2015–16 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 2015–16 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech Athletics wordmark.svg 200 Conference USA C-USA 23–10 12–6 Eric Konkol 1st Duffy Conroy Corey Barker Tony Skinn Thomas Assembly Center Vegas 16 Quarterfinals The 2015–16 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by first year head coach Eric Konkol, played their home games at the Thomas Assembly Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 23–10, 12–6 in C-USA play to finish in three-way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament to Old Dominion. They were invited to the inaugural Vegas 16, which only had eight teams, where they lost in the quarterfinals to East Tennessee State. Previous season The Bulldogs finished the 2014–15 season 27–9, 15–3 in C-USA play to finish as regular season C-USA champions. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to UAB. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Central Michigan in the first round and Texas A&M in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Temple. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Michale Kyser 1 F 6'10" 205 Senior Lancaster, TX Graduated Raheem Appleby 3 G 6'4" 160 Senior Jacksonville, AR Graduated Speedy Smith 4 G 6'3" 180 Senior St. Petersburg, FL Graduated Xavian Stapleton 11 G 6'6" 190 Freshman Flora, MS Transferred to Mississippi Statehttps://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-msu-picks-up-former-la-t/181926216/ MSU picks up former La. Tech guard The Clarion-Ledger Courtney Cronin July 6, 2015 1C, 3C Newspapers.com Leo Edwards 33 F 6'8" 225 RS Freshman Detroit, MI Transferred to IPFW Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes DaShawn Robinson 23 G 6'4" 190 Junior Houston, Texas Junior college transferred from Navarro College Recruiting class of 2015 no no 2015 Derric Jean SG Hollywood, FL McArthur High School 6 1 165 06/16/2015 0 3 78 Jy'Lan Washington SF Smyrna, TN Stewarts Creek School 6 7 175 06/08/2015 0 0 0 2015 2015 Louisiana Tech Basketball Commits 2015 Louisiana Tech Basketball Commits 2015 Louisiana Tech Basketball Commits July 30, 2015 yes Roster 2015 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs #002F8B #FF0000 white white Alex Hamilton y basketball 0 G 6 4 190 SR Chipley, FL Derric Jean 1 G 6 2 170 FR Miami, FL Erik McCree y 2 F 6 8 220 JR y Orlando, FL Joniah White 5 C 7 0 210 SO Duck Hill, MS Dayon Griffin 10 G 6 5 188 SO St. Petersburg, FL Jacobi Boykins y 13 G 6 6 160 SO St. Petersburg, FL Branden Sheppard 15 F 6 7 225 FR y Shreveport, LA Merrill Holden 21 F 6 8 215 JR Lincoln, NE Jy'lan Washington 22 F 6 8 180 FR Smyrna, TN Da'Shawn Robinson 23 G 6 4 200 JR Houston, TX Qiydar Davis 25 G 6 6 200 SR Atlanta, GA Eric Konkol (UW–Eau Claire) Duffy Conroy (St. Ambrose) Corey Barker (Prairie View A&M) Tony Skinn (George Mason) http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/latc-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/latc-m-baskbl-sched.html LA Tech Official Athletic Site latechsports.com 2015-07-30 2015-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20150502142120/http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/latc-m-baskbl-sched.html dead no 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 1; color:#Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 3;"| Exhibition 11/05/2015 6:30 pm yes no Southwest Baptist Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA   87–53 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 1; color:#Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 3;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 6:30 pm yes no Millsaps Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,513 95–33 1–0 11/17/2015 6:30 pm yes no Texas–Arlington Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA Hoophall Miami Invitational 3,012 80–68 2–0 11/21/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Grambling State Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center Grambling, LA Hoophall Miami Invitational 1,504 86–67 3–0 11/24/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Ohio State Value City Arena Columbus, OH Hoophall Miami Invitational 11,572 BTN 82–74 4–0 11/27/2015 6:30 pm yes no North Carolina Central Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,227 71–50 5–0 12/01/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Memphis FedEx Forum Memphis, TN Hoophall Miami Invitational 11,114 CBSSN 68–94 5–1 12/04/2015 6:30 pm yes no Jackson State Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,504 95–88 2OT 6–1 12/08/2015 6:30 pm yes no LSU–Shreveport Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,612 82–49 7–1 12/12/2015 12:00 pm yes no Louisiana–Lafayette Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,912 ASN 91–79 8–1 12/15/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS 5,606 SECN 80–99 8–2 12/18/2015 6:30 pm yes no Southern Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 2,519 83–76 9–2 12/22/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Florida Gulf Coast Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 3,514 ESPN3 66–63 10–2 12/28/2015 6:00 pm yes no Prairie View A&M Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 2,528 77–58 11–2 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 1;| Conference USA regular season 01/02/2016 6:00 pm no Southern Miss Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,302 87–57 12–2 1–0 01/07/2016 8:30 pm no Old Dominion Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,807 CBSSN 53–56 12–3 1–1 01/09/2016 6:00 pm no Charlotte Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,209 93–90 OT 13–3 2–1 01/14/2016 6:00 pm yes no FIU FIU Arena Miami, FL 1,240 74–88 13–4 2–2 01/16/2016 6:00 pm yes no Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL   61–63 13–5 2–3 01/23/2016 7:00 pm yes no Southern Miss Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS 3,334 ASN 70–59 14–5 3–3 01/28/2016 6:30 pm no UTSA Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,428 85–75 15–5 4–3 01/31/2016 3:00 pm no UTEP Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 4,131 FSN 78–70 16–5 5–3 02/04/2016 7:00 pm yes no Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,660 90–78 17–5 6–3 02/06/2016 3:00 pm yes no North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX 4,610 ASN 69–80 17–6 6–4 02/11/2016 8:00 pm no Middle Tennessee Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 5,011 ASN 73–63 18–6 7–4 02/13/2016 1:00 pm no UAB Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 5,213 FSN 85–76 19–6 8–4 02/18/2016 7:00 pm yes no UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX 1,258 87–74 20–6 9–4 02/20/2016 5:00 pm yes no UTEP Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 7,313 CBSSN 80–91 20–7 9–5 02/25/2016 6:30 pm no North Texas Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 3,092 73–62 OT 21–7 10–5 02/27/2016 6:00 pm no Rice Thomas Assembly Center Ruston, LA 5,527 88–69 22–7 11–5 03/03/2016 6:00 pm yes no Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV 5,945 ASN 97–94 23–7 12–5 03/05/2016 7:00 pm yes no WKU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 4,591 90–96 OT 23–8 12–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 1;| Conference USA tournament 03/10/2016 2:30 pm yes no Old Dominion Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL Quarterfinals 9,797 ASN 52–68 23–9 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 1;| Vegas 16 03/28/2016 8:00 pm yes yes no East Tennessee State Mandalay Bay Events Center Paradise, NV Quarterfinals   CBSSN 83–88 23–10 no Central Time References Category:Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball seasons Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Bulldogs men's b Louisiana Tech Bulldogs men's b Louisiana Tech