2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Conference Big Ten Conference
2015–16 record 20–12 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach Chris Collins (3rd year)
Assistant coach Brian James
Assistant coach Patrick Baldwin
Assistant coach Armon Gates
Home arena Welsh-Ryan Arena
2015–16 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#14 Indiana 15 3   .833     27 8   .771
#2 Michigan State 13 5   .722     29 6   .829
#18 Maryland 12 6   .667     27 9   .750
#12 Purdue 12 6   .667     26 9   .743
#25 Iowa 12 6   .667     22 10   .688
Wisconsin 12 6   .667     22 13   .629
Ohio State 11 7   .611     21 14   .600
Michigan 10 8   .556     23 13   .639
Northwestern 8 10   .444     20 12   .625
Penn State 7 11   .389     16 16   .500
Nebraska 6 12   .333     16 18   .471
Illinois 5 13   .278     15 19   .441
Minnesota 2 16   .111     8 23   .258
Rutgers 1 17   .056     7 25   .219
2016 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by third year head coach Chris Collins. Thy were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. They finished the season 20–12, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. They lost to Michigan in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. This was the first 20 win season in school history.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2014–15 Season 15–17, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 10th place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament to Indiana.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Johnnie Vassar 0 G 6'0" 185 Freshman Chicago, IL Transferred
Dave Sobolewski 3 G 6'1" 180 Senior Naperville, IL Graduated
Nick Segura 21 F 6'6" 183 Freshman McLean, VA Transferred
JerShon Cobb 23 G 6'5" 208 RS Senior Decatur, GA Graduated
Jeremiah Kreisberg 50 C 6'10" 235 Senior Berkeley, CA Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Joey van Zegeren 1 F 6'10" 235 RS Senior Hoogeveen, Netherlands Transferred from Virginia Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Van Zegeren will play for the 2015–16 season because he already redshirted a year at Virginia Tech.

Incoming recruits

Class of 2015 recruits

Jordan Ash in the 2015 IHSA 3A championship game victory
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Aaron Falzon
PF
Newton, MA Northfield Mount Hermon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Oct 13, 2014 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 83
Dererk Pardon
PF
Cleveland, OH Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jun 7, 2014 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 79
Jordan Ash
SG
Westchester, IL Saint Joseph High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Mar 19, 2014 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 77
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:

Class of 2016 recruits

Roster

2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Home town
F 1 van Zegeren, JoeyJoey van Zegeren 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS Sr Canarias Basketball Academy
Virginia Tech
Hoogeveen, Netherlands
F 4 Law, VicVic Law 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Saint Rita South Holland, IL
C 5 Pardon, DererkDererk Pardon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Villa Angela-St. Joseph Cleveland, OH
G 10 Hall, CharlieCharlie Hall (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Crossroads Danville, IL
G 14 Demps, TreTre Demps 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 198 lb (90 kg) RS Sr Ronald Reagan San Antonio, TX
G/F 20 Lindsey, ScottieScottie Lindsey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Fenwick HS Hillsdale, IL
C 22 Olah, AlexAlex Olah 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Sr Traders Point Christian Acad. Timișoara, Romania
G 23 Ash, JordanJordan Ash 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr St. Joseph Bolingbrook, IL
G 30 McIntosh, BryantBryant McIntosh 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 177 lb (80 kg) So Greensburg Community HS New Castle, IN
F 32 Taphorn, NathanNathan Taphorn 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Pekin Community HS Pekin, IL
G/F 34 Lumpkin, SanjaySanjay Lumpkin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr Benilde-St. Margaret's Wayzata, MN
F 35 Falzon, AaronAaron Falzon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Northfield Mount Hermon Newton, MA
F 44 Skelly, GavinGavin Skelly 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 219 lb (99 kg) So Westlake HS Westlake, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 2015-07-06

Schedule and results

Source[1]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition

Nov 5, 2015*
7:00 pm
Quincy (IL) W 80–64 
Welsh-Ryan Arena 
Evanston, IL
Non-conference regular season

Nov 13, 2015*
7:00 pm
UMass Lowell W 79–57  1–0
Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,011)
Evanston, IL

Nov 18, 2015*
7:00 pm
Fairfield
CBE Hall of Fame Classic
W 79–72  2–0
Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,574)
Evanston, IL

Nov 20, 2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Columbia
CBE Hall of Fame Classic
W 83–80 OT 3–0
Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,117)
Evanston, IL

Nov 23, 2015*
8:30 pm, ESPN2
vs. No. 9 North Carolina
CBE Hall of Fame Classic semifinals
L 69–80  3–1
Sprint Center (13,598)
Kansas City, MO

Nov 24, 2015*
6:30 pm, ESPN3
vs. Missouri
CBE Hall of Fame Classic 3rd place game
W 67–62  4–1
Sprint Center (13,198)
Kansas City, MO

Nov 28, 2015*
7:00 pm
New Orleans W 90–63  5–1
Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,015)
Evanston, IL

Dec 1, 2015*
6:00 pm, ESPNU
at Virginia Tech
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
W 81–79 OT 6–1
Cassell Coliseum (4,879)
Blacksburg, VA

Dec 5, 2015*
2:00 pm
SIU Edwardsville W 81–56  7–1
Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,318)
Evanston, IL

Dec 13, 2015*
6:00 pm, BTN
Chicago State W 77–35  8–1
Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,621)
Evanston, IL

Dec 15, 2015*
7:00 pm
Mississippi Valley State W 78–48  9–1
Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,704)
Evanston, IL

Dec 19, 2015*
1:00 pm, FS1
at DePaul W 78–70 OT 10–1
Allstate Arena (6,351)
Rosemont, IL

Dec 21, 2015*
6:00 pm, BTN
Sacred Heart W 103–67  11–1
Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,574)
Evanston, IL

Dec 27, 2015*
7:00 pm, BTN
Loyola (MD) W 74–59  12–1
Welsh-Ryan Arena (6,401)
Evanston, IL
Big Ten regular season

Dec 30, 2015
3:00 pm, ESPNU
at Nebraska W 81–72  13–1
(1–0)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (14,924)
Lincoln, NE

Jan 2, 2016
7:00 pm, BTN
No. 4 Maryland L 59–72  13–2
(1–1)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL

Jan 6, 2016
8:00 pm, BTN
Ohio State L 56–65  13–3
(1–2)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,439)
Evanston, IL

Jan 9, 2016
1:30 pm, BTN
at Minnesota W 77–52  14–3
(2–2)
Williams Arena (10,436)
Minneapolis, MN

Jan 12, 2016
6:00 pm, BTN
Wisconsin W 70–65  15–3
(3–2)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,264)
Evanston, IL

Jan 16, 2016
7:30 pm, ESPNU
Penn State L 62–71  15–4
(3–3)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,512)
Evanston, IL

Jan 19, 2016
7:00 pm, BTN
at No. 7 Maryland L 56–62 OT 15–5
(3–4)
Xfinity Center (17,144)
College Park, MD

Jan 23, 2016
11:00 am, ESPNU
at No. 25 Indiana L 57–89  15–6
(3–5)
Assembly Hall (17,472)
Bloomington, IN

Jan 28, 2016
8:00 pm, ESPN
No. 12 Michigan State L 45–76  15–7
(3–6)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL

Jan 31, 2016
2:00 pm, BTN
at No. 3 Iowa L 71–85  15–8
(3–7)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,400)
Iowa City, IA

Feb 4, 2016
8:00 pm, BTN
Minnesota W 84–58  16–8
(4–7)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,015)
Evanston, IL

Feb 9, 2016
7:00 pm, BTN
at Ohio State L 63–71  16–9
(4–8)
Value City Arena (11,376)
Columbus, OH

Feb 13, 2016
7:00 pm, BTN
Illinois W 58–56  17–9
(5–8)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL

Feb 16, 2016
6:00 pm, BTN
at No. 17 Purdue L 61–71  17–10
(5–9)
Mackey Arena (12,868)
West Lafayette, IN

Feb 24, 2016
6:00 pm, BTN
at Michigan L 63–72  17–11
(5–10)
Crisler Center (12,071)
Ann Arbor, MI

Feb 27, 2016
1:00 pm, ESPNU
Rutgers W 98–59  18–11
(6–10)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,833)
Evanston, IL

Mar 3, 2016
8:00 pm, ESPNU
at Penn State W 71–61  19–11
(7–10)
Bryce Jordan Center (5,936)
University Park, PA

Mar 6, 2016
1:00 pm, BTN
Nebraska W 65–54  20–11
(8–10)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,702)
Evanston, IL
Big Ten Tournament

Mar 10, 2016
11:00 am, BTN
(9) vs. (8) Michigan
Second round
L 70–72 OT 20–12
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (15,707)
Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

References

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