2015–16 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Louisville Cardinals Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg 250 Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 16 23–8 12–6 Rick Pitino 15th Kenny Johnson Mike Balado Ralph Willard KFC Yum! Center The 2015–16 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Louisville's 102nd season of intercollegiate competition. The Cardinals competed in their second season in the Atlantic Coast Conference and were coached by Rick Pitino, in his 15th season at U of L. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville. They finished the season 23–8, 12–6 in ACC play to finish in fourth place. The University of Louisville self-imposed a postseason ban for the 2015–16 season amid an ongoing NCAA investigation over an escort sex scandal involving recruits between 2010 and 2014. None of the players on this team were involved in the allegations. The ban included both the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14721089/louisville-cardinals-basketball-self-imposes-postseason-ban-2015-16-season Louisville self-imposes postseason ban for men's hoops in 2016 ESPN February 5, 2016 2016-02-05Jeff Greer http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2016/02/05/sources-u-l-imposing-postseason-hoops-ban/79878760/ U of L imposing postseason hoops ban The Courier-Journal Louisville, KY February 5, 2016 2016-02-05 Previous season The Cardinals finished the 2014–15 season with a record of 27–9, 12–6 to finish in fourth place in ACC play. Louisville lost its first ever ACC tournament game to North Carolina, but received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. Louisville defeated UC Irvine, Northern Iowa, and NC State to advance to the Elite Eight, where they lost to Michigan State. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Terry Rozier 0 G 6'1" 190 Sophomore Cleveland, OH Declared for 2015 NBA draft Anton Gill basketball 1 G 6'4" 190 Sophomore Raleigh, NC Transferred to Nebraska Chris Jones basketball, born 1991 3 G 5'10" 175 Senior Memphis, TN Dismissed from the team Trent Gilbert 1 15 G 6'0" 180 Freshman Georgetown, KY Walk-on; transferred to Gulf Coast State College Shaqquan Aaron 1 21 G 6'7" 170 Freshman Seattle, WA Transferred to USC Akoy Agau 1 22 F 6'8" 230 Sophomore Omaha, NE Transferred to Georgetown Montrezl Harrell 24 F 6'8" 240 Junior Tarboro, NC Declared for 2015 NBA draft Wayne Blackshear 25 G/F 6'5" 215 Senior Chicago, IL Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Damion Lee 0 G/F 6'6" 200 RS senior Baltimore, MD Drexel Trey Lewis 3 G 6'2" 190 RS senior Garfield Heights, OH Cleveland State Jay Henderson 11 G 6'4" 180 RS freshman Orlando, Florida St. John's Class of 2015 signees no no 2015 Deng Adel SF Melbourne, Australia Victory Rock Prep 6 7 190 07/14/2014 4 4 4 4 Donovan Mitchell SG Greenwich, CT Brewster Academy 6 2 185 08/07/2014 5 4 4 4 Ray Spalding PF Louisville, KY Trinity High School 6 9 200 07/20/2014 4 4 4 4 Ryan McMahon SG Sarasota, FL Cardinal Mooney High School 6 1 165 07/20/2014 2 0 3 4 2015 Louisville Basketball Commitment List 2015 Louisville Basketball Commitment List ESPN louisville 75 97 8 7 8 yes Class of 2016 signees no yes 2016 V. J. King SF Fairfax, VA Paul VI High School 6 7 179 06/12/2015 5 5 5 5 2016 Louisville Basketball Commitment List 2016 Louisville Basketball Commitment List ESPN louisville 75 97 8 7 8 yes Roster 2015 Louisville Cardinals y y Damion Lee y 0 G 6 6 210 SR y Baltimore, Maryland Calvert Hall / Drexel Quentin Snider y 2 G 6 2 175 SO Louisville, Kentucky Ballard Trey Lewis y basketball 3 G 6 2 185 SR y Garfield Heights, Ohio Garfield Heights / Cleveland State Dillon Avare W basketball n 4 G 6 0 155 SO y Lexington, Kentucky Lexington Catholic Matz Stockman 5 F/C 7 0 250 SO Oslo, Norway Canarias (BAH) Jaylen Johnson y 10 F 6 9 225 SO Ypsilanti, Michigan Ypsilanti Jay Henderson W 11 G 6 4 180 FR y Orlando, Florida Lake Highland Prep Mangok Mathiang y C 12 F/C 6 10 220 JR yes Melbourne, Australia IMG Academy (FL) Ray Spalding y 13 F 6 10 210 FR Louisville, Kentucky Trinity Anas Mahmoud y 14 F 7 0 210 SO Cairo, Egypt West Oaks (FL) Deng Adel y 22 F 6 7 200 FR Melbourne, Australia Victory Rock Prep David Levtich W 23 F 6 3 180 JR Goshen, Kentucky North Oldham Ryan McMahon 30 G 6 0 165 FR yes Sarasota, Florida Cardinal Mooney Chinanu Onuaku y 32 F/C 6 10 245 SO Lanham, Maryland Riverdale Baptist Donovan Mitchell y 45 G 6 3 210 FR Greenwich, Connecticut Brewster Academy Rick Pitino (Massachusetts) Kenny Johnson (Maryland) Mike Balado (St. Thomas) Ralph Willard (Holy Cross) http://www.gocards.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball Schedule yes yes |- !colspan=12 style=Louisville Cardinals| Exhibition Nov 1, 2015 1:30 pm yes Bellarmine KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WAVE-TV Johnson 14 Tied 10 Snider 8 71–55 18,612 Nov 9, 2015 7:00 pm yes Kentucky Wesleyan KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY WAVE-TV Lee 19 Mathiang 8 Snider 4 77–68 15,794 |- !colspan=12 style=Louisville Cardinals| Non-conference regular season Nov 13, 2015 7:00 pm yes Samford KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN3 Tied 14 Mathiang 7 Lewis 6 86–45 20,347 1–0 Nov 17, 2015 7:00 pm yes Hartford KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational ESPN3 Tied 18 Onuaku 9 Snider 6 87–52 18,910 2–0 Nov 21, 2015 12:00 pm yes North Florida KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational ESPN3 Lee 24 Spalding 12 Snider 6 89–61 20,413 3–0 Nov 24, 2015 7:00 pm yes St. Francis Brooklyn KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational RSN Lee 21 Onuaku 12 Lewis 7 85–41 19,112 4–0 Nov 28, 2015 8:00 pm yes yes Saint Louis Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational ESPN3 Lewis 22 Mathiang 13 Snider 4 77–57 5–0 Dec 2, 2015 7:15 pm yes yes 24 Michigan State 3 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN Lee 23 Tied 6 Lee 5 67–71 14,797 5–1 Dec 5, 2015 12:00 pm yes 24 Grand Canyon KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN3 Lee 24 Tied 7 Snider 8 111–63 20,380 6–1 Dec 12, 2015 2:00 pm yes 22 Eastern Michigan KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY RSN Lee 16 Tied 7 Mitchell 7 86–53 20,649 7–1 Dec 16, 2015 7:00 pm yes 19 Kennesaw State KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPNU Lee 18 Tied 7 Snider 8 94–57 19,288 8–1 Dec 19, 2015 12:00 pm yes 19 WKU KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPNU Snider 16 Onuaku 12 Snider 4 78–56 21,606 9–1 Dec 22, 2015 9:00 pm yes 16 UMKC KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Billy Minardi Classic RSN Lewis 17 Tied 9 Mitchell 3 75–47 19,419 10–1 Dec 23, 2015 7:00 pm yes 16 Utah Valley KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Billy Minardi Classic ESPNU Lewis 21 Lewis 7 Tied 4 98–86 19,147 11–1 Dec 26, 2015 12:00 pm yes yes 16 Kentucky 12 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Battle for the Bluegrass CBS Lee 27 Onuaku 10 Mitchell 3 73–75 24,412 11–2 |- !colspan=9 style=Louisville Cardinals|ACC regular season Jan 3, 2016 8:00 pm 18 Wake Forest KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPNU Mitchell 18 Onuaku 15 Tied 2 65–57 21,302 12–2 1–0 Jan 7, 2016 7:00 pm yes 16 NC State PNC Arena Raleigh, NC ESPN2 Snider 21 Onuaku 14 Mitchell 4 77–72 17,762 13–2 2–0 Jan 10, 2016 12:00 pm yes 16 Clemson Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC RSN Onuaku 14 Tied 10 Lewis 3 62–66 9,562 13–3 2–1 Jan 14, 2016 9:00 pm 21 Pittsburgh 20 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN Tied 18 Onuaku 10 Lewis 4 59–41 21,632 14–3 3–1 Jan 20, 2016 9:00 pm 17 Florida State KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPNU Snider 20 Onuaku 14 Lewis 5 84–65 21,349 15–3 4–1 Jan 23, 2016 4:00 pm yes 17 Georgia Tech Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA ESPN2 Lee 17 Onuaku 11 Onuaku 4 75–71 7,829 16–3 5–1 Jan 27, 2016 8:00 pm yes 16 Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA ACCN/WAVE-TV Lee 29 Johnson 9 Lee 6 91–83   17–3 6–1 Jan 30, 2016 1:00 pm 16 Virginia 11 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY CBS Tied 12 Spalding 7 Tied 2 47–63 21,714 17–4 6–2 Feb 1, 2016 7:00 pm 19 North Carolina 2 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Big Monday ESPN Lee 24 Onuaku 10 Snider 7 71–65 22,781 18–4 7–2 Feb 6, 2016 12:00 pm 19 Boston College KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ACCN/WHAS-TV Lewis 16 Onuaku 13 Adel 4 79–47 21,803 19–4 8–2 Feb 8, 2016 7:00 pm yes 13 Duke Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC Big Monday ESPN Mitchell 17 tied 6 Lee 4 65–72 9,314 19–5 8–3 Feb 13, 2016 4:00 pm yes 13 Notre Dame Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN ESPN2 Lee 13 Spalding 5 Snider 4 66–71 9,149 19–6 8–4 Feb 17, 2016 7:00 pm 13 Syracuse KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN Lee 15 Onuaku 15 Snider 6 72–58 21,654 20–6 9–4 Feb 20, 2016 12:00 pm 18 Duke 20 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN Lee 24 Onuaku 11 Lewis 5 71–64 22,785 21–6 10–4 Feb 24, 2016 8:00 pm yes 11 Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA ACCN/WAVE-TV Snider 14 Adel 7 Snider 7 67–60 10,425 22–6 11–4 Feb 27, 2016 2:00 pm yes 11 Miami (FL) 12 BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ACCN/WHAS-TV Snider 14 Onuaku 8 Onuaku 6 65–73 7,342 22–7 11–5 Mar 1, 2016 8:00 pm 11 Georgia Tech KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ACCN/WAVE-TV Onuaku 17 Onuaku 11 Snider 4 56–53 22,043 23–7 12–5 Mar 5, 2016 8:30 pm yes 11 Virginia 4 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA ESPN Mitchell 11 Mitchell 6 tied 2 46–68 14,088 23–8 12–6 AP Poll Eastern Time Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Post Final AP RV RV RV 24 22 19 16 18 16 21 17 16 19 13 18 11 11 14 16 N/A Coaches RV RV RV 22 19 16 15 18 16 20 16 14 18 RV NR* NR NR NR NR NR * Following the announcement of their self-imposed postseason ban, they were no longer eligible for ranking in the coaches poll. 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