2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball season explained

2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
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No Of Teams:14
Tv:CBS Sports Network, Fox Sports, American Sports Network
Season:2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Season Champs:UAB
Second Place:Middle Tennessee
Season Champ Name:Regular season champions
Mvp:Alex Hamilton
Mvp Link:Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:Middle Tennessee
Finals Runner-Up:Old Dominion
Finals Mvp:Reggie Upshaw
Seasonslistnames:Basketball
Prevseason Year:2014–15
Nextseason Year:2016–17

The 2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.

Preseason

Preseason Polls

C-USA Coaches
1.UAB (11)
2.Old Dominion (3)
3.Middle Tennessee
4.UTEP
5.Louisiana Tech
6.WKU
7.Rice
8.North Texas
9.Marshall
10.FIU
11.Charlotte
12.Florida Atlantic
13.UTSA
14.Southern Miss
[1]

Preseason All-Conference Team

Rankings

See also: 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Legend
  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
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тTied with team above or below also with this symbol
  Pre/
Wk 1 		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
CharlotteAP
C
FIUAP
C
Florida AtlanticAP
C
Louisiana TechAP RV
C
MarshallAP
C
Middle TennesseeAP
C
North TexasAP
C
Old DominionAP RVRV
CRVRV
RiceAP
C
Southern MissAP
C
UABAP RV
CRVRVRV
UTEPAP RV
CRV
UTSAAP
C
WKUAP
C

Conference schedules

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  CharlotteFIUFAULaTechMarshallMTSUUNTODURiceUSMUABUTEPUTSAWKU
FIU FAU LATECH MARSH MTSU UNT ODU RICE USM UAB UTEP UTSA WKU -->vs. Charlotte– 0–1 1-0 1-0 1–1 1-0 1–1 2-0 0-3 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1–1
vs. FIU1–0 – 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–1
vs. Florida Atlantic0-1 2–0 – 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 1–0
vs. Louisiana Tech0-1 1–0 1–0 – 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0
vs. Marshall1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 – 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–2
vs. Middle Tennessee0-1 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 – 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1
vs. North Texas1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 – 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0
vs. Old Dominion0-2 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 – 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2
vs. Rice3-0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 – 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
vs. Southern Miss1-0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 – 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
vs. UAB0-1 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 – 0–1 0–1 1–1
vs. UTEP1-0 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 – 1–1 0–1
vs. UTSA1-0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 – 1–0
vs. WKU1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 – FIU FAU LATECH MARSH MTSU UNT ODU RICE USM UAB UTEP UTSA WKU -->
Total10–9 7–12 6–14 12–6 11–7 13–5 7–12 13–6 7–12 6–12 16–2 11–8 3–16 9–10

Honors and awards

Players of the Week

Throughout the conference regular season, the C-USA offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.

WeekPlayer of the weekFreshman of the week
November 16, 2015Chris Cokley, UABJa'Michael Brown, North Texas
November 23, 2015Adrian Diaz, FIUAndrien White, Charlotte
November 30, 2015Earvin Morris, UTEPC. J. Burks, Marshall
Marcus Evans, Rice
December 7, 2015Adrian Diaz (2), FIUMarcus Evans (2), Rice
December 14, 2015Alex Hamilton, Louisiana TechC. J. Burks (2), Marshall
December 21, 2015Erik McCree, Louisiana TechMarcus Evans (3), Rice
December 28, 2015James Kelly, MarshallMarcus Evans (4), Rice
January 4, 2016Adrian Diaz (3), FIUAndrien White (2), Charlotte
Alex Hamilton (2), Louisiana Tech
January 11, 2016James Kelly (2), MarshallJon Davis, Charlotte
January 18, 2016William Lee, UABMarquez Letcher-Ellis, Rice
January 25, 2016Trey Freeman, Old DominionJon Davis (2), Charlotte
February 1, 2016Trey Freeman (2), Old DominionMarcus Evans (5), Rice
February 8, 2016Trey Freeman (3), Old DominionMarcus Evans (6), Rice
February 15, 2016Erik McCree (2), Louisiana TechMarcus Evans (7), Rice
February 22, 2016James Kelly (3), MarshallMarcus Evans (8), Rice
February 29, 2016Alex Hamilton (3), Louisiana Tech Marcus Evans (9), Rice
March 7, 2016Alex Hamilton (4), Louisiana Tech Marcus Evans (10), Rice
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All-Conference USA Awards and Teams

2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Individual Awards
AwardRecipient(s)Team
Player of the YearAlex HamiltonLouisiana Tech
Gene Bartow Coach of the YearJerod HaaseUAB
Defensive Player of the YearWilliam LeeUAB
Freshman of the YearMarcus EvansRice
Newcomer of the YearJames KellyMarshall
Sixth Man AwardDirk WilliamsUAB
2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First TeamSecond TeamThird TeamAll-Freshman TeamAll-Defensive Team All-Academic Team
Alex Hamilton (La. Tech)
James Kelly (Marshall)
Trey Freeman (ODU)
Marcus Evans (Rice)
Robert Brown (UAB)		Joseph Uchebo (Charlotte)
Adrian Diaz (FIU)
Erik McCree (La. Tech)
Jeremy Combs (N. Texas)
Chris Cokley (UAB)		Giddy Potts (MTSU)
Reggie Upshaw Jr. (MTSU)
William Lee (UAB)
Nick Norton (UAB)
Lee Moore(UTEP)		Jon Davis (Charlotte)
Andrien White (Charlotte)
Zoran Talley (ODU)
Marcus Evans (Rice)
Terry Winn (UTEP)		Adrian Diaz (FIU)
Alex Hamilton (La. Tech)
Brandan Stith (ODU)
Marcus Evans (Rice)
William Lee (UAB)		Jon Elmore (Marshall)
Austin Loop (Marshall)
Trey Freeman (ODU)
Nick Norton (UAB)
Dominic Artis (UTEP)
† - denotes unanimous selection
[3] [4] [5] [6]

Postseason

Conference USA Tournament

See main article: 2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament. The conference tournament is scheduled for March 8–12 at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, AL.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

National Invitation Tournament

See main article: 2016 National Invitation Tournament.

Vegas 16 Tournament

See main article: 2016 Vegas 16 Tournament.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UAB Men's Basketball Voted C-USA Preseason Favorite. www.conferenceusa.com. 2015-12-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222102344/http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100715aab.html. 2015-12-22. dead.
  2. Web site: March 7 Men's Basketball Players of the Week. 2016-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160328191339/http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030716aap.html. 2016-03-28. dead.
  3. Web site: Haase and Hamilton Claim C-USA Men's Basketball Top Honors. www.conferenceusa.com. 2016-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310131005/http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030916aad.html. 2016-03-10. dead.
  4. Web site: C-USA Men's Basketball Specialty Awards Announced. www.conferenceusa.com. 2016-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311011128/http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030816aac.html. 2016-03-11. dead.
  5. Web site: C-USA Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams Announced. www.conferenceusa.com. 2016-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311023148/http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030716aab.html. 2016-03-11. dead.
  6. Web site: Men's Basketball All-Academic Team Announced. www.conferenceusa.com. 2016-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311025244/http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030416aab.html. 2016-03-11. dead.

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