2015–16 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners CSUB Basketball logo.png 175 Western Athletic Conference WAC 24–9 11–3 Rod Barnes 5th Jeff Conarroe James Alford Marc Hsu Icardo Center WAC tournament champions NCAA tournament First Round The 2015–16 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball team represented California State University, Bakersfield during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners were led by fifth year head coach Rod Barnes and played their home games at the Icardo Center. The Roadrunners competed as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 24–9, 11–3 in WAC play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Chicago State, Seattle, and New Mexico State to be champions of the WAC tournament. They earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first ever appearance, where they lost in the first round to Oklahoma. Previous season The Roadrunners finished the season 14–19, 7–7 in WAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WAC tournament where they lost to New Mexico State. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Tyrell Corbin 2 G 6'0" 185 Senior Salt Lake City, UT Graduated Javonte Maynor 3 G 6'0" 180 RS Senior Snellville, GA Graduated Dashawn Richmond 5 G 6'3" 200 Junior Staten Island, NY Transferred to Iona Kregg Jones 15 F 6'8" 235 RS Senior Saint George, Barbados Graduated Abdul Ahmed 23 C 6'10" 240 RS Senior London, England Graduated Dee Wallace 25 G 5'10" 150 RS Senior Oxford, MS Graduated J. J. Thomas 30 F 6'5" 215 RS Senior Opelousas, LA Graduated Brandon Morris 31 F 6'7" 215 Junior Lithonia, GA Left the team for personal reasons 2015 incoming recruits no no 2015 RaVonn Posey C Milwaukee, WI Sheridan College 6 8 290 09/27/2014 0 0 JC Dedrick Basile PG Houston, TX Trinity Valley Community College 5 10 160 10/04/2014 0 0 JC Justin Pride PG Huntsville, AL Columbia State Community College 5 10 190 10/22/2014 0 0 JC Justin Hollins PF Cypress, TX San Jacinto Community College 6 9 215 10/22/2014 0 0 JC Bradley Christian PF Palm Bay, FL Paris Junior College 6 7 195 04/19/2015 0 0 JC 2015 Cal State Bakersfield 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Cal State Bakersfield Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-11 yes 2016 incoming recruits no yes 2016 Justin Davis SF San Diego, CA Morse High School 6 4 180 08/08/2015 0 0 68 2016 Cal State Bakersfield 2016 Basketball Commitments 2016 Cal State Bakersfield Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-11 yes Roster 2015 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners y yes Matt Smith 0 F 6 6 190 JR y Jackson, MS Columbia State CCLiberty Tech HS Brent Wrapp 1 G 6 3 175 SO y Boulder, CO Fairview HS Kyle Ferreira 2 G 6 3 190 SO Bakersfield, CA Liberty HS W Darryl Geyen 3 G 5 10 165 FR Houston, TX The Village School Dedrick Basile 5 G 5 10 160 JR Houston, TX Trinity CCMadison HS Kevin Mays 10 F 6 4 220 SR Queens, NY Odessa CollegeSt. John's Military Academy Jaylin Airington 11 F 6 4 190 JR y East Chicago, IN Ventura CollegeBowman Leadership Academy Ravonn Posey 12 F 6 8 280 JR Milwaukee, WI Sherdian CCRiverside HS Damiyne Durham 23 G 6 4 175 FR y Houston, TX Oakwood HS Bray Barnes 24 F 6 5 185 FR y Bakersfield, CA Liberty HS W Justin Hollins 33 F 6 8 205 JR Cypress, TX San Jacinto CollegeTrent International Aly Ahmed 42 C 6 9 250 SR Alexandria, Egypt Midland CollegeTrent International Justin Pride 51 G 5 10 180 JR Huntsville, AL Columbia State CCButler HS Rod Barnes (Ole Miss) Jeff Conarroe (Colorado College) James Alford (Arizona) Marc Hsu (Cabrini College) http://www.gorunners.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=13300&SPID=6324&SPSID=58098 Schedule http://www.gorunners.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=13300&SPID=6324&SPSID=58097 Men's Basketball - 2015-16 Schedule 2015 CSU Bakersfield September 11, 2015 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2013 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#005DAA; color:#FFD200;"| Exhibition 11/07/2015 7:00 pm yes Bristol Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 818 108–63 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#005DAA; color:#FFD200;"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2015 7:00 pm yes San Diego Christian Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 901 93–69 1–0 11/17/2015 7:00 pm yes Idaho Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 1,480 68–45 2–0 11/20/2015 12:00 pm yes Fresno Pacific Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 1,946 81–68 3–0 11/25/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Wyoming Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY 4,387 64–68 3–1 11/29/2015 5:00 pm yes yes Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA 2,340 CHN 59–94 3–2 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Idaho Memorial Gym Moscow, ID 563 63–67 3–3 12/05/2015 7:00 pm yes Northern Arizona Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 1,001 72–55 4–3 12/12/2015 3:30 pm yes yes South Dakota DakotaDome Vermillion, SD 2,006 77–67 5–3 12/14/2015 7:00 pm yes Dartmouth Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 975 69–62 6–3 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Fresno State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 5,105 68–76 6–4 12/19/2015 4:00 pm yes Menlo Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 976 82–50 7–4 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes Portland State Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 1,006 78–66 8–4 12/28/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ 6,625 P12N 59–75 8–5 12/31/2015 1:00 pm yes Morgan State Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 776 80–68 9–5 01/02/2016 5:00 pm yes yes UC Riverside UC Riverside Student Recreation Center Riverside, CA 321 67–48 10–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#005DAA; color:#FFD200;"| WAC regular season 01/09/2016 4:05 pm yes UMKC Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO 1,786 83–72 11–5 1–0 01/11/2016 5:05 pm yes Chicago State Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center Chicago, IL 450 67–56 12–5 2–0 01/16/2016 7:30 pm yes Seattle KeyArena Seattle, WA 1,622 ASN 72–52 13–5 3–0 01/21/2016 6:00 pm Texas–Rio Grande Valley Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 1,501 ASN 77–58 14–5 4–0 01/23/2016 7:00 pm New Mexico State Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 3,880 67–68 2OT 14–6 4–1 01/28/2016 6:00 pm yes Grand Canyon GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ 7,119 64–70 14–7 4–2 01/30/2016 6:00 pm yes Utah Valley UCCU Center Orem, UT 2,952 78–74 15–7 5–2 02/04/2016 7:00 pm UMKC Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 1,498 77–66 16–7 6–2 02/06/2016 7:00 pm Chicago State Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 1,901 71–48 17–7 7–2 02/13/2016 7:00 pm Utah Valley Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 1,765 ASN 91–69 18–7 8–2 02/18/2016 6:00 pm yes New Mexico State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,550 55–63 18–8 8–3 02/20/2016 5:00 pm yes Texas–Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX 1,299 70–57 19–8 9–3 02/27/2016 7:00 pm Grand Canyon Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 3,596 77–62 20–8 10–3 03/05/2016 7:00 pm Seattle Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 1,661 93–71 21–8 11–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#005DAA; color:#FFD200;"| WAC tournament 03/10/2016 4:30 pm yes 2 Chicago State 7 Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Quarterfinals 1,472 79–57 22–8 03/11/2016 8:30 pm yes 2 Seattle 3 Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Semifinals 1,729 72–47 23–8 03/12/2016 12:00 pm yes 2 New Mexico State 1 Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Championship 1,673 ESPNU 57–54 24–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#005DAA; color:#FFD200;"| NCAA tournament 03/18/2016 1:00 pm yes yes 15 W Oklahoma 7 2 W Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK First Round 15,662 TNT 68–82 24–9 AP Poll Pacific Time W West region References Category:Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball seasons Cal State Bakersfield Cal State Bakersfield Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball