2015–16 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Washington State Cougars Washington State Cougars wordmark.svg 200 Pac-12 Conference Pac-12 Conference men's basketball Pac-12 9–22 1–17 Ernie Kent 2nd Greg Graham Silvey Dominguez Curtis Allen Beasley Coliseum The 2015–16 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Ernie Kent's second year as head coach at Washington State. The Cougars played their home games at the Beasley Coliseum as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 9–22, 1–17 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Colorado. Previous season The 2014–15 Cougars finished the season with an overall record of 13–18, and 7–11 in conference play. The Cougars lost to Cal in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament.Cougars Fall To Hot-Shooting Cal http://www.wsucougars.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=749797&SPID=126828&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=30400&ATCLID=209954187 WSUCougars.com Washington State University Athletics 11 March 2015 Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jackie Davis 1 G 6'3" 195 Freshman Long Beach, CA Transferred Jordan Railey 4 C 7'0" 245 RS senior Beaverton, OR Graduated Dexter Kernich-Drew 10 G 6'7" 190 RS senior Melbourne, Australia Graduated Trevor Dunbar 11 G 5'10" 170 Freshman San Francisco, California Transferred to City College of San Francisco Aaron Cheatum 20 F 6'7" 240 Junior Moreno Valley, California Transferred to Cal State Dominguez Hills DaVonté Lacy 25 G 6'4" 210 Senior Tacoma, Washington Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Derrien King 0 F 6'8" 175 Sophomore Los Angeles, California Junior college transferred from Santa Monica College Renard Suggs 1 G 6'3" 200 Junior Woodbury, Minnesota Junior college transferred from Gillette College Charles Callison 23 G 6'0" 180 Junior Moreno, California Junior college transferred from San Bernardino Valley College Conor Clifford 42 C 7'0" 270 RS junior Huntington Beach, California Junior college transferred from Saddleback College 2015 recruiting class no 2015 Jeff Pollard PF Bountiful, Utah Bountiful HS 6 8 220 06/25/2014 NR 3 2 2 Vionte Daniels SG Federal Way, Washington Federal Way HS 6 1 160 04/01/2015 0 2 0 2 Robert Franks PF Vancouver, Washington Evergreen HS 6 8 200 09/29/2014 3 3 3 2 2015 2015 Washington St. Basketball Commitment List 2015 Washington State Cougars Basketball Commits washingtonstate 265 March 11, 2015 yes Roster 2015 Washington State Cougars y yes Derrien King 0 F 6 6 170 So Wichita, Kansas Santa Monica College Renard Suggs 1 G 6 2 188 Jr Saint Paul, Minnesota Gillette College Ike Iroegbu y 2 G 6 2 195 Jr Elk Grove, California Oak Hill Acad. Ny Redding 3 G 6 2 166 So Solon, Ohio Westwind Prep Viont'e Daniels 4 G 6 2 163 Fr Federal Way, Washington Federal Way HS Junior Longrus 15 F 6 7 240 Sr Oakland, California Bishop O'Dowd HS Robert Franks y basketball 22 F 6 7 250 Fr Vancouver, Washington Evergreen HS Charles Callison 23 G 6 0 183 Jr Moreno Valley, California San Bernardino Valley College Josh Hawkinson y 24 F 6 10 232 Jr Shoreline, WA East Shorewood HS Que Johnson 32 F 6 5 208 Jr y Pontiac, Michigan Westwind Prep Brett Boese 33 F 6 7 230 Sr Spokane, Washington Shadle Park HS Conor Clifford basketball y 42 C 7 0 283 Jr y Huntington Beach, California Saddleback College Valentine Izundu 45 C 6 10 235 Jr y Houston, Texas Houston *Ernie Kent (Oregon) *Greg Graham (Oregon) Silvey Dominguez (New Mexico) Curtis Allen (Washington) http://www.wsucougars.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=30400&SPID=126828&SPSID=749796 Schedule Washington State's non-conference schedule included a trip to the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii, where they would play three of the following: Auburn, BYU, Harvard, New Mexico, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma, and host-Hawaii.Cougars to Return to Diamond Head Classic in 2015 http://www.wsucougars.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=749797&SPID=126828&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=30400&ATCLID=209816696 December 21, 2014 2015-05-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20150716115922/http://www.wsucougars.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209816696&SPSID=749797&SPID=126828&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=30400 2015-07-16 dead The Cougars would also host GonzagaJon Rothstein: "Washington State will host Gonzaga on Wednesday 12/2/15, source told @CBSSports. Return game of home-and-home series." https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/606799139100356608 June 5, 2015 and UTEP.UTEP's Coach Floyd Touches on Variety of Topics http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/052915aaa.html May 29, 2015 May 30, 2015 June 8, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150608031218/http://www.utepathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/052915aaa.html dead 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#981E32; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition Oct. 30 8:00 pm yes no Lewis-Clark State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington 81–74 – 1,331 Nov. 6 6:00 pm yes no Pacific (OR) Bohler Gym Pullman, Washington 97–70 – 2,427 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#981E32; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season Nov. 13 5:30 pm yes no Northern Arizona Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N 83–70 1–0 3,011 Nov. 20 8:00 pm yes no Idaho State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N 85–67 2–0 2,662 Nov. 24 8:00 pm yes no Cal State Los Angeles Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N 74–57 3–0 1,280 Nov. 28 6:00 pm yes no Texas Southern Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N 77–65 4–0 1,604 Dec. 2 8:00 pm yes no Gonzaga 13 Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington FS1 60–69 4–1 8,209 Dec. 6 1:00 pm yes no Portland State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N 91–67 5–1 1,806 Dec. 10 6:00 pm yes yes no Idaho Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho Battle of the Palouse 74–78 5–2 3,759 Dec. 13 3:00 pm yes no UTEP Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N 84–68 6–2 1,917 Dec. 18 6:00 pm yes no Texas State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N 78–73 OT 7–2 1,233 Dec. 22 8:00 pm yes yes no Oklahoma 3 Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii Diamond Head Classic Quarterfinals ESPNU 60–88 7–3 8,436 Dec. 23 8:30 pm yes yes no Northern Iowa Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii Diamond Head Classic Consolation Semifinals ESPNU 59–63 7–4 7,365 Dec. 25 10:00 am yes yes no New Mexico Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii Diamond Head Classic 7th Place Game ESPN3 82–59 8–4 6,172 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#981E32;"| Pac-12 regular season Jan. 1 6:00 pm no USC Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N 77–90 8–5 0–1 2,314 Jan. 3 6:30 pm no UCLA 25 Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N 85–78 9–5 1–1 1,912 Jan. 9 12:00 pm no Washington Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington Rivalry P12N 95–99 OT 9–6 1–2 4,025 Jan. 14 5:00 pm yes no Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona P12N 73–84 9–7 1–3 5,047 Jan. 16 6:30 pm yes no Arizona 18 McKale Center Tucson, Arizona P12N 66–90 9–8 1–4 14,502 Jan. 21 8:00 pm no Utah Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington FS1 71–92 9–9 1–5 2,717 Jan. 23 6:00 pm no Colorado Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N 70–75 9–10 1–6 3,321 Jan. 28 7:30 pm yes USC no Galen Center Los Angeles, California P12N 71–81 9–11 1–7 4,392 Jan. 30 4:00 pm yes no UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California P12N 50–83 9–12 1–8 9,024 Feb. 3 7:00 pm no Arizona 23 Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N 64–79 9–13 1–9 3,189 Feb. 6 3:30 pm no Arizona State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N 55–67 9–14 1–10 3,448 Feb. 11 7:00 pm yes no Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, Colorado P12N 81–88 2OT 9–15 1–11 7,330 Feb. 14 12:00 pm yes no Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah P12N 47–88 9–16 1–12 11,464 Feb. 18 7:00 pm no Stanford Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington P12N 56–72 9–17 1–13 2,711 Feb. 21 5:30 pm no California Beasley Coliseum Pullman, Washington ESPNU 62–80 9–18 1–14 3,203 Feb. 24 7:00 pm no yes Oregon 13 Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, Oregon P12N 62–76 9–19 1–15 8,088 Feb. 28 3:30 pm no yes Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon P12N 49–69 9–20 1–16 9,604 Mar. 2 8:00 pm no yes Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, Washington Rivalry ESPNU 91–99 9–21 1–17 7,655 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#981E32;"| Pac-12 Tournament Mar. 9 2:30 pm no yes Colorado MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, Nevada First round P12N 56–80 9–22 12,916 Pacific Time References Washington State Cougars Category:Washington State Cougars men's basketball seasons Washington State Washington State