2015–16 UIC Flames men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 UIC Flames UIC Flames wordmark.svg 200 Horizon League Horizon 5–25 3–15 Steve McClain 1st Ron Coleman Brendan Mullins Deon Thomas UIC Pavilion The 2015–16 UIC Flames men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Chicago in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by first-year head coach Steve McClain, hired in the offseason to replace Howard Moore. The Flames played their home games at the UIC Pavilion and were members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 5–25, 3–15 in Horizon League play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Horizon League tournament to Wright State. Previous season The Flames finished towards the bottom of the Horizon League standings with a record of 4–12 (10–24). Following a semifinal exit in the conference tournament, head coach Howard Moore was let go. He was replaced by Indiana assistant and former Wyoming head coach Steve McClain. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/chi-steve-mcclain-uic-basketball-coach-20150323-story.html Steve McClain named UIC basketball coach - Chicago Tribune Roster 2015 UIC Flames y 0 Dominique Matthews G 6 2 190 FR Chicago, IL 1 Paris Burns G 5 11 165 SR Chicago, IL 2 Gabe Snider G 6 3 180 SR Chicago, IL 3 Hassan Thomas F 6 7 210 FR Dallas, TX 4 Lance Whitaker G/F 6 4 210 SO y Bartlett, IL 5 Michael Kolawole G 6 5 195 FR Rowlett, TX 10 Dikembe Dixson y F 6 7 200 FR Freeport, IL 11 Josh Joiner G 6 1 170 JR Chicago, IL 15 Julian Torres F/C 6 9 265 FR Bolingbrook, IL 21 Tai Odiase y F/C 6 9 220 SO Glenwood, IL 22 Drew Hackett G 6 2 180 FR Munster, IN 23 Najeal Young G/F 6 6 225 JR Milwaukee, WI 32 Hans-Christian Lauer F 6 7 220 JR Klein-Winternheim, Germany 34 Markese McGuire G 6 3 190 JR Elkhart, IN 40 Jake Wiegand F 6 8 245 SR Herndon, VA Steve McClain (Chadron State College) Ron Coleman (Lamar) Brendan Mullins (Saint Michael's) Deon Thomas (Illinois) http://www.uicflames.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ilch-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2015–11–06 Schedule http://www.uicflames.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/ilch-m-baskbl-sched.html UICFLAMES.COM - University Illinois Chicago Official Athletic Site 2015-05-13 2014-10-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20141027005918/http://www.uicflames.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/ilch-m-baskbl-sched.html dead yes yes no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#003366; color:#CC0033;"| Exhibition Nov 7 3:00 pm yes no Lake Forest UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL ESPN3 Matthews 17 Odiase 11 Five Tied 2 73–60   |- !colspan=9 style="background:#003366; color:#CC0033;"| Non-conference regular season Nov 13 7:00 pm yes no San Francisco UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 4,033 ESPN3 Dixson 13 Wiegand 9 Three Tied 3 75–78 0–1 Nov 17 7:00 pm yes yes no Western Illinois Western Hall Macomb, IL 1,106 Odiase 16 Odiase 8 Burns 2 57–84 0–2 Nov 24 7:00 pm yes no Roosevelt UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 2,939 ESPN3 Odiase 23 Dixson 15 McGuire, Whitaker 5 96–58 1–2 Nov 28 7:00 pm yes yes no Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA 2.593 ESPN3 Dixson 13 Dixson 6 Five Tied 1 62-83 1-3 Dec 2 7:00 pm yes no DePaul UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 4,417 CSN+ Matthews 17 Young 6 Burns 4 55–82 1–4 Dec 5 6:00 pm yes yes no Central Florida CFE Arena Orlando, FL 4,208 ESPN3 Dixson 22 Dixson 8 Hackett 3 58–88 1–5 Dec 12 1:00 pm yes yes no Illinois United Center Chicago, IL 5,151 BTN Dixson 20 Dixson 10 Burns 6 79–83 1–6 Dec 16 8:00 pm yes no Illinois State UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 4,499 CSN Matthews 20 Dixson 10 Three Tied 4 60–72 1–7 Dec 19 3:00 pm yes yes no Loyola Chicago Gentile Arena Chicago, IL 1,562 ESPN3 Snider 11 Dixson 6 Whitaker 3 47–64 1–8 Dec 22 7:00 pm yes no Purdue-Calumet UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 1,814 ESPN3 Snider 18 Dixson 9 Burns 7 91–74 2–8 Dec 29 7:00 pm yes no Northern Illinois UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 2,349 ESPN3 Dixson 28 Whitaker 6 Whitaker 7 65–70 2–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#003366; color:#CC0033;"| Horizon League regular season Jan 2 1:00 pm yes no Valparaiso Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 3,773 CSN Whitaker 8 Young 6 Dixson, Whitaker 3 47–75 2–10 0–1 Jan 8 8:00 pm yes no Detroit Calihan Hall Detroit, MI 1,857 ESPNU Dixson 22 Dixson, Young 7 Whitaker 2 69–87 2–11 0–2 Jan 10 2:00 pm yes no Oakland Athletics Center O'rena Rochester, MI 2,473 ESPN3 Dixson 28 Young 8 Whitaker 4 61–86 2–12 0–3 Jan 14 7:00 pm no Green Bay UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 2,552 ESPN3 Dixson 19 Odiase 9 Whitaker 9 76–78 2–13 0–4 Jan 16 3:00 pm no Milwaukee UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 2,989 CSN+ Burns 19 Dixson 7 Whitaker 3 62–87 2–14 0–5 Jan 18 6:00 pm yes no Cleveland State Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH 1,129 ESPN3 Dixson 15 Odiase 11 Dixson & Burns 2 53–70 2–15 0–6 Jan 22 6:00 pm yes no Northern Kentucky The Bank of Kentucky Center Highland Heights, KY 1,755 ESPN3 Dixson 24 Dixson, Young 10 Three Tied 1 69–82 OT 2–16 0–7 Jan 24 1:00 pm yes no Wright State Nutter Center Dayton, OH 4,437 ESPN3 Dixson 29 Dixson 9 Three Tied 2 66–80 2–17 0–8 Jan 28 7:00 pm no Youngstown State UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 2,178 ESPN3 Dixson 32 Young 16 Kolawole 5 78–82 2–18 0–9 Jan 30 3:00 pm no Cleveland State UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 2,980 CSN+ Dixson 24 Young 15 Whitaker 6 72–70 OT 3–18 1–9 Feb 6 3:00 pm no Valparaiso UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 4,445 CSN Dixson 18 Dixson 7 Whitaker 5 55–73 3–19 1–10 Feb 11 7:00 pm no Wright State UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 2,633 ESPN3 Dixson 26 Dixson 12 Whitaker 5 64–59 4–19 2–10 Feb 13 3:00 pm no Northern Kentucky UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 2,666 ESPN3 Dixson 21 Young 10 Young 4 79–77 5–19 3–10 Feb 16 6:05 pm yes no Youngstown State Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH 1,162 ESPN3 Dixson 40 Dixson 17 Whitaker 8 91–92 2OT 5–20 3–11 Feb 19 7:00 pm no Detroit UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 4,110 ESPN3 Dixson 26 Odiase 10 Kolawole 5 72–83 5–21 3–12 Feb 21 4:00 pm no Oakland UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 2,888 CSN Dixon 24 Young 10 Felder 10 63–74 5–22 3–13 Feb 26 7:00 pm yes no Green Bay Resch Center Green Bay, WI 4,033 ESPN3 Dixson 22 Odiase 12 Three Tied 2 69–85 5–23 3–14 Feb 28 2:00 pm yes no Milwaukee UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI 2,828 CSN Dixson 29 Young 8 Dixson 5 85–98 5–24 3–15 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#003366; color:#CC0033;"|Horizon League tournament Mar 5 4:00 pm yes no Wright State Joe Louis Arena Detroit, MI First round 5,247 ESPN3 Dixson 18 Dixson 11 Five Tied 1 43–74 5–25 AP Poll Central Time References UIC Flames Category:UIC Flames men's basketball seasons UIC Flames men's basket UIC Flames men's basket Category:2015 in Chicago Category:2016 in Chicago