2015–16 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2015–16 Minnesota Golden Gophers Basketball Minnesota Golden Gophers logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 8–23 2–16 Richard Pitino 3rd Ben Johnson Nate Pomeday Kimani Young Williams Arena The 2015–16 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third year head coach Richard Pitino, the Golden Gophers were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They finished the season 8–23, 2–16 in Big Ten play to finish in 13th place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten tournament to Illinois. The season was marred by the suspensions of three players, Kevin Dorsey, Nate Mason and Dupree McBrayer, on March 1, 2016 for allegedly posting a sex video online.http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/03/01/gophers-basketball-players-suspended/ 3 Gophers Basketball Players Suspended For Remainder Of Season 2017-02-10http://deadspin.com/minnesota-suspends-three-players-after-one-tweets-sex-t-1761925904 Minnesota Suspends Three Players After One Tweets Sex Tapes Petchesky Barry Deadspin 2017-02-10 en-US The players were suspended for the rest of the season.http://www.citypages.com/news/minnesota-basketball-players-suspended-through-end-of-season-for-sex-tape-tweet-8089452 Minnesota basketball players suspended through end of season for sex-tape tweet City Pages Mullen Mike City Pages 2017-02-10 Previous season The Golden Gophers finished the 2014–15 Season with a record of 18–15, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 10th place. They won their first round game in the Big Ten tournament against Rutgers, but they lost their second round game to Ohio State. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Andre Hollins 1 G 6'2" 195 Senior Memphis, TN Graduated Deandre Mathieu 4 G 5'9" 170 Senior Knoxville, TN Graduated Daquein McNeil 5 G 6'3" 195 Sophomore Baltimore, MD Suspended due to an assaulthttp://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_27374974/gophers-basketball-suspended-daquein-mcneil-no-longer-school Gophers basketball: Suspended Daquein McNeil no longer in school St. Paul Pioneer Press 2015-07-06 Kendal Shell 12 G 6'0" 185 Senior St. Louis, MO Graduated Maurice Walker 15 F 6'10" 250 RS Senior Scarborough, ON Graduated Elliott Eliason 55 C 6'11" 245 RS Senior Chadron, NE Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Davonte Fitzgerald 20 F 6'7" 209 Junior Tucker, GA Transferred from Texas A&M. Under NCAA transfer rules, Fitzgerald will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Reggie Lynch 22 C 6'10" 255 Junior Edina, MN Transferred from Illinois State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Lynch will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Incoming recruits no no 2015 Jarvis Johnson PG Brooklyn Park, MN De La Salle High School 6 1 185 2014-09-12 3 3 3 4 Kevin Dorsey PG Port Tobacco, MD Clinton Christian School 6 0 170 2014-07-12 4 4 4 4 Dupree McBrayer SG Jamaica, NY Sunrise Christian Academy 6 3 180 2014-08-23 3 3 3 3 Jordan Murphy SF San Antonio, TX William J. Brennan High School 6 7 220 2014-05-16 3 3 3 3 Ahmad Gilbert SF Philadelphia, PA Constitution High School 6 6 180 2015-04-23 3 3 3 3 2015 2015 Minnesota Signees 2015 Minnesota Signees 2015 Minnesota Signees yes yes yes 2015-07-06 yes 2016 Recruiting Class no yes 2016 Michael Hurt PF Rochester, MN John Marshall High School 6 7 185 2015-01-16 3 3 3 4 Eric Curry PF Little Rock, AR Southwest Christian Academy 6 8 215 2015-09-23 4 3 4 3 2016 2016 Minnesota Signees 2016 Minnesota Signees 2016 Minnesota Signees yes yes yes 2015-07-06 yes Roster 2015 Minnesota Golden Gophers y yes Dupree McBrayer 1 G 6 4 175 FR Queens, NY Sunrise Christian Academy S Nate Mason 2 G 6 1 185 y SO Decatur, GA Arlington Country Day S Jordan Murphy basketball y 3 F 6 6 230 FR San Antonio, TX Brennan Kevin Dorsey 4 G 6 0 175 FR Waldorf, MD Clinton Christian School S Darin Haugh 10 G 5 10 170 JR y Prior Lake, MN Bethany Lutheran W Jarvis Johnson 12 G 6 1 185 FR y Minneapolis, MN DeLaSalle Stephon Sharp 15 G 6 3 195 FR Bloomington, MN Hopkins W Davonte Fitzgerald 20 F 6 8 205 JR Atlanta, GA TuckerTexas A&M yes I Bakary Konaté 21 C 6 11 230 SO Bamako, Mali Sunrise Christian Academy Reggie Lynch y 22 C 6 9 260 JR Edina, MN EdinaIllinois State yes I Charles Buggs 23 F 6 9 220 JR y Arlington, TX Hargrave Military Academy Joey King 24 F 6 9 235 SR Eagan, MN EastviewDrake Mike Lukashewich 25 G 6 3 180 SO Appleton, WI Appleton North W Ahmad Gilbert 32 G 6 6 210 FR Philadelphia, PA Constitution Gaston Diedhiou 41 F 6 9 230 SO Dakar, Senegal Canarias Academy Richard Pitino (Providence) Ben Johnson (Minnesota) Nate Pomeday (Northwestern) Kimani Young (UTEP) http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/minn-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule and results yes |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#Minnesota Golden Gophers 1; color:#Minnesota Golden Gophers 3;"|Exhibition Nov 1, 2015 4:00pm yes Minnesota–Crookston Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 74–57   Nov 6, 2015 7:00pm yes Southwest Minnesota State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 81–64   |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#Minnesota Golden Gophers 1; color:#Minnesota Golden Gophers 3;"|Non-conference regular season Nov 13, 2015 8:00pm yes UMKC Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 76–58 9,744 1–0 Nov 15, 2015 2:00pm yes Louisiana–Monroe Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 67–56 9,915 2–0 Nov 19, 2015 10:30am yes yes Temple Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off quarterfinals ESPN2 70–75 1,601 2–1 Nov 20, 2015 9:30am yes yes Missouri State Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off consolation round ESPNU 74–69 1,814 3–1 Nov 22, 2015 1:30pm yes yes Texas Tech Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off 5th place game ESPNU 68–81 1,492 3–2 Nov 27, 2015 2:00pm yes Nebraska–Omaha Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN3 93–90 9,976 4–2 Nov 30, 2015 8:00pm yes Clemson Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN2 89–83 10,229 5–2 Dec 5, 2015 2:00pm yes South Dakota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 81–85 2OT 10,754 5–3 Dec 8, 2015 7:00pm yes South Dakota State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN3 70–84 10,378 5–4 Dec 12, 2015 7:30pm yes yes Oklahoma State Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls, SD Sioux Falls Showcase BTN 60–62 3,250 5–5 Dec 16, 2015 7:00pm yes Chicago State Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN3 70–52 10,175 6–5 Dec 23, 2015 7:00pm yes Milwaukee Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN3 65–74 10,364 6–6 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#Minnesota Golden Gophers 1;|Big Ten regular season Dec 30, 2015 6:00pm yes Ohio State Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 63–78 13,701 6–7 0–1 Jan 2, 2016 2:00pm Michigan State 1 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 61–69 12,836 6–8 0–2 Jan 5, 2016 6:00pm yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 77–86 5,892 6–9 0–3 Jan 9, 2016 1:30pm Northwestern Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 52–77 10,436 6–10 0–4 Jan 12, 2016 8:00pm yes Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 59–84 15,628 6–11 0–5 Jan 16, 2016 11:30am Indiana Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 63–70 11,176 6–12 0–6 Jan 20, 2016 7:30pm yes Michigan Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI BTN 69–74 11,726 6–13 0–7 Jan 23, 2016 7:30pm Illinois Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 71–76 OT 11,026 6–14 0–8 Jan 27, 2016 8:00pm Purdue 21 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 64–68 10,484 6–15 0–9 Jan 30, 2016 1:15pm yes Indiana 19 Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN BTN 68–74 17,472 6–16 0–10 Feb 4, 2016 8:00pm yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 58–84 7,015 6–17 0–11 Feb 10, 2016 8:00pm Michigan Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 74–82 11,137 6–18 0–12 Feb 14, 2016 6:30pm yes Iowa 4 Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA BTN 71–75 15,400 6–19 0–13 Feb 18, 2016 7:00pm Maryland 6 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 68–63 10,768 7–19 1–13 Feb 23, 2016 6:00pm Rutgers Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 83–61 10,333 8–19 2–13 Feb 28, 2016 7:00pm yes Illinois State Farm Center Champaign, IL BTN 71–84 12,008 8–20 2–14 Mar 2, 2016 8:00pm Wisconsin Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN BTN 49–62 12,275 8–21 2–15 Mar 5, 2016 12:00pm yes Rutgers The RAC Piscataway, NJ BTN 52–75 4,473 8–22 2–16 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#Minnesota Golden Gophers 1;|Big Ten tournament Mar 9, 2016 3:30pm yes 13 Illinois 12 First Round Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN ESPN2 52–85 16,528 8–23 Central Time AP Poll See also 2015–16 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team References 2015-16 team Category:2015–16 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season Category:2015 in sports in Minnesota Category:2016 in sports in Minnesota