2015–16 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team

2015–16 Bucknell Bison men's basketball

Conference	Patriot League
2015–16 record	13–10 (10–2 Patriot)
Head coach	Nathan Davis (1st year)
Assistant coach	Paul Harrison
Assistant coach	John Griffin
Assistant coach	Ryan Ayers
Home arena	Sojka Pavilion

2015–16 Patriot League men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bucknell	10	–	2	.833	13	–	10	.565
Navy	7	–	5	.583	16	–	9	.640
Boston University	7	–	5	.583	14	–	11	.560
Colgate	7	–	5	.583	11	–	12	.478
Loyola (MD)	7	–	5	.583	8	–	15	.348
Lehigh	6	–	5	.545	8	–	14	.364
American	5	–	7	.417	7	–	16	.304
Army	4	–	8	.333	13	–	11	.542
Holy Cross	4	–	8	.333	9	–	14	.391
Lafayette	2	–	9	.182	5	–	17	.227


† 2016 Patriot League Tournament winner As of February 7, 2016;

The 2015–16 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team represents Bucknell University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bison, led by first year head coach Nathan Davis, play their home games at Sojka Pavilion, and are members of the Patriot League.

Previous season

The Bison finished the season 19–15, 13–5 in Patriot League play to win the Patriot League regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the Patriot League Tournament where they lost to Lafayette. As a regular season league champion who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Temple.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Joshea Singleton	1	G	6'3"	205	Senior	Kinston, NC	Graduated
Steven Kasper	3	G	6'3"	192	Senior	Lakeland, TN	Graduated
J. C. Show	12	G	6'2"	185	Freshman	Clarks Summit, PA	Transferred to Binghamton
Cory Starkey	22	F	6'8"	216	Senior	Petoskey, MI	Graduated

Incoming recruits

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Nate Sestina #83 PF	Emporium, PA	Cameron County High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Aug 6, 2014
Nate Sestina #83 PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 62
Kimbal Mackenzie PG	Oakville, ON	The John Carroll School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Aug 8, 2014
Kimbal Mackenzie PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Nate Jones SG	Radford, VA	Radford High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)
Nate Jones SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
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 2015-09-27.

2016 class recruits

2016 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Bruce Moore #77 PF	Randallstown, MD	McDonough High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	N/A	Sep 15, 2015
Bruce Moore #77 PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 66
Ben Robertson SF	High Point, NC	High Point Christian Academy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sep 14, 2015
Ben Robertson SF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
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: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2015-09-27.

Roster

2015–16 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
3.5 !F	0	MacLeay, D. J.D. J. MacLeay	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Reagan	San Antonio, TX
1.5 !G	1	Mackenzie, KimbalKimbal Mackenzie	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	John Carroll	Oakville, ON
1.5 !G	2	Brown, StephenStephen Brown	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2.0 !So	Christ Chapel Academy	Manassas, VA
5.0 !C	4	Sestina, NateNate Sestina	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Cameron County	Emporuim, PA
1.5 !G	5	Azzinaro, JohnJohn Azzinaro	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Brennan	San Antonio, TX
1.5 !G	14	Hass, ChrisChris Hass	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Pellston	Pellston, MI
1.5 !G	15	Jones, NateNate Jones	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Radford	Radford, VA
5.0 !C	20	Foulland, NanaNana Foulland	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	2.0 !So	Berks Catholic	Reading, PA
1.5 !G	22	O'Reilley, MattMatt O'Reilley	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Prolific Prep Academy	Moraga, CA
3.5 !F	23	Thomas, ZachZach Thomas	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2.0 !So	Oakdale	Ijamesville, MD
3.5 !F	25	Banas, MattMatt Banas	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Hershey	Hershey, PA
1.5 !G	32	Frazier, RyanRyan Frazier	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Salisbury School	Silver Springs, MD
5.0 !C	44	Oberfeld, BenBen Oberfeld	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Eastview	Eagan, MN
3.5 !F	50	Hoffman, DomDom Hoffman	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Gill St. Bernard's	Hawthorne, NJ

Head coach

Nathan Davis (Randolph–Macon)

Assistant coach(es)

Paul Harrison (Washington and Lee)
John Griffin (Bucknell)
Ryan Ayers (Notre Dame)

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
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 PM	Shenandoah	W 107–61	1–0	Sojka Pavilion (2,577) Lewisburg, PA
11/15/2015* 1:00 PM, CBSSN	Wake Forest	L 82–90	1–1	Sojka Pavilion (3,247) Lewisburg, PA
11/18/2015* 7:00 PM	at Robert Morris	W 81–76^[2]	2–1	Charles L. Sewall Center (1,602) Moon Township, PA
11/21/2015* 7:00 PM	at Manhattan	W 80–67	3–1	Draddy Gymnasium (1,810) Riverdale, NY
11/21/2015* 7:00 PM	Siena	L 81–83 ^OT	3–2	Sojka Pavilion (2,295) Lewisburg, PA
11/28/2015* 1:00 PM	at Penn State	L 58–62	3–3	Bryce Jordan Center (5,097) University Park, PA
12/02/2015* 7:00 PM	Columbia	L 61–72	3–4	Sojka Pavilion (2,465) Lewisburg, PA
12/05/2015* 12:00 PM, RSN	at NC State	L 86–99	3–5	PNC Arena (16,378) Raleigh, NC
12/08/2015* 7:00 PM	at Mount St. Mary's	L 73–81	3–6	Knott Arena (1,789) Emmitsburg, MD
12/22/2015* 7:00 PM	at Princeton	L 77–89	3–7	Jadwin Gymnasium (2,049) Princeton, NJ
12/27/2015* 2:00 PM	Fairfield	L 91–101	3–8	Sojka Pavilion (2,313) Lewisburg, PA
Patriot League regular season
12/30/2015 7:00 PM	Navy	W 88–58	4–8 (1–0)	Sojka Pavilion (2,914) Lewisburg, PA
01/02/2016 3:00 PM	at Army	W 84–76	5–8 (2–0)	Christl Arena (1,597) West Point, NY
01/06/2016 7:00 PM	American	W 72–54	6–8 (3–0)	Sojka Pavilion (2,584) Lewisburg, PA
01/09/2016 2:00 PM	Holy Cross	W 98–71	7–8 (4–0)	Sojka Pavilion (3,111) Lewisburg, PA
01/11/2016 7:30 PM, CBSSN	at Lehigh	W 82–76	8–8 (5–0)	Stabler Arena (1,042) Bethlehem, PA
01/16/2016 7:00 PM	Colgate	L 73–84	8–9 (5–1)	Sojka Pavilion (3,137) Lewisburg, PA
01/20/2016 7:00 PM, ASN	at Loyola (MD)	W 67–58	9–9 (6–1)	Reitz Arena (796) Baltimore, MD
01/23/2016 1:00 PM	at Boston University	W 74–71	10–9 (7–1)	Case Gym (791) Boston, MA
01/25/2016 7:30 PM, CBSSN	Lafayette	W 79–67	11–9 (8–1)	Sojka Pavilion (2,640) Lewisburg, PA
01/30/2016 7:00 PM	Army	W 94–66	12–9 (9–1)	Sojka Pavilion (3,513) Lewisburg, PA
02/03/2016 7:00 PM	at American	L 55–69	12–10 (9–2)	Bender Arena (759) Washington, D.C.
02/06/2016 1:00 PM	at Holy Cross	W 77–52	13–10 (10–2)	Hart Center (2,647) Worcester, MA
02/10/2016 7:00 PM, ASN	Lehigh			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
02/13/2016 4:00 PM	at Colgate			Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY
02/17/2016 7:00 PM	Loyola (MD)			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
02/21/2016 12:00 PM	Boston University			Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA
02/24/2016 7:00 PM	at Lafayette			Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA
02/27/2016 12:00 PM	at Navy			Alumni Hall Annapolis, MD
Patriot League Tournament

*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

↑ http://www.bucknellbison.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=32100&SPID=137628&SPSID=810386
↑ "Bucknell downs Robert Morris, 81-76". ESPN.com. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

Bucknell Bison men's basketball

Venues	Sojka Pavilion (2003–present)

Culture & lore	"Ray Bucknell"

People	Head coaches

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