2015–16 UCF Knights men's basketball team

2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Temple	14	–	4	.778	21	–	12	.636
No. 24 SMU^*	13	–	5	.722	25	–	5	.833
Houston	12	–	6	.667	22	–	10	.688
Cincinnati	12	–	6	.667	22	–	11	.667
Tulsa	12	–	6	.667	20	–	12	.625
UConn †	11	–	7	.611	25	–	11	.694
Memphis	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
UCF	6	–	12	.333	12	–	18	.400
East Carolina	4	–	14	.222	12	–	20	.375
South Florida	4	–	14	.222	8	–	25	.242
Tulane	3	–	15	.167	12	–	22	.353

^* Ineligible for postseason due to postseason ban † American Athletic Conference tournament Champions Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 UCF Knights men's basketball team represents the University of Central Florida during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Knights compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the American Athletic Conference (The American). The Knights, in the program's 47th season of basketball, are led by sixth-year head coach Donnie Jones, and play their home games at the CFE Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida.

Previous season

In the previous year, the Knights finished the season 12–18, 5–13 in The American to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first of the AAC Tournament to East Carolina.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Isiah Thomas	2	G	5'11"	160	Freshman	Wesley Chapel, FL	Walk-on; didn't return
Brandon Goodwin	11	G	6'0"	180	Sophomore	Norcross, GA	Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast
Dylan Karell	15	C	6'11"	240	Junior	North Miami Beach, FL	Transferred to Florida Southern
Myles Davis	20	G	6'3"	185	Senior	Winter Haven, FL	Graduated
Marshall Holmes	25	G	6'3"	175	Freshman	Tampa, FL	Transferred
Kasey Wilson	32	F	6'7"	235	Senior	North Port, FL	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Tanksley Efianayi	13	G	6'6"	210	Junior	Orlando, FL	Junior college transferred from Daytona State College

Incoming recruits

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tacko Fall C	Dakar, Sengal	Liberty Christian Prep	7 ft 5 in (2.26 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	Oct 28, 2014
Tacko Fall C	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 81
Chance McSpadden SG	Winter Haven, FL	Winter Haven High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	May 1, 2014
Chance McSpadden SG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78
Chad Brown C	Deltona, FL	Deltona High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sep 26, 2013
Chad Brown C	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77
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 1 August 2015.

Roster

2015–16 UCF Knights men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	00	Brendan Boyle	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Rahway, NJ
G	1	B. J. Taylor	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Orlando, FL
G/F	3	A. J. Davis	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS So	Buford, GA
G	4	Daiquan Walker	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Philadelphia, PA
G	5	Djordjije Mumin (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Podgorica, Montenegro
G	10	Adonys Henriquez	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Orlando, FL
G	12	Matt Williams	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Orlando, FL
G/F	13	Tanksley Efianayi	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Orlando, FL
F	21	Chad Brown	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Deltona, FL
G	22	Chance McSpadden	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Winter Haven, FL
C	24	Tacko Fall	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)	300 lb (136 kg)	Fr	Dakar, Sengal
F	33	Shaheed Davis	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Warren, OH
C	34	Justin McBride	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	325 lb (147 kg)	Jr	Starke, FL
F	52	Staphon Blair	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Sr	Fort Lauderdale, FL

Head coach

Donnie Jones (Pikeville)

Assistant coach(es)

Shawn Finney (Fairmont)
Darren Tillis (Paul Quinn)
Christian Webster (Harvard)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 7:30 PM	at Davidson	L 85–90	0–1	John M. Belk Arena (4,676) Davidson, NC
11/18/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	UC Irvine	L 60–61 ^OT	0–2	CFE Arena (5,629) Orlando, FL
11/21/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	UNC Greensboro	W 65–54	1–2	CFE Arena (3,607) Orlando, FL
11/28/2015* 1:30 PM	at Miami (OH)	L 63–64	1–3	Millett Hall (1,254) Oxford, OH
12/02/2015* 8:00 PM, ESPN3	at Stetson	W 94–85	2–3	Edmunds Center (2,150) DeLand, FL
12/05/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	UIC	W 88–58	3–3	CFE Arena (4,208) Orlando, FL
12/08/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Massachusetts	W 67–63	4–3	CFE Arena (4,395) Orlando, FL
12/12/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Florida Atlantic	W 75–61	5–3	CFE Arena (4,130) Orlando, FL
12/19/2015* 1:00 PM, ESPN3	at Detroit	L 89–95	5–4	Calihan Hall (2,055) Detroit, MI
12/22/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Bethune-Cookman	W 101–96	6–4	CFE Arena (3,734) Orlando, FL
12/29/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	George Washington	L 50–67	6–5	CFE Arena (3,889) Orlando, FL
American Regular Season
01/02/2016 6:00 PM, ESPN3	at East Carolina	W 71–68	7–5 (1–0)	Williams Arena (4,605) Greenville, NC
01/06/2016 7:00 PM, ESPNews	South Florida	W 75–64	8–5 (2–0)	CFE Arena (3,603) Orlando, FL
01/10/2016 4:00 PM, ESPNU	at No. 15 SMU	L 73–88	8–6 (2–1)	Moody Coliseum (6,952) Dallas, TX
01/16/2016 4:30 PM, ESPNews	East Carolina	W 89–69	9–6 (3–1)	CFE Arena (5,411) Orlando, FL
01/20/2016 6:15 PM, ESPNews	at South Florida	W 64–54	10–6 (4–1)	USF Sun Dome (3,491) Tampa, FL
01/24/2016 3:00 PM, ESPN3	at Tulsa	L 60–75	10–7 (4–2)	Reynolds Center (4,270) Tulsa, OK
01/26/2016 7:00 PM, CBSSN	Memphis	L 86–97	10–8 (4–3)	CFE Arena (4,577) Orlando, FL
01/31/2016 4:00 PM, CBSSN	Connecticut	L 41–67	10–9 (4–4)	CFE Arena (6,414) Orlando, FL
02/04/2016 8:00 PM, ESPNews	at Tulane	W 70–62	11–9 (5–4)	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,174) New Orleans, LA
02/06/2016 12:00 PM, ESPNU	Temple	L 60–62	11–10 (5–5)	CFE Arena (3,674) Orlando, FL
02/09/2016 7:00 PM, ESPNews	Cincinnati	L 51–69	11–11 (5–6)	CFE Arena (4,143) Orlando, FL
02/13/2016 3:00 PM, ESPNews	at Houston			Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX
02/17/2016 7:00 PM, ESPNU	at Memphis			FedEx Forum Memphis, TN
02/21/2016 2:00 PM, CBSSN	Tulsa			CFE Arena Orlando, FL
02/24/2016 7:00 PM, ESPNU	Houston			CFE Arena Orlando, FL
02/27/2016 12:00 PM, ESPNews	at Temple			Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
03/02/2016 7:00 PM, ESPNews	Tulane			CFE Arena Orlando, FL
03/06/2016 2:00 PM, ESPNU	at Connecticut			Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
2016 American Athletic Conference Tournament
03/10–13/2016	vs.			Amway Center Orlando, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

External links

2015–16 schedule

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Previous season

Departures

Incoming Transfers

Incoming recruits

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References

External links