2015–16 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Stanford Cardinal Stanford Cardinal logo.svg 100 Pac-12 Conference Pac-12 Conference men's basketball Pac-12 15–15 8–10 Johnny Dawkins 8th Tim O'Toole Charles Payne Mike Scharge Maples Pavilion The 2015–16 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinal were led by eighth year head coach Johnny Dawkins. They played their home games at Maples Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 15–15, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Washington. On March 14, head coach Johnny Dawkins was fired.https://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2016/03/14/stanford-basketball-dawkins-fired/ Stanford basketball: Johnny Dawkins fired 14 March 2016 He finished at Stanford with an eight-year record of 156–115, two NIT championships, but only one NCAA Tournament appearance. Previous season The 2014–15 Stanford Cardinal basketball team finished the season with an overall record of 24–13, and 9–9 in conference play. The Cardinal made it to the Quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. The team was invited to the 2015 National Invitation Tournament as a 2-seed. Stanford defeated Miami (FL) 66–64 in the Championship game.NIT Champions http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=209998574 GoStanford.com Stanford University 7 April 2015 Off-season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Stefan Nastić 4 C 6'11" 245 RS Senior Thornhill, Ontario Graduated Elliott Bullock 44 PF 6'10" 235 RS Senior Salt Lake City, Utah Graduated Anthony Brown 21 SF 6'6" 215 RS Senior Fountain Valley, California Graduated/2015 NBA draft Jack Ryan 14 SF 6'8" 210 Senior Glenview, Illinois Graduated Chasson Randle 5 G 6'2" 185 Senior Rock Island, Illinois Graduated Wade Morgan 20 PG 6'1" 175 Senior South Orange, New Jersey Graduated 2015 recruiting class no no 2015 Marcus Sheffield #32 SF Alpharetta, GA Chattahoochee High School 6 5 180 07/08/2014 4 4 4 3 Cameron Walker #68 SF Santa Maria, CA Ernest Righetti High School 6 7 190 07/21/2014 4 4 4 3 Josh Sharma #13 C Lexington, MA Northfield Mount Hermon School 6 11 210 10/22/2014 3 4 3 4 2015 2015 Stanford Basketball Commitment List 2015 Stanford Cardinal Player Commits stanford 24 April 7, 2015 yes Roster 2015 Stanford Cardinal y yes Christian Sanders 1 G 6 4 192 JR y Texas Houston, Texas St. Thomas HS Robert Cartwright 2 G 6 2 180 SO California Pasadena, California Flintridge Prep Malcolm Allen 3 G 6 1 180 JR Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada Centennial HS Ian Proulx 4 G 6 1 185 SR California Atherton, California Menlo-Atherton HS W Michael Humphrey 10 F 6 9 220 SO Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Sunnyslope HS Dorain Pickens 11 F/G 6 5 215 SO Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Pinnacle HS Josh Hanson 12 G 6 1 175 SO Texas Houston, Texas St. John's School W Marcus Sheffield 14 G/F 6 5 180 FR Georgia Alpharetta, Georgia Chattahoochee HS Marcus Allen 15 G 6 3 190 JR Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada Centennial HS Josh Sharma 20 C 7 0 220 FR Massachusetts Lexington, Massachusetts Northfield Mount Hermon Cameron Walker 21 F 6 7 200 FR California Santa Maria, California Righetti HS Reid Travis y 22 F 6 8 245 SO Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota DeLaSalle HS y yes Alex Seutin 24 F 6 5 207 SO California San Francisco, California International HS W Rosco Allen y 25 F 6 9 220 JR y Hungary Budapest, Hungary Bishop Gorman HS Grant Verhoeven 30 C 6 9 250 SR California Hanford, California Central Valley Christian HS Ayo Adedeji 31 G 6 4 195 JR California San Dimas, California Damien HS W Johnny Dawkins (Duke) Tim O'Toole (Fairfield) Charles Payne (Florida International) Mike Schrage (Indiana) http://www.gostanford.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=30600&SPID=127028&SPSID=749996 February 7, 2016 Notes Dec. 19, 2015 – Sophomore forward Reid Travis out indefinitely with a left leg injury.Norlander Matt Stanford sophomore standout Reid Travis will sit indefinitely with injury http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25420233/stanford-sophomore-standout-reid-travis-will-sit-indefinitely-with-injury CBSSports.com CBS Interactive 7 February 2016 On Feb. 23 it was announced Travis would medically redshirt and miss the remainder of the season.Norlander Matt Stanford's Reid Travis will medically redshirt, miss rest of the season http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25492916/stanfords-reid-travis-will-medically-redshirt-miss-rest-of-the-season CBSSports.com 26 February 2016 Schedule yes yes no |- !colspan=12 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season Nov 13, 2015 6:00 pm yes no Green Bay Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA NIT Season Tip-Off P12N 93–89 OT 1–0 3,783 Nov 15, 2015 5:00 pm yes no Charleston Southern Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA NIT Season Tip-Off P12N 93–59 2–0 3,427 Nov 19, 2015 8:30 pm yes no SMU Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA ESPN2 70–85 2–1 3,687 Nov 22, 2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPNU 61–78 2–2 3,500 Nov 26, 2015 1:30 pm yes yes no Villanova 8 Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinals ESPN2 45–59 2–3   Nov 27, 2015 9:30 am yes yes no Arkansas Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation ESPNU 69–66 3–3   Dec 12, 2015 7:00 pm yes no Dartmouth Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA P12N 64–50 4–3 4,452 Dec 15, 2015 7:00 pm yes no DePaul Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA FS1 79–60 5–3 4,912 Dec 19, 2015 8:30 pm yes no Texas Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA ESPN2 73–75 5–4 3,930 Dec 21, 2015 8:00 pm yes no Sacramento State Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA P12N 70–60 6–4 3,436 Dec 27, 2015 6:00 pm yes no Carroll (Montana) Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA P12N 83–38 7–4 3,607 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#8C1515;"| Pac-12 regular season Jan 1, 2016 6:00 pm no Utah 21 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA ESPNU 70–68 OT 8–4 1–0 4,065 Jan 3, 2016 7:00 pm no Colorado Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA ESPNU 55–56 8–5 1–1 3,887 Jan 6, 2016 8:00 pm yes no Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR ESPNU 78–72 9–5 2–1 5,563 Jan 10, 2016 7:00 pm yes no Oregon Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR ESPNU 58–71 9–6 2–2 7,318 Jan 14, 2016 8:00 pm no California Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA FS1 77–71 10–6 3–2 5,023 Jan 21, 2016 8:00 pm no Arizona 12 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA P12N 57–71 10–7 3–3 5,275 Jan 23, 2016 8:00 pm no Arizona State Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA P12N 75–73 11–7 4–3 4,776 Jan 27, 2016 6:00 pm yes no Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, CO P12N 75–91 11–8 4–4 8,001 Jan 30, 2016 2:00 pm yes no Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT P12N 74–96 11–9 4–5 14,109 Feb 6, 2016 1:00 pm yes no California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA ESPN2 61–76 11–10 4–6 11,858 Feb 11, 2016 8:00 pm no Oregon State Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA FS1 50–62 11–11 4–7 4,519 Feb 13, 2016 1:00 pm no Oregon 11 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA P12N 76–72 12–11 5–7 5,462 Feb 18, 2016 7:00 pm yes no Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA P12N 72–56 13–11 6–7 2,711 Feb 20, 2016 5:00 pm yes no Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA P12N 53–64 13–12 6–8 9,161 Feb 25, 2016 8:00 pm no USC Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA P12N 84–64 14–12 7–8 4,080 Feb 27, 2016 1:30 pm no UCLA Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA FOX 79–70 15–12 8–8 6,364 Mar 3, 2016 8:00 pm yes no Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tucson, AZ FS1 64–74 15–13 8–9 5,157 Mar 5, 2016 1:00 pm yes no Arizona 18 McKale Center Tucson, AZ CBS 62–94 15–14 8–10 14,644 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#8C1515;"| Pac-12 tournament Mar 9, 2016 12:00 pm yes no Washington MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV First round P12N 68–91 15–15 12,916 Pacific Time AP Poll References collapsed Stanford Category:Stanford Cardinal men's basketball seasons Stanford Cardinal men's b Stanford Cardinal men's b