2015–16 Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Little Rock Trojans Little Rock Trojans.png 250 Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 30–5 17–3 Chris Beard 1st Wes Flanigan Brian Burg Mark Adams Jack Stephens Center Sun Belt regular season championsSun Belt tournament champions NCAA tournament Second Round 2014–15 The 2015–16 Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas at Little Rock during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Trojans, led by first-year head coach Chris Beard in his only season, played their home games at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock, Arkansas and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 30–5, 17–3 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season championship. They defeated Louisiana–Lafayette and Louisiana–Monroe to win the Sun Belt tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In the Tournament as a No. 12 seed, they defeated Purdue in the first round before losing in the second round to Iowa State. This was the first season in which the school used "Little Rock" as its athletic brand; previously, it had alternately used "Arkansas–Little Rock" and "UALR". Following the season, first-year head coach Chris Beard left the school to accept the head coaching position at Texas Tech.https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2016/03/28/unlv-hires-little-rocks-chris-beard-as-next-coach/82345830/ UNLV hires Little Rock's Chris Beard as next coach USA TODAY 2017-02-14 en On March 31, 2016, the school hired Wes Flanigan as head coach.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/15104104/arkansas-little-rock-trojans-hire-wes-flanigan-replace-chris-beard Arkansas-Little Rock hires Flanigan as coach ESPN.com 2017-02-14 Previous season The Trojans finished the 2014–15 season 13–18, 8–12 in Sun Belt play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament to South Alabama. On March 18, 2015, head coach Steve Shields was fired.http://www.katv.com/story/28556812/ualr-mens-basketball-coach-steve-shields-fired UALR men's basketball coach Steve Shields fired 18 March 2015 He compiled a record of 192–178 in eight seasons. In early April, the school hired Chris Beard as head coach.http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2015/04/07/chris-beard-will-be-arkansas-little-rocks-next-head-coach/ Chris Beard will be Arkansas-Little Rock's next head coach Dauster Rob 2015-04-07 CollegeBasketballTalk 2017-02-14 Roster 2015 Little Rock Trojans y Roger Woods 0 F 6 5 230 SR Jackson, MS Jalen Jackson 1 G 6 6 195 JR West Memphis, AR Daniel Green 2 F 6 10 240 SR Colleyville, TX Josh Hagins y 3 G 6 1 180 SR Bossier City, LA Oliver Black 5 F 6 9 225 SO Jackson, MS Maurius Hill 10 F 6 5 220 JR Homewood, IL Jermaine Ruttley 11 G 6 3 200 SR Radcliff, KY Lis Shoshi y 12 F 6 11 210 JR Peje, Kosovo Marcus Johnson Jr. y 13 G 5 11 175 JR Charlotte, NC Mareik Isom 14 F 6 9 215 JR Austin, TX Stetson Billings 15 F 6 5 195 JR Strong, AR Ben Marcus 20 G 6 5 200 FR Pine Bluff, AR Dayshawn Watkins 21 G 6 0 180 JR North Little Rock, AR Thomas Brandsma 22 G 6 5 210 SR Colleyville, TX Kemy Osse 23 G 6 1 208 JR Montreal, QC Evan Moorman 24 G 6 1 200 JR Memphis, TN Deondre Burns y 30 G 6 2 175 FR Yazoo City, MS Chris Beard (Texas) Wes Flanigan Brian Burg Mark Adams http://lrtrojans.com/roster.aspx?roster=110&path=mbball August 22, 2015 Schedule and results http://lrtrojans.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=57&path=mbball 2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:white;"| Exhibition 11/07/2015 7:00 pm yes UA–Fort Smith Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR   70–60 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:white;"| Regular season 11/14/2015 3:00 pm yes Central Baptist Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 1,936 76–57 1–0 11/18/2015 5:15 pm yes Centenary Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 2,275 95–49 2–0 11/21/2015 3:00 pm yes yes San Diego State Viejas Arena San Diego, CA Las Vegas Invitational 12,414 FSSD 49–43 3–0 11/26/2015 1:00 pm yes yes East Carolina Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Las Vegas Invitational 3,125 54–46 4–0 11/28/2015 3:00 pm yes yes Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 3,821 ESPN3 64–60 5–0 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes Central Arkansas Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 3,638 79–73 6–0 12/05/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Idaho Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 1,154 64–54 7–0 12/12/2015 9:00 pm yes yes DePaul McGrath–Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 1,740 FS1 66–44 8–0 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Central Arkansas Farris Center Conway, AR 3,055 77–54 9–0 12/20/2015 1:00 pm yes Northern Arizona Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 3,130 84–57 10–0 12/21/2015 2:00 pm yes yes Texas Tech United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX 5,955 FSSW 53–65 10–1 12/30/2015 7:00 pm yes South Alabama Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 2,314 69–60 11–1 1–0 01/02/2016 4:15 pm yes Troy Trojan Arena Troy, AL 1,223 67–61 12–1 2–0 01/07/2016 7:15 pm Louisiana–Lafayette Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 3,218 77–57 13–1 3–0 01/09/2016 6:00 pm Louisiana–Monroe Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 3,629 58–57 14–1 4–0 01/14/2016 7:15 pm Appalachian State Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 3,543 81–55 15–1 5–0 01/18/2016 7:30 pm yes Arkansas State Convocation Center Jonesboro, AR 2,136 ESPN3 73–76 15–2 5–1 01/21/2016 7:30 pm yes Texas State Strahan Coliseum San Marcos, TX 3,357 77–74 OT 16–2 6–1 01/23/2016 7:15 pm yes UT Arlington College Park Center Arlington, TX 5,033 68–62 17–2 7–1 01/28/2016 7:15 pm Georgia Southern Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 3,078 80–67 18–2 8–1 01/30/2016 6:00 pm Georgia State Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 4,682 ESPN3 63–53 19–2 9–1 02/04/2016 7:15 pm Troy Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 3,385 72–49 20–2 10–1 02/06/2016 6:00 pm South Alabama Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 3,959 74–43 21–2 11–1 02/11/2016 7:00 pm yes Louisiana–Monroe Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA 3,761 82–86 21–3 11–2 02/13/2016 4:15 pm yes Louisiana–Lafayette Cajundome Lafayette, LA 5,347 68–64 22–3 12–2 02/18/2016 6:30 pm yes Georgia State GSU Sports Arena Atlanta, GA 1,516 ESPN3 57–49 23–3 13–2 02/20/2016 6:00 pm yes Georgia Southern Hanner Fieldhouse Statesboro, GA 1,702 75–61 24–3 14–2 02/25/2016 7:15 pm UT Arlington Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 5,253 72–60 25–3 15–2 02/27/2016 6:00 pm Texas State Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 5,168 73–68 26–3 16–2 03/01/2016 7:15 pm Arkansas State Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 5,619 89–80 27–3 17–2 03/03/2016 6:30 pm yes Appalachian State Holmes Center Boone, NC 1,112 ESPN3 63–69 27–4 17–3 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:white;"| Sun Belt tournament 03/12/2016 1:00 pm yes 1 Louisiana–Lafayette 4 Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA Semifinals   ESPN3 72–65 28–4 03/13/2016 12:00 pm yes 1 Louisiana–Monroe 2 Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA Championship 1,665 ESPN2 70–50 29–4 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:white;"| NCAA tournament 03/17/2016 3:20 pm yes yes 12 MW Purdue 12 5 MW Pepsi Center Denver, CO First Round 19,499 TBS 85–83 2OT 30–4 03/19/2016 5:10 pm yes yes 12 MW Iowa State 22 4 MW Pepsi Center Denver, CO Second Round 19,551 TNT 61–78 30–5 AP Poll Central Time MW Midwest region References Little Rock Category:Little Rock Trojans men's basketball seasons Little Rock TRoj TRoj