2015–16 USC Trojans men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2015–16 USC Trojans Basketball USC Trojans logo.svg 100px Pac-12 Conference Pac-12 Conference men's basketball Pac-12 21–13 9–9 Andy Enfield 3rd Tony Bland Jason Hart Kevin Norris Galen Center NCAA tournament First Round The 2015–16 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by third-year head coach Andy Enfield. They played their home games at the Galen Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They defeated UCLA in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Utah. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Providence. Previous season The 2014–15 USC Trojans finished the season with an overall record of 12–20, and 3–15 in the Pac-12 regular season. In the 2015 Pac-12 tournament, the Trojans defeated Arizona State, 67–64 in the first round, before losing to UCLA, 96–70 in the quarterfinal. USC became the first 12-seed to win a game in the Pac-12 Tournament. Off-season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Kahlil Dukes 5 G 6'0" 170 Junior Hartford, CT Transferred to Niagara Brendyn Taylor 15 G 6'3" 185 RS Junior Los Angeles, CA Transferred to Santa Clara Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Shaqquan Aaron 3 SF 6'7" 170 Freshman Seattle, WA Transfer from Louisville. Aaron will have to sit out the 2015–16 season under NCAA transfer rules. He will have three seasons of eligibility remaining.Dauster Rob Report: USC lands Louisville transfer, former top 50 recruit http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/26/report-usc-lands-louisville-transfer-former-top-50-recruit/ CollegeBasketballTalk 7 July 2015 2015 recruiting class no no 2015 Chimezie Metu #9 PF Lawndale, CA Lawndale High School 6 9 215 05/12/2014 4 4 4 4 Bennie Boatwright #20 PF Sun Valley, CA Village Christian Schools 6 9 220 4 4 4 4 2015 2015 USC Basketball Commits 30 March 15, 2015 yes Roster 2015 USC Trojans y Darion Clark y 0 F 6 7 220 JR yes Conyers, GA Malik Martin 2 F 6 11 220 SO Miami, FL} Shaqquan Aaron 3 F 6 7 175 SO Seattle, WA yes Chimezie Metu 4 F 6 11 215 FR Lawndale, CA y Katin Reinhardt y 5 G 6 6 215 JR yes Dana Point, CA Jordan McLaughlin y 11 G 6 1 170 SO Rancho Cucamonga, CA Julian Jacobs y basketball 12 G 6 4 180 JR Las Vegas, NV Samer Dhillon 13 F 6 7 220 JR Sacramento, CA W Strahinja Gavrilović y 14 F 6 9 230 SR Kragujevac, RS Kurt Karis 21 G 6 1 190 JR Northbrook, IL yes W Malik Marquetti 24 F 6 6 195 SO Compton, CA Bennie Boatwright 25 F 6 10 220 FR Sun Valley, CA y Elijah Stewart y 30 G 6 5 180 SO Los Angeles, CA Nikola Jovanović y basketball, born 1994 32 F 6 11 230 JR Belgrade, RS *Andy Enfield (Johns Hopkins) Tony Bland (San Diego State) Jason Hart (Syracuse) Kevin Norris (Miami (FL)) http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/usc-m-baskbl-mtt.html May 3, 2016 Schedule 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000; color:#FFCC00;"| Non-conference regular season Nov. 13 5:00 pm yes San Diego Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N McLaughlin 20 Stewart 11 Reinhardt 4 84–63 3,434 1–0 Nov. 16 7:00 pm yes Monmouth Galen Center Los Angeles, CA AdvoCare Invitational Opening Round P12N McLaughlin 22 Jovanovic 12 Jacobs 8 101–90 2,230 2–0 Nov. 21 7:30 pm yes New Mexico Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N McLaughlin 19 Boatwright 9 McLaughlin 6 90–82 2,943 3–0 Nov. 23 6:00 pm yes Cal State Northridge Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N McLaughlin 20 Jacobs 12 Jacobs 8 96–61 2,764 4–0 Nov. 26 11:30 am yes yes Wichita State 20 HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, FL AdvoCare Invitational Quarterfinals ESPN2 Boatwright 22 Jovanovic 11 Jacobs 9 72–69 4,629 5–0 Nov. 27 11:30 am yes yes Xavier 23 HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, FL AdvoCare Invitational Semifinals ESPNU Tied 15 Tied 5 Jacobs 6 77–87 4,170 5–1 Nov. 29 9:30 am yes yes Monmouth HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, FL AdvoCare Invitational 3rd place game ESPN2 Jacobs 19 Clark 10 Jacobs 5 73–83 1,631 5–2 Dec. 3 7:00 pm yes yes UC Santa Barbara The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA Stewart 15 Jacobs 10 Reinhardt 7 75–63 3,585 6–2 Dec. 7 7:00 pm yes Idaho Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N Tied 17 Jovanovic 8 McLaughlin 7 74–55 2,865 7–2 Dec. 13 1:00 pm yes Yale Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N Boatwright 17 Clark 9 McLaughlin 4 68–56 4,117 8–2 Dec. 17 7:00 pm yes Cal Poly Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N Reinhardt 29 Jovanovic 7 Jacobs 13 101–82 2,811 9–2 Dec. 21 8:00 pm yes SIU Edwardsville Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N Jovanovic 21 Jovanovic 16 McLaughlin 6 70–51 3,409 10–2 Dec. 23 7:00 pm yes Lafayette Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N Stewart 27 3 Tied 8 McLaughlin 16 100–64 3,215 11–2 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000;"| Pac-12 regular season Jan. 1 6:00 pm yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA P12N Jovanovic 20 Jovanovic 12 Jacobs 4 90–77 2,314 12–2 1–0 Jan. 3 12:00 pm yes Washington Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA P12N 3 Tied 15 Jovanovic 10 McLaughlin 6 85–87 7,031 12–3 1–1 Jan. 7 7:30 pm Arizona State Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N Jacobs 15 Clark 10 McLaughlin 8 85–75 2,754 13–3 2–1 Jan. 9 4:00 pm Arizona 7 Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N Stewart 27 Clark 7 Jacobs 9 103–101 4OT 6,854 14–3 3–1 Jan. 13 8:00 pm yes UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA Rivalry ESPN2 McLaughlin 23 Tied 8 Jacobs 5 89–75 12,993 15–3 4–1 Jan. 21 6:00 pm yes 21 Oregon Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR P12N Boatwright 23 Boatwright 12 Jacobs 5 81–89 8,471 15–4 4–2 Jan. 24 12:00 pm yes 21 Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR P12N Stewart 16 Stewart 9 Jacobs 6 70–85 7,020 15–5 4–3 Jan. 28 7:30 pm Washington State Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N Reinhardt 18 Jovanovic 7 Jacobs 9 81–71 4,392 16–5 5–3 Jan. 30 12:00 pm Washington Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N Jovanovic 28 Boatwright 8 Jacobs 6 98–88 6,387 17–5 6–3 Feb. 4 7:30 pm UCLA Galen Center Los Angeles, CA Rivalry P12N Jacobs 17 Tied 6 McLaughlin 10 80–61 10,258 18–5 7–3 Feb. 12 5:00 pm yes 23 Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ P12N Jovanovic 25 Jovanovic 15 McLaughlin 6 67–74 7,772 18–6 7–4 Feb. 14 5:00 pm yes 23 Arizona 17 McKale Center Tucson, AZ FS1 Boatwright 18 Boatwright 7 Jacobs 7 78–86 14,644 18–7 7–5 Feb. 17 8:00 pm Colorado Galen Center Los Angeles, CA ESPNU McLaughlin 25 Jovanovic 6 McLaughlin 5 79–72 5,132 19–7 8–5 Feb. 21 3:00 pm Utah Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N McLaughlin 20 Boatwright 6 Boatwright 4 69–80 7,931 19–8 8–6 Feb. 25 8:00 pm yes Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA P12N Reinhardt 14 Tied 5 McLaughlin 4 64–84 4,080 19–9 8–7 Feb. 28 5:00 pm yes California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA FS1 Jovanovic 21 Jovanovic 9 Jacobs 6 65–87 11,858 19–10 8–8 Mar. 2 8:00 pm Oregon State Galen Center Los Angeles, CA FS1 McLaughlin 17 Jovanovic 8 McLaughlin 9 81–70 4,588 20–10 9–8 Mar. 4 1:00 pm Oregon 9 Galen Center Los Angeles, CA P12N Tied 12 Metu 6 Jacobs 4 66–76 6,834 20–11 9–9 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000;"| Pac-12 tournament Mar. 9 6:00 pm yes 7 UCLA 10 MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV First Round P12N Boatwright 19 Metu 11 Jacobs 9 95–71 12,916 21–11 Mar. 10 6:00 pm yes 7 Utah 12 2 MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV Quarterfinals P12N McLaughlin 24 Jacobs 8 Jacobs 6 72–80 12,916 21–12 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#990000;"| NCAA tournament Mar. 17 6:50 PM yes yes 8 E Providence 9 E PNC Arena Raleigh, NC First Round TBS McLaughlin 15 Jovanovic 7 McLaughlin 5 69–70 17,387 21–13 Pacific Time E East Region AP Poll Ranking movement 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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