2015–16 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

2015–16 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball

World University Games Gold Medal Maui Invitational Tournament Champions
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#6
AP	#6
2015–16 record	21–4 (9–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Self (13th year)
Assistant coach	Kurtis Townsend
Assistant coach	Norm Roberts
Assistant coach	Jerrance Howard
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse

2015–16 Big 12 men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Kansas	9	–	3	.750	21	–	4	.840
#10 West Virginia	9	–	3	.750	20	–	5	.800
#3 Oklahoma	8	–	4	.667	20	–	4	.833
#24 Texas	7	–	4	.636	16	–	8	.667
#21 Baylor	7	–	4	.636	18	–	6	.750
#14 Iowa State	6	–	5	.545	17	–	7	.708
Texas Tech	4	–	7	.364	14	–	9	.609
Kansas State	3	–	9	.250	14	–	11	.560
Oklahoma State	3	–	9	.250	12	–	13	.480
TCU	2	–	10	.167	11	–	14	.440

† 2016 Big 12 Tournament winner As of February 10, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represents the University of Kansas in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which is the Jayhawks 118th basketball season. The Jayhawks play their home games at Allen Fieldhouse. They are led by 13th year head coach Bill Self and are members of the Big 12 Conference.

Preseason

Departures

Name	Position	Reason
Christian Garrett	G	Graduation
Kelly Oubre Jr.	G	Entered 2015 NBA draft
Cliff Alexander	F	Entered 2015 NBA draft

Transfers

Name	Position	Old school	New school
Josh Pollard	G	Kansas^[1]	Utah Valley
Dwight Coleby	C	Ole Miss	Kansas^[2]

Recruiting

Kansas recruits at the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

Cheick Diallo

Carlton Bragg

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
LaGerald Vick SG	Memphis, TN	Douglass High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	May 13, 2015
LaGerald Vick SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 85
Carlton Bragg PF	Cleveland, OH	Villa Angela - St. Joseph High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jan 8, 2015
Carlton Bragg PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 89
Cheick Diallo PF	Kayes, Mali	Our Savior New American	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Apr 28, 2015
Cheick Diallo PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 95
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: #14 Rivals: #15 247Sports: #19 ESPN: #14

World University Games

In April 2014, the Kansas basketball team was selected by the United States International University Sports Federation (US-IUSF) to represent the United States in the World University Games. Kansas was selected as the team to represent the U.S. from the schools that expressed interest.

With more than 150 countries competing in 21 sports, the World University Games are held every two years and are governed by the International University Sports Federation. Only current university student-athletes or recent graduates, born between Jan. 1, 1990, and Dec. 31, 1997, are eligible for the 2015 Games. For Kansas' participation, only U.S. citizens can compete and incoming freshmen and transfers qualify ,which means freshmen Cheick Diallo (from Mali), sophomore Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk (from Ukraine) and transfer Dwight Coleby (from Bahamas)are ineligible to play for USA. The Kansas travel party, consisting of 12 competitors and 11 staff (23 total), left Lawrence one June 28 and lived in the athlete village throughout the Games.

This is the second time a college team competed in the World University Games. In 2007, the University of Northern Iowa participated and finished ninth in Bangkok, Thailand.

The only non-Jayhawks on the roster are SMU guard Nic Moore^[3] and Florida Gulf Coast guard Julian DeBose,^[4] who replaced Kansas guard Devonte' Graham who suffered an injury which will not allow him to compete in the games.

On July 13, Team USA beat Germany in double overtime, with an 84-77 victory to win the gold medal.

Roster

2015–16 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
1.5 !G	0	Mason III, FrankFrank Mason III	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Petersburg, VA
1.5 !G	1	Selden, Jr., WayneWayne Selden, Jr.	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Boston, MA
1.5 !G	2	Vick, LaGeraldLaGerald Vick	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Memphis, TN
1.5 !G	4	Graham, DevonteDevonte Graham	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2.0 !So	Raleigh, NC
1.5 !G	5	Manning, EvanEvan Manning	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Lawrence, KS
1.5 !G	10	Mykhailiuk, SviatoslavSviatoslav Mykhailiuk	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2.0 !So	Cherkasy, Ukraine
1.5 !G	11	Self, TylerTyler Self	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Lawrence, KS
3.5 !F	13	Diallo, CheickCheick Diallo	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Kayes, Mali
1.5 !G	14	Greene, BrannenBrannen Greene	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Monroe, GA
3.5 !F	15	Bragg, Jr., CarltonCarlton Bragg, Jr.	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Cleveland, OH
3.5 !F	21	Young, ClayClay Young	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Lansing, KS
3.5 !F	22	Coleby, DwightDwight Coleby	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Nassau, Bahamas
3.5 !F	31	Traylor, JamariJamari Traylor	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Chicago, IL
3.5 !F	33	Lucas, LandenLanden Lucas	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Portland, OR
3.5 !F	34	Ellis, PerryPerry Ellis (C)	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Wichita, KS
3.5 !F	42	Mickelson, HunterHunter Mickelson	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Jonesboro, AR

Head coach

Bill Self (Oklahoma State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: July 23, 2015

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
World University Games Exhibition
June 24, 2015* 7:00 pm		at Team Canada	W 91–83		28 – Mason III	10 – Traylor	6 – Selden Jr.	Sprint Center (8,235) Kansas City, MO
June 26, 2015* 7:00 pm		vs. Team Canada	W 87–76		22 – Selden Jr.	10 – Selden Jr.	11 – Mason III	Sprint Center (8,415) Kansas City, MO
July 2, 2015* 10:00 pm		vs. Team China	W 93–56		13 – Vick	–	–	Seolwol Girls School Gymnasium Gwangju, South Korea
World University Games
July 4, 2015* 12:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Team Turkey Preliminary Round – Group D	W 66–57	1–0	19 – Selden Jr.	9 – Selden Jr.	4 – Mason III	Dongkang College Gymnasium Gwangju, South Korea
July 5, 2015* 8:30 pm, ESPNU		vs. Team Brazil Preliminary Round – Group D	W 81–72	2–0	23 – Selden Jr.	8 – Ellis, Mickelson, Mason III	7 – Mason III	Dongkang College Gymnasium Gwangju, South Korea
July 7, 2015* 2:30 pm		vs. Team Chile Preliminary Round – Group D	W 106–41	3–0	23 – Mason III	14 – Lucas	5 – Selden Jr.	Muan Indoor Gymnasium Gwangju, South Korea
July 8, 2015* 12:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Team Serbia Preliminary Round – Group D	W 66–65	4–0	21 – Selden Jr.	9 – Ellis	6 – Moore (SMU)	Dongkang College Gymnasium Gwangju, South Korea
July 9, 2015* 10:00 am, ESPNU		vs. Team Switzerland Preliminary Round – Group D	W 96–57	5–0	18 – Debose (FGCU)	7 – Vick	6 – Moore (SMU)	Muan Indoor Gymnasium Gwangju, South Korea
July 11, 2015* 12:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Team Lithuania Medal round – Quarterfinals	W 70–48	6–0	18 – Mason III	9 – Lucas	4 – Mason III	Gwangju University Gymnasium Gwangju, South Korea
July 12, 2015* 6:30 pm, ESPNU		vs. Team Russia Medal round – Semifinals	W 78–68	7–0	23 – Ellis	6 – Selden Jr., Mason III	4 – Mason III	Dongkang College Gymnasium Gwangju, South Korea
July 13, 2015* 9:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Team Germany Medal round – Finals	W 84–77 ^2OT	8–0	22 – Selden Jr.	10 – Ellis	6 – Mason III	Yeomju Gymnasium Gwangju, South Korea
Exhibition
November 4, 2015* 7:00 pm, Jayhawk TV/ESPN3	#4	Pittsburg State	W 89–66		22 – Ellis	12 – Ellis	8 – Graham	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
November 10, 2015* 7:00 pm, Jayhawk TV/ESPN3	#4	Fort Hays State	W 95–59		16 – Ellis	9 – Bragg Jr.	6 – Mason III	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
Regular season
November 13, 2015* 7:00 pm, Jayhawk TV/ESPN3	#4	Northern Colorado Maui Invitational Tournament Opening Round	W 109–72	1–0	18 – Greene	7 – Mickelson, Traylor	9 – Mason III	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
November 17, 2015* 9:20 pm, ESPN	#4	vs. #13 Michigan State Champions Classic	L 73–79	1–1	21 – Ellis	6 – Lucas	6 – Graham	United Center (21,461) Chicago, IL
November 23, 2015* 9:00 pm, ESPNU	#5	vs. Chaminade Maui Invitational Tournament quarterfinals	W 123–72	2–1	18 – Selden Jr., Mykhailiuk	11 – Lucas	7 – Selden Jr., Mason III	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI
November 24, 2015* 9:00 pm, ESPN	#5	vs. UCLA Maui Invitational Tournament semifinals	W 92–73	3–1	24 – Ellis	6 – Ellis	7 – Mason III	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI
November 25, 2015* 9:00 pm, ESPN	#5	vs. #19 Vanderbilt Maui Invitational Tournament final	W 70–63	4–1	25 – Selden	8 – Ellis	3 – Mason	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI
December 1, 2015* 7:00 pm, Jayhawk TV/ESPN3	#4	Loyola (MD)	W 94–61	5–1	18 – Selden Jr.	6 – 5 tied	5 – Mason III	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
December 5, 2015* 2:15 pm, ESPN2	#4	Harvard	W 75–69	6–1	21 – Mason III	8 – Lucas	5 – Mason III	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
December 9, 2015* 7:00 pm, Jayhawk TV/ESPN3	#2	Holy Cross	W 92–59	7–1	15 – Selden Jr.	5 – Bragg Jr.	5 – Mason III, Graham	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
December 12, 2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	#2	vs. Oregon State Kansas City Shootout	W 82–67	8–1	22 – Selden Jr.	9 – Ellis	6 – Mason III	Sprint Center (18,612) Kansas City, MO
December 19, 2015* 1:00 pm, Jayhawk TV/ESPN3	#2	Montana	W 88–46	9–1	18 – Ellis	9 – Ellis	9 – Mason III	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
December 22, 2015* 10:00 pm, CBSSN	#2	at San Diego State	W 70–57	10–1	20 – Ellis	6 – Traylor	3 – Ellis, Graham, Mason III	Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA
December 29, 2015* 8:00 pm, ESPNU	#2	UC Irvine	W 78–53	11–1	14 – Ellis	9 – Ellis	6 – Mason III	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
January 2, 2016 3:00 pm, CBS	#2	#23 Baylor	W 102–74	12–1 (1–0)	24 – Selden Jr.	6 – Ellis, Mickelson	4 – Graham, Mason III, Selden Jr.	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
January 4, 2016 8:00 pm, ESPN	#1	#2 Oklahoma	W 109–106 ^3OT	13–1 (2–0)	27 – Ellis	13 – Ellis	6 – Mason III	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
January 9, 2016 8:00 pm, ESPNU	#1	at Texas Tech	W 69–59	14–1 (3–0)	17 – Mason III	10 – Mason III, Ellis	5 – Mason III	United Supermarkets Arena (14,231) Lubbock, TX
January 12, 2016 6:00 pm, ESPN2	#1	at #11 West Virginia	L 63–74	14–2 (3–1)	21 – Ellis	7 – Ellis	3 – Ellis, Mason III	WVU Coliseum (12,097) Morgantown, WV
January 16, 2016 1:00 pm, ESPN	#1	TCU	W 70–63	15–2 (4–1)	11 – Selden Jr.	9 – Diallo, Ellis	6 – Graham	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
January 19, 2016 6:00 pm, ESPN2	#3	at Oklahoma State	L 67–86	15–3 (4–2)	14 – Mason III	5 – Mason III, Lucas	5 – Graham	Gallagher-Iba Arena (11,383) Stillwater, OK
January 23, 2016 1:00 pm, ESPN	#3	Texas	W 76–67	16–3 (5–2)	26 – Ellis	10 – Lucas	6 – Graham	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
January 25, 2016 8:00 pm, ESPN	#4	at #14 Iowa State	L 72–85	16–4 (5–3)	23 – Ellis	9 – Lucas	4 – Graham	Hilton Coliseum (14,384) Ames, IA
January 30, 2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN	#4	#20 Kentucky Big 12/SEC Challenge	W 90–84 ^OT	17–4	33 – Selden Jr.	9 – Ellis	5 – Graham	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
February 3, 2016 8:00 pm, ESPN2	#7	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 77–59	18–4 (6–3)	19 – Ellis	6 – Lucas	4 – Mason III, Mykhailiuk, Graham	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
February 6, 2016 11:00 am, ESPN	#7	at TCU	W 75–56	19–4 (7–3)	23 – Ellis	10 – Ellis	6 – Mason III	Schollmaier Arena (6,516) Fort Worth, TX
February 9, 2016 6:00 pm, ESPN2	#6	#10 West Virginia	W 75–65	20–4 (8–3)	21 – Ellis	16 – Lucas	4 – Graham	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
February 13, 2016 1:30 pm, ESPN	#6	at #3 Oklahoma	W 76–72	21–4 (9–3)	27 – Graham	10 – Lucas	3 – Mason III	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 15, 2016 8:00 pm, ESPN		Oklahoma State			–	–	–	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 20, 2016 5:00 pm, ESPN2		at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown			–	–	–	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 23, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at Baylor			–	–	–	Ferrell Center Waco, TX
February 27, 2016 11:00 am/1:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2		Texas Tech			–	–	–	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 29, 2016 8:00 pm, ESPN		at Texas			–	–	–	Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
March 5, 2016 TBA, ESPN/ESPN2		Iowa State			–	–	–	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
Big 12 Tournament
March 9/10, 2016 , TBD		vs. TBD			–	–	–	Sprint Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source: ^[5]

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
Poll	Pre†	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	5	4	5	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	7	6						N/A
Coaches	5	5	7	6	7	5	3	3	2	1	3	3	6	6

*AP does not release post-tournament rankings
†Change is from final poll from 2014-2015 season

References

Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball

Venues	Lawrence YMCA (1900–1902) Snow Hall (1902–1907) Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)

Rivalries	Kansas State (results) Missouri

Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk"

People	Head coaches Jayhawks of note

Seasons	1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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