2015–16 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Sacramento State Hornets Sacramento State script 2008.svg 200 Big Sky Conference Big Sky 14–17 6–12 Brian Katz 8th Brandon Laird Ajay Riding Chris Walker Hornets Nest The 2015–16 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team represented California State University, Sacramento during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hornets were led by eighth year head coach Brian Katz and played their home games at Colberg Court. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 6–12 in Big Sky play to finish in tenth place. They defeated Montana State in the first round of the Big Sky tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Montana. Previous season The Hornets finished the season 21–12, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament where they lost to Eastern Washington. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Portland in the first round before losing in the second round to fellow Big Sky member Northern Arizona. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Mikh McKinney 10 G 6'1" 170 Senior Union City, California Graduated Zach Mills 20 F 6'5" 215 Senior Yorba Linda, California Graduated Alex Tiffin 34 F 6'9" 235 Senior Thousand Oaks, California Graduated 2015 incoming recruits no no 2015 Joshua Patton PF Manteca, California Sierra High School 6 8 200 09/18/2014 0 0 NR Jeff Wu SG Taipei, Taiwan Modesto Christian High School 6 2 170 10/24/2014 0 0 NR Grant Dressler SF Las Vegas, Nevada Palo Verde High School 6 7 200 04/11/2015 0 0 NR 2015 Sacramento State 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Sacramento State Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-25 yes 2016 incoming recruits no yes 2016 George Dancer SG Modesto, California Beyer High School 6 3 07/08/2015 0 0 NR 2016 Sacramento State 2016 Basketball Commitments 2016 Sacramento State Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-25 yes Roster 2015 Sacramento State Hornets y yes Marcus Graves 0 G 6 0 190 SO San Diego, California Westview HS Dreon Barlett 1 G 6 3 190 SR Huntington Beach, California Edison HS Cody Demps y 2 G 6 4 195 SR Elk Grove, California Pleasant Grove HS Justin Strings 3 F 6 7 225 SO Carson, California Mira Costa HS Jiday Ugbaja 4 G 5 11 190 SO San Francisco, California Archbishop Riordan HS Trevis Jackson 11 G 5 11 165 JR Santa Monica, California Santa Monica HS W Grant Dressler 12 G/F 6 6 185 FR Las Vegas, Nevada Palo Verde HS Jeff Wu 14 G 6 2 180 FR Taipei, Taiwan Modesto Christian School Mason Stuteville 21 F 6 11 230 SO Orangevale, California Casa Roble HS Aaron Harmetz 24 G 5 10 175 FR Sacramento, California C. 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McClathchy HS W Joshua Patton y 30 F 6 8 200 FR Manteca, California Sierra HS yes Nick Hornsby y 33 G/F 6 7 220 JR Irvine, California Tustin HS Eric Stuteville 44 C 6 11 240 JR Orangevale, California Casa Roble HS y James Herrick 50 C 6 10 250 SO Minden, Nevada Douglas HS Brian Katz (California State University, Sacramento) Brandon Laird (UC Davis) Ajay Riding (Fresno State) Chris Walker (Oklahoma) http://hornetsports.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/roster Schedule http://hornetsports.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/schedule 2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule no 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#004840; color:#B39650;"| Exhibition 11/06/2015 7:05 pm yes no Simpson Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 525 103–63 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#004840; color:#B39650;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 4:30 pm yes yes no Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona 5,275 P12N 66–63 1–0 11/15/2015 2:05 pm yes yes no Seattle KeyArena Seattle, Washington 1,754 77–65 2–0 11/20/2015 7:05 pm yes no Holy Names Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 625 96–56 3–0 11/24/2015 7:05 pm yes no UC Davis Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 1,472 84–79 4–0 11/28/2015 3:35 pm yes no South Dakota Hornets Nest Sacramento, California Sacramento State Tournament 778 90–96 4–1 11/29/2015 5:35 pm yes no Pacific Hornets Nest Sacramento, California Sacramento State Tournament 778 79–71 5–1 12/02/2015 7:05 pm yes yes no UC Davis The Pavilion Davis, California 2,934 61–66 5–2 12/07/2015 7:05 pm yes no Incarnate Word Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 805 73–70 6–2 12/12/2015 7:05 pm yes yes no Portland Chiles Center Portland, Oregon 1,264 73–81 6–3 12/21/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, California 3,436 P12N 60–70 6–4 12/28/2015 7:05 pm yes no Pacific Union Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 615 78–49 7–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#004840; color:#B39650;"| Big Sky regular season 01/02/2016 7:05 pm yes no Portland State Peter Stott Center Portland, Oregon 485 68–76 7–5 0–1 01/07/2016 6:05 pm yes no Montana State Worthington Arena Bozeman, Montana 2,036 64–71 7–6 0–2 01/09/2016 6:05 pm yes no Montana Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana 3,846 58–77 7–7 0–3 01/14/2016 7:05 pm no Idaho State Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 781 82–71 8–7 1–3 01/16/2016 7:05 pm no Weber State Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 898 74–85 8–8 1–4 01/23/2016 7:05 pm no Portland State Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 1,058 63–81 8–9 1–5 01/28/2016 7:05 pm yes no Idaho Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho 1,228 65–63 9–9 2–5 01/30/2016 12:05 pm yes no Eastern Washington Reese Court Cheney, Washington 1,914 67–74 9–10 2–6 02/04/2016 7:05 pm no Montana Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 965 83–79 10–10 3–6 02/06/2016 7:05 pm no Montana State Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 929 76–79 10–11 3–7 02/11/2016 6:05 pm yes no Weber State Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah 6,504 63–50 10–12 3–8 02/13/2016 6:05 pm yes no Idaho State Holt Arena Pocatello, Idaho 1,941 64–65 10–13 3–9 02/18/2016 7:05 pm no Eastern Washington Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 649 88–93 10–14 3–10 02/20/2016 7:05 pm no Idaho Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 845 68–65 11–14 4–10 02/25/2016 6:05 pm yes no Northern Colorado Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 1,295 67–72 11–15 4–11 02/27/2016 12:05 pm yes no North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 1,893 71–97 11–16 4–12 03/03/2016 7:05 pm no Southern Utah Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 689 69–63 OT 12–16 5–12 03/05/2016 7:05 pm no Northern Arizona Hornets Nest Sacramento, California 793 64–51 13–16 6–12 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#004840; color:#B39650;"| Big Sky tournament 03/08/2016 5:30 pm yes no Montana State Reno Events Center Reno, Nevada First round 1,723 79–75 14–16 03/10/2016 5:30 pm yes no Montana Reno Events Center Reno, Nevada Quarterfinals 2,213 53–70 14–17 AP Poll Pacific Time References Category:Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball seasons Sacramento State Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball Category:2010s in Sacramento, California