2015–16 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 NIT First Round Basketball 2015–16 Davidson Wildcats Davdson Wildcats wordmark.svg 250 Atlantic 10 Conference A-10 20–13 10–8 Bob McKillop 27th Matt McKillop (8th year) Ryan Mee (4th year) Will Reigel (2nd year) Will Thoni (2nd year) John M. Belk Arena (5,295) The 2015–16 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team representsed Davidson College during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by 27th year head coach Bob McKillop, played their home games at the John M. Belk Arena and were second year members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Davidson finished the season with a record of 20–13, 10–8 record in A-10 play, finishing in sixth place. They lost to eventual tournament champion, Saint Joseph's, in the semifinals of the A-10 tournament. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State. Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2014–15 season 24–8, 14–4 in A-10 play to win the regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-10 tournament where they lost to VCU. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Iowa. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Tyler Kalinoski 4 G 6'4" 180 Senior Overland Park, KS Graduated Ali Mackay 22 F 6'11" 215 Senior North Berwick, Scotland Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Will Magarity 22 F 6'11" 240 Junior Stockholm, Sweden Transferred from Boston College. Under NCAA transfer rules, Magarity will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Incoming recruits no no 2015 KiShawn Pritchett SF Mooresville, NC Lake Norman High School 6 6 220 08/08/2014 0 0 NR Dusan Kovacevic PF Novi Sad, Serbia Rabun Gap Nacoochee School 6 10 260 03/16/2015 0 3 NR 2015 Davidson 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Davidson Basketball Commits Davidson 2015 Player Commits July 13, 2015 yes Roster 2015 Davidson Wildcats y Dusan Kovacevic 0 F 6 10 230 FR Novi Sad, Serbia Nathan Ekwu 1 F 6 7 235 SO Enugu, Nigeria Jordan Watkins 2 G 6 1 160 SO Charlotte, North Carolina Brian Sullivan 3 G 6 0 185 SR Upper Arlington, Ohio Jordan Barham 5 G 6 5 220 SR Cleveland, Ohio Jack Gibbs y basketball 12 G 6 0 195 JR Westerville, Ohio Kamau Faines 13 G 6 2 195 SO Chicago, IL W Matt Williams 14 G 6 1 195 SR Cary, North Carolina W Oskar Michelsen 15 F 6 9 210 SO Helsinki, Finland KiShawn Pritchett 20 G 6 6 220 FR Mooresville, North Carolina Will Magarity 22 F 6 11 240 JR Stockholm, Sweden I yes Peyton Aldridge 23 F 6 8 205 SO Warren, Ohio y Jake Belford 25 F 6 9 220 JR y Battle Ground, Washington Manu Giamoukis 31 G 6 1 180 JR Thessaloniki, Greece Rusty Reigel 32 G 6 2 190 SO Charlotte, North Carolina Connor Perkey 34 F 6 8 215 SR Atlanta, Georgia Andrew McAuliffe 40 F 6 8 235 JR Northbrook, Illinois Bob McKillop (Hofstra) Matt McKillop (Davidson) Ryan Mee (Rochester) Will Reigel (Davidson) http://www.davidsonwildcats.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball& Schedule http://www.davidsonwildcats.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball& 2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Davidson Wildcats| Exhibition 11/07/2015 2:00 pm yes Lenoir–Rhyne John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 3,542 96–64 |- !colspan=9 style=Davidson Wildcats| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2015 7:30 pm yes UCF John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 4,676 MI-Ch 4 90–85 1–0 11/21/2015 1:00 pm yes College of Charleston John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 4,478 MI-Ch 4 82–81 2–0 11/23/2015 7:00 pm yes Mercer John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 3,861 MI-Ch 4 77–71 3–0 11/28/2015 2:00 pm yes Denison John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 3,629 MI-Ch 4 83–70 4–0 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Charlotte Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC 7,571 109–74 5–0 12/06/2015 6:00 pm yes yes North Carolina 9 Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC 14,805 ESPNU 65–98 5–1 12/09/2015 8:30 pm yes Eastern Washington John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC Gotham Classic 3,714 MI-Ch 4 96–86 6–1 12/12/2015 7:00 pm yes Western Carolina John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC Gotham Classic 4,068 MI-Ch 4 87–54 7–1 12/20/2015 12:00 pm yes yes Pittsburgh Madison Square Garden New York City, NY Gotham Classic 7,345 ESPNU 69–94 7–2 12/23/2015 1:00 pm yes Morehead State John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 4,561 MI-Ch 4 81–77 8–2 12/28/2015 9:00 pm yes yes California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 10,384 P12N 60–86 8–3 |- !colspan=9 style=Davidson Wildcats| Atlantic 10 regular season 01/02/2016 8:00 pm yes St. Bonaventure Reilly Center Olean, NY 3,783 ASN 85–97 8–4 0–1 01/06/2016 7:00 pm Duquesne John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 3,321 WMYT 77–66 9–4 1–1 01/09/2016 7:00 pm George Mason John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 4,158 WMYT 81–75 10–4 2–1 01/12/2016 8:00 pm yes Dayton UD Arena Dayton, OH 12,310 CBSSN 74–80 10–5 2–2 01/16/2016 12:30 pm Massachusetts John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 5,069 NBCSN 86–74 11–5 3–2 01/20/2016 8:00 pm yes Saint Louis Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO 5,103 87–96 11–6 3–3 01/25/2016 7:00 pm yes Richmond Robins Center Richmond, VA 6,570 NBCSN 78–70 12–6 4–3 01/29/2016 6:00 pm VCU John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 5,295 ESPN2 69–79 12–7 4–4 02/03/2016 7:00 pm yes George Washington Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. 2,918 ASN 69–79 12–8 4–5 02/06/2016 12:30 pm yes Duquesne Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, PA 3,382 NBCSN 93–82 13–8 5–5 02/10/2016 7:00 pm La Salle John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 3,585 WMYT 79–66 14–8 6–5 02/13/2016 4:00 pm yes George Mason EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA 6,327 59–60 14–9 6–6 02/16/2016 7:00 pm Richmond John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 3,832 ASN 83–79 15–9 7–6 02/20/2016 2:00 pm Saint Joseph's John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 5,295 NBCSN 99–93 16–9 8–6 02/23/2016 6:00 pm Rhode Island John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 4,064 CBSSN 65–54 17–9 9–6 02/27/2016 2:00 pm yes Fordham Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY 2,985 82–91 17–10 9–7 03/02/2016 7:00 pm yes VCU Siegel Center Richmond, VA 7,637 CBSSN 60–70 17–11 9–8 03/05/2016 3:30 pm George Washington John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC 5,157 NBCSN 87–80 18–11 10–8 |- !colspan=9 style=Davidson Wildcats| Atlantic 10 tournament 03/10/2016 9:00 pm yes 6 LaSalle 14 Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY Second Round NBCSN 78–63 19–11 5,507 03/11/2016 9:00 pm yes 6 St. Bonaventure 3 Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY Quarterfinals NBCSN 90–86 OT 20–11 8,223 03/12/2016 4:00 pm yes 6 VCU 2 Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY Semifinals CBSSN 54–76 20–12 10,439 |- !colspan=9 style=Davidson Wildcats| NIT 03/15/2016 7:00 pm yes yes 5 Florida State 4 Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL First Round - Valparaiso Quadrant ESPN2 74–84 20–13 2,496 AP Poll Eastern Time See also 2015–16 Davidson Wildcats women's basketball team References Category:Davidson Wildcats men's basketball seasons Davidson Davidson Category:2016 in sports in North Carolina Category:2015 in sports in North Carolina