2015–16 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Florida Atlantic Owls Florida Atlantic Owls wordmark.svg 250 Conference USA C-USA 8–25 5–13 Michael Curry 2nd Eric Snow Robbie Laing Charlemagne Gibbons FAU Arena The 2015–16 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team represented Florida Atlantic University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by second year head coach Michael Curry, played their home games at the FAU Arena, and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 8–25, 5–13 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 12th place. They defeated UTSA in the first round of the C-USA tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to Old Dominion. Previous season The Owls finished the 2014–15 season 9–20, 2–16 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the C-USA tournament. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes D'Andre Johnson 1 G 6'1" 185 Sophomore Detroit, MI Transferred to UT Permian Basin Justin Massey 4 G 6'3" 185 Freshman Cooper City, FL Transferred to Brown Justin Raffington 11 C 6'9" 255 RS Senior Freiburg, Germany Graduated Maceo Baston 15 G 6'5" 185 Freshman Detroit, MI Transferred to Southeastern CC Malcolm Laws 22 G 6'1" 195 Freshman Orlando, FL Walk-on; transferred to Nebraska Brian Hornstein 24 F/C 7'0" 210 Senior Dallas, TX Graduated Anthony Graves 30 G 6'2" 205 Senior Pembroke Pines, FL Graduated Kelvin Penn 44 F 6'6" 233 Senior Steilacoom, WA Graduated Grant Pelchen 50 C 6'11" 235 Sophomore Jupiter, FL Left the team for personal reasons Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Phillip Rankin F 6'8" 230 Junior Mobile, AL Junior college transferred from Faulkner State Community College Frank Booker 11 G 6'4" 193 Junior Augusta, GA Transferred from Oklahoma. Under NCAA transfer rules, Booker will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Ronald Delph 33 C 7'0" 240 RS Sophomore Winter Haven, FL Transferred from Auburn at the start of the second semester during the 2014–15 season. Under NCAA transfer rules, Delph has to sit out for two semesters and will be eligible at the start of the second semester during the 2015–16 season. Delph have two and a half years of remaining eligibility. Matthew Reed 50 F 6'9" 235 Junior Tuscaloosa, AL Junior college transferred from Shelton State Community College Recruiting class of 2015 no no 2015 Jessie Hill PF Point Pleasant Beach, NJ Point Pleasant Beach High School 6 8 11/02/2014 0 0 NR Connor Shorten PF Gladstone, NJ Saint Benedict's Prep 6 8 230 11/03/2014 0 0 NR Jeantal Cylla SF Boynton Beach, FL Lake Worth Christian High School 6 6 190 11/20/2014 0 0 NR Nick Rutherford PG Allen, TX Allen High School 6 3 180 08/08/2014 0 0 NR 2015 2015 Florida Atlantic Basketball Commits 2015 Florida Atlantic Basketball Commits 2015 Florida Atlantic Basketball Commits July 31, 2015 yes Recruiting class of 2016 no yes 2016 Devorious Brown SG Madison, GA Morgan County High School 6 3 180 10/01/2014 0 0 NR 2016 2016 Florida Atlantic Basketball Commits 2016 Florida Atlantic Basketball Commits 2016 Florida Atlantic Basketball Commits July 31, 2015 yes Roster 2015 Florida Atlantic Owls y y C. J. Turman 0 C 6 9 250 SO Madison, GA Morgan County Jeantal Cylla 1 G 6 6 190 FR Lake Worth, TX Lake Worth Marquan Botley 2 G 5 10 160 JR Plano, TX Prestonwood Christian Adonis Filer 3 y G 6 3 190 JR yes Chicago Heights, IL Clemson Javier Lacunza 5 F 6 9 215 SR Pamplona, Spain Sagrado Corazon Nick Rutherford 10 G 6 3 185 FR Allen, TX Allen Frank Booker Jr. y 11 G 6 4 185 JR Augusta, GA Oklahoma yes I Jackson Trapp 12 G 6 4 200 SR Orlando, FL Fishburne Military School Solomon Poole 22 G 6 0 185 SR Jacksonville, FL Georgia Tech Jesse Hill 24 F 6 8 218 FR Waretown, NJ Point Pleasant Beach Connor Shorten 30 F 6 9 230 FR Gladstone, NJ St. Benedict's Prep Ronald Delph 33 C 7 0 235 so y Winter Haven, FL Auburn Matthew Reed 50 F 6 9 235 JR Cleveland, OH Shelton State CC Michael Curry (Georgia Southern) Eric Snow (Michigan State) Robbie Laing (Troy) Charlemagne Gibbons (Auburn–Montgomery) http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/fau-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/fau-m-baskbl-sched.html Florida Atlantic Owls Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball fausports.com 2015-07-30 2014-10-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20141020143035/http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/fau-m-baskbl-sched.html dead yes 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Florida Atlantic Owls| Exhibition November 5, 2015 7:00 pm yes St. Thomas FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida 1,218 75–58 |- !colspan=9 style=Florida Atlantic Owls| Non-conference regular season November 13, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes Michigan State 13 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI 14,797 ESPN3 55–82 0–1 November 17, 2015 7:00 pm yes Warner FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida 1,286 72–75 0–2 November 20, 2015 5:00 pm yes yes Northeastern Millett Hall Oxford, OH Men Against Breast Cancer Classic 1,255 58–60 0–3 November 21, 2015 3:30 pm yes yes Miami (OH) Millett Hall Oxford, OH Men Against Breast Cancer Classic 1,196 75–69 1–3 November 22, 2015 12:00 pm yes yes Lipscomb Millett Hall Oxford, OH Men Against Breast Cancer Classic 1,224 65–79 1–4 December 1, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes East Carolina Williams Arena Greenville, NC 3,763 ESPN3 48–74 1–5 December 10, 2015 7:00 pm yes Ave Maria FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida 962 72–59 2–5 December 12, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes UCF CFE Arena Orlando, FL 4,130 ESPN3 61–75 2–6 December 15, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes Eastern Kentucky Alumni Coliseum Richmond, KY 1,250 73–80 2–7 December 16, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 12,309 62–81 2–8 December 19, 2015 5:00 pm yes yes Florida State BB&T Center Sunrise, FL Orange Bowl Basketball Classic 9,483 FSFL 59–64 2–9 December 22, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes Hofstra Mack Sports Complex Hempstead, NY 961 54–68 2–10 December 29, 2015 12:00 pm yes Tennessee–Martin FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida 837 48–57 2–11 |- !colspan=12 style=Florida Atlantic Owls| Conference USA regular season January 3, 2016 3:00 pm yes FIU FIU Arena Miami, Florida 1,007 FSN 59–76 2–12 0–1 January 7, 2016 7:00 pm yes Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV 4,577 67–90 2–13 0–2 January 9, 2016 8:00 pm yes WKU E. 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Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,607 82–86 OT 2–14 0–3 January 14, 2016 7:00 pm Southern Miss FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida 1,699 ASN 58–51 3–14 1–3 January 16, 2016 7:00 pm Louisiana Tech FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida 1,198 63–61 4–14 2–3 January 21, 2016 9:00 pm yes UTEP Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 6,054 56–71 4–15 2–4 January 23, 2016 3:00 pm yes UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX 1,128 86–71 5–15 3–4 January 28, 2016 7:00 pm Old Dominion FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida 1,517 66–78 5–16 3–5 January 30, 2016 2:00 pm Charlotte FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida 936 ASN 82–77 6–16 4–5 February 4, 2016 7:30 pm yes Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 5,411 73–85 6–17 4–6 February 6, 2016 8:00 pm yes UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 6,211 67–104 6–18 4–7 February 11, 2016 7:00 pm UTSA FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida 933 79–73 7–18 5–7 February 13, 2016 6:00 pm UTEP FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida 1,254 ASN 82–89 7–19 5–8 February 18, 2016 8:00 pm yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,400 85–90 7–20 5–9 February 20, 2016 8:00 pm yes North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX 1,466 62–70 7–21 5–10 February 27, 2016 2:00 pm FIU FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida   ASN 63–71 7–22 5–11 March 3, 2016 7:00 pm Middle Tennessee FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida 1,040 59–76 7–23 5–12 March 5, 2016 12:00 pm UAB FAU Arena Boca Raton, Florida 729 ASN 70–73 7–24 5–13 |- !colspan=9 style=Florida Atlantic Owls| Conference USA tournament March 8, 2016 5:00 pm 12 yes UTSA 13 Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL First round 220 ASN 82–58 8–24 |- March 9, 2016 3:30 pm 12 yes Old Dominion 5 Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL Second round 3,888 ASN 72–46 8–25 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball seasons Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic Owls men's b Florida Atlantic Owls men's b