2015–16 Iona Gaels men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Iona Gaels Iona Gaels logo New.png 175 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference MAAC 22–11 16–4 Tim Cluess 6th Jared Grasso Brock Erickson Mark Calzonetti Hynes Athletic Center MAAC tournament champions NCAA tournament First Round The 2015–16 Iona Gaels men's basketball team represented Iona College during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gaels, led by sixth year head coach Tim Cluess, played their home games at the Hynes Athletic Center and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). They finished the season 22–11, 16–4 in MAAC play to finish in second place. They defeated Canisius, Siena, and Monmouth to be champions of the MAAC tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where, as a #13 seed, they lost in the first round to Iowa State. Previous season The Gaels finished the 2014–15 season 26–9, 17–3 in MAAC play to win the MAAC regular season championship. Iona lost to Manhattan in the championship game of the MAAC tournament and earned an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. In the NIT, they lost in the first round to Rhode Island. Roster 2015 Iona Gaels y y Rickey McGill y 0 G 6 1 165 FR Spring Valley, New York Spring Valley Isaiah Williams 1 G 6 7 190 SR Newark, New Jersey Malcolm X ShabazzState College Florida Manatee Kelvin Amayo 2 G 6 4 220 SR Newark, New Jersey NIA PrepMarshall Ibn Muhammad 3 G 5 9 155 SR yes Laurel, Maryland Bishop McNamaraHarcum College Schadrac Casimir 4 G 5 10 155 SO Stamford, Connecticut Trinity CatholicSouth Kent School A. J. English basketball, born 1992 y 5 G 6 4 190 SR Wilmington, Delaware AppoquiniminkSt. Thomas More (CT) Dashawn Richmond 10 G 6 3 200 SR Staten Island, New York CurtisCal State Bakersfield Jahaad Proctor y 13 G 6 3 175 FR Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg Deyshonee Much 15 F 6 5 170 SO Rochester, New York Redemption Christ AcademyBuffalo Taylor Bessick 22 G 6 9 225 JR Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rise AcademyJames Madison Jordan Washington 23 F 6 8 255 JR Jamaica, New York PathwaysIndian Hills Benjamin Nwokeabia 24 G 6 5 165 FR Geneva, Switzerland College DulemanImpact Academy, FL Aaron Rountree 25 G 6 8 200 SR Wilson, North Carolina GreenfieldWake Forest Ryden Hines 32 F 6 10 225 JR Anchorage, Alaska DimondImpact Academy, NV Saren Westropo 33 F 6 7 190 FR Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Tim Cluess (Hofstra) Jared Grasso (Quinnipiac) Brock Erickson (Assumption (Worcester)) Mark Calzonetti (Bentley) http://www.icgaels.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=14900&SPID=7099&SPSID=64321 2015-11-13 Schedule http://www.icgaels.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=64319&SPID=7099&DB_OEM_ID=14900&Q_SEASON=2015 2015-16 Iona Men's Basketball Schedule www.ICGaels.com Iona College dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161104013018/http://www.icgaels.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=64319&SPID=7099&DB_OEM_ID=14900&Q_SEASON=2015 2016-11-04 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#990033; color:#FFCC00;"| Regular season 11/15/2015 2:30 pm yes yes Valparaiso Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN Beaver Showcase 2,769 ESPN3 58–83 0–1 11/17/2015 10:00 pm yes yes Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR Beaver Showcase 4,344 P12N 73–93 0–2 11/20/2015 7:00 pm yes Delaware Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 2,200 92–77Iona takes down Delaware 92-77 for first win of the season https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400833106 ESPN.com 25 November 2015 1–2 12/01/2015 7:00 pm Fairfield Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 1,621 101–77 2–2 1–0 12/04/2015 7:00 pm yes Marist McCann Field House Poughkeepsie, NY 1,471 101–66 3–2 2–0 12/08/2015 8:00 pm yes yes Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 3,800 ESPN3 81–90 3–3 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes Texas Southern Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 1,326 83–73 4–3 12/19/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Rhode Island Ryan Center Kingston, RI 3,645 74–79 4–4 12/22/2015 3:00 pm yes yes UC Santa Barbara South Point Arena Enterprise, NV South Point Holiday Hoops Classic 250 76–80 4–5 12/23/2015 3:00 pm yes yes Akron South Point Arena Enterprise, NV South Point Holiday Hoops Classic 225 64–78 4–6 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes Drexel Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 2,177 77–70 5–6 01/02/2016 2:00 pm yes Quinnipiac TD Bank Sports Center Hamden, CT 1,612 78–66 6–6 3–0 01/04/2016 7:00 pm Niagara Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 1,081 65–42 7–6 4–0 01/07/2016 8:00 pm Rider Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 1,277 ESPN3 67–58 8–6 5–0 01/09/2016 4:00 pm Marist Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 1,476 90–80 9–6 6–0 01/15/2016 9:00 pm Monmouth Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 2,611 ESPNU 102–110 9–7 6–1 01/17/2016 4:00 pm yes Rider Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, NJ 1,517 ESPN3 75–79 9–8 6–2 01/22/2016 7:00 pm Saint Peter's Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 1,250 64–58 10–8 7–2 01/24/2016 3:30 pm yes Fairfield Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT 1,278 91–98 10–9 7–3 01/29/2016 7:00 pm Manhattan Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 2,611 ESPNU 70–56 11–9 8–3 02/01/2016 7:00 pm yes Saint Peter's Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NY 1,250 64–58 10–8 7–2 02/05/2016 7:00 pm yes Canisius Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, NY 1,702 84–66 13–9 10–3 02/07/2016 2:00 pm yes Niagara Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 1,154 75–61 14–9 11–3 02/13/2016 2:00 pm Siena Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 2,611 78–81 14–10 11–4 02/15/2016 7:00 pm Quinnipiac Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 1,421 78–59 15–10 12–4 02/19/2016 7:00 pm yes Monmouth Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 4,522 ESPNU/ESPN3 93–67 16–10 13–4 02/22/2016 7:00 pm yes Siena Times Union Center Albany, NY 6,026 87–81 17–10 14–4 02/26/2016 7:00 pm yes Manhattan Draddy Gymnasium Riverdale, NY 2,520 ESPNU 86–72 18–10 15–4 02/28/2016 4:00 pm Canisius Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 2,079 ESPN3 86–78 19–10 16–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#990033; color:#FFCC00;"|MAAC tournament 03/04/2016 9:30 pm yes 2 Canisius 7 Times Union Center Albany, NY Quarterfinals 1,269 ESPN3 73–55 20–10 03/06/2016 7:00 pm yes 2 Siena 3 Times Union Center Albany, NY Semifinals 5,722 ESPN3 81–70 21–10 03/07/2016 7:00 pm yes 2 Monmouth 1 Times Union Center Albany, NY Championship 3,115 ESPN 79–76 22–10 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#990033; color:#FFCC00;"|NCAA tournament 03/17/2016 2:00 pm yes yes 13 MW 4 MW Iowa State 22 Pepsi Center Denver, CO First Round 19,499 TBS 81–94 22–11 AP Poll Eastern Time MW Midwest References Category:Iona Gaels men's basketball seasons Iona Iona Iona Gaels men's basketball Iona Gaels men's basketball