2015–16 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 2015–16 Prairie View A&M Panthers Prairie View A&M PV Wordmark.png 150 Southwestern Athletic Conference SWAC 7–24 7–11 Byron Rimm II 10th Byron Smith 3rd Ryan Price 2nd Keenan Curry 2nd William Nicks Building The 2015–16 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team represented Prairie View A&M University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by tenth year head coach Byron Rimm II, played their home games at the William Nicks Building and were members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 7–24, 7–11 in SWAC play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SWAC tournament to Jackson State. On January 27, 2016, following a 1–16 start to the season, head coach Byron Rimm II resigned.https://www.pvamu.edu/news/2016/01/27/rimm-resigns-as-head-mens-basketball-coach-smith-named-interim/ Rimm Resigns As Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Smith Named Interim : PVAMU News www.pvamu.edu 2016-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20160324023128/https://www.pvamu.edu/news/2016/01/27/rimm-resigns-as-head-mens-basketball-coach-smith-named-interim/ 2016-03-24 dead Assistant coach Byron Smith was named interim coach. On March 14, Prairie View A&M removed the interim coach tag and named Byron Smith head coach.http://www.swac.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27400&ATCLID=210803101 Prairie View A&M removes interim tag from Byron Smith swac.org 2016-03-16 Roster NumberNamePositionHeightWeightYearHometown 0 Jacoby Green Guard 6–4 175 Senior Houston, Texas 1 Jayrn Johnson Guard 6–3 180 Junior Dallas, Texas 2 Avery Lomax Guard 5–9 160 Senior Desoto, Texas 3 Jordan Giddings Guard 6–0 180 R-Junior Dallas, Texas 4 Dominique Shaw Guard 6–4 220 Junior Lufkin, Texas 5 Tevin Bellinger Guard 6–0 180 Junior Hutto, Texas 10 Lavonne Davis Forward 6–8 215 Freshman Cleveland, Ohio 12 Malik Amos Guard 6–2 170 Freshman Katy, Texas 13 Xavion Turnage Guard 6–2 170 Freshman Dallas, Texas 14 Zachary Hamilton Forward 6–4 200 Sophomore Houston, Texas 15 Noah Wilson Forward 6–6 230 R-Sophomore Laredo, Texas 21 Tyler Miller Forward 6–6 220 Freshman Milwaukee, Wisconsin 22 Charleston Dobbs Forward 6–8 210 Senior Dumas, Arkansas 23 Admassu Williams Forward 6–8 240 Junior Santa Monica, California 24 Jordan Lumpkins Forward 6–4 215 Junior New Orleans, Louisiana 25 Ja'Donta Blakely Guard 6–2 180 Junior Lake Charles, Louisiana 30 Karim York Forward 6–9 225 Senior Austin, Texas 31 Austin Allen Forward 6–6 180 Freshman Desoto, Texas 33 Travis Barnes Forward 6–8 220 Junior Wilson, North Carolina Recruits no no 2015 Xavion Turnage PG Dallas, TX Kimball School 6 2 170 11/09/2014 NR 2 54 Malik Amos SG Katy, TX Cinco Rancho High School 6 3 180 11/11/2014 NR NR NR Lavonne Davis PF Phoenix, AZ Hillcrest Academy 6 2 170 04/20/2015 NR NR NR 2015 Prairie View A&M 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Prairie View A&M Basketball Commits Prairie View A&M 2015 Player Commits November 22, 2015 yes Schedule 2015–16 MBB Schedule http://pvpanthers.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbad Prairie View A&M Athletics PVPanthers.com 17 November 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Prairie View Panthers 1; color:white;"| Regular season 11/13/15 8:00pm yes yes VCU Siegel Center Richmond, VA 2K Sports Classic WTVR 6.3 50–75 7,637 0–1 |- 11/18/15 6:00pm yes yes Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX 2K Sports Classic ESPN3 69–110 1,223 0–2 |- 11/20/15 6:00pm yes yes Bryant Chace Athletic Center Smithfield, RI 2K Sports Classic 58–71 545 0–3 |- 11/21/15 3:00pm yes yes Radford Chace Athletic Center Smithfield, RI 2K Sports Classic 56–64 114 0–4 |- 11/25/15 7:00pm yes yes Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN 67–85 17,287 0–5 |- 11/28/15 9:00pm yes yes UNLV Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, NV 62–80 10,858 0–6 |- 12/02/15 8:30pm yes yes 25 Baylor Ferrell Center Waco, TX FSSW+ 41–80 4,572 0–7 |- 12/11/15 7:00pm yes yes TCU Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX FSSW+ 55–73 4,658 0–8 |- 12/14/15 7:00pm yes yes Tulane Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA ESPN3 49–63 1,999 0–9 |- 12/16/15 7:00 pm yes Texas State William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX 44–62 268 0–10 |- 12/22/15 7:00 pm yes yes Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN+ 50–81 14,754 0–11 |- 12/28/15 6:30 pm yes yes Louisiana Tech Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 58–77 2,528 0–12 |- 01/02/16 7:30 pm Alcorn State William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX 70–73 322 0–13 0–1 |- 01/04/16 7:30 pm Southern William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX 71–65 331 1–13 1–1 |- 01/09/16 7:30 pm yes Texas Southern H&PE Arena Houston, TX 38–64 5,287 1–14 1–2 |- 01/16/16 5:00 pm yes Grambling State Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center Grambling, LA 63–66 743 1–15 1–3 |- 01/18/16 7:30 pm yes Jackson State Williams Assembly Center Jackson, MS 57–60 1,523 1–16 1–4 |- 01/23/16 5:00 pm Arkansas–Pine Bluff William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX 44–45 718 1–17 1–5 |- 01/25/16 7:30 pm Mississippi Valley State William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX 73–76 958 1–18 1–6 |- 01/30/16 6:00 pm yes Alabama A&M Elmore Gymnasium Huntsville, AL 69–83 574 1–19 1–7 |- 02/01/16 7:30 pm yes Alabama State Dunn–Oliver Acadome Montgomery, AL 77–83 1,546 1–20 1–8 |- 02/06/16 7:00 pm Texas Southern William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX 59–55 3,527 2–20 2–8 |- 02/13/16 5:00 pm Grambling State William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX 60–56 313 3–20 3–8 |- 02/15/16 7:30 pm Jackson State William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX 66–80 687 3–21 3–9 |- 02/20/16 7:30 pm yes Arkansas–Pine Bluff K. L. Johnson Complex Pine Bluff, AR 57–55 798 4–21 4–9 |- 02/22/16 7:30 pm yes Mississippi Valley State Leflore County Civic Center Greenwood, MS 63–61 549 5–21 5–9 |- 02/27/16 5:00 pm Alabama State William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX 68–73 439 5–22 5–10 |- 02/29/16 7:30 pm Alabama A&M William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, TX 85–65 683 6–22 6–10 |- 03/03/16 7:30 pm yes Alcorn State Davey Whitney Complex Lorman, MS 64–81 1,295 6–23 6–11 |- 03/05/16 5:00 pm yes Southern F. G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, LA 79–71 2,933 7–23 7–11 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Prairie View Panthers 1; color:white;"| SWAC tournament 03/10/16 2:30 pm yes 6 Jackson State 3 Toyota Center Houston, TX Quarterfinals 51–69 1,217 7–24 AP Poll Central Time References Category:Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball seasons Prairie View AandM Prairie View AandM Panthers basketball Prairie View AandM Panthers basketball