2015–16 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Holy Cross Crusaders Holy Cross Athletics logo.svg 150 Patriot League Patriot 15–20 5–13 Bill Carmody 1st Kevin Driscoll Joe Kennedy Freddie Owens Hart Center Patriot League tournament champions NCAA tournament First Round The 2015–16 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by first year head coach Bill Carmody, played their home games at the Hart Center and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 15–20, 5–13 in Patriot League play to finish in ninth place. As the #9 seed, they defeated Loyola (MD), Bucknell, Army, and Lehigh to be champions of the Patriot League tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As a #16 seed in the First Four they defeated Southern to advance to the first round where they lost to Oregon. Previous season The Crusaders finished the 2014–15 season 14–16, 8–10 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Patriot League tournament where they lost to Bucknell. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Justin Burrell 3 G 5'9" 165 Senior Dumfries, VA Graduated Chris Jayne 4 G 5'11" 160 Senior Newburyport, MA Graduated Malcolm Miller 13 F 6'7" 210 Senior Laytonsville, MD Graduated De'Vaughn Reid 15 G 6'0" 165 Senior West Orange, NJ Graduated Patrick Kerrigan 40 F 6'8" 215 Senior Fairfield, CT Graduated Taylor Abt 43 F 6'8" 225 Senior Darnestown, MD Graduated Mitchell Hahn 44 F 6'8" 205 Freshman Fremont, NE Transferred to Nebraska–Omaha Incoming recruits no no 2015 Marcellis Perkins SG Chesapeake, VA Fishburne Military School 6 4 185 05/13/2014 0 0 72 Jehyve Floyd #81 PF Parlin, NJ Sayreville War Memorial High 6 7 180 07/07/2014 0 0 63 Matt Zignorski #115 SG Oak Ridge, NJ Pope John XXIII High School 6 1 165 04/18/2015 0 0 61 Pat Benzan PG West Roxbury, MA Roxbury Latin School 5 11 165 06/13/2013 0 0 NR Karl Charles SG Somerset, NJ Rutgers Prep High School 6 3 04/10/2015 0 0 NR 2015 2015 Holy Cross Signees 2015 Holy Cross Signees 2015 Holy Cross Signees 2015-09-28 yes 2016 class recruits no yes 2016 Jack Stevens #64 C Ithaca, NY Kent School 6 10 08/04/2015 0 0 63 2016 2016 Holy Cross Signees 2016 Holy Cross Signees 2016 Holy Cross Signees 2015-09-28 yes Roster 2015 Holy Cross Crusaders y y Karl Charles n 1 F 6 6 200 FR Piscataway, New Jersey Rutgers Prep Anthony Thompson n 2 G 5 10 150 JR Glenn Dale, Maryland Bullis Cullen Hamilton n 5 G 6 2 185 SR Washington, D.C. Potomac (VA) Pat Benzan n 10 G 5 11 170 FR Wellesley, Massachusetts Roxbury Latin Christopher Morgan n 12 F 6 7 215 SR Gloucester, Virginia Gloucester Marcellis Perkins n 14 G/F 6 4 185 FR Chesapeake, Virginia Deep Creek Patrick Rielly n 15 G 6 0 175 JR Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania North Catholic Jehyve Floyd y 20 F 6 7 212 FR Sayreville, New Jersey Sayreville War Memorial Malachi Alexander n 21 F 6 7 217 JR Bowie, Maryland Eleanor Roosevelt Robert Champion 22 F 6 6 203 JR Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Christian Eric Green 24 G/F 6 4 191 SR Mountain House, California St. Mark's (MA) Isaiah Baker n 25 F 6 8 240 SR Wyncote, Pennsylvania Shipley Riley Criswell 30 F 6 8 205 JR Carrollton, Georgia Carrollton Matt Zignorski 31 G 6 2 170 FR Sparta, New Jersey Pope John XXIII Derek Mountain 40 F 6 5 215 FR Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Haverford School Matt Husek 42 C 6 11 240 JR Stewartsville, New Jersey Bethlehem Catholic (PA) Bill Carmody (Union (NY)) Kevin Driscoll (Misericordia) Joe Kennedy (Northwestern) Freddie Owens (Wisconsin) http://www.goholycross.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=33100&SPID=157228&SPSID=917390&DB_OEM_ID=33100 Schedule http://www.goholycross.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=33100&SPID=157228&SPSID=917386 Men's Basketball - Schedule - Holy Cross Crusaders - College of the Holy Cross Official Athletic Site goholycross.com 2015-09-28 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660066; color:#FFFFFF;"|Exhibition Nov 5 7:05 pm yes Assumption Hart Center Worcester, MA 976 85–79 OT |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660066; color:#FFFFFF;"|Non-conference regular season Nov 13 7:00 pm yes yes Marist McCann Field House Poughkeepsie, NY 1,707 67–64 1–0 Nov 16 7:00 pm yes yes Brown Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI 1,224 55–71 1–1 Nov 19 7:05 pm yes New Hampshire Hart Center Worcester, MA 1,794 69–73 1–2 Nov 22 1:00 pm yes yes Quinnipiac TD Bank Sports Center Hamden, CT 1,381 56–62 1–3 Nov 25 1:05 pm yes Sacred Heart Hart Center Worcester, MA 1,104 69–60 2–3 Nov 29 1:05 pm yes Harvard Hart Center Worcester, MA 1,796 50-49 3-3 Dec 2 7:00 pm yes yes Rhode Island Ryan Center Kingston, RI 3,442 56–74 3–4 Dec 5 2:05 pm yes Albany Hart Center Worcester, MA 1,494 84–88 OT 3–5 Dec 9 8:00 pm yes yes Kansas 2 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS 16,300 ESPN3 59–92 3–6 Dec 12 7:00 pm yes yes Hartford Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion Hartford, CT 1,072 90–68 4–6 Dec 21 7:05 pm yes Maine Hart Center Worcester, MA 1,014 76–75 5–6 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660066; color:#FFFFFF;"|Patriot League regular season Dec 30 7:05 pm Boston University Hart Center Worcester, MA 2,345 80–64 6–6 1–0 Jan 2 1:00 pm yes Navy Alumni Hall Annapolis, MD 2,677 60–65 6–7 1–1 Jan 6 7:05 pm Colgate Hart Center Worcester, MA 1,256 65–63 7–7 2–1 Jan 9 2:00 pm yes Bucknell Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA 3,111 71–98 7–8 2–2 Jan 13 7:00 pm yes Lafayette Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA 1,335 52–65 7–9 2–3 Jan 16 1:05 pm Lehigh Hart Center Worcester, MA 1,301 66–87 7–10 2–4 Jan 20 7:05 pm Army Hart Center Worcester, MA 1,359 69–65 8–10 3–4 Jan 24 7:00 pm yes Colgate Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY Moved up from 2/3/16 674 61–76 8–11 3–5 Jan 27 7:05 pm Loyola (MD) Hart Center Worcester, MA 1,646 54–71 8–12 3–6 Jan 30 1:05 pm Navy Hart Center Worcester, MA 1,834 87–80 OT 9–12 4–6 Feb 1 5:30 pm yes American Bender Arena Washington, D.C. Postponed from 1/24/16 457 45–58 9–13 4–7 Feb 6 1:05 pm Bucknell Hart Center Worcester, MA 2,647 52–77 9–14 4–8 Feb 10 7:05 pm Lafayette Hart Center Worcester, MA 1,067 67–53 10–14 5–8 Feb 15 7:30 pm yes Lehigh Stabler Arena Bethlehem, PA 710 CBSSN 59–64 10–15 5–9 Feb 17 7:00 pm yes Army Christl Arena West Point, NY 1,086 68–72 10–16 5–10 Feb 21 12:05 pm American Hart Center Worcester, MA 1,909 70–71 OT 10–17 5–11 Feb 24 7:30 pm yes Loyola (MD) Reitz Arena Baltimore, MD 602 63–78 10–18 5–12 Feb 27 12:00 pm yes Boston University Case Gym Boston, MA 1,237 68–83 10–19 5–13 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660066; color:#FFFFFF;"| Patriot League tournament Mar 1 7:30 pm yes 9 8 Loyola (MD) Reitz Arena Baltimore, MD First Round 408 72–67 11–19 Mar 3 7:00 pm yes 9 1 Bucknell Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA Quarterfinals 2,700 77–72 2OT 12–19 Mar 6 2:00 pm yes 9 4 Army Christl Arena West Point, NY Semifinals 1,107 CBSSN 60–38 13–19 Mar 9 7:30 pm yes 9 2 Lehigh Stabler Arena Bethlehem, PA Championship 4,587 CBSSN 59–56 14–19 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#660066; color:#FFFFFF;"|NCAA tournament Mar 16 6:40 pm yes yes 16 W 16 W Southern UD Arena Dayton, OH First Four 12,582 truTV 59–55 15–19 Mar 18 7:50 pm yes yes 16 W Oregon 1 W 5 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, WA First Round truTV 52–91 11,274 15–20 AP Poll Eastern Time. 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