2015–16 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team
American college basketball season
2015–16 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball | |
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Horizon League tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Horizon League |
Record | 23–13 (11–7 Horizon) |
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Home arena | Resch Center |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 30 | – | 7 | .811 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Green Bay † | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milwaukee | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Kentucky* | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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† 2016 Horizon League Tournament winner |
The 2015–16 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach in his first year was Linc Darner. The Phoenix played their home games at the Resch Center and were members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 23–13, 11–7 in Horizon League play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Cleveland State, Milwaukee, Valparaiso, and Wright State to become champions of the Horizon League tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas A&M.
Roster
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Schedule
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Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
10/31/2015* 1:00 pm | UW–Stout | W 95–41 | Resch Center Green Bay, WI | ||||||||
Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/13/2015* 8:00 pm, P12N | at Stanford NIT Season Tip-Off | L 89–93 OT | 0–1 | Maples Pavilion (3,783) Stanford, CA | |||||||
11/17/2015* 5:00 am, ESPN2 | at East Tennessee State NIT Season Tip-Off | L 90–103 | 0–2 | Freedom Hall Civic Center (3,992) Johnson City, TN | |||||||
11/19/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Georgia Tech NIT Season Tip-Off | L 77–107 | 0–3 | Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,252) Atlanta, GA | |||||||
11/22/2015* 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | UM–Duluth | W 94–74 | 1–3 | Resch Center (2,245) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
11/24/2015* 7:00 pm, TWCS/ESPN3 | Akron NIT Season Tip-Off | W 66–63 | 2–3 | Resch Center (2,230) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
11/28/2015* 7:00 pm | at Eastern Illinois | W 81–72 | 3–3 | Lantz Arena (410) Charleston, IL | |||||||
11/30/2015* 7:00 pm, FSMW | at SIU Edwardsville | W 87–69 | 4–3 | Vadalabene Center (1,027) Edwardsville, IL | |||||||
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Toledo | L 69–71 | 4–4 | Resch Center (2,864) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
12/15/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Pacific | W 93–88 | 5–4 | Resch Center (2,283) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
12/20/2015* 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | UW–Superior | W 108–57 | 6–4 | Resch Center (2073) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
12/23/2015* 8:00 pm, BTN | at Wisconsin | L 79–84 | 6–5 | Kohl Center (17,287) Madison, WI | |||||||
12/28/2015* 6:00 pm | at Morehead State | W 78–72 | 7–5 | Ellis Johnson Arena (2,634) Morehead, KY | |||||||
Horizon League regular season | |||||||||||
01/02/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Northern Kentucky | W 86–70 | 8–5 (1–0) | Resch Center (3,560) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
01/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Wright State | W 76–68 | 9–5 (2–0) | Resch Center (2,357) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
01/07/2016 6:30 pm, ESPN3 | at Cleveland State | W 87–67 | 10–5 (3–0) | Wolstein Center (1,471) Cleveland, OH | |||||||
01/09/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Youngstown State | L 93–103 | 10–6 (3–1) | Beeghly Center (2,760) Youngstown, OH | |||||||
01/14/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at UIC | W 78–76 | 11–6 (4–1) | UIC Pavilion (2,552) Chicago, IL | |||||||
01/16/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Valparaiso | L 70–85 | 11–7 (4–2) | Athletics–Recreation Center (4,939) Valparaiso, IN | |||||||
01/19/2016* 7:00 pm, WAC DN | at Chicago State | W 99–66 | 12–7 | Jones Convocation Center (1,032) Chicago, IL | |||||||
01/23/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Oakland | L 95–111 | 12–8 (4–3) | Resch Center (3,928) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
01/25/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Detroit | W 115–108 OT | 13–8 (5–3) | Resch Center (2,469) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
01/29/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Milwaukee | L 94–95 | 13–9 (5–4) | UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (5,192) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
02/04/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Northern Kentucky | W 85–78 | 14–9 (6–4) | BB&T Arena (2,171) Highland Heights, KY | |||||||
02/06/2016 6:00 pm, TWCS/ESPN3 | at Wright State | L 60–79 | 14–10 (6–5) | Nutter Center (4,218) Fairborn, OH | |||||||
02/11/2016 6:30 pm, ESPN3 | at Detroit | W 86–85 | 15–10 (7–5) | Calihan Hall (2,311) Detroit, MI | |||||||
02/13/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Oakland | L 93–111 | 15–11 (7–6) | Athletics Center O'rena (3,908) Rochester, MI | |||||||
02/15/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | Milwaukee | W 70–68 | 16–11 (8–6) | Resch Center (3,685) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
02/20/2016 1:00 pm, TWCS/ESPN3 | Youngstown State | W 107–90 | 17–11 (9–6) | Resch Center (3,530) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
02/22/2016 7:00 pm, TWCS/ESPN3 | Cleveland State | W 78–61 | 18–11 (10–6) | Resch Center (2,664) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
02/26/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | UIC | W 85–69 | 19–11 (11–6) | Resch Center (4,033) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
02/28/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Valparaiso | L 68–70 | 19–12 (11–7) | Resch Center (4,491) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
Horizon League tournament | |||||||||||
03/05/2016 11:00 am, ESPN3 | (4) | vs. (9) Cleveland State First Round | W 65–53 | 20–12 | Joe Louis Arena (5,247) Detroit, MI | ||||||
03/06/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | (4) | vs. (5) Milwaukee Second Round | W 70–61 | 21–12 | Joe Louis Arena (4,792) Detroit, MI | ||||||
03/07/2016 7:00 pm, ESPNU | (4) | vs. (1) Valparaiso Semifinals | W 99–92 OT | 22–12 | Joe Louis Arena (6,557) Detroit, MI | ||||||
03/08/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN | (4) | vs. (3) Wright State Championship | W 78–69 | 23–12 | Joe Louis Arena (4,312) Detroit, MI | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
03/18/2016* 6:20 pm, TBS | (14 W) | vs. (3 W) No. 15 Texas A&M First Round | L 65–92 | 23–13 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (15,279) Oklahoma City, OK | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West Region. All times are in Central Time. |
References
- ^ "2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule". www.GreenBayPhoenix.com. University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. Archived from the original on April 25, 2022.