2015–16 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team

2015–16 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball
2015–16 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	14–17 (9–9 Big Sky)
Head coach	Brian Fish (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Kenya Crandell; Chris Haslam; Brandon Lincoln;
Home arena	Worthington Arena
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team represented Montana State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by second year head coach Brian Fish, played their home games at Worthington Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 9–9 in Big Sky play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky tournament to Sacramento State.

Previous season

The Bobcats finished the season 7–23, 4–14 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for tenth place. They failed to qualify for the Big Sky tournament.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Blake Brumwell	2	C	6'7"	250	RS Senior	Big Sandy, MT	Graduated
Michael Dison	3	G	5'9"	160	Senior	Houston, TX	Graduated
Joseph Frenchwood IV	4	G	6'1"	175	Freshman	Newark, CA	Transferred to Hill College
Terrell Brown	13	F	6'4"	200	RS Junior	Colorado Springs, CO	Transferred
Ryan Shannon	20	F	6'8"	225	RS Sophomore	Marysville, WA	Left the team for personal reasons
Eric Norman	24	F	6'9"	220	Senior	San Diego, CA	Graduated
Bradley Fisher	41	C	7'0"	245	Freshman	Chorley, England	Transferred to Emporia State

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Nahjee Matlock	10	G	5'11"	180	Junior	Las Vegas, NV	Junior college transferred from Tohono O'odham Community College
Tyson Kanseyo	11	F	6'8"	215	Sophomore	Malden, Netherlands	Junior college transferred from Laramie County Community College
Sarp Gobeloglu	13	F	6'10"	210	Junior	Istanbul, Turkey	Junior college transferred from Gillette College
Quinton Everett	24	G	6'2"	195	Junior	Lakeland, FL	Junior college transferred from Gillette College
Shikei Blake	25	F	6'7"	240	Junior	Wilmington, DE	Junior college transferred from Northeastern Junior College

2015 incoming recruits

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tyler Hall #51 SG	Rock Island, IL	Rock Island High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 15, 2014
Tyler Hall #51 SG	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78
Mandrell Worthy #80 SG	Sammamish, WA	Eastside Catholic School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 30, 2014
Mandrell Worthy #80 SG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 73
Sam Neumann SF	Saint Paul, MN	Cretin-Derham Hall High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 27, 2014
Sam Neumann SF	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 73
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 September 13, 2015.

Roster

2015–16 Montana State Bobcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Zach Green	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Mesquite	Gilbert, AZ
G	1	Stephan Holm	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Riverton	Riverton, UT
G	3	Tyler Hall	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Rock Island	Rock Island, IL
F	4	Sam Neumann	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Cretin-Durham Hall	Saint Paul, MN
G	10	Nahjee Mathlock	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Palo Verde Tohono O'odham CC	Las Vegas, NV
F	11	Tyson Kanseyo	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	22 Feet Academy Laramie County CC	Malden, Netherlands
F	13	Sarp Gobeloglu	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	FMV Igile Gillette College	Ankara, Turkey
G	15	Mandrell Worthy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Eastside Catholic	Federal Way, WA
G	22	Marcus Colbert	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Post Falls	Post Falls, ID
G	24	Quinton Everett	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Lakeland Gillette College	Lakeland, FL
C	25	Shikei Blake	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Newark Northeastern JC	Wilmington, DE
F	33	Quinn Price	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Vista Grande	Casa Grande, AZ
F	34	Danny Robison	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Billings West	Billings, MT

Head coach

Brian Fish (Marshall)

Assistant coach(es)

Kenya Crandell (Nebraska–Kearney)
Chris Haslam (Wyoming)
Brandon Lincoln (Oregon)

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
11/03/2015* 7:05 pm	Northwest Indian	W 114–57		Worthington Arena Bozeman, MT
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 10:35 pm	at Hawaii Rainbow Classic	L 76–87	0–1	Stan Sheriff Center (6,259) Honolulu, HI
11/14/2015* 5:00 pm	vs. Hawaii–Hilo Rainbow Classic	W 90–85	1–1	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
11/15/2015* 5:00 pm	vs. Nevada Rainbow Classic	L 62–83	1–2	Stan Sheriff Center (5,271) Honolulu, HI
11/20/2015* 8:05 pm	San Jose State	W 81–69	2–2	Worthington Arena (1,806) Bozeman, MT
11/22/2015* 2:05 pm	vs. Wyoming Billings Showcase	W 83–82	3–2	Rimrock Auto Arena (4,207) Billings, MT
11/28/2015* 7:00 pm	at Wyoming	L 68–82	3–3	Arena-Auditorium (5,022) Laramie, WY
12/01/2015* 7:00 pm	at Utah Valley	W 76–72	4–3	UCCU Center (1,135) Orem, UT
12/06/2015* 1:05 pm	Nebraska–Omaha	L 97–100	4–4	Worthington Arena (1,533) Bozeman, MT
12/13/2015* 3:00 pm	at San Jose State	W 91–83	5–4	Event Center Arena (1,116) San Jose, CA
12/16/2015* 6:00 pm	at North Dakota State	L 97–100	5–5	Scheels Arena (1,533) Fargo, ND
12/19/2015* 12:00 pm	at Buffalo	L 73–80	5–6	Alumni Arena (2,384) Amherst, NY
12/22/2015* 5:00 pm, ESPN3	at Syracuse	L 60–82	5–7	Carrier Dome (17,202) Syracuse, NY
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2015 7:05 pm	at Southern Utah	L 82–93	5–8 (0–1)	Centrum Arena (941) Cedar City, UT
01/02/2016 12:05 pm	at Northern Arizona	W 74–72 ^OT	6–8 (1–1)	Walkup Skydome (1,007) Flagstaff, AZ
01/07/2016 7:05 pm	Sacramento State	W 71–64	7–8 (2–1)	Worthington Arena (2,036) Bozeman, MT
01/09/2016 2:05 pm	Portland State	L 70–77	7–9 (2–2)	Worthington Arena (2,233) Bozeman, MT
01/14/2016 6:05 pm	at North Dakota	L 68–85	7–10 (2–3)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,608) Grand Forks, ND
01/16/2016 5:05 pm	at Northern Colorado	L 76–78	7–11 (2–4)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,120) Greeley, CO
01/21/2016 7:05 pm	Eastern Washington	W 85–71	8–11 (3–4)	Worthington Arena (2,362) Bozeman, MT
01/23/2016 2:05 pm	Idaho	W 70–68	9–11 (4–4)	Worthington Arena (2,435) Bozeman, MT
01/30/2016 7:05 pm	Montana	L 72–80	9–12 (4–5)	Worthington Arena (5,407) Bozeman, MT
02/04/2016 8:05 pm	at Portland State	L 68–83	9–13 (4–6)	Peter Stott Center (623) Portland, OR
02/06/2016 8:05 pm	at Sacramento State	W 79–76	10–13 (5–6)	Colberg Court (929) Sacramento, CA
02/11/2016 7:05 pm	Northern Arizona	W 101–58	11–13 (6–6)	Worthington Arena (2,275) Bozeman, MT
02/13/2016 2:05 pm	Southern Utah	W 80–73	12–13 (7–6)	Worthington Arena (2,624) Bozeman, MT
02/20/2016 7:05 pm	at Montana	L 78–87	12–14 (7–7)	Dahlberg Arena (6,522) Missoula, MT
02/25/2016 7:05 pm	at Weber State	L 60–68	12–15 (7–8)	Dee Events Center (7,340) Ogden, UT
02/27/2016 7:05 pm	at Idaho State	L 69–76	12–16 (7–9)	Reed Gym (2,566) Pocatello, ID
03/03/2016 7:05 pm	Northern Colorado	W 81–63	13–16 (8–9)	Worthington Arena (2,227) Bozeman, MT
03/05/2016 2:05 pm	North Dakota	W 89–82	14–16 (9–9)	Worthington Arena (2,585) Bozeman, MT
Big Sky tournament
03/08/2016 6:30 pm	vs. Sacramento State	L 75–79	14–17	Reno Events Center (1,723) Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule".

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold

Previous season

Departures

Incoming Transfers

2015 incoming recruits

Roster

Schedule

See also

References