2015–16 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 February 2024 Basketball 2015–16 Central Michigan Chippewas Central Michigan Chippewas logo.svg 150 Mid-American Conference West Division MAC 17–16 10–8 Keno Davis 4th Kevin GambleKyle GerdemanJeff Smith McGuirk Arena MAC West Division co–champions CIT First round The 2015–16 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team represented Central Michigan University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by fourth year head coach Keno Davis, played their home games at McGuirk Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 10–8 in MAC play to finish in a tie for the West Division championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament to Bowling Green.https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2016/03/10/bowling-green-central-michigan/81612756/ Bowling Green upsets Central Michigan 62-59 in MAC quarters Detroit Free Press March 10, 2016 February 18, 2024 They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Tennessee–Martin. Previous season The Chippewas finished the season 23–9, 12–6 in MAC play to be champions of the West Division and share the overall MAC regular season championship with Buffalo. They advanced to the championship game of the MAC tournament where they lost to Buffalo. As a conference champion, and #1 seed in their conference tournament, who failed to win their conference tournament they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Louisiana Tech. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Spencer Krannitz 1 G/F 6'4" 202 Junior North Muskegon, Michigan Transferred to Fresno Pacific Derrick Richardson, Jr. 3 G 6'4" 200 Junior Ypsilanti, Michigan Transferred Filip Medjo 13 G 6'3" 210 Freshman Belgrade, Serbia Transferred to Pensacola State College Austin Keel 30 G 6'3" 182 Senior Winter Springs, Florida Graduated Recruiting class of 2015 no no 2015 Corey Redman SG Boyne City, Michigan Boyne City High School 6 4 180 August 3, 2012 NR NR NR 2015 2015 Central Michigan Basketball Commits 2015 Central Michigan Basketball Commits 2015 Central Michigan Basketball Commits September 21, 2015 yes Recruiting class of 2016 no yes 2016 Innocent Nwoko C New Haven, Michigan New Haven High School 6 11 09/14/2014 NR NR NR Matty Smith PG South Elgin, Illinois South Elgin High School 6 0 04/26/2015 NR NR NR Ellis Jefferson PG San Antonio, Texas Brandeis High School 6 0 09/03/2015 NR NR NR 2016 2016 Central Michigan Basketball Commits 2016 Central Michigan Basketball Commits 2016 Central Michigan Basketball Commits September 21, 2015 yes Roster 2015 Central Michigan Chippewas y yes Tanner Beachnau 0 G 6 0 180 jr Holt, Michigan Holt HS W Corey Redman 1 G 6 6 185 fr Boyne City, Michigan Boyne City HS Braylon Rayson y 2 G 5 9 190 jr Dallas West Mesquite HS Rayshawn Simmons 4 G 6 4 185 sr St. Louis, Missouri Moberly Area CC C Janeau Joubert 5 G 6 1 160 fr Belleville, Michigan Ypsilanti HS W Austin Stewart 10 G 6 6 215 sr Normal, Illinois West HS Milos Cabarkapa 11 C 7 0 245 so y Belgrade, Serbia Impact Academy Josh Kozinski 12 G 6 4 185 so y Edwardsburg, Michigan Edwardsburg HS Chris Fowler 15 G 6 1 195 sr Southfield, Michigan Detroit Country Day School C Hunter Hale y 21 G 6 2 165 fr Kalamazoo, Michigan Kalamazoo Central HS W Tedaro France III 22 G 6 0 170 jr New Haven, Michigan New Haven HS W DaRohn Scott 23 G 6 9 230 so Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids Christian HS Luke Meyer 24 F 6 11 225 so Addison, Michigan Addison HS Blake Hibbitts 32 F 6 7 220 sr Hudsonville, Michigan Hudsonville HS John Simons 34 F 6 8 220 sr Cadillac, Michigan Cadillac HS C John McCarty 35 F 6 5 210 so Lake Orion, Michigan Lake Orion HS W Cole Israelson 55 C 6 9 250 so y Cass City, Michigan Cass City HS W Keno Davis (Iowa) Kevin Gamble (Iowa) Jeff Smith (Southeast Missouri State) Kyle Gerdeman (Alma) http://www.cmuchippewas.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/cmu-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule and results Source: yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| Exhibition 11/07/2015 4:30 pm yes Ferris State McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan 77–63   – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| Non-conference games 11/13/2015 4:30 pm yes Jacksonville State McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan ESPN3 89–83 3,116 1–0 11/17/2015 7:00 pm yes Alma McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan Gulf Coast Showcase Opening Round CSN Digital 79–64 2,582 2–0 11/23/2015 8:30 pm yes yes Weber State Germain Arena Estero, Florida Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals 60–63 523 2–1 11/24/2015 2:30 pm yes yes WKU Germain Arena Estero, Florida Gulf Coast Showcase consolation round 60–88 823 2–2 11/25/2015 12:00 pm yes yes Milwaukee Germain Arena Estero, Florida Gulf Coast Showcase 7th place game 78–84 1,077 2–3 11/30/2015 7:00 pm yes McNeese State McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan ESPN3 74–73 2,153 3–3 12/03/2015 9:00 pm yes yes Grand Canyon GCU Arena Phoenix, Arizona Cox 7 72–75 5,642 3–4 12/07/2015 7:00 pm yes Aquinas McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan CSN Digital 90–51 2,318 4–4 12/12/2015 4:30 pm yes Texas Southern McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan ESPN3 79–71 2,492 5–4 12/18/2015 9:00 pm yes yes BYU Marriott Center Provo, Utah BYUtv 85-98 13,408 5–5 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes Howard McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan ESPN3 72–52 2,259 6–5 12/29/2015 7:30 pm yes yes William & Mary Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 84-88 3313 6-6 12/31/2015 1:00 pm yes Lourdes McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan CSN Digita 87–66 1,901 7–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| Mid-American Conference games 01/06/2016 7:00 pm Eastern Michigan McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy ESPN3 80-99 2,207 7–7 0–1 01/09/2016 2:00 pm yes Bowling Green Stroh Center Bowling Green, Kentucky ESPN3 79–67 2,432 8–7 1–1 01/12/2016 7:00 pm Akron McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan ESPN3/ASN 92–81 2,260 9–7 2–1 01/16/2016 3:30 pm l yes Buffalo Alumni Arena Amherst, New York ESPN3 6174 3,547 9–8 2–2 01/19/2016 8:00 pm yes Northern Illinois Convocation Center DeKalb, Illinois ESPN3 70–75 1,497 9–9 2–3 01/23/2016 4:30 pm Ohio McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan ESPN3 72–49   10–9 3–3 01/26/2016 7:00 pm yes Miami (OH) Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio 68–51 1,431 11–9 4–3 01/30/2016 4:30 pm Bowling Green McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan ESPN3 77–65 3,758 12–9 5–3 02/02/2016 7:00 pm Kent State McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan ESPN3/ASN 88–61 2,132 13–9 6–3 02/06/2016 8:00 pm yes Akron James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, Ohio 87–92 3,829 13–10 6–4 02/09/2016 7:00 pm yes Eastern Michigan Convocation Center Ypsilanti, Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy 56–71 1,233 13–11 6–5 02/13/2016 4:30 pm Ball State McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan ESPN3 63–75 3,351 13–12 6–6 02/16/2016 7:00 pm Toledo McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan ESPN3/ASN 77–69 2,139 14–12 7–6 02/20/2016 2:00 pm yes Western Michigan University Arena Kalamazoo, Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy 85–92 3,869 14–13 7–7 02/23/2016 7:00 pm Northern Illinois McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan ESPN3 76–64 2,371 15–13 8–7 02/27/2016 7:00 pm yes Toledo Savage Arena Toledo, Ohio 76–74 5,629 16–13 9–7 03/01/2016 7:00 pm yes Ball State John E. Worthen Arena Muncie, Indiana 65–57 2,738 17–13 10–7 03/04/2016 7:00 pm Western Michigan McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy ESPN3 82–91 OT 3,292 17–14 10–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| MAC tournament 03/10/2016 2:30 pm yes Bowling Green Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Quarterfinals ESPN3 59–62 2,217 17–15 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| CIT 03/16/2016 7:00 pm yes Tennessee–Martin McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan First round 73–76 832 17–16 AP Poll Eastern References Central Michigan Category:Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball seasons Central Michigan