2015–16 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball none 2015–16 UNLV Runnin' Rebels UNLV Rebels wordmark.svg 150 Mountain West Conference Mountain West 18–15 8–10 Dave Rice (fired Jan. 10, 2016) Todd Simon (from Jan. 11, 2016) Ryan Miller 2nd Stacey Augmon Thomas & Mack Center The 2015–16 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Runnin' Rebels were led by fifth-year head coach Dave Rice until he was fired on January 10, 2016.Youmans Matt January 11, 2016 UNLV basketball coach Dave Rice fired https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/unlv/unlv-basketball/unlv-basketball-coach-dave-rice-fired May 30, 2024 Las Vegas Review-Journal en-US They were then led by interim head coach Todd Simon for the remainder of the season.Goodman Jeff Katz Andy Andy Katz and January 10, 2016 Rice out as UNLV's coach amid 0-3 start in MWC https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14545007 May 30, 2024 ESPN.com They played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 8–10 in Mountain West play, to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Air Force to advance to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament where they lost to Fresno State. On March 28, the school announced that Chris Beard had been hired as head coach.Anderson Mark March 28, 2016 UNLV announces Chris Beard as basketball coach, but his introduction will have to wait https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/unlv/unlv-basketball/unlv-announces-chris-beard-as-basketball-coach-but-his-introduction-will-have-to-wait May 30, 2024 Las Vegas Review-Journal en-US However, less than three weeks later, Beard left UNLV to accept the head coaching position at Texas Tech.Goodman Jeff April 15, 2016 Job hopper: Beard leaves UNLV for Texas Tech https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/15210975 May 30, 2024 ESPN.com On April 16, the school hired Marvin Menzies as head coach.April 16, 2016 UNLV hires Marvin Menzies as basketball coach after Chris Beard bolts https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/apr/16/unlv-hires-marvin-menzies-as-basketball-coach-afte May 30, 2024 Spokesman.com en Previous season The 2014–15 Runnin' Rebels finished the season with an overall record of 18–15, and 8–10 in Mountain West play. The Runnin' Rebels defeated Nevada in the first round of the Mountain West tournament, before losing to San Diego State in the quarterfinals.Ramirez W.G. UNLV Falls To San Diego State in MW Quarterfinals, 67-64 http://www.unlvrebels.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031215aab.html UNLVRebels.com 30 March 2015 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402221916/http://www.unlvrebels.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031215aab.html dead Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Rashad Vaughn 1 G 6'6" 210 Freshman Golden Valley, MN Declared for 2015 NBA draftVecenie Sam March 31, 2015 UNLV's Rashad Vaughn officially enters draft by signing with agent https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/unlvs-rashad-vaughn-officially-enters-draft-by-signing-with-agent May 30, 2024 CBSSports.com Christian Wood 5 F 6'11" 220 Sophomore Long Beach, CA Declared for 2015 NBA draftYoumans Matt April 22, 2015 UNLV's Wood headed to the NBA https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/unlv/unlv-basketball/unlvs-wood-headed-to-the-nba May 30, 2024 ReviewJournal.com Barry Cheaney 12 G 6'1" 165 RS Junior Corona, CA Walk-on; did not return Jelan Kendrick 22 G 6'6" 210 RS Senior Atlanta, GA Graduated Dantley Walker 30 G 5'11" 170 RS Freshman Panaca, NV Transferred to Chaminade Charles Rushman 33 G 6'3" 185 RS Junior Oconomowoc, WI Transferred to Lindenwood Cody Doolin 45 G 6'3" 180 Senior Austin, TX Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Ike Nwamu 0 G 6'5" 205 RS Senior Greensboro, NC Graduate transfer from Mercer University.Will be eligible to play immediately since Nwamu graduated from Mercer. Tyrell Bellot-Green 12 F 6'7" Junior Toronto, ON Junior college transfer from Hill College Chris Obekpa 34 F/C 6'10" 236 Senior Makurdi, Nigeria Transferred from St. John's. Under NCAA transfer rules, Obekpa will have to sit out the 2015–16 season. Will have one year of eligibility left. 2015 recruiting class thumb|Stephen Zimmerman in the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game no no 2015 Jaylen Poyser #64 SG Malton, ON Athlete Institute Basketball Academy 6 4 180 11/02/2014 4 4 3 3 Derrick Jones #3 SF Philadelphia, PA Archbishop John Carroll High School 6 6 180 11/13/2014 4 4 4 4 Stephen Zimmerman #5 C Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman High School 7 0 230 04/16/2015 5 5 5 5 2015 2015 UNLV Basketball Commitments 2015 UNLV Player Commits unlv 2439 April 16, 2015 yes Roster 2015 UNLV Runnin' Rebels y yes Derrick Jones Jr. y 1 F 6 7 190 FR Philadelphia, PA Archbishop John Carroll HS Jerome Seagears 2 G 6 1 180 SR Y Silver Spring, MD Rutgers Jordan Cornish 3 G 6 6 220 SO New Orleans, LA Brother Martin HS Daquan Cook 10 G 6 2 170 SR Baltimore, MD St. Frances Academy Tyrell Green 12 F 6 7 225 JR Toronto, ON Hill College Ben Carter 13 F 6 9 225 JR Y Las Vegas, NV Oregon Alex Perez 14 G 6 4 180 SR San Diego, CA St. Katherine Dwayne Morgan 15 F 6 8 205 SO Baltimore, MD St. Frances Academy Austin Starr 20 G 6 3 185 FR Las Vegas, NV Foothill HS Patrick McCaw 22 G 6 7 185 SO St. Louis, MO Montrose Christian School y Jaylen Poyser 24 G 6 4 180 FR Malton, ON Athlete Institute Basketball Academy Stephen Zimmerman 33 C 7 0 240 FR Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman HS y Ike Nwamu y 34* G 6 5 210 SR y Greensboro, NC Mercer Chris Obekpa y 35 C 6 10 225 SR Makurdi, Nigeria St. John's yes I Todd Simon (UNLV) Ryan Miller (Northern State) Stacey Augmon (UNLV) https://unlvrebels.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2015-16 May 30, 2024 November 27, 2015 – Sophomore Goodluck Okonoboh asked for his release and will transfer.Manzano Gilbert November 27, 2015 Goodluck Okonoboh is leaving UNLV https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/unlv/unlv-basketball/goodluck-okonoboh-is-leaving-unlv May 30, 2024 Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc. February 8, 2016 – Freshman Stephen Zimmerman out indefinitely due to a left knee injury.Anderson Mark February 9, 2016 UNLV's Zimmerman Jr. out indefinitely https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/unlv/unlv-basketball/unlvs-zimmerman-jr-out-indefinitely May 30, 2024 Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc. Returned for the February 27 game against Wyoming. * Ike Nwamu wore #0 until February 6 when he changed to #34 to honor former Mercer teammate Jibri Bryan who was murdered on February 2. Schedule yes no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#UNLV Rebels 1; color:white;"| Exhibition 11/06/2015 7:00 p.m. no yes Whittier Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV 94–57 10,232 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#UNLV Rebels 1; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 p.m. yes no Cal Poly Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV Maui Invitational opening round 74–72 12,201 1–0 11/16/2015 7:00 p.m. yes no New Mexico Highlands Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV 107–45 9,961 2–0 11/18/2015 7:30 p.m. yes no Southern Utah Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV 84–64 10,824 3–0 11/23/2015 8:30 p.m. yes yes no UCLA Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational Quarterfinals ESPN2 75–77 2,400 3–1 11/24/2015 1:30 p.m. yes yes no Chaminade Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational second-round consolation ESPN2 93–73 2,400 4–1 11/25/2015 2:00 p.m. yes yes no Indiana 13 Lahaina Civic Center Maui, HI Maui Invitational fifth-place game ESPN2 72–69 2,400 5–1 11/28/2015 7:00 p.m. yes no Prairie View A&M Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV 80–62 10,858 6–1 12/04/2015 8:00 p.m. yes yes no Oregon 15 MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV MGM Grand Showcase ESPN2 80–69 12,117 7–1 12/09/2015 6:00 p.m. yes yes no Wichita State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS MW–MVC Challenge ESPN2 50–56 10,506 7–2 12/12/2015 7:00 p.m. yes yes no UC Riverside Student Recreation Center Riverside, CA 73–62 1,772 8–2 12/16/2015 7:00 p.m. yes no Arizona State Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV CBSSN 56–66 13,014 8–3 12/19/2015 5:30 p.m. yes yes no Arizona 13 McKale Center Tucson, AZ ESPN2 70–82 14,644 8–4 12/22/2015 7:00 p.m. yes no South Dakota Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV 103–68 11,990 9–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#UNLV Rebels 1; color:white;"| Mountain West regular season 12/30/2015 7:00 p.m. no Fresno State Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV ESPN3 66–69 12,220 9–5 0–1 01/06/2016 7:00 p.m. no yes Colorado State Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO CBSSN 65–66 3,431 9–6 0–2 01/09/2016 3:00 p.m. no yes Wyoming Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY CBSSN 57–59 5,485 9–7 0–3 01/13/2016 7:00 p.m. no New Mexico Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV CBSSN 86–74 11,377 10–7 1–3 01/16/2016 7:00 p.m. no Air Force Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV ESPN3 100–64 13,198 11–7 2–3 01/19/2016 8:00 p.m. yes no Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, UT ESPN3 80–68 9,394 12–7 3–3 01/23/2016 7:00 p.m. yes no Nevada Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV ESPNU 63–65 11,341 12–8 3–4 01/27/2016 8:00 p.m. no Boise State Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV CBSSN 87–77 12,586 13–8 4–4 01/30/2016 5:00 p.m. no San Diego State Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV CBSSN 52–67 15,243 13–9 4–5 02/02/2016 5:00 p.m. no yes New Mexico WisePies Arena Albuquerque, NM CBSSN 83–87 13,359 13–10 4–6 02/06/2016 4:00 p.m. no yes Fresno State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA ESPN3 104–111 2OT 7,754 13–11 4–7 02/10/2016 7:00 p.m. no San Jose State Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV ESPN3 64–61 11,647 14–11 5–7 02/13/2016 7:00 p.m. no Colorado State Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV ESPNU 87–80 11,753 15–11 6–7 02/17/2016 6:30 p.m. no yes Air Force Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN 74–79 1,445 15–12 6–8 02/20/2016 7:00 p.m. no Nevada Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV CBSSN 101–92 OT 14,640 16–12 7–8 02/23/2016 8:00 p.m. no yes Boise State Taco Bell Arena Boise, ID ESPNU 69–81 4,605 16–13 7–9 02/27/2016 5:00 p.m. no Wyoming Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV ESPN3 79–74 12,412 17–13 8–9 03/05/2016 7:00 p.m. yes no San Diego State Viejas Arena San Diego, CA CBSSN 56–92 12,414 17–14 8–10 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#UNLV Rebels 1; color:#C10202;"| Mountain West tournament 03/09/2016 1:30 p.m. no Air Force Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV First round MWN 108–102 3OT 5,970 18–14 03/10/2016 6:00 p.m. no Fresno State Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV Quarterfinals CBSSN 82–95 6,325 18–15 AP poll Pacific Time References UNLV Category:UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball seasons Run Run