2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks UNC Wilmington Seahawks wordmark.svg 250 Colonial Athletic Association CAA 25–8 14–4 Kevin Keatts 2nd Casey Stanley Takayo Siddle Thomas Carr Trask Coliseum CAA regular season co–championsCAA tournament champions NCAA tournament First Round The 2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina Wilmington during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seahawks were led by second-year head coach Kevin Keatts and played their home games at the Trask Coliseum. They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 25–8, 14–4 in CAA play to finish in a tie for the CAA championship with Hofstra. They were champions of the CAA tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Duke. Previous season The Seahawks finished the season 18–14, 12–6 in CAA play to finish in a four way tie for the CAA regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the CAA tournament where they lost to Northeastern. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Sam Houston State. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Freddie Jackson 10 G 6'4" 185 Senior Wilmington, NC Graduated Malik Pugh 14 G 6'1" 165 Freshman Dyersburg, TN Transferred to Tennessee-Martin Jarvis Haywood 22 G 6'4" 185 Redshirt Junior Charlotte, NC Dismissed from team; transferred to William Penn Addison Spruill 24 G 6'4" 225 Senior Currie, NC Graduated Cedrick Williams 40 F 6'9" 225 Senior Murfreesboro, TN Graduated Recruiting class of 2015 no 2015 Mark Mathews SG Fort Myers, FL Fort Myers High School 6 6 200 August 24, 2014 NR NR 63 C. J. Bryce SG Huntersville, NC North Mecklenburg High School 6 5 190 October 3, 2014 NR NR NR Trey Grundy SF Lexington, KY Hargrave Military Academy 6 7 204 September 28, 2014 3 NR 70 Devontae Cacok PF Riverdale, GA Alpharetta High School 6 6 195 September 8, 2014 NR NR NR 2015 North Carolina-Wilmington Commit List for 2015 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawks Basketball Recruiting 2015 2015-08-19 yes Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School JaQuel Richmond G 6'1" 170 Sophomore Greensboro, NC Middle Tennessee Colton Bishop G 6'3" 165 Sophomore Winston-Salem, NC Loyola Roster 2015 UNC Wilmington Seahawks y y Craig Ponder 0 G 6 1 185 SR y Bluefield, WV Bluefield Chris Flemmings y 1 G 6 5 175 JR y Cary, NC Green Hope/Barton College Mark Matthews 2 G 6 6 210 FR Fort Myers, FL Fort Myers Trey Grundy 3 F 6 6 210 FR Lexington, KY Hargrave Military Academy Jordan Talley 4 G 6 0 180 SO Richmond, VA Henrico Denzel Ingram 10 G 6 0 170 JR y Chapel Hill, NC Chapel Hill/Charlotte C. J. Bryce y 12 G 6 5 180 FR Huntersville, NC North Mecklenburg Chuck Ogbodo 13 F 6 9 230 JR Enugu, Nigeria High Point Christian Devontae Cacok y 15 F 6 7 210 FR Riverdale, GA Alpharetta Dylan Sherwood 20 F 6 9 215 SR y Pittsford, NY Sutherland Marcus Bryan 21 F 6 7 225 SO y Raleigh, NC Ravenscroft/Charlotte C. J. Gettys 23 C 7 0 275 JR y Findlay, OH Findlay Kevin Hickson W 30 F 6 8 215 SR Charlotte, NC Providence Day/Wofford Nick Powell W 32 G 6 4 200 SO Greensboro, NC Northwest Guilford Colton Bishop G 6 3 165 SO Winston-Salem, NC Forsyth Country Day/Loyola yes JaQuel Richmond G 6 1 170 SO Greensboro, NC Wesleyan Christian Academy/Middle Tennessee yes Kevin Keatts (Ferrum) Casey Stanley (Iona) Takayo Siddle (Gardner-Webb) Thomas Carr (Pfeiffer) http://www.uncwsports.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Schedule http://uncwsports.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball 2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006666; color:#FFFF66;"| Exhibition Nov 8 4:00pm yes Barton Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 3,146 81–51 1–0 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006666; color:#FFFF66;"| Non-conference regular season Nov 13 7:00pm yes Milligan Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 3,520 100–62 1–0 Nov 16 7:00pm yes Eastern Kentucky Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 3,585 78–59 2–0 Nov 21 7:00pm yes Western Michigan Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 4,019 80–76 3–0 Nov 28 4:00pm yes yes East Tennessee State Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 2,557 94–73 4–0 Dec 2 7:00pm yes Coker Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 3,572 93–73 5–0 Dec 12 2:00pm yes yes Georgetown Verizon Center Washington, D.C. BB&T Classic 8,132 CBSSN 82–87 5–1 Dec 16 7:00pm yes yes East Carolina Williams Arena Greenville, NC 4,038 ESPN3 73–78 5–2 Dec 19 4:00pm yes yes Radford Dedmon Center Radford, VA 1,064 67–69 5–3 Dec 22 6:15pm yes yes Utah Valley KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Billy Minardi Classic 19,419 102–77 6–3 Dec 23 4:15pm yes yes UMKC KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Billy Minardi Classic 19,147 76–56 7–3 Dec 28 8:00pm yes Campbell Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 4,396 106–83 8–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006666; color:#FFFF66;"| CAA regular season Dec 31 1:00pm Drexel Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 3,599 75–63 9–3 1–0 Jan 2 6:00pm Northeastern Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 3,974 ASN 63–65 9–4 1–1 Jan 7 7:00pm yes Towson SECU Arena Towson, MD 1,381 60–76 9–5 1–2 Jan 9 7:00pm yes Delaware Bob Carpenter Center Newark, DE 2,381 85–67 10–5 2–2 Jan 14 7:00pm yes Elon Alumni Gym Elon, NC 1,357 91–82 11–5 3–2 Jan 16 2:00pm William & Mary Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 4,211 ASN 97–94 OT 12–5 4–2 Jan 21 7:00pm Delaware Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 4,037 79–70 13–5 5–2 Jan 23 6:00pm p yes Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA Postponed to January 24 (Snow) ASN Jan 24 12:00pm yes Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 332 ASN 77–71 14–5 6–2 Jan 28 7:00pm yes James Madison JMU Convocation Center Harrisburg, VA 3,107 78–73 15–5 7–2 Jan 30 7:00pm College of Charleston Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC Homecoming 5,100 66–55 16–5 8–2 Feb 4 7:00pm yes Hofstra Mack Sports Complex Hempstead, NY 2,057 70–67 17–5 9–2 Feb 6 7:00pm yes Northeastern Matthews Arena Boston, MA 1,677 90–73 18–5 10–2 Feb 11 7:00pm Elon Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 4,136 86–82 19–5 11–2 Feb 13 3:00pm James Madison Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 5,100 NBCSN 78–68 20–5 12–2 Feb 18 7:00pm yes William & Mary Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, VA 3,148 69–87 20–6 12–3 Feb 20 6:00pm yes College of Charleston TD Arena Charleston, SC 3,629 ASN 59–55 OT 21–6 13–3 Feb 25 7:00pm Hofstra Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 4,572 70–69 21–7 13–4 Feb 27 1:00pm Towson Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC 4,791 74–68 22–7 14–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006666; color:#FFFF66;"| CAA tournament Mar 5 6:00 pm yes 2 College of Charleston 7 Royal Farms Arena Baltimore, MD Quarterfinals 3,450 CSN 66–64 23–7 Mar 6 3:30 pm yes Northeastern 2 6 Royal Farms Arena Baltimore, MD Semifinals 3,643 NBCSN 73–70 24–7 Mar 7 7:00 pm yes Hofstra 2 1 Royal Farms Arena Baltimore, MD Championship 3,031 NBCSN 80–73 OT 25–7 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006666; color:#FFFF66;"|NCAA tournament Mar 17 12:15 pm yes yes 13 W Duke 4 W 19 Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI First Round CBS 85–93 11,656 25–8 W West AP poll Eastern Time See also 2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's basketball team References Category:UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball seasons Unc Wilmington Unc Wilmington