retired DeBose doing fine with Jayhawks Soffian, Seth http://www.news-press.com/story/sports/college/fgcu/2015/06/26/fgcu-basketball-debose-fine-jayhawks/29359649/ News Press 26 Aug 2015 Tejai Allen 23 G 6'4" 193 Sophomore Jacksonville, FL Walk-on; transferred to Claflin University Arrivals Player Previous InstitutionKevin MickleBroward CollegeBrandon GoodwinUCFPatson SiameLoyola Marymount Class of 2015 Signees no no 2015 Rayjon Tucker SF Charlotte, NC Northside Christian 6 5 180 September 24, 2014 3 3 78 Reggie Reid PG Augusta, GA Harlem (GA) 5 11 175 November 24, 2014 3 3 2015 2015 Florida Gulf Coast Signees 2015 Florida Gulf Coast Signees floridagulfcoast 526 August 26, 2015 yes Roster 2015 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles #00287A #00885A white white y Brandon Goodwin y basketball 0 G 6 2 180 JR Norcross, GA Norcross/UCF yes Reggie Reid 1 G 5 11 162 FR Harlem, GA Harlem High School Joshua Ko 2 G 6 1 167 JR Kailua, HI Kalaheo/Pittsburg W yes Julian DeBose 3 G 6 4 197 SR yes Washington, D.C. St. John's College High School/Rice Maxx Bleecher 4 G 6 2 180 FR Boca Raton, FL West Boca Raton W Zach Johnson 5 G 6 2 195 FR yes Miami, FL Miami Norland Kevin Mickle 10 F 6 7 220 SO Brooklyn, NY Saint Benedict's Prep/Broward College yes Christian Terrell 11 G 6 5 184 SO Jacksonville, FL Providence School Brian Greene Jr. 14 G 6 3 210 JR yes Chicago, IL IMG Academy/Auburn Filip Cvjeticanin 15 F 6 9 218 SR yes Zagreb, Croatia The American School of Madrid Demetris Morant y 21 F 6 9 209 JR yes Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman/UNLV Alvin Cunningham 22 G 6 4 195 JR St. Petersburg, FL Admiral Farragut Academy/Coastal Bend W Rayjon Tucker y 24 G 6 5 205 FR Charlotte, NC Northside Christian Academy Marc-Eddy Norelia y 25 F 6 8 218 JR yes Orlando, FL Olympia High School/Tulane Antravious Simmons 32 F 6 9 250 SO yes Miami, FL South Miami High School/VCU Dolan Mahoney 33 G 6 2 185 FR Bradenton, FL IMG Academy W Patson Siame 41 F 6 11 236 JR Luanshya, Zambia Loyola Marymount yes Joe Dooley (George Washington) Michael Fly (Kentucky) Tom Abatemarco (Dowling) Senque Carey (University of New Mexico) http://www.fgcuathletics.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball January 12, 2016 Schedule yes n yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00885A; color:white;"| Regular season November 14, 2015 2:00pm yes yes Ohio Convocation Center Athens, OH Norelia 21 Norelia 9 Tied 5 75–85 5,851 0–1 November 16, 2015 7:00pm yes Texas Wesleyan Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Cvjeticanin 18 Norelia 11 Tied 6 ESPN3 85–62 3,809 1–1 November 21, 2015 7:00pm yes Youngstown State FGCU Classic Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Norelia 34 Tied 18 Reid 9 ESPN3 104–101 3OT 3,562 2–1 November 22, 2015 7:00pm yes North Dakota FGCU Classic Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Norelia 18 Norelia 10 Reid 9 ESPN3 73–60 3,412 3–1 November 23, 2015 7:00pm yes Bowling Green FGCU Classic Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Johnson 26 Norelia 7 Johnson 4 ESPN3 77–82 3,854 3–2 November 27, 2015 6:30pm yes yes Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL Terrell 9 Terrell 9 Simmons 3 SECN 50–70 10,323 3–3 November 29, 2015 5:00pm yes Ave Maria FGCU Classic Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Terrell 24 Mickle 5 Johnson 6 ESPN3 91–34 2,460 4–3 December 2, 2015 8:00pm yes yes Texas A&M 18 Reed Arena College Station, TX Terrell 14 Morant 9 Tied 3 SECN+ 65–75 5,589 4–4 December 6, 2015 3:30pm yes yes FIU FIU Arena University Park, FL Terrell 20 Norelia 11 Tied 6 ASN 84–76 OT 1,156 5–4 December 13, 2015 1:30pm yes UMass Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Norelia 20 Morant 8 Tied 2 ESPN3 77–76 3,049 6–4 December 19, 2015 5:00pm yes South Dakota State Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Norelia 26 Norelia 11 Tied 2 ESPN3 52–56 3,247 6–5 December 22, 2015 7:00pm yes Louisiana Tech Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Terrell 16 Morant 10 Reid 4 ESPN3 63–66 3,514 6–6 December 28, 2015 7:00pm yes yes South Dakota Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls, SD Terrell 25 Norelia 12 Reid 3 ESPN3 81–89 OT 2,087 6–7 December 31, 2015 1:30pm yes La Salle Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL DeBose 20 Simmons 10 Johnson 5 ESPN3 86–77 3,084 7–7 January 2, 2016 4:00pm yes Eckerd Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Norelia 19 Norelia 6 Tied 4 ESPN3 68–57 2,983 8–7 January 5, 2016 7:00pm yes Webber International Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Norelia 20 Tied 9 Reid 6 ESPN3 104–59 2,713 9–7 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00885A; color:white;"| Atlantic Sun Conference regular season January 9, 2016 7:00pm Stetson Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Johnson 17 Norelia 7 Johnson 5 ESPN3 82–53 4,266 10–7 1–0 January 14, 2016 7:00pm NJIT Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Norelia 18 Norelia 13 Reid 5 ESPN3 82–78 OT 4,124 11–7 2–0 January 16, 2016 7:00pm USC Upstate Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Tied 18 Tied 7 Johnson 6 ESPN3 85–56 4,074 12–7 3–0 January 21, 2016 7:00pm yes Kennesaw State KSU Convocation Center Kennesaw, GA Tucker 19 Norelia 9 Tied 2 ESPN3 79–74 1,809 13–7 4–0 January 24, 2016 2:00pm yes Lipscomb Allen Arena Nashville, TN Norelia 19 Norelia 8 Greene 2 ESPN3 75–91 1,183 13–8 4–1 January 27, 2016 7:00pm Jacksonville Alico Arena, FL Fort Myers, FL Tied 16 Norelia 11 Reid 3 ESPN3 69–78 4,014 13–9 4–2 January 30, 2016 7:00pm yes North Florida UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL Norelia 25 Simmons 9 Tied 4 ESPN3 76–82 4,138 13–10 4–3 February 1, 2016 7:00pm yes Jacksonville Swisher Gymnasium Jacksonville, FL Johnson 25 Tied 7 Johnson 5 ESPN3 80–83 778 13–11 4–4 February 6, 2016 6:00pm North Florida Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL DeBose 16 Norelia 11 Johnson 6 ESPN3 81–65 4,522 14–11 5–4 February 11, 2016 7:00pm yes USC Upstate G. B. Hodge Center Spartanburg, SC Norelia 22 Norelia 9 DeBose 4 ESPN3 71–64 345 15–11 6–4 February 13, 2016 4:00pm yes NJIT Fleisher Center Newark, NJ Norelia 17 Norelia 11 Tied 2 ESPN3 59–68 1,203 15–12 6–5 February 18, 2016 7:00pm Lipscomb Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Norelia 25 Norelia 12 Johnson 7 ESPN3 82–67 4,271 16–12 7–5 February 20, 2016 7:00pm Kennesaw State Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Norelia 22 Norelia 7 Johnson 5 ESPN3 68–63 4,633 17–12 8–5 February 25, 2016 7:00pm yes Stetson Edmunds Center DeLand, FL Norelia 29 Norelia 12 Norelia 4 ESPN3 73–80 842 17–13 8–6 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#00885A; ; color:white;"| Atlantic Sun tournament March 1, 2016 7:05pm ESPN3 4 5 Kennesaw State Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Quarterfinal Terrell 15 Norelia 12 Tied 3 74–64 2,752 18–13 March 3, 2016 7:30pm ESPN3 yes North Florida 4 1 UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL Semifinal Norelia 23 Norelia 13 Terrell 4 89–56 4,305 19–13 March 6, 2016 7:00pm ESPN2 4 7 Stetson Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Championship Simmons 21 Simmons 12 Tied 5 80–78 OT 4,670 20–13 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#00885A; ; color:white;"| NCAA tournament March 15, 2016 6:30pm yes yes truTV 16 E 16 E Fairleigh Dickinson UD Arena Dayton, OH First Four Norelia 20 Tied 10 Johnson 7 96–65 11,728 21–13 March 17, 2016 7:20pm yes yes TBS 16E 1E 3 North Carolina PNC Arena Raleigh, NC First round Terrell 15 Norelia 11 Terrell 7 67–83 17,387 21–14 AP Poll Eastern Time E East Region References 2 Category:Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball seasons Florida Gulf Coast Florida Gulf Coast