2015–16 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M University logo.svg 125 Southeastern Conference SEC 12 15 28–9 13–5 Billy Kennedy 5th Kyle Keller 5th Rick Stansbury 2nd Amir Abdur-Rahim 2nd Reed Arena SEC regular season co-champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2015–16 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Billy Kennedy, in his fifth season. The team played their home games at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas and was in its fourth season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 28–9, 13–5 in SEC play to win a share of the SEC regular season championship. They defeated Florida and LSU to advance to the championship game of the SEC tournament, where they lost to Kentucky. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they defeated Green Bay and Northern Iowa to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they lost to Oklahoma. Previous season The team had a 21–12 (11–7 in conference play) record and entered the SEC Tournament as the 5th seed after losing two games to end conference play, where they lost to Auburn. The team earned an NIT bid as a No. 2 seed (despite making noise for a bid to the NCAA Tournament, which was silenced after a losing skid at the end of the season) and lost in the second round of the NIT To Louisiana Tech after beating Montana in the first round. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Avery Johnson, Jr. 0 G 5'11" 182 Freshman Plano, TX Transferred to Alabama Derek Cahn 2 F 6'5" 199 Freshman Highland Park, TX Walk-on; didn't return Jordan Green 5 G 6'5" 188 Senior Flower Mound, TX Graduated Kourtney Roberson 14 F 6'9" 247 Senior Arcadia, LA Graduated Davonte Fitzgerald 15 F 6'7" 209 Sophomore Tucker, GA Transferred to Minnesota Ramon White 22 G 6'2" 160 Junior Fort Worth, TX Walk-on; didn't return Peyton Allen 22 G 6'5" 202 Freshman Chatham, IL Transferred to Wichita State Antwan Space 24 F 6'8" 229 RS junior DeSoto, TX Graduated & transferred to Massachusetts Dylan Johns 45 C 6'11" 228 RS sophomore Ipswich, England Transferred to Cal State Northridge Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Anthony Collins 11 G 6'1" 175 Senior Houston, TX Transferred from South Florida. Wasill be eligible to play immediately since he graduated from South Florida. Recruits no no 2015 Tyler Davis #7 C Plano, TX Plano West High School 6 10 270 08/22/2014 4 5 88 Elijah Thomas #8 C Lancaster, TX Lancaster High School 6 9 230 10/21/2014 4 5 88 D. J. Hogg #6 SF Plano, TX Plano West High School 6 7 205 09/07/2014 4 5 87 Admon Gilder #22 SG Dallas, TX James Madison High School 6 3 185 10/16/2014 4 5 85 2015 Texas A&M 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Texas A&M Basketball Commits ESPN tamu 187 245 Not Ranked Not Ranked Not Ranked September 18, 2015 yes Recruits for class of 2016 no yes 2016 Robert Williams #12 PF Vivian, LA North Caddo High School 6 8 220 06/20/2015 4 5 86 J. J. Caldwell #15 PG Houston, TX Cypress Woods High School 5 11 170 05/03/2015 4 5 81 2016 Texas A&M 2016 Basketball Commitments 2016 Texas A&M Basketball Commits ESPN tamu 187 245 Not Ranked Not Ranked Not Ranked September 18, 2015 yes Roster 2015 Texas A&M Aggies y yes Kobie Eubanks 0 G 6 5 218 FR Fort Lauderdale, Florida Our Savior New American School D. J. Hogg y 1 F 6 8 216 FR Plano, Texas Plano West Admon Gilder y 3 G 6 3 186 FR Dallas, Texas James Madison Tonny Trocha-Morelos 10 C 6 10 229 SO y Cartagena, Colombia Mayor Jose Celestino Mutis Anthony Collins 11 G 6 1 175 SR y Houston, Texas Westbury Christian School/South Florida Jalen Jones y 12 G/F 6 7 220 SR y Dallas, Texas Kimball/SMU Juan Aparicio 13 G 6 4 196 SR Bogotá, Colombia Second Baptist (TX) W Chris Collins 20 G 6 2 178 SO Friendswood, Texas Friendswood W Alex Caruso 21 G 6 5 186 SR College Station, Texas A&M Consolidated y Frank Byers 22 G 5 10 170 FR Dallas, Texas South Oak Cliff Danuel House y 23 G 6 7 212 SR y Sugar Land, Texas Hightower HS/Houston Kyle Dobbins 25 G 6 0 175 SR Houston, Texas Memorial W T. J. Distefano 33 G 6 2 150 FR College Station, Texas St. Joseph Tyler Davis basketball y 34 C 6 10 265 FR Plano, Texas Plano West Tavario Miller 42 F 6 7 226 JR Long Island, Bahamas Wheatley (TX) Billy Kennedy (Southeastern Louisiana) Kyle Keller (Oklahoma State) Rick Stansbury (Campbellsville) Amir Abdur-Rahim (Murray State) http://www.12thman.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Schedule yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#500000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition Nov. 6 7:00 pm yes Texas A&M International Reed Arena College Station, TX 83–45 – 4,065 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#500000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season Nov. 13 8:30 pm yes USC Upstate Reed Arena College Station, TX 104–54 1–0 6,552 Nov. 16 7:00 pm yes Southeastern Louisiana Reed Arena College Station, TX 100–58 2–0 4,903 Nov. 19 7:00 pm yes Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Reed Arena College Station, TX Battle 4 Atlantis Opening Round 95–70 3–0 5,392 Nov. 21 3:00 pm yes UNC Asheville Reed Arena College Station, TX 75–47 4–0 5,557 Nov. 25 6:00 pm yes yes 25 Texas Imperial Arena Nassau, BS Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals AXS TV 84–73 5–0 1,647 Nov. 26 12:00 pm yes yes 25 Gonzaga 10 Imperial Arena Nassau, BS Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals ESPN 62–61 6–0 1,331 Nov. 27 2:00 pm yes yes 25 Syracuse Imperial Arena Nassau, BS Battle 4 Atlantis Championship ESPN 67–74 6–1 2,309 Dec. 2 7:00 pm yes 18 Florida Gulf Coast Reed Arena College Station, TX 75–65 7–1 5,589 Dec. 5 9:30 pm yes yes 18 Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ ESPN2 54–67 7–2 7,608 Dec. 12 4:30 pm yes Kansas State Reed Arena College Station, TX SECN 78–68 8–2 7,003 Dec. 19 8:00 pm yes 24 Baylor 16 Reed Arena College Station, TX ESPNU 80–61 9–2 9,056 Dec. 29 7:00 pm yes 20 Cal Poly Reed Arena College Station, TX 82–63 10–2 7,442 Jan. 2 3:30 pm 20 Arkansas Reed Arena College Station, TX SECN 92–69 11–2 1–0 11,332 Jan. 6 8:00 pm yes 21 Mississippi State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 61–60 12–2 2–0 6,693 Jan. 9 12:00 pm yes 21 Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SECN 92–88 13–2 3–0 14,907 Jan. 12 6:00 pm 15 Florida Reed Arena College Station, TX SECN 71–68 14–2 4–0 9,766 Jan. 16 1:00 pm yes 15 Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA ESPNU 79–45 15–2 5–0 10,523 Jan. 19 8:00 pm 10 LSU Reed Arena College Station, TX ESPN 71–57 16–2 6–0 13,888 Jan. 23 3:00 pm 10 Missouri Reed Arena College Station, TX SECN 66–53 17–2 7–0 12,198 Jan. 27 6:00 pm yes 5 Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR ESPNU 71–74 17–3 7–1 14,410 Jan. 30 1:00 pm yes 5 Iowa State 14 Reed Arena College Station, TX Big 12/SEC Challenge ESPN 72–62 18–3 12,473 Feb. 4 6:00 pm yes 8 Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN ESPN2 60–77 18–4 7–2 10,432 Feb. 6 3:00 pm 8 South Carolina 25 Reed Arena College Station, TX ESPNU 78–81 18–5 7–3 11,240 Feb. 10 6:00 pm yes 15 Alabama Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN 62–63 18–6 7–4 11,086 Feb. 13 12:00 pm yes 15 LSU Maravich Center Baton Rouge, LA CBS 71–76 18–7 7–5 12,928 Feb. 16 8:00 pm Ole Miss Reed Arena College Station, TX ESPNU 71–56 19–7 8–5 6,460 Feb. 20 5:30 pm Kentucky 14 Reed Arena College Station, TX College GameDay ESPN 79–77 OT 20–7 9–5 12,029 Feb. 24 6:00 pm 21 Mississippi State Reed Arena College Station, TX ESPN2 68–66 21–7 10–5 8,312 Feb. 27 3:00 pm yes 21 Missouri Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO ESPNU 84–69 22–7 11–5 7,189 Mar. 1 8:00 pm yes 20 Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, AL ESPNU 81–63 23–7 12–5 7,238 Mar. 5 11:00 am 20 Vanderbilt Reed Arena College Station, TX ESPN2 76–67 24–7 13–5 12,007 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#500000; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC tournament Mar. 11 12:00 pm yes 17 1 Florida 8 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Quarterfinals SECN 72–66 25–7 15,222 Mar. 12 12:00 pm yes 17 1 LSU 4 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Semifinals ESPN 71–38 26–7 19,108 Mar. 13 12:00 pm yes 17 1 Kentucky 16 2 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Championship ESPN 77–82 OT 26–8 19,613 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#500000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament Mar. 18 6:20 pm yes yes 15 3 W Green Bay 14 W Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK First Round TBS 92–65 27–8 15,279 Mar. 20 6:40 pm yes yes 15 3 W Northern Iowa 11 W Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK Second Round truTV 92–88 2OT 28–8 15,279 Mar. 26 6:37 pm yes yes 15 3 W Oklahoma 7 2 W Honda Center Anaheim, CA Sweet Sixteen TBS 63–77 28–9 17,601 AP Poll Central Time W West Region Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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