2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball season
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2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 14 |
TV partner(s) | CBS Sports Network, Fox Sports, American Sports Network |
2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
Regular season champions | UAB |
Runners-up | Middle Tennessee |
Season MVP | Alex Hamilton |
Tournament | |
Champions | Middle Tennessee |
Runners-up | Old Dominion |
Finals MVP | Reggie Upshaw |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 25 | – | 13 | .658 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 8 | – | 25 | .242 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss* | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTSA | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 5 | – | 27 | .156 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed postseason ban. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 C-USA Tournament winner |
The 2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.
Preseason
[edit]Preseason Polls
[edit]C-USA Coaches | |
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1. | UAB (11) |
2. | Old Dominion (3) |
3. | Middle Tennessee |
4. | UTEP |
5. | Louisiana Tech |
6. | WKU |
7. | Rice |
8. | North Texas |
9. | Marshall |
10. | FIU |
11. | Charlotte |
12. | Florida Atlantic |
13. | UTSA |
14. | Southern Miss |
Preseason All-Conference Team
[edit]C-USA Coaches |
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Adrian Diaz, F FIU Alex Hamilton, G Louisiana Tech Erik McCree, F Louisiana Tech Ryan Taylor, F Marshall Reggie Upshaw Jr.,G Middle Tennessee Trey Freeman, G Old Dominion Marcus Jackson, G Rice Robert Brown, G UAB William Lee, F UAB Earvin Morris, F UTEP |
Rankings
[edit]Improvement in ranking | ||
Drop in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll |
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Final | ||
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Old Dominion | AP | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||||
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UAB | AP | RV | |||||||||||||||||||
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UTEP | AP | RV | |||||||||||||||||||
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Conference schedules
[edit]Conference matrix
[edit]This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
Charlotte | FIU | FAU | LaTech | Marshall | MTSU | UNT | ODU | Rice | USM | UAB | UTEP | UTSA | WKU | |
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vs. Charlotte | – | 0–1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1–1 |
vs. FIU | 1–0 | – | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
vs. Florida Atlantic | 0-1 | 2–0 | – | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
vs. Louisiana Tech | 0-1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
vs. Marshall | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
vs. Middle Tennessee | 0-1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
vs. North Texas | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
vs. Old Dominion | 0-2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | – | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
vs. Rice | 3-0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
vs. Southern Miss | 1-0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
vs. UAB | 0-1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
vs. UTEP | 1-0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | – | 1–1 | 0–1 |
vs. UTSA | 1-0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | – | 1–0 |
vs. WKU | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | – |
Total | 10–9 | 7–12 | 6–14 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 7–12 | 13–6 | 7–12 | 6–12 | 16–2 | 11–8 | 3–16 | 9–10 |
Honors and awards
[edit]Players of the Week
[edit]Throughout the conference regular season, the C-USA offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.
Week | Player of the week | Freshman of the week |
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November 16, 2015 | Chris Cokley, UAB | Ja'Michael Brown, North Texas |
November 23, 2015 | Adrian Diaz, FIU | Andrien White, Charlotte |
November 30, 2015 | Earvin Morris, UTEP | C. J. Burks, Marshall |
Marcus Evans, Rice | ||
December 7, 2015 | Adrian Diaz (2), FIU | Marcus Evans (2), Rice |
December 14, 2015 | Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech | C. J. Burks (2), Marshall |
December 21, 2015 | Erik McCree, Louisiana Tech | Marcus Evans (3), Rice |
December 28, 2015 | James Kelly, Marshall | Marcus Evans (4), Rice |
January 4, 2016 | Adrian Diaz (3), FIU | Andrien White (2), Charlotte |
Alex Hamilton (2), Louisiana Tech | ||
January 11, 2016 | James Kelly (2), Marshall | Jon Davis, Charlotte |
January 18, 2016 | William Lee, UAB | Marquez Letcher-Ellis, Rice |
January 25, 2016 | Trey Freeman, Old Dominion | Jon Davis (2), Charlotte |
February 1, 2016 | Trey Freeman (2), Old Dominion | Marcus Evans (5), Rice |
February 8, 2016 | Trey Freeman (3), Old Dominion | Marcus Evans (6), Rice |
February 15, 2016 | Erik McCree (2), Louisiana Tech | Marcus Evans (7), Rice |
February 22, 2016 | James Kelly (3), Marshall | Marcus Evans (8), Rice |
February 29, 2016 | Alex Hamilton (3), Louisiana Tech | Marcus Evans (9), Rice |
March 7, 2016 | Alex Hamilton (4), Louisiana Tech | Marcus Evans (10), Rice |
All-Conference USA Awards and Teams
[edit]2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Individual Awards | ||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | Team | ||||
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Player of the Year | Alex Hamilton | Louisiana Tech | ||||
Gene Bartow Coach of the Year | Jerod Haase | UAB | ||||
Defensive Player of the Year | William Lee | UAB | ||||
Freshman of the Year | Marcus Evans | Rice | ||||
Newcomer of the Year | James Kelly | Marshall | ||||
Sixth Man Award | Dirk Williams | UAB |
2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams | ||||||
First Team | Second Team | Third Team | All-Freshman Team | All-Defensive Team | All-Academic Team | |
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Alex Hamilton (La. Tech) James Kelly (Marshall) Trey Freeman (ODU) Marcus Evans (Rice) Robert Brown (UAB) |
Joseph Uchebo (Charlotte) Adrian Diaz (FIU) Erik McCree (La. Tech) Jeremy Combs (N. Texas) Chris Cokley (UAB) |
Giddy Potts (MTSU) Reggie Upshaw Jr. (MTSU) William Lee (UAB) Nick Norton (UAB) Lee Moore(UTEP) |
Jon Davis (Charlotte) Andrien White (Charlotte) Zoran Talley (ODU) Marcus Evans (Rice) Terry Winn (UTEP) |
Adrian Diaz (FIU) Alex Hamilton (La. Tech) Brandan Stith (ODU) Marcus Evans (Rice) William Lee (UAB) |
Jon Elmore (Marshall) Austin Loop (Marshall) Trey Freeman (ODU) Nick Norton (UAB) Dominic Artis (UTEP) | |
† - denotes unanimous selection |
Postseason
[edit]Conference USA Tournament
[edit]The conference tournament is scheduled for March 8–12 at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, AL.
NCAA tournament
[edit]Seed | Region | School | First Four | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
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15 | Midwest | Middle Tennessee | W, 90–81 vs. #2 Michigan State – (St. Louis) | L, 50–75 vs. #10 Syracuse – (St. Louis) | |||||
W–L (%): | 0–0 – | 1–0 1.000 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 –Total: 1–1 .500 |
National Invitation Tournament
[edit]Seed | Bracket | School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
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7 | St. Bonaventure | UAB | L, 79–97 vs. #2 BYU | ||||
W–L (%): | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – Total: 0–1 .000 |
Vegas 16 Tournament
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "UAB Men's Basketball Voted C-USA Preseason Favorite". www.conferenceusa.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ^ "March 7 Men's Basketball Players of the Week". Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- ^ "Haase and Hamilton Claim C-USA Men's Basketball Top Honors". www.conferenceusa.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- ^ "C-USA Men's Basketball Specialty Awards Announced". www.conferenceusa.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- ^ "C-USA Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams Announced". www.conferenceusa.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- ^ "Men's Basketball All-Academic Team Announced". www.conferenceusa.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.