2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks University of North Dakota logo - interlocking ND.svg Big Sky Conference Big Sky 17–16 10–8 Brian Jones 10th Shawn Dirden Steve Grabowski Jeff Horner Betty Engelstad Sioux Center CIT First round The 2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks Men's Basketball team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by tenth year head coach Brian Jones and played their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 10–8 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Southern Utah and Idaho State to advance to the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament where they lost to Weber State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to UC Irvine. Previous season North Dakota finished the season 8–22, 4–14 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for tenth place. They failed to qualify for the Big Sky tournament. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Jaron Nash 1 F 6'8" 195 Senior Waterloo, Iowa Graduated Cole Stefan 2 G 6'3" 190 Senior Minnetonka, Minnesota Graduated Estan Tyler 3 G 6'1" 180 Junior St. Paul, Minnesota Left the team for personal reasons Lenny Antwi 12 G 6'1" 190 Senior Montreal, Quebec Graduated Terrel De Rouen 14 G 6'2" 185 Junior Las Cruces, New Mexico Left the team for personal reasons Kraiq Shields 22 F 6'8" 190 Freshman Kyle, Texas Transferred to Midland College Chad Calcaterra 33 F 6'9" 235 Senior Cloquet, Minnesota Graduated Josiah Coleman 35 F 6'5" 195 Junior Cedar Rapids, Iowa Transferred to UT Permian Basin Ryan Salmonson 41 C 6'10" 235 Senior Colfax, California Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Corey Baldwin 1 G 6'4" 195 Junior Bridgeport, Connecticut Junior college transferred from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Wheeler Baker 13 G 6'2" 175 Sophomore Minneapolis, Minnesota Transferred from Albany. Under NCAA transfer rules, Baker will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. 2015 incoming recruits no no 2015 Adam McDermott SG Cedar Rapids, Iowa Xavier High School 6 4 175 09/22/2014 0 0 NR Cortez Seales PG Eldridge, Iowa North Scott High School 6 4 180 09/23/2014 0 3 NR Josh Collins SF Minneapolis, Minnesota De La Salle High School 6 6 200 09/28/2014 0 0 NR Conner Avants PF Edmond, Oklahoma Deer Creek-Lamont High School 6 7 230 04/11/2015 0 0 NR 2015 North Dakota 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 North Dakota Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-25 yes 2016 incoming recruits no yes 2016 Billy Brown SG Spirit Lake, Iowa Spirit Lake High School 6 3 160 06/22/2015 0 0 NR 2016 North Dakota 2016 Basketball Commitments 2016 North Dakota Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball 2015-09-25 yes Roster 2015 North Dakota Fighting Hawks y yes Geno Crandall y 0 G 6 3 170 FR y Minneapolis, Minnesota DeLaSalle Corey Baldwin 1 G 6 3 190 JR Bridgeport, Connecticut Warren HardingNortheastern Oklahoma A&M Josh Collins 2 F 6 6 200 FR Minneapolis, Minnesota DeLaSalle Adam McDermott 3 G 6 4 175 FR Cedar Falls, Iowa Xavier Carson Shanks 5 C 7 0 230 SO y Prior Lake, Minnesota Prior LakeUtah State Shane Benton 10 C 7 0 230 SR y Cedar Rapids, Iowa Linn-Mar Wheeler Baker 13 G 6 2 175 SO Brooklyn Park, Minnesota OsseoAlbany yes I Cortez Seales 15 G 6 4 180 FR Eldridge, Iowa North Scott Thomas Blake 20 G 6 2 200 JR y Hagerstown, Maryland St. Maria Goretti W Quinton Hooker y 21 G 6 0 205 JR Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Park Center Dustin Hobaugh 25 F 6 5 200 SR y League City, Texas League CityHouston Baptist W Bryce Cashman 31 C 6 10 225 SO Weston, Missouri West Platte Conner Avants 32 F 6 7 230 FR Edmond, Oklahoma Deer Creek Drick Berstine 43 F 6 8 220 SO y Aurora, Colorado Cherokee TrailDenver James Richman 50 F 6 7 220 FR y Tower City, North Dakota Maple Valley W Brian Jones (Northern Iowa) Shawn Dirden (Idaho) Steve Grabowski (Minot State) Jeff Horner (Iowa) http://www.undsports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=13500&SPID=6388&SPSID=58566 Schedule http://www.undsports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=13500&SPID=6388&SPSID=58565 M Basketball – Schedule – UNDsports.com: Official Web Site of University of North Dakota Athletics undsports.com 2015-09-25 no 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#009E60; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 3:00 pm yes no Minnesota–Morris Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 1,430 99–69 1–0 11/17/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, Wisconsin 17,287 ESPN3 64–78 1–1 11/21/2015 3:00 pm yes yes no Bowling Green Alico Arena Fort Myers, Florida FGCU Classic 3,562 77–59 2–1 11/22/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Florida Gulf Coast Alico Arena Fort Myers, Florida FGCU Classic 3,412 ESPN3 60–73 2–2 11/23/2015 3:00 pm yes yes no Youngstown State Alico Arena Fort Myers, Florida FGCU Classic 3,854 69–79 2–3 11/28/2015 2:00 pm yes no Northern Iowa Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 2,302 MidcoSN 51–97 2–4 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes no Waldorf Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota FGCU Classic 1,521 78–58 3–4 12/05/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Bradley Carver Arena Peoria, Illinois 5,557 65–59 2OT 4–4 12/11/2015 7:30 pm yes no North Dakota State Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 2,593 MidcoSN/FCS Central 67–69 4–5 12/17/2015 7:30 pm yes no Valley City State Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 1,349 80–59 5–5 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas 12,440 FSKC 49–63 5–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#009E60; color:white;"| Big Sky regular season 12/31/2015 5:00 pm no Idaho Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 1,436 71–74 5–7 0–1 01/02/2016 2:00 pm no Eastern Washington Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 1,542 79–71 6–7 1–1 01/07/2016 8:00 pm yes no Weber State Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah 6,456 62–74 6–8 1–2 01/09/2016 8:00 pm yes no Idaho State Holt Arena Pocatello, Idaho 1,526 84–76 7–8 2–2 01/14/2016 7:00 pm no Montana State Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 1,608 85–68 8–8 3–2 01/16/2016 2:00 pm no Montana Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 3,287 MidcoSN/FCS Central 61–65 8–9 3–3 01/21/2016 7:30 pm yes no Northern Arizona Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, Arizona   101–59 9–9 4–3 01/23/2016 5:00 pm yes no Southern Utah Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah 1,337 88–72 10–9 5–3 01/30/2016 8:00 pm yes no Northern Colorado Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado 2,016 70–71 10–10 5–4 02/04/2016 7:00 pm no Idaho State Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 1,764 76–60 11–10 6–4 02/06/2016 2:00 pm no Weber State Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 2,148 MidcoSN/FCS Central 78–71 12–10 7–4 02/11/2016 8:05 pm yes no Eastern Washington Reese Court Cheney, Washington 1,650 85–95 12–11 7–5 02/13/2015 9:00 pm yes no Idaho Cowan Spectrum Moscow, Idaho 1,537 64–65 12–12 7–6 02/20/2016 2:00 pm no Northern Colorado Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 2,424 74–73 13–12 8–6 02/25/2016 7:00 pm no Portland State Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 1,734 MidcoSN2/FCS Central 80–77 14–12 9–6 02/27/2016 2:00 pm no Sacramento State Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota 1,893 MidcoSN/FCS Central 97–71 15–12 10–6 03/03/2016 8:00 pm yes no Montana Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana 4,003 46–71 15–13 10–7 03/05/2016 3:05 pm yes no Montana State Worthington Arena Bozeman, Montana 2,585 82–89 15–14 10–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#009E60; color:white;"| Big Sky tournament 03/08/2016 4:30 pm yes yes no Southern Utah Reno Events Center Reno, Nevada First round 1,406 85–80 16–14 03/10/2016 4:30 pm yes yes no Idaho State Reno Events Center Reno, Nevada Quarterfinals 1,003 83–49 17–14 03/11/2016 7:30 pm yes yes no Weber State Reno Events Center Reno, Nevada Semifinals 2,362 78–83 OT 17–15 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#009E60; color:white;"| CIT 03/16/2016 7:00 pm yes no UC Irvine Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, North Dakota First round 1,263 86–89 OT 17–16 AP Poll Central Time References Category:North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball seasons North Dakota North Dakota Fight Fight