2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team

2015–16 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Weber State †	15	–	3	.833	26	–	9	.743
Montana	14	–	4	.778	21	–	12	.636
Idaho	12	–	6	.667	21	–	13	.618
Idaho State	11	–	7	.611	16	–	15	.516
Eastern Washington	10	–	8	.556	18	–	16	.529
North Dakota	10	–	8	.556	17	–	16	.515
Montana State	9	–	9	.500	14	–	17	.452
Portland State	8	–	10	.444	13	–	18	.419
Northern Colorado	7	–	11	.389	10	–	21	.323
Sacramento State	6	–	12	.333	14	–	17	.452
Northern Arizona	3	–	15	.167	5	–	25	.167
Southern Utah	3	–	15	.167	5	–	24	.172


† Conference tournament winner

The 2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team represents Southern Utah University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thunderbirds are led by fourth year head coach Nick Robinson and play their home games at the Centrum Arena. They are members of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Thunderbirds the season 10–19, 7–11 in Big Sky play to finish in ninth place. They failed to qualify for the Big Sky Tournament.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Austin Waddoups	2	G	6'2"	160	Freshman	American Fork, UT	Transferred to Salt Lake CC
Tyler Rawson	21	F	6'9"	220	Freshman	American Fork, UT	Transferred to Salt Lake CC
Sherron Wilson	22	G/F	6'6"	220	Freshman	Las Vegas, NV	Transferred to Paris JC
Eric Rippetoe	24	F	6'6"	215	Senior	Panaca, NV	Graduated
Cal Hanks	34	C	6'11"	240	Senior	Logan, UT	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Randy Onwuasor	2	G	6'3"	190	Junior	Inglewood, CA	Transferred from Texas Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Onwuasor will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Will Joyce	11	F	6'5"	220	Junior	Newark, NJ	Junior college transferred from New Mexico Military Institute

2015 incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Nicholas Pete #92 SF	Hemet, CA	Tahquitz High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Aug 30, 2014
Nicholas Pete #92 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 65
Brayden Holker #68 PF	Saratoga Springs, UT	Westlake High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Oct 20, 2014
Brayden Holker #68 PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 65
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 2015-09-25.

Roster

2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Randy Onwausor (I)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Inglewood HS Texas Tech	Inglewood, CA
G	3	Travon Langston	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Las Vegas HS Utah State Eastern	Las Vegas, NV
G	4	Trey Kennedy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Bishop Gorman HS	Las Vegas, NV
G	5	John Marshall	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Westwind Prep	Phoenix, AZ
F	11	Will Joyce	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Newark East Side New Mexico Military Institute	Newark, NJ
F	12	Daniel Melifonwu	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Balboa City Prep/Lincoln	San Diego, CA
G	13	Race Parson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	South Sevier HS	Monroe, UT
G	14	James McGee (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Mater Dei HS	San Clemente, CA
G	15	Juwan Major	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Las Vegas HS	Las Vegas, NV
G/F	25	Christian Thompson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Arcadia HS Tohono O’odham CC	Phoenix, AZ
F	32	Casey Oliverson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Sky View HS Salt Lake CC	Logan, UT
G/F	35	A. J. Hess (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Phoenix Country Day	Carefree, AZ

Head coach

Nick Robinson (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

Chad Bell (Nevada)
Todd Okeson (Nevada)
Drew Allen (Southern Utah)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
12/12/2015* 7:00 PM	Bristol University	W 79–41		Centrum Arena (1,133) Cedar City, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:30 PM, P12N	at No. 16 Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 71–82	0–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,050) Salt Lake City, UT
11/18/2015* 8:30 PM	at UNLV	L 64–84	0–2	Thomas & Mack Center (10,824) Paradise, NV
11/21/2015* 7:00 PM	UTSA	L 79–82	0–3	Centrum Arena (3,256) Cedar City, UT
11/24/2015* 7:00 PM	Cal State Fullerton	L 66–80	0–4	Centrum Arena (938) Cedar City, UT
11/28/2015* 11:00 AM	at Eastern Kentucky	L 85–98	0–5	Alumni Coliseum (1,300) Richmond, KY
12/03/2015* 7:00 PM	La Verne	W 105–85	1–5	Centrum Arena (1,428) Cedar City, UT
12/05/2015* 7:00 PM	at Utah Valley Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 68–54	2–5	UCCU Center (2,233) Orem, UT
12/16/2015* 8:00 PM	at Saint Mary's	L 36–92	2–6	McKeon Pavilion (1,836) Moraga, CA
12/19/2015* 11:00 AM	at IUPUI	L 68–82	2–7	Fairgrounds Coliseum (886) Indianapolis, IN
12/22/2015* 6:30 PM, FS2	at No. 9 Butler	L 52–88	2–8	Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,128) Indianapolis, IN
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2015 4:00 PM	Montana State	W 93–82	3–8 (1–0)	Centrum Arena (941) Cedar City, UT
01/02/2016 7:00 PM	Montana	L 66–83	3–9 (1–1)	Centrum Arena (2,330) Cedar City, UT
01/09/2016 7:00 PM	Northern Arizona	L 63–73	3–10 (1–2)	Centrum Arena (3,011) Cedar City, UT
01/14/2016 7:05 PM	at Eastern Washington	L 80–106	3–11 (1–3)	Reese Court (1,572) Cheney, WA
01/16/2016 8:00 PM	at Idaho	W 85–83	4–11 (2–3)	Cowan Spectrum (1,456) Moscow, ID
01/21/2016 7:00 PM	Northern Colorado	L 80–90	4–12 (2–4)	Centrum Arena (1,356) Cedar City, UT
01/23/2016 4:00 PM	North Dakota	L 72–88	10–9 (5–3)	Centrum Arena (1,337) Cedar City, UT
01/28/2016 7:00 PM	at Idaho State			Holt Arena Pocatello, ID
01/30/2016 7:00 PM	at Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket			Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
02/04/2016 7:00 PM	Idaho			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
02/06/2016 7:00 PM	Eastern Washington			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
02/11/2016 7:00 PM	at Montana			Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
02/13/2015 2:05 PM	at Montana State			Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
02/18/2016 7:00 PM	Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
02/20/2016 7:00 PM	Idaho State			Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT
02/27/2016 2:00 PM	at Northern Arizona			Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
03/03/2016 8:05 PM	at Sacramento State			Colberg Court Sacramento, CA
03/05/2016 8:05 PM	at Portland State			Peter Stott Center Portland, OR
Big Sky Tournament
03/08–12/2016	vs.			Reno Events Center Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

^ Mike Needham. "Men's Basketball - Schedule/Results - Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics". Suutbirds.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.

[1] Mike Needham. "Men's Basketball - Schedule/Results - Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics". Suutbirds.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.

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