2015–16 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Monmouth Hawks Monmouth Athletics M.png 175 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference MAAC 28–8 17–3 King Rice 5th Rick Callahan Sam Ferry Duane Woodward Multipurpose Activity Center MAAC regular season champions NIT Second Round The 2015–16 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team represented Monmouth University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by fifth year head coach King Rice, played their home games at the Multipurpose Activity Center and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). They finished the season 28–8, 17–3 in MAAC play to win the MAAC regular season championship. They defeated Rider and Fairfield to advance to the championship game of the MAAC tournament where they lost to Iona. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. As one of the last four teams left out of the NCAA tournament, they received a #1 seed in the NIT where they defeated Bucknell in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to George Washington. This season is best known for Monmouth defeating five power conference opponents (UCLA, Notre Dame, USC, Georgetown, and Rutgers) and for the Hawks receiving votes in the AP poll for the first time ever. Previous season The Hawks finished the 2014–15 season 18–15, 13–7 in MAAC play to finish in tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAAC tournament to Iona. Roster 2015 Monmouth Hawks m #002245 #fff #fff #002245 yes Josh James 0 G 6 2 200 jr C Greenburgh, NY Pierre Sarr 1 F 6 8 195 fr Dakar, Senegal Tyler Robinson 3 G 6 0 195 fr Lake Katrine, NY Greg Noack 4 F 6 8 195 jr Bethlehem, PA Deon Jones y 5 G 6 6 200 sr C Wilmington, DE Micah Seaborn 10 G 6 5 190 fr y Fort Worth, TX Je'lon Hornbeak y 11 G 6 3 190 jr y C Arlington, TX Justin Robinson y basketball, born 1995 12 G 5 8 175 jr C Lake Katrine, NY Daniel Pillari 15 G 5 10 170 so Oceanport, NJ Zane Corbin 21 G 5 11 195 sr W Jersey City, NJ Austin Tilghman 23 G 6 1 230 so Wilmington, DE Louie Pillari 24 G 6 6 200 fr Tinton Falls, NJ Collin Stewart 30 G 6 8 200 jr y Glenville, NY Diago Quinn 32 F 6 9 255 fr New York, NY Zac Tillman 33 C 6 10 285 jr Yeadon, PA Chris Brady y basketball 43 C 6 10 250 jr Greenlawn, NY King Rice (North Carolina) Rick Callahan (Salem International) Sam Ferry (Vanderbilt) Duane Woodward (Boston College) http://www.monmouthhawks.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14300&SPID=6806&SPSID=62257&DB_OEM_ID=14300 Schedule http://www.monmouthhawks.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=62256&SPID=6806&DB_OEM_ID=14300&Q_SEASON=2015 Men's Basketball 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#002245; color:#fff;"| Exhibition Nov 7 7:00 pm yes Georgian Court Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 806 107–77 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#002245; color:#fff;"| Regular season Nov 13 11:00 pm yes yes UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 6,674 P12N 84–81 OT 1–0 Nov 16 10:00 pm yes yes USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA 2,230 P12N 90–101 1–1 Nov 21 2:00 pm yes yes Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA 1,522 82–74 2–1 Nov 26 6:30 pm yes yes Notre Dame 17 HP Field House Orlando, FL AdvoCare Invitational quarterfinals 4,871 ESPNU 70–68 3–1 Nov 27 9:30 pm yes yes Dayton HP Field House Orlando, FL AdvoCare Invitational semifinals 4,508 ESPN2 70–73 3–2 Nov 29 12:30 pm yes yes USC HP Field House Orlando, FL AdvoCare Invitational 3rd place game 1,631 ESPN2 83–73 4–2 Dec 4 7:00 pm yes Canisius Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, NY 1,554 ESPN3 86–96 4–3 0–1 Dec 6 2:00 pm yes Niagara Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,147 56–41 5–3 1–1 Dec 13 2:00 pm yes Wagner Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 3,901 ESPN3 73–54 6–3 Dec 15 7:30 pm yes yes Georgetown Verizon Center Washington, D.C. 5,258 FS1 83–68 7–3 Dec 20 1:00 pm yes yes Rutgers The RAC Piscataway, NJ 6,637 BTN 73–67 8–3 Dec 23 6:00 pm yes yes Cornell Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 2,034 78–69 9–3 Dec 28 4:00 pm yes yes Army Christl Arena West Point, NY 3,033 84–91 9–4 Jan 4 7:00 pm Canisius Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 2,731 ESPN3 81–66 10–4 2–1 Jan 9 2:00 pm Quinnipiac Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 3,911 ESPN3 88–74 11–4 3–1 Jan 11 7:00 pm yes Fairfield Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,237 ESPN3, SNY 86–74 12–4 4–1 Jan 15 9:00 pm yes Iona Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 2,611 ESPNU 110–102 13–4 5–1 Jan 18 4:00 pm Siena Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 3,911 ESPN3 85–69 14–4 6–1 Jan 21 8:00 pm yes Manhattan Draddy Gymnasium Riverdale, NY 1,898 ESPN3 71–78 14–5 6–2 Jan 24 2:00 pm Marist Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 2,785 ESPN3 83–72 15–5 7–2 Jan 28 7:00 pm yes Quinnipiac TD Bank Sports Center Hamden, CT 2,612 66–51 16–5 8–2 Jan 30 7:00 pm Saint Peter's Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 4,105 ESPN3 73–57 17–5 9–2 Feb 1 7:00 pm yes Siena Times Union Center Albany, NY 7,016 93–87 18–5 10–2 Feb 5 7:00 pm Fairfield Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 3,785 ESPN3 91–67 19–5 11–2 Feb 9 7:00 pm yes Marist McCann Field House Poughkeepsie, NY 1,648 87–61 20–5 12–2 Feb 12 9:00 pm yes Rider Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, NJ 1,650 ESPNU 79–78 21–5 13–5 Feb 15 7:00 pm Manhattan Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 3,040 ESPN3 79–70 22–5 14–2 Feb 19 7:00 pm Iona Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 4,522 ESPNU 67–83 22–6 14–3 Feb 21 2:00 pm yes Saint Peter's Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ 1,013 82–75 23–6 15–3 Feb 26 7:00 pm Rider Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 4,194 ESPN2 79–58 24–6 16–3 Feb 28 5:00 pm Niagara Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 4,172 ESPN3 77–68 25–6 17–3 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#002245; color:#fff;"| MAAC tournament Mar 4 7:00 pm yes 1 Rider 8 Times Union Center Albany, NY Quarterfinals 1,269 ESPN3 59–48 26–6 Mar 6 4:30 pm yes 1 Fairfield 5 Times Union Center Albany, NY Semifinals 5,722 ESPN3 76–63 27–6 Mar 7 7:00 pm yes 1 Iona 2 Times Union Center Albany, NY Championship game 3,115 ESPN 76–79 27–7 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#002245; color:#fff;"| National Invitation tournament Mar 15 7:30 pm yes 1 Bucknell 8 Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ First Round – Monmouth Bracket 4,102 ESPN3 90–80 28–7 Mar 21 7:00 pm yes 1 George Washington 4 Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ Second Round – Monmouth Bracket 3,442 ESPN2 71–87 28–8 AP Poll Eastern Time Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 19 RV RV RV RV RV Coaches' 0 20 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV References Category:Monmouth Hawks men's basketball seasons Monmouth Monmouth