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2015–16 Providence Friars men's basketball team

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2015–16 Providence Friars men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record24–11 (10–8 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Andre LaFleur
  • Brian Blaney
  • Jeff Battle
Home arenaDunkin' Donuts Center
Seasons
2015–16 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Villanova 16 2   .889 35 5   .875
No. 9 Xavier 14 4   .778 28 5   .848
No. 20 Seton Hall 12 6   .667 25 9   .735
Providence 10 8   .556 24 11   .686
Butler 10 8   .556 22 11   .667
Creighton 9 9   .500 20 15   .571
Marquette 8 10   .444 20 13   .606
Georgetown 7 11   .389 15 18   .455
DePaul 3 15   .167 9 22   .290
St. John's 1 17   .056 8 24   .250
2016 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


The 2015–16 Providence Friars men's basketball team represented Providence College in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Friars, led by fifth-year head coach Ed Cooley, played their home games at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Butler in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Villanova. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a #9 seed where they defeated USC in the first round, then lost to North Carolina in the second round.[1][2]

Previous season

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The Friars finished the 2014–15 season 22–12 overall and 11–7 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. They defeated St. John's in the quarterfinals and lost to Villanova in the semifinals of the Big East tournament. The Friars received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a #6 seed, losing to Dayton in the second round.

Off season

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Ted Bancroft 22 G 6'6" 215 RS Senior Marion, MA Graduated
Paschal Chukwu 13 C 7'2" 226 Freshman Westport, CT Transferred to Syracuse
Carson Desrosiers 33 F 7'0" 250 Senior Windham, NH Graduated
Tyler Harris 25 F 6'9" 223 RS Junior Dix Hills, NY Graduated, transferred to Auburn
LaDontae Henton 23 F 6'6" 215 Senior Lansing, MI Graduated/Went undrafted in 2015 NBA draft

Incoming recruits

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College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Ryan Fazekas
PF
Michigan City, IN Marquette Catholic High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oct 29, 2013 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 80
Drew Edwards
SG
Towson, MD Calvert Hall College High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Aug 29, 2014 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 80
Ricky Council II
SF
Durham, NC Moravian Prep 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Feb 24, 2015 
Star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: POST
Quadree Smith
C
Temple Hills, Maryland IMG Academy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 290 lb (130 kg) Jun 10, 2015 
Star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: POST
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 July 28, 2015.

Roster

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2015–16 Providence Friars men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Ben Bentil 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So St. Andrew's School Wilmington, Delaware
G 3 Kris Dunn 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr New London High School New London, Connecticut
F 5 Rodney Bullock 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS So Kecoughtan High School Hampton, Virginia
F 10 Quadree Smith 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Fr IMG Academy Temple Hills, Maryland
G 12 Casey Woodring (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Cushing Academy Darien, Connecticut
G 14 Tyree Chambers 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) So Graf-Münster-Gymnasium Bayreuth, Germany
F 21 Jalen Lindsay 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Huntington Prep Murfreesboro, Tennessee
G 22 Ricky Council II 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Moravian Prep Durham, North Carolina
G 24 Kyron Cartwright 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Compton High School Compton, California
F 25 Drew Edwards 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Calvert Hall Perry Hall, Maryland
G 32 Junior Lomomba 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Madison Memorial Montreal, Quebec
F 34 Tom Planek (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Fenwick High School Oak Park, Illinois
G 35 Ryan Fazekas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Marquette Catholic High School Chesterton, Indiana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Oct 31, 2015*
2:00 pm
Stonehill W 92–76 
Dunkin' Donuts Center 
Providence, RI
Non-conference regular season
Nov 14, 2015*
7:00 pm, FSN
Harvard W 76–64  1–0
Dunkin' Donuts Center (9,477)
Providence, RI
Nov 18, 2015*
7:00 pm, FS1
Illinois
Gavitt Tipoff Games
W 60–59  2–0
Dunkin' Donuts Center (8,069)
Providence, RI
Nov 21, 2015*
7:00 pm, FSN
Brown
Ocean State Cup
W 94–73  3–0
Dunkin' Donuts Center (8,706)
Providence, RI
Nov 23, 2015*
6:30 pm, FS1
NJIT W 83–76  4–0
Dunkin' Donuts Center (5,009)
Providence, RI
Nov 26, 2015*
8:00 pm, ESPNU
vs. Evansville
Wooden Legacy quarterfinals
W 74–64  5–0
Titan Gym (2,460)
Fullerton, CA
Nov 27, 2015*
10:30 pm, ESPN2
vs. No. 11 Arizona
Wooden Legacy semifinals
W 69–65  6–0
Titan Gym (2,873)
Fullerton, CA
Nov 29, 2015*
9:00 pm, ESPN2
vs. No. 3 Michigan State
Wooden Legacy championship
L 64–77  6–1
Honda Center (4,393)
Anaheim, CA
Dec 2, 2015*
7:00 pm, FSN
No. 23 Hartford W 89–66  7–1
Dunkin' Donuts Center (5,169)
Providence, RI
Dec 5, 2015*
7:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 23 at Rhode Island
Ocean State Cup
W 74–72  8–1
Ryan Center (7,678)
Kingston, RI
Dec 9, 2015*
7:00 pm, FS1
No. 15 Boston College
Wooden Legacy Non-Bracket game
W 66–51  9–1
Dunkin' Donuts Center (8,425)
Providence, RI
Dec 12, 2015*
12:00 pm, FS1
No. 15 Bryant
Ocean State Cup
W 74–67  10–1
Dunkin' Donuts Center (7,369)
Providence, RI
Dec 19, 2015*
8:00 pm, FSN
No. 14 Rider W 73–65  11–1
Dunkin' Donuts Center (7,852)
Providence, RI
Dec 21, 2015*
7:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 10 at Massachusetts W 90–66  12–1
Mullins Center (4,411)
Amherst, MA
Big East regular season
Dec 31, 2015
2:30 pm, CBSSN
No. 12 at No. 9 Butler W 81–73  13–1
(1–0)
Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100)
Indianapolis, IN
Jan 2, 2016
3:30 pm, FS1
No. 12 St. John's
Big East New Year's Marathon
W 83–65  14–1
(2–0)
Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,410)
Providence, RI
Jan 5, 2016
7:00 pm, FS1
No. 8 Marquette L 64–65  14–2
(2–1)
Dunkin' Donuts Center (10,446)
Providence, RI
Jan 12, 2016
8:30 pm, FS1
No. 12 at Creighton W 50–48  15–2
(3–1)
CenturyLink Center (17,073)
Omaha, NE
Jan 16, 2016
4:30 pm, FS1
No. 12 Seton Hall L 72–81  15–3
(3–2)
Dunkin' Donuts Center (11,148)
Providence, RI
Jan 19, 2016
6:30 pm, FS1
No. 16 No. 18 Butler W 71–68  16–3
(4–2)
Dunkin' Donuts Center (10,918)
Providence, RI
Jan 23, 2016
12:00 pm, FOX
No. 16 at No. 4 Villanova W 82–76  17–3
(5–2)
Wells Fargo Center (7,191)
Philadelphia, PA
Jan 26, 2016
8:30 pm, FS1
No. 10 No. 7 Xavier L 68–75  17–4
(5–3)
Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,804)
Providence, RI
Jan 30, 2016
8:00 pm, FS1
No. 10 at Georgetown W 73–69  18–4
(6–3)
Verizon Center (14,481)
Washington, D.C.
Feb 2, 2016
9:00 pm, FS1
No. 11 at DePaul L 70–77  18–5
(6–4)
Allstate Arena (5,114)
Rosemont, IL
Feb 6, 2016
2:30 pm, FS1
No. 11 No. 4 Villanova L 60–72  18–6
(6–5)
Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,883)
Providence, RI
Feb 10, 2016
7:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 20 at Marquette L 91–96  18–7
(6–6)
BMO Harris Bradley Center (14,616)
Milwaukee, WI
Feb 13, 2016
12:07 pm, FOX
No. 20 Georgetown W 75–72  19–7
(7–6)
Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,582)
Providence, RI
Feb 17, 2016
7:00 pm, FS1
No. 23 at No. 8 Xavier L 74–85  19–8
(7–7)
Cintas Center (10,336)
Cincinnati, OH
Feb 25, 2016
7:00 pm, FS1
at Seton Hall L 52–70  19–9
(7–8)
Prudential Center (8,600)
Newark, NJ
Feb 27 2016
4:00 pm, CBSSN
DePaul W 87–66  20–9
(8–8)
Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,435)
Providence, RI
Mar 2, 2016
9:00 pm, CBSSN
Creighton W 70–66  21–9
(9–8)
Dunkin' Donuts Center (9,252)
Providence, RI
Mar 5, 2016
12:30 pm, FS1
at St. John's W 90–76  22–9
(10–8)
Madison Square Garden (10,079)
New York, NY
Big East tournament
Mar 10, 2016
2:30 pm, FS1
(4) vs. (5) Butler
Quarterfinals
W 74–60  23–9
Madison Square Garden (14,869)
New York City, NY
Mar 11, 2016
6:30 pm, FS1
(4) vs. (1) No. 3 Villanova
Semifinals
L 68–76  23–10
Madison Square Garden (17,130)
New York City, NY
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2016*
9:50 pm, TBS
(9 E) vs. (8 E) USC
First Round
W 70–69  24–10
PNC Arena (17,387)
Raleigh, NC
Mar 19, 2016*
9:40 pm, TBS
(9 E) vs. (1 E) No. 3 North Carolina
Second Round
L 66–85  24–11
PNC Arena (19,433)
Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
E=East Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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 Post Final
AP RV RV RV 23 15 14 10 12 8 12 16 10 11 20 23 RV NR RV RV N/A
Coaches RV RV NR 24 18 14 14 13 9 12 17 10 11 17 20 24 RV RV RV RV

References

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  1. ^ Stevens, Patrick (March 18, 2016). "Bullock's layup gives Providence 70-69 win over USC". The News & Observer. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Carter, Andrew (March 20, 2016). "UNC back in Sweet 16 after 85-66 win over Providence". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved February 4, 2024.