2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Basketball Southern Utah Thunderbirds Script Logo.png 150 Big Sky Conference Big Sky 5–24 3–15 Nick Robinson 4th Chad Bell Todd Okeson Drew Allen Centrum Arena The 2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thunderbirds were led by fourth-year head coach Nick Robinson and played their home games at the Centrum Arena in Cedar City, Utah. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. The Thunderbirds finished the season 5–24, 3–15 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky tournament to North Dakota. On March 9, 2016, head coach Nick Robinson was fired.http://www.suutbirds.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=95898&SPID=11728&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=210786791&DB_OEM_ID=20100 SUU Coach Robinson Relieved of Head Coaching Duties - Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics www.suutbirds.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160311012849/http://www.suutbirds.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=95898&SPID=11728&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=210786791&DB_OEM_ID=20100 2016-03-11https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2016/03/09/suu-basketball-head-coach-nick-robinson-fired-after-5-win-season/81531790/ Southern Utah University fires basketball coach Nick Robinson USA TODAY en 2017-01-27 He finished at SUU with a four-year record of 28–90. On March 22, the school hired Todd Simon as head coach.https://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/mar/22/southern-utah-hires-unlv-interim-basketball-coach/ Southern Utah hires UNLV interim coach Todd Simon 2016-03-22 LasVegasSun.com 2017-01-27 Previous season The Thunderbirds finished the season 2014–15 season 10–19, 7–11 in Big Sky play to finish in ninth place. They failed to qualify for the Big Sky tournament. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Austin Waddoups 2 G 6'2" 160 Freshman American Fork, Utah Transferred to Salt Lake CC Tyler Rawson 21 F 6'9" 220 Freshman American Fork, Utah Transferred to Salt Lake CC Sherron Wilson 22 G/F 6'6" 220 Freshman Las Vegas, Nevada Transferred to Paris JC Eric Rippetoe 24 F 6'6" 215 Senior Panaca, Nevada Graduated Cal Hanks 34 C 6'11" 240 Senior Logan, Utah Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Randy Onwuasor 2 G 6'3" 190 Junior Inglewood, California Transferred from Texas Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Onwuasor will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Will Joyce 11 F 6'5" 220 Junior Newark, New Jersey Junior college transferred from New Mexico Military Institute 2015 incoming recruits no no 2015 Nicholas Pete #92 SF Hemet, California Tahquitz High School 6 7 185 08/30/2014 0 0 65 Brayden Holker #68 PF Saratoga Springs, Utah Westlake High School 6 8 215 10/20/2014 0 0 65 2015 Southern Utah 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Southern Utah Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-25 yes Roster 2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds y yes Randy Onwausor 2 G 6 3 210 JR Inglewood, California Inglewood HSTexas Tech yes I Travon Langston 3 G 6 3 190 SR Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas HSUtah State Eastern Trey Kennedy 4 G 6 3 195 JR Las Vegas, Nevada Bishop Gorman HS John Marshall 5 G 6 1 180 JR Phoenix, Arizona Westwind Prep Will Joyce 11 F 6 5 205 JR Newark, New Jersey Newark East SideNew Mexico Military Institute Daniel Melifonwu 12 F 6 9 220 FR San Diego, California Balboa City Prep/Lincoln Race Parsons 13 G 6 5 185 JR Monroe, Utah South Sevier HS James McGee 14 G 6 2 180 SO y San Clemente, California Mater Dei HS W Juwan Major 15 G 6 3 180 JR Las Vegas Las Vegas HS Christian Thompson 25 G/F 6 7 180 SR Phoenix, Arizona Arcadia HSTohono O’odham CC Casey Oliverson 32 F 6 8 225 SR Logan, Utah Sky View HSSalt Lake CC A. J. Hess 35 G/F 6 6 210 SR Carefree, Arizona Phoenix Country Day W Nick Robinson (Stanford) Chad Bell (Nevada) Todd Okeson (Nevada) Drew Allen (Southern Utah) http://www.suutbirds.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=20100&SPID=11728&SPSID=95897 Schedule Mike Needham http://www.suutbirds.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=20100&SPID=11728&SPSID=95890 Men's Basketball – Schedule/Results – Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics Suutbirds.com 2015-09-26 no 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 no yes yes |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#f00; color:#fff;"| Exhibition 12/12/2015 7:00 pm yes no Bristol University Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 1,133 79–41 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#f00; color:#fff;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:30 pm yes yes no Utah 16 Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket 12,050 P12N 71–82 0–1 11/18/2015 8:30 pm yes yes no UNLV Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada 10,824 64–84 0–2 11/21/2015 7:00 pm yes no UTSA Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 3,256 79–82 0–3 11/24/2015 7:00 pm yes no Cal State Fullerton Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 938 66–80 0–4 11/28/2015 11:00 am yes yes no Eastern Kentucky Alumni Coliseum Richmond, Kentucky 1,300 85–98 0–5 12/03/2015 7:00 pm yes no La Verne Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 1,428 105–85 1–5 12/05/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Utah Valley UCCU Center Orem, Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket 2,233 68–54 2–5 12/16/2015 8:00 pm yes yes no Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, California 1,836 36–92 2–6 12/19/2015 11:00 am yes yes no IUPUI Fairgrounds Coliseum Indianapolis, Indiana 886 68–82 2–7 12/22/2015 6:30 pm yes yes no Butler 9 Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana 7,128 FS2 52–88 2–8 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#f00; color:#fff;"| Big Sky regular season 12/31/2015 4:00 pm no Montana State Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 941 93–82 3–8 1–0 01/02/2016 7:00 pm no Montana Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 2,330 66–83 3–9 1–1 01/09/2016 7:00 pm no Northern Arizona Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 3,011 63–73 3–10 1–2 01/14/2016 7:05 pm yes no Eastern Washington Reese Court Cheney, Washington 1,572 80–106 3–11 1–3 01/16/2016 8:00 pm yes no Idaho Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho 1,456 85–83 4–11 2–3 01/21/2016 7:00 pm no Northern Colorado Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 1,356 80–90 4–12 2–4 01/23/2016 4:00 pm no North Dakota Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 1,337 72–88 4–13 2–5 01/28/2016 7:00 pm yes no Idaho State Holt Arena Pocatello, Idaho 1,644 68–87 4–14 2–6 01/30/2016 7:00 pm yes no Weber State Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket 7,052 50–77 4–15 2–7 02/04/2016 7:00 pm no Idaho Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 1,213 44–68 4–16 2–8 02/06/2016 7:00 pm no Eastern Washington Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 1,309 67–81 4–17 2–9 02/11/2016 7:00 pm yes no Montana Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana 3,351 53–86 4–18 2–10 02/13/2015 2:05 pm yes no Montana State Worthington Arena Bozeman, Montana 2,624 73–80 4–19 2–11 02/18/2016 7:00 pm no Weber State Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket 2,028 83–87 4–20 2–12 02/20/2016 7:00 pm no Idaho State Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 1,568 71–89 4–21 2–13 02/27/2016 2:00 pm yes no Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona 1,365 69–59 5–21 3–13 03/03/2016 8:05 pm yes no Sacramento State Colberg Court Sacramento, California 689 63–69 OT 5–22 3–14 03/05/2016 8:05 pm yes no Portland State Peter Stott Center Portland, Oregon 622 86–88 5–23 3–15 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#f00; color:#fff;"| Big Sky tournament 03/08/2016 3:30 pm yes no North Dakota Reno Events Center Reno, Nevada 1,406 80–85 5–24 AP Poll Mountain Time References 2015-16 team Category:2015–16 Big Sky Conference men's basketball season Category:2015 in sports in Utah Category:2016 in sports in Utah