2015–16 Montana Grizzlies basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 2015–16 Montana Grizzlies Montana Griz logo.svg 150 Big Sky Conference Big Sky 21–12 14–4 Travis DeCuire 2nd Ken Bone Jonathan Metzger-Jones Chris Cobb Dahlberg Arena CBI First round The 2015–16 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by second year head coach Travis DeCuire, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 14–4 in Big Sky play to finish in second place. They defeated Sacramento State and Idaho to advance to the championship game of the Big Sky tournament where they lost to Weber State. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Nevada. Previous season The Grizzlies finished the season 20–13, 14–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a share for the Big Sky regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Sky tournament where they lost to Eastern Washington. As a regular season conference champions and #1 overall seed in their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas A&M. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Jordan Gregory 10 G 6'2" 194 Senior Pueblo, CO Graduated Daniel Nwosu 22 G 6'2" 175 Sophomore Ottawa, ON Transferred to Newman Chris Kemp 24 C 6'7" 236 Senior Baltimore, MD Graduated Michael Weisner 33 F 6'7" 193 RS Senior Walla Walla, WA Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Walter Wright 5 G 5'10" 165 Junior Westbury, CT Junior college transferred from Snow College Ahmaad Rorie 14 G 6'1" 175 Sophomore Tacoma, WA Transferred from Oregon. Under NCAA transfer rules, Rorie will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. 2015 incoming recruits no no 2015 Michael Oguine #74 PG Reseda, CA Chaminade College Prep 6 0 160 09/18/2014 3 0 69 Jared Samuelson #83 SF Billings, MT Billings West High School 6 7 205 08/17/2014 0 0 67 Bobby Moorehead SG Tacoma, WA Stadium High School 6 6 03/13/2015 0 0 NR 2015 Montana 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Montana Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-12 yes 2016 incoming recruits no yes 2016 Sayeed Pridgett #74 PG El Cerrito, CA El Cerrito High School 6 4 175 09/07/2015 3 0 NR 2016 Montana 2016 Basketball Commitments 2016 Montana Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-12 yes Roster 2015 Montana Grizzlies y yes Mario Jr. Dunn 1 G 6 0 172 JR Oakland, CA Salesian Riley Bradshaw 2 G 6 2 180 JR y Corvallis, MT CorvallisUtah State Walter Wright 5 G 5 10 165 JR Waterbury, CT WilbySnow College Michael Oguine 10 G 6 2 175 FR Porter Ranch, CA Chaminade Prep Martin Breunig y 12 F 6 8 210 SR y Leverkusen, Germany St. John’s NW Military Acad.Washington Ahmaad Rorie y 14 G 6 1 175 SO Tacoma, WA LincolnOregon yes I Trevor Spoja 15 G 6 3 170 FR Billings, MT Billings West Fabijan Krslovic y 20 F 6 8 225 SO New South Wales, Australia St Aloysius Zachary Camel 22 G 6 0 166 FR Polson, MT Arlee Bobby Moorehead 24 G 6 7 190 FR Tacoma, WA Stadium Gavin DeJong 30 F 6 6 215 SO Manhattan, MT Manhattan W Jack Lopez 31 F 6 6 215 JR Bankstown, Australia Jannali Aaron Misipeka-Ward 32 G 6 2 185 JR Florence, MT Florence-Carlton Jared Samuelson 33 F 6 7 215 FR Billings, MT Billings West Brandon Gfeller 34 G 6 4 190 JR Colfax, WA Colfax Bryden Boehning 35 C 6 10 230 FR y Glendive, MT Dawson County Travis DeCuire (Montana) Ken Bone (Seattle Pacific) Jonathan Metzger-Jones (Pacific) Chris Cobb (Menlo College) http://www.gogriz.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Schedule Montana's nonconference schedule includes true road games at Kansas,Nothing New: Kansas Men's Basketball Non-Conference Schedule Loaded http://kuathletics.com/news/2015/5/7/MBB_0507155245.aspx May 7, 2015 Gonzaga,Jon Rothstein: "Gonzaga will host Montana on Tuesday 12/8/15 as part of its non-conference schedule, source told @CBSSports." https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/588320084587847680 May 23, 2015 and North Dakota State.NDSU Basketball: "The Bison will host Montana on Wednesday, Nov. 25. The Grizzlies were Big Sky Conference regular season co-champions last season." https://twitter.com/NDSUmbb/status/600347955028070400 May 18, 2015 The Grizzlies will also play at Washington and host Boise State.Montana head coach Travis Decuire talks about the Griz scheduling http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nwsportsradio/2015/05/28/talking-hoops-with-jim-basnight May 28, 2015Montana's 2015-16 Non-Conference Basketball Schedule? http://www.egriz.com/grizboard/viewtopic.php?p=1057315#p1057315 April 30, 2015 http://www.gogriz.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball 2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule no 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#848482;"| Exhibition 11/03/2015 7:00 pm yes no Whitworth Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 83–64 2,584 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#848482;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes no Boise State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 74–72 1–0 5,421 11/16/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no San Jose State Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 61–64 1–1 1,231 11/21/2015 7:00 pm yes no Carroll (MT) Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 70–61 2–1 3,012 11/25/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no North Dakota State Scheels Arena Fargo, ND 53–73 2–2 3,536 11/29/2015 4:30 pm yes yes no Pepperdine Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA 63–69 2–3 1,154 12/04/2015 7:00 pm yes no San Francisco Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 82–50 3–3 3,279 12/08/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Gonzaga 20 McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA RTNW 58–61 3–4 6,000 12/12/2015 4:00 pm yes yes no Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA P12N 62–92 3–5 6,647 12/15/2015 7:00 pm yes no Great Falls Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 79–59 4–5 2,558 12/19/2015 12:00 pm yes yes no Kansas 2 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS ESPN3 46–88 4–6 16,300 12/22/2015 1:00 pm yes no Montana–Western Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 75–43 5–6 2,709 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#848482;"| Big Sky regular season 12/31/2015 12:00 pm yes no Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ 90–84 2OT 6–6 1–0 907 01/02/2016 7:00 pm yes no Southern Utah Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT 83–66 7–6 2–0 2,330 01/07/2016 7:00 pm no Portland State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 79–66 8–6 3–0 3,451 01/09/2016 7:00 pm no Sacramento State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 77–58 9–6 4–0 3,846 01/14/2016 7:00 pm yes no Northern Colorado Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO 73–66 10–6 5–0 1,302 01/16/2016 1:00 pm yes no North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, ND 65–61 11–6 6–0 2,387 01/21/2016 7:00 pm no Idaho Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 53–68 11–7 6–1 3,733 01/23/2016 7:00 pm no Eastern Washington Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 74–69 12–7 7–1 4,923 01/30/2016 7:00 pm yes no Montana State Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT 80–72 13–7 8–1 5,407 02/04/2016 8:00 pm yes no Sacramento State Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA 79–83 13–8 8–2 965 02/06/2016 8:00 pm yes no Portland State Peter Stott Center Portland, OR 82–80 14–8 9–2 1,045 02/11/2016 7:00 pm yes no Southern Utah Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 86–53 15–8 10–2 3,351 02/13/2015 7:00 pm no Northern Arizona Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 85–67 16–8 11–2 4,339 02/20/2016 7:00 pm no Montana State Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 87–78 17–8 12–2 6,552 02/25/2016 7:00 pm yes no Idaho State Reed Gym Pocatello, ID 90–77 18–8 13–2 1,951 02/27/2016 7:00 pm yes no Weber State Dee Events Center Ogden, UT 54–60 18–9 13–3 8,960 03/03/2016 7:00 pm no North Dakota Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 71–46 19–9 14–3 4,003 03/05/2016 7:00 pm no Northern Colorado Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT 78–72 19–10 14–4 4,224 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#848482;"| Big Sky tournament 03/10/2016 6:30 pm yes no Sacramento State Reno Events Center Reno, NV Quarterfinals 70–53 20–10 2,213 03/11/2016 9:00 pm yes no Idaho Reno Events Center Reno, NV Semifinals 81–72 21–10 2,362 03/12/2016 6:45 pm yes no Weber State Reno Events Center Reno, NV Championship game ESPNU 59–62 21–11 2,516 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#848482;"| CBI 03/16/2016 8:00 pm yes yes no Nevada Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV First round 75–79 21–12 4,524 AP Poll Mountain Time. 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