2015–16 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 11 9 Basketball 2015–16 Xavier Musketeers Xavier Musketeers logo.svg 150 Big East Conference Big East 28–6 14–4 Chris Mack 7th Travis Steele Luke Murray Mike Pegues Cintas Center AdvoCare Invitational champions NCAA tournament Second Round The 2015–16 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented Xavier University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by seventh year head coach Chris Mack, they played their games at the Cintas Center and were third year members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 28–6, 14–4 in Big East play to finish in second place. They defeated Marquette in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Seton Hall. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they received a #2 seed. They defeated Weber State in the First Round to advance to the Second Round where they lost to Wisconsin. Previous season The Musketeers finished the 2014–15 season 23–14, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the finals of the Big East tournament where they lost to Villanova. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Ole Miss and Georgia State before losing to Arizona in the Sweet Sixteen. Departures thumb|180px|left|Jalen Reynolds Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Brandon Randolph 1 3 G 6'2" 189 Sophomore Inglewood, CA Transferred to Utah Valley Dee Davis 1 10 G 6'0" 170 Senior Bloomington, IN Graduated Matt Stainbrook 40 C 6'10" 270 RS Senior Bay Village, OH Graduated Incoming recruits no no 2015 Kaiser Gates SF Alpharetta, GA St. Francis 6 7 190 2014-10-16 3 3 4 3 2015 2015 Xavier Signees 2015 Xavier Signees 2015 Xavier Signees yes Roster 2015 Xavier Musketeers y Larry Jr. Austin n 0 G 6 2 174 SO Springfield, Illinois Jalen Reynolds y 1 F 6 10 232 JR Livonia, Michigan James Farr y basketball 2 F 6 10 247 SR Evanston, Illinois Edmond Sumner 4 G 6 5 183 FR yes Detroit, Michigan y Trevon Bluiett 5 F 6 6 207 SO Indianapolis, Indiana y Remy Abell n 10 G 6 4 195 SR yes Louisville, Kentucky Makinde London 13 F 6 10 210 FR yes Nashville, Tennessee Myles Davis 15 G 6 2 188 JR Plainfield, New Jersey Tim Stainbrook 21 F 6 6 200 JR Bay Village, Ohio Kaiser Gates 22 F 6 8 205 FR Alpharetta, Georgia y Kevin Coker 32 F 6 6 200 SR Plainfield, Illinois RaShid Gaston 35 F 6 9 240 JR y Warren, Ohio yes Sean O'Mara 54 F/C 6 10 247 SO Lisle, Illinois J. 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Macura 55 G 6 5 195 SO Lakeville, Minnesota y Chris Mack (Xavier) Travis Steele (Butler) Luke Murray (Fairfield) Mike Pegues (Delaware) http://www.goxavier.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/xavi-m-baskbl-mtt.html 07-28-2015 Schedule yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#062252; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition Nov 7, 2015 2:00pm yes Northwood Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH Sumner 17 Bluiett 9 Davis 7 97–77 0–0 9,312 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#062252; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season Nov 13, 2015 7:00pm yes Miami (OH) Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FCS Sumner 19 Reynolds 15 Tied 3 81–72 1–0 10,372 Nov 17, 2015 6:30pm yes Missouri Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FS1 Bluiett 18 Farr 14 Davis 4 78–66 2–0 9,751 Nov 20, 2015 9:00pm yes yes Michigan 24 Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI Gavitt Tipoff Games BTN Tied 15 Farr 13 Tied 3 86–70 3–0 11,967 Nov 23, 2015 8:30pm yes 23 Northern Kentucky Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FS1 Bluiett 14 Blueitt 16 Blueitt 5 78–66 4–0 9,688 Nov 26, 2015 12:00pm yes yes 23 Alabama HP Field House Bay Lake, FL AdvoCare Invitational First Round ESPN2 Bluiett 15 Reynolds 9 Sumner 6 64–45 5–0 4,629 Nov 27, 2015 2:30pm yes yes 23 USC HP Field House Bay Lake, FL AdvoCare Invitational Semifinals ESPNU Bluiett 16 Farr 9 Austin Jr. 3 87–77 6–0 4,170 Nov 29, 2015 4:30pm yes yes 23 Dayton HP Field House Bay Lake, FL AdvoCare Invitational Championship ESPN2 Sumner 14 Farr 7 Tied 3 90–61 7–0 4,633 Dec 5, 2015 8:30pm yes 12 WKU Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FS1 Bluiett 21 Bluiett 10 Davis 6 95–64 8–0 10,250 Dec 8, 2015 7:00pm yes 12 Wright State Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FS1 Bluiett 22 Bluiett 11 Abell 4 90–55 9–0 10,178 Dec 12, 2015 5:30pm yes 12 Cincinnati 23 Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout FOX Davis 17 Tied 6 Sumner 5 65–55 10–0 10,617 Dec 19, 2015 12:00pm yes 10 Auburn Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FS1 Reynolds 18 Farr 11 Tied 5 85–61 11–0 10,018 Dec 22, 2015 7:30pm yes yes 6 Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC Skip Prosser Classic Sumner 21 Tied 9 Davis 3 78–70 12–0 12,938 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Xavier Musketeers 1; color:#Xavier Musketeers 2;"|Big East regular season Dec 31, 2015 12:00pm yes 6 Villanova 16 The Pavilion Villanova, PA FS1 Farr 15 Farr 7 Davis 5 64-95 12–1 0–1 6,500 Jan 2, 2016 1:00pm 6 Butler 9 Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH Big East New Year's Marathon FS1 Abell 21 Farr 10 Davis 5 88–69 13–1 1–1 10,498 Jan 6, 2016 9:00pm yes 10 St. John's Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY FS1 Davis 19 Reynolds 13 Davis 4 74–66 14–1 2–1 4,168 Jan 12, 2016 6:30pm 7 DePaul Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FS1 Bluiett 24 Reynolds 7 Davis 7 84–64 15–1 3–1 10,400 Jan 16, 2016 2:00pm yes 7 Marquette BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI FS1 Bluiett 18 Farr 19 Sumner 5 74–66 16–1 4–1 14,864 Jan 19, 2016 8:45pm 5 Georgetown Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FS1 Bluiett 18 Bluiett 10 Bluiett 5 72–81 16–2 4–2 9,906 Jan 23, 2016 2:00pm 5 Seton Hall Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FSN Farr 24 Farr 15 Davis 5 84–76 17–2 5–2 10,368 Jan 26, 2016 8:30pm yes 7 Providence 10 Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI FS1 Tied 15 Reynolds 11 Davis 7 75–68 18–2 6–2 12,804 Jan 30, 2016 2:00pm yes 7 DePaul Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL CBSSN Bluiett 15 Tied 6 Austin Jr. 4 86–65 19–2 7–2 6,958 Feb 3, 2016 6:30pm 6 St. John's Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FS1 Davis 16 Bluiett 13 Davis 5 90–83 20–2 8–2 10,250 Feb 6, 2016 12:00pm 6 Marquette Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FS1 Bluiett 23 Reynolds 9 Bluiett 8 90–82 21–2 9–2 10,509 Feb 9, 2016 8:30pm yes 5 Creighton CenturyLink Center Omaha, NE CBSSN Reynolds 17 Reynolds 9 Tied 2 56–70 21–3 9–3 17,011 Feb 13, 2016 2:30pm yes 5 Butler Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN FOX Macura 13 Farr 12 Tied 3 74–57 22–3 10–3 9,344 Feb 17, 2016 7:00pm 8 Providence 23 Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FS1 Bluiett 23 Reynolds 15 Davis 12 85–74 23–3 11–3 10,336 Feb 20, 2016 12:07pm yes 8 Georgetown Verizon Center Washington, D.C. FOX Sumner 22 Tied 5 Macura 4 88–70 24–3 12–3 10,652 Feb 24, 2016 7:00pm 5 Villanova 1 Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FS1 Tied 19 Tied 7 Sumner 9 90–83 25–3 13–3 10,727 Feb 28, 2016 12:30pm yes 5 Seton Hall Prudential Center Newark, NJ FS1 Tied 17 Farr 8 Davis 5 81–90 25–4 13–4 10,353 Mar 5, 2016 2:30pm 5 Creighton Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FOX Davis 24 Gates 8 Davis 7 98–93 26–4 14–4 10,633 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#062252; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big East tournament Mar 10, 2016 7:00pm yes 5 2 Marquette 7 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Quarterfinals FS1 Bluiett 24 Bluiett 6 Sumner 7 90–72 27–4 13,813 Mar 11, 2016 9:00pm yes 5 2 Seton Hall 3 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Semifinals FS1 Sumner 21 Farr 10 Sumner/Davis 4 83–87 27–5 17,130 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#062252; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament Mar 18, 2016 9:20pm yes yes 9 2 E Weber State 15 E Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO First Round TNT Farr 18 Farr 15 Davis/Sumner 6 71–53 28–5 14,425 Mar 20, 2016 8:40pm yes yes 9 2 E Wisconsin 7 E Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Second Round TNT Abell/Reynolds 13 Reynolds 9 Sumner 5 63–66 28–6 15,169 AP Poll Eastern Time E East Region https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/xavier/2016-schedule.html 2015-16 Xavier Musketeers Schedule and Results Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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