2015–16 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team

2015–16 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball
ConferenceSummit League
Record20–13 (8–8 The Summit)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jayden Olson
  • Eric Henderson
  • Freddy Coleman
Home arenaScheels Arena
Seasons
2015–16 Summit League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
IPFW 12 – 4   .750 24 – 10   .706
South Dakota State † 12 – 4   .750 26 – 8   .765
Omaha 10 – 6   .625 18 – 14   .563
IUPUI 9 – 7   .563 13 – 19   .406
North Dakota State 8 – 8   .500 20 – 13   .606
Denver 7 – 9   .438 16 – 15   .516
Oral Roberts 6 – 10   .375 14 – 17   .452
South Dakota 5 – 11   .313 14 – 18   .438
Western Illinois 3 – 13   .188 10 – 17   .370
† 2016 Summit League Tournament winner

The 2015–16 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team represented North Dakota State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bison, led by second year head coach David Richman, played their home games at the Scheels Arena, due to renovations at the Bison Sports Arena, and were members of The Summit League. They finished the season 20–13, 8–8 in Summit League play to finish in fifth place. They defeated IUPUI and IPFW to advance to the championship game of The Summit League tournament where they lost to South Dakota State. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

Roster

Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown
0 Brian Ishola Guard/Forward 6–5 210 Sophomore Woodbury, Minnesota
2 Paul Miller Guard 6–4 190 Sophomore Waukesha, Wisconsin
3 Carlin Dupree Guard 6–3 190 Junior Milwaukee, Wisconsin
4 Malik Clements Guard 6–4 195 Sophomore Madison, Wisconsin
12 Zach Rammelt Guard 6–4 185 Freshman Racine, Wisconsin
13 Khy Kabellis Guard 6–3 170 Freshman Escondido, California
21 A.J. Jacobson Guard 6–6 215 Sophomore Fargo, North Dakota
22 Kory Brown Guard 6–4 205 Senior Hoffman Estates, Illinois
24 Trey Miller Guard/Forward 6–7 195 RS–Freshman Woodinville, Washington
30 Spencer Eliason Forward 6–9 235 RS–Freshman Chadron, Nebraska
32 Evan Wesenberg Forward 6–7 205 Sophomore Germantown, Wisconsin
34 Chris Kading Forward 6–8 240 Senior De Pere, Wisconsin
40 Dexter Werner Forward 6–6 240 RS–Junior Bismarck, North Dakota
42 Dylan Miller Forward 6–9 225 Freshman Panama, Illinois

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2015*
7:00 pm 		University of Mary W 91–58 
Scheels Arena 
Fargo, ND
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
7:30 pm 		at UC Davis W 79–71 OT 1–0
 The Pavilion (3,366)
Davis, CA
11/15/2015*
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Illinois L 74–80  1–1
 Prairie Capital Convention Center (5,332)
Springfield, IL
11/18/2015*
7:00 pm 		Valley City State W 69–49  2–1
 Scheels Arena (2,142)
Fargo, ND
11/25/2015*
7:00 pm, MeTV 		Montana W 73–53  3–1
 Scheels Arena (3,536)
Fargo, ND
11/28/2015*
1:00 pm 		North Carolina A&T W 77–56  4–1
 Scheels Arena (2,052)
Fargo, ND
12/01/2015*
7:00 pm 		at No. 5 Iowa State L 64–84  4–2
 Hilton Coliseum (14,272)
Ames, IA
12/04/2015*
7:00 pm 		at Arkansas State W 74–73  5–2
 Convocation Center (1,054)
Jonesboro, AR
12/06/2015*
4:30 pm 		at Southern Miss L 62–74  5–3
 Reed Green Coliseum (2,972)
Hattiesburg, MS
12/11/2015*
7:30 pm, FCS 		at North Dakota W 69–67  6–3
 Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,593)
Grand Forks, ND
12/16/2015*
7:00 pm, MeTV 		Montana State W 73–64  7–3
 Scheels Arena (2,523)
Fargo, ND
12/21/2015*
6:30 pm 		vs. Idaho State
World Vision Classic 		W 67–62  8–3
 Smith Spectrum (8,156)
Logan, UT
12/22/2015*
6:30 pm 		vs. Texas–Rio Grande Valley
World Vision Classic 		W 68–50  9–3
 Smith Spectrum (7,746)
Logan, UT
12/23/2015*
9:00 pm 		at Utah State
World Vision Classic 		L 62–76  9–4
 Smith Spectrum (8,321)
Logan, UT
12/30/2015*
7:00 pm 		Northland W 105–47  10–4
 Scheels Arena (2,231)
Fargo, ND
Summit League regular season
01/03/2016
4:00 pm, MeTV 		Denver W 75–49  11–4
(1–0) 		Scheels Arena (2,422)
Fargo, ND
01/07/2016
7:00 pm, MeTV 		Omaha L 82–91  11–5
(1–1) 		Scheels Arena (1,887)
Fargo, ND
01/09/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Oral Roberts L 65–66  11–6
(1–2) 		Mabee Center (3,175)
Tulsa, OK
01/13/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3/MidcoSN 		South Dakota W 66–65  12–6
(2–2) 		Scheels Arena (3,153)
Fargo, ND
01/16/2016
4:30 pm, ESPN3/MidcoSN 		South Dakota State W 68–57  13–6
(3–2) 		Scheels Arena (4,272)
Fargo, ND
01/21/2016
6:00 pm 		at IPFW L 74–79  13–7
(3–3) 		Gates Sports Center (964)
Fort Wayne, IN
01/23/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Western Illinois W 65–52  14–7
(4–3) 		Western Hall (1,301)
Macomb, IL
01/31/2016
12:00 pm, ESPN3 		at IUPUI L 72–73  14–8
(4–4) 		Fairgrounds Coliseum (1,113)
Indianapolis, IN
02/04/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3/MidcoSN 		Oral Roberts W 67–63  15–8
(5–4) 		Scheels Arena (2,637)
Fargo, ND
02/06/2016
4:00 pm, MeTV 		IPFW W 62–46  16–8
(6–4) 		Scheels Arena (3,230)
Fargo, ND
02/11/2016
7:00 pm 		at South Dakota L 58–72  16–9
(6–5) 		DakotaDome (1,595)
Vermillion, SD
02/13/2016
1:00 pm 		at Omaha L 69–76  16–10
(6–6) 		Baxter Arena (3,028)
Omaha, NE
02/17/2016
7:00 pm, MeTV 		Western Illinois W 63–54  17–10
(7–6) 		Scheels Arena (2,227)
Fargo, ND
02/20/2016
4:00 pm, NBCND 		IUPUI W 63–59  18–10
(8–6) 		Scheels Arena (3,812)
Fargo, ND
02/25/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3/MidcoSN 		at South Dakota State L 59–71  18–11
(8–7) 		Frost Arena (3,169)
Brookings, SD
02/27/2016
5:00 pm, RTRM 		at Denver L 59–70  18–12
(8–8) 		Magness Arena (2,876)
Denver, CO
The Summit League tournament
03/06/2016
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		(5) vs. (4) IUPUI
Quarterfinals 		W 60–45  19–12
 Premier Center (6,432)
Sioux Falls, SD
03/07/2016
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		(5) vs. (1) IPFW
Semifinals 		W 69–68  20–12
 Premier Center (9,735)
Sioux Falls, SD
03/08/2016
8:00 pm, ESPN2 		(5) vs. (2) South Dakota State
Championship game 		L 59–67  20–13
 Premier Center (10,188)
Sioux Falls, SD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

References

  1. ^ "2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule".