2015–16 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Stony Brook Seawolves Stony Brook Seawolves wordmark.svg 150 America East Conference America East 26–7 14–2 Steve Pikiell 11th Jay Young 11th Lamar Chapman Dan Rickard Island Federal Credit Union Arena America East regular seasonand tournament champions NCAA tournament First Round The 2015–16 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team represented Stony Brook University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seawolves were led by the eleventh-year head coach Steve Pikiell and played their home games at Island Federal Credit Union Arena. They were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 14–2 in America East play to win the regular-season championship. They defeated UMBC, Hartford, and Vermont to become champions of the America East tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid goes the NCAA tournament, their first in school history. As a #13 seed, the Seawolves fell to Kentucky in the first round. On March 20, it was announced that head coach Steve Pikiell would leave the school to accept the job as the new head coach for Rutgers. He finished at Stony Brook with an eleven-year record of 192–157. Previous season The Seawolves finished the 2014–15 season 23–12, 12–4 in America East play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game of the America East tournament where they lost to Albany. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Mercer. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Chris Braley 23 G/F 6'5" 205 Sophomore Newport, ME Transferred to Saint Anselm Ryan Burnett 33 G 6'4" 190 Sophomore Richmond, VA Transferred from Saint Leo Scott King Jr. 35 F 6'10" 220 Junior Plymouth, NH Transferred to Fairfield Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Ahmad Walker 5 G 6'4" 180 Junior Port Washington, NY Junior college transferred from Barton Community College 2015 incoming recruits no no 2015 Akwasi Yeboah SF Essex, England Barking Abbey 6 5 195 0 0 NR Alonzo Cambell C Gahanna, OH Lincoln High School 6 11 0 0 NR 2015 Stony Brook 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Stony Brook Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-10-11 yes 2016 incoming recruits no yes 2016 Michael Almonacy PG Brentwood, NY Brentwood High School 6 0 160 05/06/2015 0 0 NR 2016 Stony Brook 2016 Basketball Commitments 2016 Stony Brook Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-10-11 yes Roster 2015 Stony Brook Seawolves y Deshaun Thrower 1 G 6 2 205 SO Muskegon, MI Kameron Mitchell 3 G 6 4 195 JR y Jacksonville, FL Tim Donohoe 4 G 6 3 185 SO Saratoga Springs, NY W Ahmad Walker 5 G 6 4 190 JR Port Washington, NY Carson Puriefoy 10 G 6 0 175 SR Wenonah, NJ Rayshaun McGrew 11 F 6 7 230 SR Chicago, IL Tyrell Sturdivant 12 F 6 7 230 SO Chester, PA Akwasi Yeboah y 15 G/F 6 5 225 FR y Chigwell, England yes Jameel Warney y 20 F 6 8 260 SR Plainfield, NJ Bryan Sekunda 22 G/F 6 6 205 SO y State College, PA Roland Nyama 24 G/F 6 6 210 SO y Frankfurt, Germany Jakub Petras 32 F 6 11 260 SO Rajec, Slovakia Lucas Woodhouse 34 G 6 3 180 JR y Greenlawn, NY Alonzo Campbell 42 F/C 7 0 230 FR y Columbus, OH yes http://www.goseawolves.org/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ston-m-baskbl-mtt.html Steve Pikiell Jay Young (Marist) Lamar Chapman Dan Rickard Schedule yes 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Stony Brook Seawolves 1; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2015 7:00 pm yes Merchant Marine Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 3,404 103–32 1–0 11/19/2015 8:00 pm yes yes Vanderbilt 17 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN 9,819 72–79 OT 1–1 11/21/2015 1:00 pm yes yes WKU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 3,684 66–67 1–2 11/24/2015 7:30 pm yes yes Loyola (MD) Reitz Arena Baltimore, MD 318 76–63 2–2 11/28/2015 2:00 pm yes Farmingdale State Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 2,544 91–42 3–2 12/05/2015 2:00 pm yes Princeton Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 3,187 91–77 4–2 12/08/2015 9:00 pm yes yes Notre Dame Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 7,537 ESPNU 61–86 4–3 12/12/2015 4:00 pm yes yes Northeastern Matthews Arena Boston, MA 1,263 62–75 4–4 12/17/2015 7:30 pm yes yes American Bender Arena Washington, D.C. 368 86–68 5–4 12/20/2015 2:00 pm yes Hofstra Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 3,334 71–68 6–4 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Lehigh Stabler Arena Bethlehem, PA 543 75–62 7–4 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes yes NJIT Fleisher Center Newark, NJ 900 83–61 8–4 01/02/2016 7:00 pm yes Columbia Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 3,624 69–60 9–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Stony Brook Seawolves 1; color:white;"| America East regular season 01/06/2016 7:00 pm no yes Binghamton Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY 1,715 ESPN3 62–52 10–4 1–0 01/09/2016 2:00 pm no UMass Lowell Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 2,866 86–59 11–4 2–0 01/13/2016 7:00 pm UMBC Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 2,381 AmericaEast.tv 86–74 12–4 3–0 01/16/2016 1:00 pm yes New Hampshire Lundholm Gym Durham, NH 427 80–50 13–4 4–0 01/18/2016 1:00 pm yes Hartford Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion Hartford, CT 1,352 77–43 14–4 5–0 01/22/2016 9:00 pm Albany Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 4,109 ESPNU 69–63 15–4 6–0 01/25/2016 7:00 pm no Maine Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 2,940 81–54 16–4 7–0 01/30/2016 2:00 pm yes Vermont Patrick Gym Burlington, VT 2,658 ESPN3 72–61 17–4 8–0 02/03/2016 7:00 pm Binghamton Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 3,329 76–51 18–4 9–0 02/06/2016 2:00 pm yes UMass Lowell Costello Athletic Center Lowell, MA 611 91–73 19–4 10–0 02/08/2016 7:00 pm Hartford Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 3,001 85–72 20–4 11–0 02/11/2016 7:00 pm yes UMBC Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD 1,247 AmericaEast.tv 75–52 21–4 12–0 02/14/2016 2:00 pm New Hampshire Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 4,109 59–58 22–4 13–0 02/17/2016 7:00 pm yes Albany SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 4,578 ESPN3 70–82 22–5 13–1 02/21/2016 2:00 pm yes Maine Cross Insurance Center Bangor, ME 1,285 75–56 23–5 14–1 02/27/2016 7:00 pm Vermont Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY 4,109 62–76 23–6 14–2 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Stony Brook Seawolves 1; color:white;"| America East tournament 03/02/2016 7:00 pm 1 UMBC 8 Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY Quarterfinals 3,657 ESPN3 86–76 24–6 03/07/2016 7:00 pm 1 Hartford 7 Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY Semifinals ESPN3 80–64 25–6 4,109 03/12/2016 11:00 am 1 Vermont 3 Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY Championship ESPN2 80–74 26–6 4,109 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Stony Brook Seawolves 1; color:white;"| NCAA tournament 03/17/2016 9:57 pm y y 13 E Kentucky 10 4 E Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, IA First Round 16,774 CBS 57–85 26–7 AP Poll Eastern Time E East Region http://www.stonybrookathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/ston-m-baskbl-sched.html 2015–16 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball schedule 2015-10-11 2015-10-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20151012121221/http://www.stonybrookathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/ston-m-baskbl-sched.html dead Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings +Ranking movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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