2015–16 American Eagles men's basketball team

2015–16 American Eagles men's basketball
2015–16 American Eagles men's basketball
Conference	Patriot League
Record	12–19 (9–9 Patriot)
Head coach	Mike Brennan (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Scott Greenman; Matt Wolff; Eddie Jackson;
Home arena	Bender Arena
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Patriot League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bucknell	14	–	4	.778	17	–	14	.548
Lehigh	13	–	5	.722	17	–	15	.531
Boston University	11	–	7	.611	19	–	15	.559
Army	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
Navy	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
Colgate	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
American	9	–	9	.500	12	–	19	.387
Loyola (MD)	8	–	10	.444	9	–	21	.300
Holy Cross †	5	–	13	.278	15	–	20	.429
Lafayette	3	–	15	.167	6	–	24	.200


† 2016 Patriot League tournament winner

The 2015–16 American Eagles men's basketball team represented American University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third year head coach Mike Brennan, played their home games at Bender Arena and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 12–19, 9–9 in Patriot League play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place. They defeated Boston University in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League tournament to advance the semifinals where they lost to Lehigh.

Previous season[edit]

The Eagles finished the season 17–16, 8–10 in Patriot League play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place. They advanced to the championship game of the Patriot League tournament where they lost to Lafayette.

Departures[edit]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Darius Gardner	0	G	5'9"	165	RS Senior	Houston, TX	Graduated
Kyle Kager	1	F	6'8"	195	Senior	Flower Mound, TX	Graduated
George Langberg	2	G	6'3"	185	Freshman	Short Hills, NJ	Transferred to New York
Justice Montgomery	3	G	5'11"	160	Senior	Orlando, FL	Graduated
Kevin Panzer	13	F	6'9"	225	RS Senior	Mission Viejo, CA	Graduated
John Schoof	22	G	6'5"	205	Senior	Fairfax, VA	Graduated
Langdon Neal	25	G	6'0"	165	Sophomore	Chicago, IL	Transferred to Trinity
Jonathan Davis	35	F	6'7"	220	RS Junior	Simi Valley, CA	Graduate transferred to Cal State Los Angeles

Incoming recruits[edit]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Delante Jones SF	Lynchburg, VA	Virginia Episcopal School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Aug 7, 2014
Delante Jones SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75
James Washington PG	Norwalk, CA	Price High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	155 lb (70 kg)
James Washington PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 67
Lonnie Rivera PG	Nanuet, NY	Don Bosco High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sep 28, 2014
Lonnie Rivera PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.

Roster[edit]

2015–16 American Eagles men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G/F	2	Delante Jones	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Virginia Episcopal	Lynchburg, VA
G	3	James Washington	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Price	Norwalk, CA
G	4	Alex Paquin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	So	Champlain College Saint-Lambert	Montreal, QE
F	5	Marko Vasic	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Aim High Prep	Belgrade, Serbia
F	12	Yilret Yiljep	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS So	Westtown	Kaduna, Nigeria
F	13	Leon Tolksdorf	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Jr	Leibniz-Berschule Berlin Secondary Connecticut	Berlin, Germany
G	14	Jesse Reed	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	The Kiski School	Saltsburg, PA
F	15	Lonnie Rivera	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Don Bosco Prep	Spring Valley, NY
G/F	20	Charlie Jones (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Mount St. Joseph	Manchester, MD
G	21	Jalen Rhea	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	New Albany	New Albany, OH
G	25	Kevin Brown	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Montclair Kimberley Academy	West Orange, NJ
C	34	Gabe Brown	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	Ward Melville	Berlin, Germany
C	35	Andrija Matić	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	German School of Belgrade	Belgrade, Serbia
F/C	42	Paris Maragkos	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	RS Jr	Blue Ridge George Washington	Marousi, Greece

Head coach

Mike Brennan (Princeton)

Assistant coach(es)

Scott Greenman (Princeton)
Matt Wolff (Boston University)
Eddie Jackson

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[edit]

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Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 8:00 pm	at Rhode Island	L 42–65	0–1	Ryan Center (5,089) Kingston, RI
11/17/2015* 7:30 pm	Hampton	L 48–61	0–2	Bender Arena (1,224) Washington, D.C.
11/21/2015* 7:00 pm	at Saint Francis (PA)	L 48–68^[2]	0–3	DeGol Arena (1,072) Loretto, PA
11/25/2015* 7:00 pm	at VCU	L 44–72	0–4	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
11/28/2015* 1:00 pm	at New Hampshire	W 68–50	1–4	Lundholm Gym (473) Durham, NH
12/01/2015* 7:00 pm	at Mount St. Mary's	L 56–81	1–5	Knott Arena (1,504) Emmitsburg, MD
12/04/2015* 7:05 pm, ESPN3	at Youngstown State	W 60–56	2–5	Beeghly Center (1,296) Youngstown, OH
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm	at Wagner	L 48–55	2–6	Spiro Sports Center (1,192) Staten Island, NY
12/17/2015* 7:30 pm	Stony Brook	L 68–86	2–7	Bender Arena (368) Washington, D.C.
12/20/2015* 1:30 pm, CSNMA	Maryland Eastern Shore	L 64–79	2–8	Bender Arena (826) Washington, D.C.
12/22/2015* 8:00 pm, SECN	at LSU	L 51–79	2–9	Maravich Center (9,902) Baron Rouge, LA
Patriot League regular season
12/30/2015 7:38 pm, Patriot League Network	at Loyola (MD)	L 67–75	2–10 (0–1)	Reitz Arena (787) Baltimore, MD
01/03/2016 2:00 pm, Patriot League Network	Colgate	L 37–56	2–11 (0–2)	Bender Arena (489) Washington, D.C.
01/06/2016 7:00 pm, Patriot League Network	at Bucknell	L 54–72	2–12 (0–3)	Sojka Pavilion (2584) Lewisburg, PA
01/09/2016 2:00 pm, CSNMA	Lehigh	L 50–65	2–13 (0–4)	Bender Arena (645) Washington, D.C.
01/13/2016 7:00 pm	Boston University	L 50–61	2–14 (0–5)	Bender Arena (1,029) Washington, D.C.
01/17/2016 12:00 pm, CBSSN	at Army	L 45–65	2–15 (0–6)	Christl Arena (912) West Point, NY
01/20/2016 7:00 pm, WBPH	at Lafayette	W 81–73	3–15 (1–6)	Kirby Sports Center (1,507) Easton, PA
01/27/2016 7:00 pm	at Navy	W 63–58	4–15 (2–6)	Alumni Hall (1,642) Annapolis, MD
01/30/2016 2:00 pm	at Colgate	W 54–49	5–15 (3–6)	Cotterell Court (784) Hamilton, NY
02/01/2016 7:30 pm	Holy Cross Postponed from 1/24/16	W 58–45	6–15 (4–6)	Bender Arena (457) Washington, D.C.
02/03/2016 7:30 pm	Bucknell	W 69–55	7–15 (5–6)	Bender Arena (759) Washington, D.C.
02/06/2016 2:00 pm	at Lehigh	L 49–72	7–16 (5–7)	Stabler Arena (1,380) Bethlehem, PA
02/10/2016 7:00 pm	at Boston University	L 51–71	7–17 (5–8)	Case Gym (503) Boston, MA
02/13/2016 4:00 pm, CSNMA	Army	L 59–65	7–18 (5–9)	Bender Arena (1,342) Washington, D.C.
02/17/2016 7:30 pm, CSNMA	Lafayette	W 60–59 ^OT	8–18 (6–9)	Bender Arena (675) Washington, D.C.
02/21/2016 12:00 pm	at Holy Cross	W 71–70 ^OT	9–18 (7–9)	Hart Center (1,909) Worcester, MA
02/24/2016 7:30 pm	Navy	W 72–65	10–18 (8–9)	Bender Arena (653) Washington, D.C.
02/27/2016 12:00 pm	Loyola (MD)	W 67–66	11–18 (9–9)	Bender Arena (796) Washington, D.C.
Patriot League tournament
03/03/2015 7:00 pm	at Boston University Quarterfinals	W 69–64	12–18	Case Gym (731) Boston, MA
03/06/2015 2:00 pm, CBSSN	at Lehigh Semifinals	L 62–78	12–19	Stabler Arena (2,225) Bethlehem, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References[edit]

^ "2015-16 Schedule". www.AUEagles.com. American University. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016.
^ "St. Francis jumps on American 68-48". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 22, 2015.

[1] "2015-16 Schedule". www.AUEagles.com. American University. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016.

[2] "St. Francis jumps on American 68-48". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 22, 2015.

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