2015–16 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State wordmark.png 200 Mountain West Conference MW 25–10 13–5 Rodney Terry 5th Jerry Wainwright Byron Jones Kenton Paulino Save Mart Center Mountain West tournament champions NCAA tournament First Round The 2015–16 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented California State University, Fresno during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Rodney Terry's fifth season at Fresno State. The Bulldogs played their home games at Save Mart Center and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They defeated UNLV, Colorado State and San Diego State to be champions of the Mountain West tournament. They earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the first round to Utah. Previous season The Bulldogs finished the season 15–17, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament to Colorado State. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reaso for departure Emmanuel Owootoah 0 G 5'11" 175 Sophomore Toronto, ON Graduate transfer to Lynn Darnell Taylor 1 G 6'3" 205 Junior Los Angeles, CA Transferred to Cal State San Marcos Braeden Anderson 2 F 6'9" 225 RS sophomore Okotoks, AB Graduate transfer to Seton Hall Alex Davis 10 F 6'9" 205 Senior Houston, TX Graduated Blake Williams 13 G 6'2" 197 RS sophomore Sacramento, CA Left the team for personal reasons Isaiah Bailey 24 G 6'6" 190 Freshman Compton, CA Dismissed from team for violation of team rules Eugene Artison 35 F 6'9" 235 Freshman Seattle, WA Transferred to College of Southern Idaho Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Jaron Hopkins 1 G 6'6" 200 Junior Mesa, AZ Transferred from Colorado. Under NCAA transfer rules, Hopkins had to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Had two years of remaining eligibility. Jahmel Taylor 5 G 6'0" 170 Junior Los Angeles, CA Transferred from Washington. Under NCAA transfer rules, Taylor had to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Had two years of remaining eligibility. Cullen Russo 13 F 6'9" 220 Junior Bloomington, MN Junior college transferred from New Mexico Junior College Lionel Ellison 15 G 6'1" 190 Junior New Orleans, LA Junior college transferred from Coffeyville Community College Deshon Taylor 21 G 6'2" 185 Sophomore Los Angeles, CA Transferred from UMKC. Under NCAA transfer rules, Taylor had to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Had three years of remaining eligibility. Torren Jones 24 F 6'9" 235 Junior Chandler, AZ Junior college transferred from Midland College Recruiting class of 2015 no 2015 Nate Grimes PF Las Vegas, NV Quality Education Academy 6 7 210 3 3 75 September 27, 2014 2015 Fresno State Commit List for 2015 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Fresno State Bulldogs Basketball Recruiting 2015 fresnostate 554 204 – – 2015-05-01 yes Recruiting class of 2016 yes 2016 Bryson Williams PF Fresno, CA Roosevelt 6 6 180 N/A N/A 73 February 10, 2015 2016 Fresno State Commit List for 2016 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Fresno State Bulldogs Basketball Recruiting 2016 fresnostate 554 204 – – 2015-05-01 yes Roster 2015 Fresno State Bulldogs y yes Julien Lewis 0 G 6 4 195 SR y Galveston, TX La Marque HSTexas Jaron Hopkins 1 G 6 6 205 JR Mesa, AZ Dobson HSColorado yes I Paul Watson y basketball 3 G/F 6 7 210 JR Phoenix, AZ Paradise Valley HS Karachi Edo 4 F 6 6 230 JR Richardson, TX Berkner HS Jahmel Taylor 5 G 5 11 175 JR Los Angeles, CA Pacific Hills SchoolWashington yes I Grant Shell 11 G 6 3 175 FR Burlington, KS Burlington HS W Cezar Guerrero 12 G 6 1 185 SR y Huntington Park, CA St. John Bosco HSOklahoma State Cullen Russo 13 F 6 9 225 JR Bloomington, MN Southern Tech AcademyNew Mexico JC Lionel Ellison III 15 G 6 2 195 JR New Orleans, LA Archbishop Shaw HSCoffeyville CC Sam Bittner 20 G 6 6 195 FR Las Vegas, NV Trinity International HS W Marvelle Harris y 23 G 6 4 210 SR Rialto, CA Eisenhower HS Torren Jones 24 F 6 9 235 JR Chandler, AZ Basha HSMidland College Nate Grimes y 32 F 6 8 200 FR Las Vegas, NV Quality Education Academy Terrell Carter II 34 C 6 9 275 SO Redondo Beach, CA Redondo Union HS Rodney Terry (St. Edward's) Jerry Wainwright (Colorado College) Byron Jones (Central Oklahoma) Kenton Paulino (Texas) http://www.gobulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/fres-m-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule and results Source http://www.gobulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/fres-m-baskbl-sched.html 2015-16 Schedule 2015-04-30 2015-03-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20150319210759/http://www.gobulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/fres-m-baskbl-sched.html dead yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Fresno State Bulldogs 1; color:white;"| Exhibition 11/06/2015 7:00 pm yes Dominican (CA) Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 4,464 77–55 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Fresno State Bulldogs 1; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes Pepperdine Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 7,827 69–66 1–0 11/16/2015 7:00 pm yes Lamar Save Mart Center Fresno, CA Roundball Showcase 4,799 80–72 2–0 11/19/2015 7:00 pm yes San Francisco Save Mart Center Fresno, CA Roundball Showcase 5,327 78–71 3–0 11/22/2015 3:00 pm yes yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX Roundball Showcase 1,749 82–65 4–0 11/27/2015 7:00 pm yes Delaware State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA Roundball Showcase 5,959 80–59 5–0 11/30/2015 5:00 pm yes yes Oregon 15 Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR 5,205 P12N 73–78 5–1 12/03/2015 7:00 pm yes The Master's Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 5,404 84–72 6–1 12/05/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Cal Poly Mott Gym San Luis Obispo, CA 2,861 65–77 6–2 12/09/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Arizona 13 McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,262 P12N 72–85 6–3 12/12/2015 4:00 pm yes Pacific Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 5,434 71–52 7–3 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes Cal State Bakersfield Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 5,105 76–68 8–3 12/20/2015 1:00 pm yes Evansville Save Mart Center Fresno, CA MW–MVC Challenge 5,251 77–85 8–4 12/27/2015 1:00 pm yes Pacific Union Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 6,242 89–46 9–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Fresno State Bulldogs 1; color:white;"| Mountain West regular season 12/30/2015 8:00 pm yes UNLV Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV 12,220 ESPNU 69–66 10–4 1–0 01/02/2016 6:30 pm New Mexico Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 6,881 CBSSN 62–77 10–5 1–1 01/06/2016 7:00 pm Nevada Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 5,315 85–63 11–5 2–1 01/09/2016 3:00 pm yes Boise State Taco Bell Arena Boise, ID 8,140 RTRM 70–81 11–6 2–2 01/16/2016 4:00 pm San Jose State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 6,457 MWN 81–74 12–6 3–2 01/19/2016 8:00 pm yes San Diego State Viejas Arena San Diego, CA 12,414 ESPNU 67–73 OT 12–7 3–3 01/23/2016 11:00 am yes Air Force Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO 2,083 RTRM 56–55 13–7 4–3 01/26/2016 8:00 pm Wyoming Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 5,802 ESPN3 71–60 14–7 5–3 02/03/2016 7:00 pm yes San Jose State Event Center Arena San Jose, CA 2,324 53–65 14–8 5–4 02/06/2016 4:00 pm UNLV Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 7,754 ESPN3 111–104 2OT 15–8 6–4 02/10/2016 8:00 pm San Diego State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 6,476 CBSSN 58–57 16–8 7–4 02/13/2016 4:00 pm yes Nevada Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV 6,750 MWN 72–77 OT 16–9 7–5 02/17/2016 7:00 pm yes Wyoming Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY 4,852 RTRM 79–75 17–9 8–5 02/20/2016 4:00 pm Utah State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 7,068 RTRM 75–68 18–9 9–5 02/24/2016 7:00 pm Air Force Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 6,284 MWN 64–63 19–9 10–5 02/27/2016 7:00 pm yes New Mexico The Pit Albuquerque, NM 13,546 ESPN2 92–82 20–9 11–5 03/02/2016 8:00 pm Colorado State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 9,948 CBSSN 87–73 21–9 12–5 03/05/2016 6:00 pm yes Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, UT 9,870 ESPN3 86–85 22–9 13–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Fresno State Bulldogs 1; color:white;"| Mountain West tournament 03/10/2016 6:00 pm yes 2 UNLV 7 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV Quarterfinals 6,325 CBSSN 95–82 23–9 03/11/2016 8:30 pm yes 2 Colorado State 6 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV Semifinals 8,036 CBSSN 64–56 24–9 03/12/2016 3:00 pm yes 2 San Diego State 1 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV Championship 8,132 CBS 68–63 25–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Fresno State Bulldogs 1; color:white;"| NCAA tournament 03/17/2016 5:27 pm yes yes 14 MW Utah 13 3 MW Pepsi Center Denver, CO First Round truTV 19,500 69–80 25–10 AP Poll MW Midwest Region Pacific Time See also 2015–16 Fresno State Bulldogs women's basketball team References Fresno State Category:Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball seasons Fresno State Bulldogs men's bask Fresno State Bulldogs men's bask Fresno State