2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State Aggies wordmark.svg 250 Western Athletic Conference WAC 23–11 13–1 Marvin Menzies 9th Paul Weir Keith Brown Aerick Sanders Pan American Center WAC regular season champions NIT First round The 2015–16 New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team represented New Mexico State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by ninth year head coach Marvin Menzies, played their home games at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 13–1 in WAC play to win the WAC regular season championship. They defeated UMKC to advance to the championship game of the WAC tournament where they lost to Cal State Bakersfield. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Saint Mary's. On April 16, 2016, head coach Marvin Menzies left the school to accept the head coaching position at UNLV.http://www.lcsun-news.com/story/sports/college/nmsu/2016/04/16/reports-unlv-menzies-agree-deal-new-rebels-head-coach/83123820/ NMSU BASKETBALL: Marvin Menzies hired as new UNLV head coach Las Cruces Sun-News 2017-02-09 en On April 26, the school hired Paul Weir, an assistant coach under Menzies, as head coach.http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/paul-weir-promoted-as-new-mexico-states-next-head-coach/ Paul Weir promoted as New Mexico State's next head coach CBSSports.com 2017-02-09 en Previous season The Aggies finished the 2014–15 season with an overall record 23–11, 13–1 in WAC play to win the regular season WAC championship. They defeated Cal State Bakersfield and Seattle to be champions of the WAC tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Kansas. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes D.K. Eldridge 1 G 6'2" 180 Senior Dallas, TX Graduated Remi Barry 3 F 6'8" 225 Senior Paris, France Graduated Tshilidzi Nephawe 15 C 6'10" 268 RS Senior Johannesburg, South Africa Graduated Daniel Mullings 23 G 6'2" 170 Senior Toronto, ON Graduated Aaron Kubinski 34 F 6'5" 195 RS Sophomore Albuquerque, NM Left the team for personal reasons Anthony January 44 F 6'8" 200 Sophomore Los Angeles, CA Transferred to Cal State San Bernardino 2015 Recruiting Class no no 2015 Jermaine Haley PG Burnaby, BC Sunrise Christian Academy 6 7 185 07/14, 2015 3 4 3 80 Bollo Gnahore C Abidjan, Ivory Coast New Hope Christian Academy 6 11 260 3 2015 New Mexico State Basketball Commits 167 yes Roster 2015 New Mexico State Aggies y yes Travon Landry 0 G 6 1 176 JR San Antonio, TX Huntington Prep y Harold Givens 1 F 6 7 200 FR y Norcross, GA Faith Baptist Christian Braxton Huggins 2 G 6 5 180 SO Bakersfield, CA Mira Monte HS Ian Baker 4 G 6 0 180 JR Washington, D.C. Arlington Country Day HS y basketball Matt Taylor 5 G 6 5 180 SO Toronto, ON Future College Prep Rashawn Browne 10 G 6 1 170 FR y Toronto, ON Bill Crothers Secondary Johnathon Wilkins 11 F 6 10 225 SO Lille, France La Lumiere HS Jose Campo 14 F 6 11 207 FR y Riohacha, Colombia West Oaks Academy Rene Esparza 15 G 6 3 175 JR Ciudad Juárez, Mexico New Mexico JCFaith Christian Acad. Sidy Ndir 20 G 6 2 180 FR y Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, France West Oaks Academy Tanveer Bhullar 21 C 7 3 335 SO y Toronto, ON Father Henry Carr Secondary Eli Chuha 22 F 6 8 217 FR y Redlands, CA Redlands East Valley Jalyn Pennie 35 G 6 7 180 SO Toronto, ON Christian Faith Center Academy Pascal Siakam 43 F 6 9 230 SO Douala, Cameroon God's Academy y Jermaine Haley G 6 7 185 FR Burnaby, BC Sunrise Christian Academy yes Bollo Gnahore C 6 11 260 FR Abidjan, Ivory Coast New Hope Christian Academy yes Marvin Menzies (UCLA) Paul Weir (York) Keith Brown (Pacific) Aerick Sanders (San Diego State) http://www.nmstatesports.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Schedule http://www.nmstatesports.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball 2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=New Mexico State Aggies| Exhibition Nov 02, 2015 7:00 pm yes Western New Mexico Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 3,813 Siakam 17 Chuha 13 Baker 3 80–39 |- !colspan=9 style=New Mexico State Aggies| Regular season Nov 13, 2015 7:00 pm yes Houston Baptist Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 5,130 AggieVision Siakam 28 Siakam 11 Esparza 5 91–69 1–0 Nov 15, 2015 7:00 pm yes New Mexico Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Rio Grande Rivalry 6,796 AggieVision Siakam 23 Bhullar 9 Baker 2 74–83 1–1 Nov 18, 2015 7:00 pm yes Tennessee Tech Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Air Force Classic 4,104 AggieVision Siakam 30 Siakam 11 Siakam 4 76–63 2–1 Nov 21, 2015 7:00 pm yes Mississippi Valley State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Air Force Classic 4,346 AggieVision Siakam 19 Siakam 16 Baker 7 85–46 3–1 Nov 24, 2015 7:30 pm yes Robert Morris Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Air Force Classic 4,115 AggieVision Siakam 35 Siakam 13 Baker 5 81–71 OTNew Mexico State pulls in OT, beats Robert Morris 81-71 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400844901 ESPN.com 25 November 2015 4–1 Nov 28, 2015 12:00 pm yes yes Air Force Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO Air Force Classic 1,034 Siakam 26 Siakam 12 Baker 4 64–66 OT 4–2 Dec 02, 2015 7:00 pm yes UTEP Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM Battle of I-10 6,303 AggieVision Siakam 24 Siakam 23 Taylor/Browne 4 73–59 5–2 Dec 05, 2015 5:00 pm yes yes Long Beach State Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA 2,376 Siakam 14 Siakam 11 Baker/Taylor 3 53–67 5–3 Dec 13, 2015 7:00 pm yes Wyoming Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,562 AggieVision Baker 20 Siakam 15 Baker/Taylor 3 59–62 5–4 Dec 16, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes New Mexico The Pit Albuquerque, NM Rio Grande Rivalry 15,362 ESPN3 Siakam 21 Bhullar 9 Browne 5 61–79 5–5 Dec 19, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes UTEP Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX Battle of I-10 9,040 ASN Baker 26 Siakam 10 Taylor 8 73–53 6–5 Dec 21, 2015 7:00 pm yes Oral Roberts Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,315 AggieVision Siakam 35 Siakam 11 Baker 4 76–61 7–5 Dec 23, 2015 6:00 pm yes yes Baylor Ferrell Center Waco, TX 5,842 Siakam 26 Siakam 10 Taylor/Pennie 5 70–85 7–6 Dec 30, 2015 7:00 pm yes Arizona Christian Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,210 AggieVision Siakam 28 Siakam 10 Baker/Taylor/Siakam 4 81–61 8–6 Jan 02, 2016 8:00 pm yes yes UC Irvine Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,866 Siakam 17 Siakam 10 Siakam 6 52–54 8–7 Jan 07, 2016 7:00 pm yes Utah Valley UCCU Center Orem, UT 3,155 ASN Siakam 20 Siakam 11 Baker 6 78–66 9–7 1–0 Jan 09, 2016 7:00 pm yes Grand Canyon GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ 7,413 Siakam 17 Siakam 12 Baker 8 75–79 9–8 1–1 Jan 14, 2016 7:00 pm UMKC Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,187 ASN Baker 16 Siakam 15 Taylor 6 65–64 10–8 2–1 Jan 16, 2016 7:00 pm Chicago State Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,301 AggieVision Siakam 21 Siakam 13 Baker 5 80–62 11–8 3–1 Jan 21, 2016 8:00 pm yes Seattle KeyArena Seattle, WA 1,365 Siakam 21 Siakam 11 Baker/Pennie/Siakam 2 68–60 12–8 4–1 Jan 23, 2016 8:00 pm Cal State Bakersfield Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA 3,880 Siakam 21 Baker 10 Baker 6 68–67 2OT 13–8 5–1 Jan 30, 2016 7:00 pm Texas–Rio Grande Valley Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,710 AggieVision Siakam 24 Siakam 16 Baker 5 92–68 14–8 6–1 Feb 04, 2016 7:00 pm Grand Canyon Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 5,509 AggieVision Siakam 17 Siakam 16 Baker 4 70–50 15–8 7–1 Feb 06, 2016 7:00 pm Utah Valley Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,476 AggieVision Siakam 27 Siakam 11 Siakam 4 98–74 16–8 8–1 Feb 08, 2016 7:00 pm yes yes Northern New Mexico Santa Ana Star Center Rio Rancho, NM 2,306 Bhullar 14 Siakam/Bhullar 6 Ndir 4 85–54 17–8 Feb 13, 2016 1:05 pm yes Chicago State Jones Convocation Center Chicago, IL 813 Siakam 24 Siakam 8 Taylor 7 69–55 18–8 9–1 Feb 15, 2015 6:00 pm yes yes Wichita State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS Postponed from Dec 28, 2015http://www.nmstatesports.com/news, 2015/12/28/MBB_1228154752.aspx?path=mbball 10,506 Siakam 17 Siakam 10 Taylor 2 41–71 18–9 Feb 18, 2016 7:00 pm Cal State Bakersfield Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,550 AggieVision Baker 16 Siakam 12 Siakam 3 63–55 19–9 10–1 Feb 20, 2016 7:00 pm Seattle Pan American Center Las Cruces, NM 4,669 AggieVision Huggins 22 Siakam 18 Baker 4 70–57 20–9 11–1 Feb 27, 2016 1:00 pm yes UMKC Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO 2,551 AggieVision Siakam 17 Siakam 11 Baker 4 62–61 21–9 12–1 Mar 05, 2016 6:00 pm yes Texas–Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX 1,336 Siakam 24 Siakam 10 Baker 6 83–44 22–9 13–1 |- !colspan=9 style=New Mexico State Aggies| WAC tournament Mar 11, 2016 7:00 pm yes 1 UMKC 5 Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Semifinals Baker 20 Siakam 11 Baker/Siakam/Wilkins 2 78–64 23–9 Mar 12, 2016 9:00 pm yes 1 Cal State Bakersfield 2 Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Championship game 1,673 ESPNU Bhullar 13 Bhullar 11 Baker 3 54–57 23–10 |- !colspan=9 style=New Mexico State Aggies| NIT Mar 15, 2016 9:00 pm yes 7 Saint Mary's 2 McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA First round – Valparaiso Bracket 1,154 ESPN2 Siakam 19 Siakam 14 Baker 7 56–58 23–11 AP Poll Mountain Time References Category:New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball seasons New 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