2015–16 Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Nicholls State Colonels Nicholls State Colonels wordmark.svg 200 Southland Conference Southland 11–23 6–12 J. P. Piper 12th Rennie Bailey David Amata Chris DeFelice Stopher Gym(Capacity: 3,800) The 2015–16 Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Colonels, led by twelfth year head coach J. P. Piper, played their home games at Stopher Gym and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season with a record of 11–23, 6–12 to finish in a three-way tie for 9th place in conference. They beat McNeese State in the first round of the Southland tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Sam Houston State. On March 29, head coach J. P. Piper was fired.http://hoopdirt.com/breaking-j-p-piper-fired-as-basketball-coach-at-nicholls-state/ BREAKING: J.P. Piper Fired as Basketball Coach at Nicholls State 29 March 2016 He finished at Nicholls State with a 12 year record of 132–224. Preseason The Colonels were picked to finish eleventh (11th) in both the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll and the Sports Information Directors Poll.Stephen F Austin Named Favorite in Southland Preseason Polls http://southland.org/news/2015/10/28/MBB_1028150040.aspx?path=mbball Southland Conference November 15, 2015 October 28, 2015 Roster 2015 Nicholls State Colonels y yes Marquis Nelson 1 G 6 0 185 so New Orleans, LA Helen Cox HS Kyle Caudill 2 c 7 0 209 gr y Brea, CA Boston College Cameron Burke 4 g 6 4 185 fr Dutchtown, LA Dutchtown HS Tre O'neal 5 g 6 1 190 jr Denver, CO Otero JC Zach Young 10 G 6 1 195 so Wellington, New Zealand Impact Academy Adam Ward 11 f 6 5 210 jr Houston, TX Lee College Jaden Weldon 12 g 6 1 165 fr Sydney, Australia Trinity Grammar School Jonathan Bell 13 g 6 2 170 jr yes Los Angeles, CA Garden City CC Ja'Dante' Frye 14 F 6 4 190 jr yes Thibodaux, LA E.D. White HS Sam McBeath 15 f 6 7 210 sr yes Sydney, Australia Cambelltown HS Brett Weaver 20 f 5 10 185 so Canyon, TX Ottawa Shane Rillieux 21 g 6 0 180 sr yes New Orleans, LA Brother Martin HS T. J. Carpenter 22 G 6 4 200 sr Sibley, LA Lakeside HS Quinton Thomas 23 G 6 2 175 s0 Baton Rouge, LA Dunham HS Liam Thomas y 24 f 7 0 200 jr Sydney, Australia Central Private School Robert Bissant 30 b 5 10 160 so New Orleans, LA Delago CC Davon Spencer 32 g 6 5 170 so New Orleans, LA Delago CC Stevie Repichowski 40 g 6 5 195 jr Lansing, MI Tulsa Luka Kamber 44 f 6 8 215 jr Berlin, Germany Louisiana-Lafayette J. P. Piper Rennie Bailey David Amata Chris DeFelice Schedule Source http://www.geauxcolonels.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball 2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule Colonel Athletics 2015-11-15 no 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:white;"| Exhibition 11/9/2015 6:30 pm yes no Arkansas–Monticello Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 93–81 1–0 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:white;"| Regular season 11/15/2015 2:00 pm yes yes no Florida State Donald L. Tucker Civic Center Tallahassee, FL 6,094 62–109 0–1 11/19/2015 6:30 pm yes no Mobile Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 489 80–58 1–1 11/23/2015 12:30 am yes yes no Hawaii Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI 5,576 74–99 1–2 11/25/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no New Mexico WisePies Arena Albuquerque, NM 12,383 63–75 1–3 12/01/2015 6:30 pm yes no Louisiana College Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 698 80–62 2–3 12/05/2015 3:30 pm yes no Loyola Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 690 89–74 3–3 12/10/2015 9:00 pm yes yes no San Diego State Viejas Arena San Diego, CA 12,414 47–84 3–4 12/14/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no North Texas UNT Coliseum Denton, TX 60–78 3–5 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no SMU Moody Coliseum University Park, TX Las Vegas Classic 6,460 46–82 3–6 12/18/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, CO Las Vegas Classic 8,125 68–85 3–7 12/22/2015 2:00 pm yes yes no Hampton Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Classic 84–81 4–7 12/23/2015 4:00 pm yes yes no Canisius Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Classic 74–83 4–8 12/28/2015 1:00 pm yes yes no Houston Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX 3,403 49–76 4–9 01/02/2016 3:30 pm no Lamar Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 67–79 792 4–10 0–1 01/05/2016 7:00 pm yes no Memphis FedExForum Memphis, TN 46–82 10,290 4–11 01/09/2016 3:40 pm no Abilene Christian Stopher Gym Natchitoches, LA 1,297 63–62 5–11 1–1 01/13/2016 7:00 pm yes no Houston Baptist Sharp Gymnasium Houston, TX 517 69–78 5–12 1–2 01/16/2016 7:00 pm yes no Texas A&M–Corpus Christi American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX 1,247 71–76 5–13 1–3 01/18/2016 6:30 pm yes no Sam Houston State Bernard Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, TX 1,260 76–87 5–14 1–4 01/23/2016 3:00 pm no Central Arkansas Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 1,567 ESPN3 83–94 5–15 1–5 01/25/2016 6:30 pm no Northwestern State Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 2,147 80–88 5–16 1–6 01/30/2016 4:30 pm yes no Incarnate Word McDermott Center San Antonio, TX 408 61–68 5–17 1–7 02/01/2016 7:00 pm yes no New Orleans Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA 468 53–74 5–18 1–8 02/06/2016 3:30 pm no McNeese State Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 592 71–56 6–18 2–8 02/08/2016 6:30 pm no Incarnate Word Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 561 71–60 7–18 3–8 02/13/2016 4:00 pm yes no Southeastern Louisiana University Center Hammond, LA 786 61–69 7–19 3–9 02/20/2016 3:40 pm no Stephen F. Austin Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 522 53–88 7–20 3–10 02/22/2016 6:30 pm yes no Northwestern State Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA 1,923 67–81 7–21 3–11 02/27/2016 3:00 pm yes no McNeese State Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA N/A 69–71 OT 7–22 3–12 02/29/2016 6:30 pm no New Orleans Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 782 80–76 8–22 4–12 03/03/2016 7:00 pm yes no Central Arkansas Farris Center Conway, AR 948 68–64 9–22 5–12 03/05/2016 3:30 pm no Southeastern Louisiana Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 901 64-45 10-22 6-12 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#FF0000; color:white;"| Southland tournament 03/09/2016 7:30 pm yes no McNeese State Merrill Center Katy, TX First round 94–90 2OT 1,077 11–22 03/10/2016 7:30 pm yes no Sam Houston State Merrill Center Katy, TX Quarterfinals 59–60 1,298 11–23 AP Poll Central Time See also 2015–16 Nicholls State Colonels women's basketball team References Category:Nicholls Colonels men's basketball seasons Nicholls State Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball