2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team

2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball

Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
AP	#39
2015–16 record	20–5 (12–2 CAA)
Head coach	Kevin Keatts (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Casey Stanley
Assistant coach	Takayo Siddle
Assistant coach	Thomas Carr
Home arena	Trask Coliseum(5,100)

2015–16 CAA men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UNC Wilmington	12	–	2	.857	20	–	5	.800
Hofstra	10	–	4	.714	18	–	8	.692
Towson	9	–	5	.643	18	–	9	.667
James Madison	9	–	5	.643	19	–	8	.704
William & Mary	9	–	5	.643	17	–	8	.680
College of Charleston	8	–	6	.571	16	–	9	.640
Northeastern	6	–	8	.429	14	–	13	.519
Elon	5	–	9	.357	14	–	13	.519
Delaware	1	–	13	.071	6	–	19	.240
Drexel	1	–	13	.071	3	–	22	.120

† 2016 CAA Tournament winner As of February 13, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team will represent the University of North Carolina Wilmington during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seahawks will be led by second-year head coach Kevin Keatts and play their home games at the Trask Coliseum. They are members of the Colonial Athletic Association.

Previous season

The Seahawks finished the season 18–14, 12–6 in CAA play to finish in a four way tie for the CAA regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the CAA Tournament where they lost to Northeastern. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Sam Houston State.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Freddie Jackson	10	G	6'4"	185	Senior	Wilmington, NC	Graduated
Malik Pugh	14	G	6'1"	165	Freshman	Dyersburg, TN	Transferred to Tennessee-Martin
Jarvis Haywood	22	G	6'4"	185	Redshirt Junior	Charlotte, NC	Dismissed from team; transferred to William Penn
Addison Spruill	24	G	6'4"	225	Senior	Currie, NC	Graduated
Cedrick Williams	40	F	6'9"	225	Senior	Murfreesboro, TN	Graduated

Recruiting class of 2015

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Mark Mathews SG	Fort Myers, FL	Fort Myers High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Aug 24, 2014
Mark Mathews SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 63
C.J. Bryce SG	Huntersville, NC	North Mecklenburg High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Oct 3, 2014
C.J. Bryce SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Trey Grundy SF	Lexington, KY	Hargrave Military Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	Sep 28, 2014
Trey Grundy SF	Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 70
Devontae Cacok PF	Riverdale, GA	Alpharetta High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sep 8, 2014
Devontae Cacok PF	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 2015-08-19.

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
JaQuel Richmond		G	6'1"	170	Sophomore	Greensboro, NC	Transferred from Middle Tennessee.
Colton Bishop		G	6'3"	165	Sophomore	Winston-Salem, NC	Transferred from Loyola.

Roster

2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	0	Ponder, CraigCraig Ponder	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Bluefield	Bluefield, WV
1.5 !G	1	Flemmings, ChrisChris Flemmings	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Green Hope/Barton College	Cary, NC
1.5 !G	2	Matthews, MarkMark Matthews	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Fort Myers	Fort Myers, FL
3.5 !F	3	Grundy, TreyTrey Grundy	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Hargrave Military Academy	Lexington, KY
1.5 !G	4	Talley, JordanJordan Talley	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.0 !So	Henrico	Richmond, VA
1.5 !G	10	Ingram, DenzelDenzel Ingram	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Chapel Hill/Charlotte	Chapel Hill, NC
1.5 !G	12	Bryce, C. J.C. J. Bryce	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1.0 !Fr	North Mecklenburg	Huntersville, NC
3.5 !F	13	Ogbodo, ChuckChuck Ogbodo	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	3.0 !Jr	High Point	Enugu, Nigeria
3.5 !F	15	Cacok, DevontaeDevontae Cacok	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Alpharetta	Riverdale, GA
3.5 !F	20	Sherwood, DylanDylan Sherwood	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Sutherland	Pittsford, NY
3.5 !F	21	Bryan, MarcusMarcus Bryan	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Ravenscroft/Charlotte	Raleigh, NC
5.0 !C	23	Gettys, C. J.C. J. Gettys	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Findlay	Findlay, OH
3.5 !F	30	Hickson, KevinKevin Hickson (W)	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Providence Day/Wofford	Charlotte, NC
1.5 !G	32	Powell, NickNick Powell (W)	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	Northwest Guilford	Greensboro, NC
1.5 !G		Bishop, ColtonColton Bishop	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2.0 !So	Forsyth Country Day/Loyola	Winston-Salem, NC
1.5 !G		Richmond, JaQuelJaQuel Richmond	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2.0 !So	Wesleyan Christian Academy/Middle Tennessee	Greensboro, NC

Head coach

Kevin Keatts (Marshall)

Assistant coach(es)

Casey Stanley (Iona)
Takayo Siddle (Gardner-Webb)
Thomas Carr (Pheiffer)

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
Nov 8* 4:00 pm	Barton	W 81–51	1–0	Trask Coliseum (3,146) Wilmington, NC
Non-conference regular season
Nov 13* 7:00 pm	Milligan	W 100–62	1–0	Trask Coliseum (3,520) Wilmington, NC
Nov 16* 7:00 pm	Eastern Kentucky	W 78–59	2–0	Trask Coliseum (3,585) Wilmington, NC
Nov 21* 7:00 pm	Western Michigan	W 80–76	3–0	Trask Coliseum (4,019) Wilmington, NC
Nov 28* 4:00 pm	at East Tennessee State	W 94–73	4–0	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,557) Johnson City, TN
Dec 2* 7:00 pm	Coker	W 93–73	5–0	Trask Coliseum (3,572) Wilmington, NC
Dec 12* 2:00 pm, CBSSN	at Georgetown	L 82–87	5–1	Verizon Center (8,132) Washington, D.C.
Dec 16* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at East Carolina	L 73–78	5–2	Williams Arena (4,038) Greenville, NC
Dec 19* 4:00 pm	at Radford	L 67–69	5–3	Dedmon Center (1,064) Radford, VA
Dec 22* 6:15 pm	vs. Utah Valley Billy Minardi Classic	W 102–77	6–3	KFC Yum! Center (19,419) Louisville, KY
Dec 23* 4:15 pm	vs. UMKC Billy Minardi Classic	W 76–56	7–3	KFC Yum! Center (19,147) Louisville, KY
Dec 28* 8:00 pm	Campbell	W 106–83	8–3	Trask Coliseum (4,396) Wilmington, NC
CAA regular season
Dec 31 1:00 pm	Drexel	W 75–63	9–3 (1–0)	Trask Coliseum (3,599) Wilmington, NC
Jan 2 6:00 pm, ASN	Northeastern	L 63–65	9–4 (1–1)	Trask Coliseum (3,974) Wilmington, NC
Jan 7 7:00 pm	at Towson	L 60–76	9–5 (1–2)	SECU Arena (1,381) Towson, MD
Jan 9 7:00 pm	at Delaware	W 85–67	10–5 (2–2)	Bob Carpenter Center (2,381) Newark, DE
Jan 14 7:00 pm	at Elon	W 91–82	11–5 (3–2)	Alumni Gym (1,357) Elon, NC
Jan 16 2:00 pm, ASN	William & Mary	W 97–94 ^OT	12–5 (4–2)	Trask Coliseum (4,211) Wilmington, NC
Jan 21 7:00 pm	Delaware	W 79–70	13–5 (5–2)	Trask Coliseum (4,037) Wilmington, NC
Jan 24 12:00 pm, ASN	at Drexel	W 77–71	14–5 (6–2)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (332) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 28 7:00 pm	at James Madison	W 78–73	15–5 (7–2)	JMU Convocation Center (3,107) Harrisburg, VA
Jan 30 7:00 pm	College of Charleston	W 66–55	16–5 (8–2)	Trask Coliseum (5,100) Wilmington, NC
Feb 4 7:00 pm	at Hofstra	W 70-67	17-5 (9-2)	Hofstra Arena (2,057) Hempstead, NY
Feb 6 7:00 pm	at Northeastern	W 90-73	18-5 (10-2)	Matthews Arena (1,677) Boston, MA
Feb 11 7:00 pm	Elon	W 86-82	19-5 (11-2)	Trask Coliseum (4,136) Wilmington, NC
Feb 13 3:00 pm, NBCSN	James Madison	W 78-68	20-5 (12-2)	Trask Coliseum (5,100) Wilmington, NC
Feb 18 7:00 pm	at William & Mary			Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, VA
Feb 20 6:00 pm, ASN	at College of Charleston			TD Arena Charleston, SC
Feb 25 7:00 pm	Hofstra			Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC
Feb 27 1:00 pm	Towson			Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC
CAA Tournament
Mar 5	vs. Quarterfinals			Royal Farms Arena Baltimore, MD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

↑ http://uncwsports.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

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2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team

Previous season

Departures

Recruiting class of 2015

Incoming transfers

Roster

Schedule

See also

References