2015–16 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2015–16
Team:Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
Conference:Big Sky Conference
Short Conf:Big Sky
Record:5–25
Conf Record:3–15
Hc Year:4th
Asst Coach1:Matt Dunn
Asst Coach2:Wes Pifer
Asst Coach3:Kevin Kruger
Stadium:Walkup Skydome
Rolle Activity Center

The 2015–16 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team represented Northern Arizona University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by fourth year head coach Jack Murphy and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome, with one home game at the Rolle Activity Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–25, 3–14 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky tournament to Eastern Washington.

Previous season

They finished the season 23–15, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament where they lost to Montana. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Grand Canyon, Sacramento State, Kent State, and NJIT to advance to the CIT championship game where they lost to Evansville.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Geoffrey Frid 0 C 7'1" 233 Sophomore Transferred to Cal State Los Angeles
Aaseem Dixon 1 G 6'0" 185 Senior Graduated
Quinton Upshur 2 G 6'5" 207 Senior Graduated
Tate de Laveaga 3 G 6'3" 192 Freshman Transferred to Eastern Oregon
Zach Reynolds 14 F 6'9" 240 Senior Graduated
Len Springs 15 F/C 6'10" 220 RS Senior Graduated
Jaran Hoover 21 G 6'3" 175 RS Freshman Walk-on; didn't return
Chris Miller 22 G 6'3" 175 RS Sophomore Transferred
Gaellan Bewernick 32 F 6'6" 215 Senor Graduated

2015 incoming recruits

2016 incoming recruits

Schedule

[1] |-!colspan=9 style="background:#003466; color:#FFCC00;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#003466; color:#FFCC00;"| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#003466; color:#FFCC00;"| Big Sky regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#003466; color:#FFCC00;"| Big Sky tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015-16 NAU Men's Basketball Schedule - Northern Arizona . 2015-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925052630/http://www.nauathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/schedule . 2015-09-25 . dead .