2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State Bulldogs logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference SEC 14–17 7–11 Ben Howland 1st George Brooks Wes Flanigan Ernie Zeigler Humphrey Coliseum The 2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by first year head coach Ben Howland, played their home games at the Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 7–11 in SEC play to finish in 11th place. They lost to Georgia in the second round of the SEC tournament. Previous season The Bulldogs finished the 2014–15 season 13–19, 6–12 in SEC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the SEC tournament to Auburn. On March 21, head coach Rick Ray was fired.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12530618/rick-ray-fired-mississippi-state-bulldogs-basketball-coach Mississippi State fires basketball coach Ray 21 March 2015 Shortly thereafter, Ben Howland was hired as head coach.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12543817/ben-howland-finalizing-contract-become-mississippi-state-bulldogs-coach Mississippi St. hires ex-UCLA coach Howland ESPN.com 23 March 2015 2016-03-16 Before the season Departures The Bulldogs lost 4 scholarship players, two to graduation and two transfers. The team also had 2 senior walk-ons graduate. Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Maurice Dunlap 1 0 Guard 72 6'2" 175 Freshman Greenwood, MS Transferred to Jones County JC Trivante Bloodman 1 3 Guard 72 6'0" 190 Senior Bronx, NY Graduated Isaiah Butler 1 5 Guard 72 6'2" 214 Senior Brandon, MS Graduated (Walk-on) Jeffery Johnson 1 10 Guard 72 6'2" 173 Senior Memphis, TN Graduated (Walk-on) Roquez Johnson 1 25 Forward 77 6'7" 214 Senior Montgomery, AL Graduated Oliver Black 1 33 Guard 79 6'9" 215 Freshman Jackson, MS Transferred to Arkansas–Little Rock Recruits thumb|upright|Malik Newman at the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game no no 2015 Aric Holman PF Owensboro, KY Owensboro (KY) 6 9 200 2015-05-21 4 4 4 3 Malik Newman PG Jackson, MS Callaway (MS) 6 3 174 2015-04-24 5 5 5 5 Joseph Strugg PF Montgomery, AL George Washington Carver (AL) 6 8 210 2013-06-11 3 3 3 4 Quinndary Weatherspoon SG Canton, MS Velma Jackson (MS) 6 5 184 2014-07-30 3 4 5 4 2015 Mississippi State 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Mississippi State Basketball Commits ESPN mississippistate 136 344 16 25 23 19 May 15, 2014 yes In addition, the Bulldogs added a transfer in Xavian Stapleton from Louisiana Tech.Rothstein Jon Louisiana Tech transfer Stapleton headed to Mississippi State http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25233666/louisiana-tech-transfer-stapleton-headed-to-mississippi-state CBSSports.com CBS July 5, 2015 July 5, 2015 Stapleton will have to sit out the 2015–16 but will then have 3 years of eligibility. Roster 2015 Mississippi State Bulldogs y yes Fred Thomas 1 G 6 5 206 sr Jackson, MS Jim Hill HS Demetrius Houston 2 F 6 7 205 so Montgomery, AL G. W. Carver HS Johnny Zuppardo 4 F 6 9 235 sr y Bay St. Louis, MS Jones County JC Quinndary Weatherspoon y 11 G 6 5 184 fr Camden, MS Velma Jackson HS Xavian Stapleton y 13 G 6 6 190 so Flora, MS Madison Central HS yes Malik Newman 14 G 6 3 174 fr y Jackson, MS Callaway HS I.J. Ready 15 G 5 11 170 jr Little Rock, AR Parkview Magnet HS Gavin Ware 20 F 6 9 260 sr y Starkville, MS Starkville HS Fallou Ndoye 22 C 6 11 220 so y Senegal Findlay Prep Travis Daniels 23 F 6 8 215 sr y Russellville, AL Shelton State CC Craig Sword 32 G 6 3 194 sr y Montgomery, AL G. W. Carver HS Aric Holman y 35 F 6 9 200 fr Owensboro, KY Owensboro HS Ben Howland (Weber State) George Brooks (Mississippi State) Korey McCray (Mercer) Ernie Zeigler (Cleary) http://www.hailstate.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&SPID=10994&SPSID=90867&DB_OEM_ID=16800 Schedule and results http://www.hailstate.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=16800&SPID=10994&SPSID=90866 Men's Basketball July 29, 2015 July 16, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150716232508/http://www.hailstate.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=16800&SPID=10994&SPSID=90866 dead yes no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:white;"| Exhibition 11/06/2015 7:00 pm yes no Fort Valley State Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 95–56   |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 8:00 pm yes no Eastern Washington Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 106–88 9,931 1–0 11/16/2015 7:00 pm yes no Southern Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 72–76 5,895 1–1 11/19/2015 4:00 pm yes yes no Miami (FL) Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off quarterfinals ESPN2 79–105 1,947 1–2 11/20/2015 4:00 pm yes yes no Texas Tech Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off consolation round ESPNU 72–74   1–3 11/22/2015 11:00 am yes yes no Missouri State Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan, PR Puerto Rico Tip-Off 7th place game ESPN3 84–70   2–3 11/28/2015 12:00 pm yes no Tennessee–Martin Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 76–51 7,150 3–3 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes no Texas Southern Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 86–73 6,239 4–3 12/12/2015 4:05 pm yes yes no UMKC Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO ASN 67–72 2,886 4–4 12/16/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL ESPN2 66–90 5,466 4–5 12/19/2015 3:00 pm yes no Tulane Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 69–59 4,804 5–5 12/23/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Northern Colorado Mississippi Coliseum Jackson, MS SECN 93–69 4,512 6–5 12/31/2015 1:00 pm yes no North Carolina Central Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 71–48 2,016 7–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:white;"| SEC regular season 01/06/2016 8:00 pm no Texas A&M 21 Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 60–61 6,693 7–6 0–1 01/09/2016 2:30 pm yes no Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR SECN 68–82 11,157 7–7 0–2 01/12/2016 6:00 pm yes no Kentucky 14 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY ESPN 74–80 23,897 7–8 0–3 01/16/2016 2:30 pm no Tennessee Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 75–80 5,926 7–9 0–4 01/19/2016 6:00 pm yes no Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL ESPNU 78–81 8,250 7–10 0–5 01/23/2016 1:00 pm no Ole Miss Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 83–77 8,932 8–10 1–5 01/26/2016 6:00 pm yes no South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC SECN 74–84 12,764 8–11 1–6 01/30/2016 7:30 pm yes no Missouri Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN 76–62 7,175 9–11 2–6 02/02/2016 8:00 pm no Alabama Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 80–82 OT 6,265 9–12 2–7 02/06/2016 5:00 pm yes no LSU Maravich Center Baton Rouge, LA ESPN2 77–88 13,123 9–13 2–8 02/09/2016 8:00 pm no Arkansas Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 78–46 6,272 10–13 3–8 02/13/2016 7:00 pm no Georgia Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 57–66 6,811 10–14 3–9 02/16/2016 8:00 pm no Vanderbilt Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 75–74 6,194 11–14 4–9 02/20/2016 1:30 pm yes no Alabama Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN 67–61 15,383 12–14 5–9 02/24/2016 6:00 pm yes no Texas A&M 21 Reed Arena College Station, TX ESPN2 66–68 8,312 12–15 5–10 02/27/2016 1:30 pm no South Carolina Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 68–58 7,488 13–15 6–10 03/02/2016 6:00 pm yes no Ole Miss The Pavilion at Ole Miss Oxford, MS SECN 78–86 9,500 13–16 6–11 03/05/2016 1:30 pm no Auburn Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS SECN 79–66 7,722 14–16 7–11 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:white;"| SEC tournament 03/10/2016 8:30 pm yes no Georgia Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN Second round 69–79 11,750 14–17 AP Poll Central Time See also 2015–16 Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs basketball team References Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball seasons Mississippi State Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball