2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team

2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball

Conference	Big Sky Conference
2015–16 record	5–24 (3–15 Big Sky)
Head coach	Nick Robinson (4th season)
Assistant coach	Chad Bell
Assistant coach	Todd Okeson
Assistant coach	Drew Allen
Home arena	Centrum Arena

2015–16 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	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


† 2016 Big Sky Tournament winner

The 2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thunderbirds were led by fourth-year head coach Nick Robinson and played their home games at the Centrum Arena in Cedar City, Utah. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. The Thunderbirds finished the season 5–24, 3–15 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament to North Dakota.

On March 9, 2016, head coach Nick Robinson was fired.^[1]^[2] He finished at SUU with a four-year record of 28–90. On March 22, the school hired Todd Simon as head coach.^[3]

Previous season

The Thunderbirds finished the season 2014–15 season 10–19, 7–11 in Big Sky play to finish in ninth place. They failed to qualify for the Big Sky Tournament.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Austin Waddoups	2	G	6'2"	160	Freshman	American Fork, UT	Transferred to Salt Lake CC
Tyler Rawson	21	F	6'9"	220	Freshman	American Fork, UT	Transferred to Salt Lake CC
Sherron Wilson	22	G/F	6'6"	220	Freshman	Las Vegas, NV	Transferred to Paris JC
Eric Rippetoe	24	F	6'6"	215	Senior	Panaca, NV	Graduated
Cal Hanks	34	C	6'11"	240	Senior	Logan, UT	Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Randy Onwuasor	2	G	6'3"	190	Junior	Inglewood, CA	Transferred from Texas Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Onwuasor will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Will Joyce	11	F	6'5"	220	Junior	Newark, NJ	Junior college transferred from New Mexico Military Institute

2015 incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Nicholas Pete #92 SF	Hemet, CA	Tahquitz High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Aug 30, 2014
Nicholas Pete #92 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 65
Brayden Holker #68 PF	Saratoga Springs, UT	Westlake High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Oct 20, 2014
Brayden Holker #68 PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 65
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 2015-09-25.

Roster

2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	2	Onwausor, RandyRandy Onwausor (I)	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Inglewood HS Texas Tech	Inglewood, CA
1.5 !G	3	Langston, TravonTravon Langston	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Las Vegas HS Utah State Eastern	Las Vegas, NV
1.5 !G	4	Kennedy, TreyTrey Kennedy	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Bishop Gorman HS	Las Vegas, NV
1.5 !G	5	Marshall, JohnJohn Marshall	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Westwind Prep	Phoenix, AZ
3.5 !F	11	Joyce, WillWill Joyce	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Newark East Side New Mexico Military Institute	Newark, NJ
3.5 !F	12	Melifonwu, DanielDaniel Melifonwu	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Balboa City Prep/Lincoln	San Diego, CA
1.5 !G	13	Parsons, RaceRace Parsons	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	3.0 !Jr	South Sevier HS	Monroe, UT
1.5 !G	14	McGee, JamesJames McGee (W)	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Mater Dei HS	San Clemente, CA
1.5 !G	15	Major, JuwanJuwan Major	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Las Vegas HS	Las Vegas, NV
2.5 !G/F	25	Thompson, ChristianChristian Thompson	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Arcadia HS Tohono O’odham CC	Phoenix, AZ
3.5 !F	32	Oliverson, CaseyCasey Oliverson	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Sky View HS Salt Lake CC	Logan, UT
2.5 !G/F	35	Hess, A. J.A. J. Hess (W)	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Phoenix Country Day	Carefree, AZ

Head coach

Nick Robinson (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

Chad Bell (Nevada)
Todd Okeson (Nevada)
Drew Allen (Southern Utah)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

^[4]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
12/12/2015* 7:00 PM	Bristol University	W 79–41		Centrum Arena (1,133) Cedar City, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:30 PM, P12N	at No. 16 Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 71–82	0–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,050) Salt Lake City, UT
11/18/2015* 8:30 PM	at UNLV	L 64–84	0–2	Thomas & Mack Center (10,824) Paradise, NV
11/21/2015* 7:00 PM	UTSA	L 79–82	0–3	Centrum Arena (3,256) Cedar City, UT
11/24/2015* 7:00 PM	Cal State Fullerton	L 66–80	0–4	Centrum Arena (938) Cedar City, UT
11/28/2015* 11:00 AM	at Eastern Kentucky	L 85–98	0–5	Alumni Coliseum (1,300) Richmond, KY
12/03/2015* 7:00 PM	La Verne	W 105–85	1–5	Centrum Arena (1,428) Cedar City, UT
12/05/2015* 7:00 PM	at Utah Valley Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 68–54	2–5	UCCU Center (2,233) Orem, UT
12/16/2015* 8:00 PM	at Saint Mary's	L 36–92	2–6	McKeon Pavilion (1,836) Moraga, CA
12/19/2015* 11:00 AM	at IUPUI	L 68–82	2–7	Fairgrounds Coliseum (886) Indianapolis, IN
12/22/2015* 6:30 PM, FS2	at No. 9 Butler	L 52–88	2–8	Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,128) Indianapolis, IN
Big Sky regular season
12/31/2015 4:00 PM	Montana State	W 93–82	3–8 (1–0)	Centrum Arena (941) Cedar City, UT
01/02/2016 7:00 PM	Montana	L 66–83	3–9 (1–1)	Centrum Arena (2,330) Cedar City, UT
01/09/2016 7:00 PM	Northern Arizona	L 63–73	3–10 (1–2)	Centrum Arena (3,011) Cedar City, UT
01/14/2016 7:05 PM	at Eastern Washington	L 80–106	3–11 (1–3)	Reese Court (1,572) Cheney, WA
01/16/2016 8:00 PM	at Idaho	W 85–83	4–11 (2–3)	Cowan Spectrum (1,456) Moscow, ID
01/21/2016 7:00 PM	Northern Colorado	L 80–90	4–12 (2–4)	Centrum Arena (1,356) Cedar City, UT
01/23/2016 4:00 PM	North Dakota	L 72–88	4–13 (2–5)	Centrum Arena (1,337) Cedar City, UT
01/28/2016 7:00 PM	at Idaho State	L 68–87	4–14 (2–6)	Holt Arena (1,644) Pocatello, ID
01/30/2016 7:00 PM	at Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 50–77	4–15 (2–7)	Dee Events Center (7,052) Ogden, UT
02/04/2016 7:00 PM	Idaho	L 44–68	4–16 (2–8)	Centrum Arena (1,213) Cedar City, UT
02/06/2016 7:00 PM	Eastern Washington	L 67–81	4–17 (2–9)	Centrum Arena (1,309) Cedar City, UT
02/11/2016 7:00 PM	at Montana	L 53–86	4–18 (2–10)	Dahlberg Arena (3,351) Missoula, MT
02/13/2015 2:05 PM	at Montana State	L 73–80	4–19 (2–11)	Worthington Arena (2,624) Bozeman, MT
02/18/2016 7:00 PM	Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 83–87	4–20 (2–12)	Centrum Arena (2,028) Cedar City, UT
02/20/2016 7:00 PM	Idaho State	L 71–89	4–21 (2–13)	Centrum Arena (1,568) Cedar City, UT
02/27/2016 2:00 PM	at Northern Arizona	W 69–59	5–21 (3–13)	Walkup Skydome (1,365) Flagstaff, AZ
03/03/2016 8:05 PM	at Sacramento State	L 63–69 ^OT	5–22 (3–14)	Colberg Court (689) Sacramento, CA
03/05/2016 8:05 PM	at Portland State	L 86–88	5–23 (3–15)	Peter Stott Center (622) Portland, OR
Big Sky Tournament
03/08/2016 3:30 PM	vs. North Dakota	L 80–85	5–24	Reno Events Center (1,406) Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

↑ http://www.suutbirds.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=95898&SPID=11728&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=210786791&DB_OEM_ID=20100
↑ "Southern Utah University fires basketball coach Nick Robinson". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
↑ "Southern Utah hires UNLV interim coach Todd Simon". LasVegasSun.com. 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
↑ Mike Needham. "Men's Basketball - Schedule/Results - Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics". Suutbirds.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.

Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball
Venues	Centrum Arena (1985–present)
Rivalries	In-state Utah schools
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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 2016–17

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