2015–16 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 New Mexico Lobos New Mexico Lobos wordmark.svg 250 Mountain West Conference Mountain West 17–15 10–8 Craig Neal 3rd Chris Harriman Alan Huss Terrence Rencher The Pit (Capacity: 15,411) The 2015–16 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Mountain West Conference. They played their home games at The Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Lobos were led by third year head coach Craig Neal. They finished the season 17–15, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament to Nevada. Previous season The Lobos finished the season 15–16, 7–11 in Mountain West play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to Air Force. Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Jordan Goodman 2 F 6'9" 209 Junior Largo, MD Transferred to Bowie State Hugh Greenwood 3 G 6'3" 205 Senior Hobart, Australia Graduated Arthur Edwards 5 F 6'6" 210 Junior Temple Hills, MD Graduate transferred to Alabama DeShawn Delaney 33 G 6'5" 200 Senior Chicago, IL Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Michael Nesbitt 33 F 6'7" 225 RS Senior Evansville, IN Transferred from Missouri S&T. Will be eligible to play immediately since Nesbitt graduated from Missouri S&T. 2015 recruiting class no no 2014 Jordan Hunter SG Beaumont, TX Ozen HS 5 11 160 11/10/2013 3 3 3 3 78 Dane Kuiper SF Tempe, AZ Corona del Sol HS 6 5 190 07/14/2013 3 3 3 3 75 Anthony Mathis SG West Linn, OR West Linn HS 6 2 170 05/15/2014 3 3 3 3 70 Nikola Scekic C Serbia IMG Academy 7 0 0 0 0 N/A NR 2015 New Mexico Basketball Commits 167 yes Roster 2015 New Mexico Lobos #D3003F #CCCCCC #FFFFFF #D3003F J.J. N'Ganga 0 F 6 10 240 SR Aubervilliers, France Cullen Neal 1 G 6 5 195 So y Albuquerque, New Mexico Jordan Hunter 3 G 5 11 180 Fr Beaumont, Texas Elijah Brown 4 G 6 4 200 SO y Cleveland, Ohio Obij Aget 11 C 7 1 220 JR La Porte, Indiana Devon Williams 12 G/F 6 8 210 JR y Dallas, Texas Dane Kuiper 14 G/F 6 7 200 FR Wasilla, Alaska Sam Logwood 20 G/F 6 7 210 SO Indianapolis, Indiana Xavier Adams 21 G 6 4 205 SO Flower Mound, Texas Joe Furstinger 23 F 6 9 215 SO Rancho Santa Margarita, California Tim Jacobs 25 G 6 0 200 SR Las Cruces, New Mexico Adam Cumber 30 G 6 2 180 FR y Albuquerque, New Mexico W Anthony Mathis y 31 G 6 3 170 FR West Linn, Oregon Tim Williams 32 F 6 8 220 JR y Flossmoor, Illinois Nikola Scekic 33 C 7 1 255 FR Belgrade, Serbia Michael Nesbitt 34 F 6 7 220 SR Evansville, Indiana W Craig Neal (Georgia Tech) Chris Harriman (Augusta State) Alan Huss (Creighton) Terrence Rencher (Texas) https://www.golobos.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Schedule yes no |- !colspan=12 style="background:#D3003F; color:white;"| Exhibition Nov 3 7:00 pm yes no CSU–Pueblo The Pit Albuquerque, NM 96–84 11,453 Nov 6 7:00 pm yes no Rogers State The Pit Albuquerque, NM 80–69 11,754 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#D3003F; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season Nov 13 5:30 pm yes no Texas Southern The Pit Albuquerque, NM RTRM 86–57 12,269 1–0 Nov 15 7:00 pm yes yes no New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Rio Grande Rivalry 83–74 6,796 2–0 Nov 18 7:00 pm yes no Loyola Chicago The Pit Albuquerque, NM MWC–MVC Challenge RTRM 75–51 11,951 3–0 Nov 21 8:30 pm yes yes no USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N 82–90 2,943 3–1 Nov 25 7:00 pm yes no Nicholls State The Pit Albuquerque, NM RTRM 75–63 12,383 4–1 Dec 1 7:00 pm yes no Oral Roberts The Pit Albuquerque, NM RTRM 91–75 11,585 5–1 Dec 5 12:15 pm yes yes no Purdue 11 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN BTN 58–70 14,221 5–2 Dec 12 7:00 pm yes no Northern Iowa The Pit Albuquerque, NM Diamond Head Classic mainland round ESPN3 76–57 13,154 6–2 Dec 16 7:00 pm yes no New Mexico State The Pit Albuquerque, NM Rio Grande Rivalry ESPN3 79–61 15,362 7–2 Dec 19 6:00 pm yes no Rice The Pit Albuquerque, NM RTRM 89–90 12,507 7–3 Dec 22 12:30 pm yes yes no Auburn Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI Diamond Head Classic quarterfinals ESPNU 78–83 7,161 7–4 Dec 23 12:30 pm yes yes no BYU Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI Diamond Head Classic 2nd round consolation ESPNU 66–96 6,437 7–5 Dec 25 11:00 am yes yes no Washington State Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI Diamond Head Classic 7th place game ESPN3 59–82 6,172 7–6 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#D3003F; color:white;"| Mountain West regular season Dec 30 7:00 pm no Nevada The Pit Albuquerque, NM RTRM 76–88 13,247 8–6 1–0 Jan 2 7:30 pm no Fresno State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA CBSSN 77–62 6,881 9–6 2–0 Jan 9 4:00 pm no Utah State The Pit Albuquerque, NM ESPN3 77–59 13,476 10–6 3–0 Jan 12 8:00 pm yes no UNLV Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV CBSSN 74–86 11,377 10–7 3–1 Jan 16 2:00 pm no Wyoming The Pit Albuquerque, NM CBSSN 68–70 13,196 10–8 3–2 Jan 23 3:00 pm yes no San Jose State Event Center Arena San Jose, CA MWN 83–64 1,633 11–8 4–2 Jan 27 7:00 pm no Air Force The Pit Albuquerque, NM RTRM 84–55 12,072 12–8 5–2 Jan 30 3:00 pm no yes Boise State Taco Bell Arena Boise, ID ESPN3 88–83 7,355 13–8 6–2 Feb 2 6:00 pm no UNLV The Pit Albuquerque, NM CBSSN 87–83 13,359 14–8 7–2 Feb 6 2:00 pm no yes San Diego State Viejas Arena San Diego, CA CBSSN 71–78 OT 12,414 14–9 7–3 Feb 10 8:00 pm no yes Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, UT CBSSN 72–80 9,290 14–10 7–4 Feb 13 4:00 pm no San Jose State The Pit Albuquerque, NM RTRM 74–58 13,411 15–10 8–4 Feb 17 8:00 pm no Boise State The Pit Albuquerque, NM CBSSN 80–78 12,434 16–10 9–4 Feb 20 12:00 pm no yes Air Force Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO RTRM 72–76 3,327 16–11 9–5 Feb 24 8:00 pm yes no Colorado State Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO CBSSN 69–86 3,148 16–12 9–6 Feb 27 8:00 pm no Fresno State The Pit Albuquerque, NM ESPN2 82–92 13,546 16–13 9–7 Mar 1 7:30 pm no San Diego State The Pit Albuquerque, NM CBSSN 56–83 14,540 16–14 9–8 Mar 5 8:00 pm no yes Nevada Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV RTRM 71–66 7,191 17–14 10–8 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#D3003F; color:white;"| Mountain West tournament Mar 10 3:30 pm yes no Nevada Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV Quarterfinals CBSSN 62–64 8,279 17–15 AP poll Mountain Time References Category:New Mexico Lobos men's basketball seasons New Mexico Category:2015 in sports in New Mexico Category:2016 in sports in New Mexico Category:2010s in Albuquerque, New Mexico