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2015–16 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Willis Wilson's fifth season at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. The Islanders were members of the Southland Conference and played their home games at the American Bank Center and the Dugan Wellness Center. They finished the season 25–8, 15–3 in Southland play to finish in second place. They defeated Sam Houston State to advance to the championship game of the Southland tournament where they lost to Stephen F. Austin. They received an invite to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Louisiana–Lafayette.

2015–16 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball
CIT, First round
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record25–8 (15–3 Southland)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Marty Gross
  • Mark Dannhoff
  • Yaphett King
Home arenaAmerican Bank Center
(Capacity: 8,280)
Dugan Wellness Center
Seasons
2015–16 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Stephen F. Austin † 18 – 0   1.000 28 – 6   .824
Texas A&M–CC 15 – 3   .833 25 – 8   .758
Sam Houston State 12 – 6   .667 18 – 16   .529
Incarnate Word* 12 – 6   .667 17 – 12   .586
Houston Baptist 10 – 8   .556 17 – 17   .500
Southeastern Louisiana 9 – 9   .500 12 – 21   .364
Abilene Christian* 8 – 10   .444 13 – 18   .419
McNeese State 7 – 11   .389 9 – 20   .310
Central Arkansas** 6 – 12   .333 7 – 21   .250
New Orleans 6 – 12   .333 10 – 20   .333
Nicholls State 6 – 12   .333 11 – 23   .324
Northwestern State 5 – 13   .278 8 – 20   .286
Lamar 3 – 15   .167 11 – 19   .367
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I
** Ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
† 2016 Southland tournament winner

Preseason

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The Islanders were picked to finish third (3rd) in both the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll and the Sports Information Director Poll.[1]

Media

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Texas A&M–Corpus Christi men's basketball airs on KKTX with Steven King on the call all season long. Video streaming of all non-televised home games is available at GoIslanders.com.

Roster

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2015–16 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Brandon Pye 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Timberview HS Mansfield, TX
G 1 Hameed Ali 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Sr San Leandro HS Hayward, CA
G 2 Cole Martinez 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Air Force Academy Prep San Antonio, TX
G 3 Joe Kilgore 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Dekaney HS Spring, TX
G 4 Ehab Amin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So St. John's Military Academy Alexandria, Egypt
F 5 T. J. Traylor 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Dominguez HS Los Angeles, CA
G 10 Kyle Brown 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Fr Ridge Point Fresno, TX
G 11 Jelani Currie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Albany Academy Albany, NY
G 15 David Bloom 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Prince of Peace Christian High School Plano, TX
G 22 Emmanuel Toney 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Annapolis Area Christian Annapolis, MD
F 23 Bryce Douvier 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS Sr Sedgwick HS
Northern Colorado 		Sedgwick, KS
F 25 Rashawn Thomas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Southeast HS Oklahoma City, OK
F 31 Viktor Juricek 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Canarias Basketball Academy Prievidza, Slovakia
F 34 Dale Francis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Sr Canarias Basketball Academy Leighton Buzzard, England
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2015-11-20

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/07/2015*
9:28 pm 		St. Mary's University, Texas W 94–63 
Dugan Wellness Center (904)
Corpus Christi, TX
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/13/2015*
9:40 pm 		Our Lady of the Lake W 94–72  1–0
 American Bank Center (1,045)
Corpus Christi, TX
11/19/2015*
7:00 pm, SECN+ 		at Texas A&M
Battle 4 Atlantis 		L 70–95  1–1
 Reed Arena (5,392)
College Station, TX
11/21/2015*
7:00 pm, LHN 		at Texas
Battle 4 Atlantis 		L 56–67  1–2
 Frank Erwin Center (11,315)
Austin, TX
11/23/2015*
7:30 pm 		St. Edward's University W 78–50  2–2
 American Bank Center (868)
Corpus Christi, TX
11/26/2015*
3:30 pm 		vs. Furman
Battle 4 Atlantis 		W 73–69  3–2
 Alumni Gym (611)
Elon, NC
11/27/2015*
7:05 pm 		vs. Elon
Battle 4 Atlantis 		W 85–81  4–2
 Alumni Gym (847)
Elon, NC
12/02/2015*
7:00 pm 		Austin Peay W 61–48  5–2
 American Bank Center (948)
Corpus Christi, TX
12/05/2015*
7:00 pm, TWCS 		Texas State W 47–39  6–2
 American Bank Center (1,586)
Corpus Christi, TX
12/12/2015*
2:00 pm, TWCS 		at UTSA W 85–79  7–2
 Convocation Center (704)
San Antonio, TX
12/15/2015*
8:00 pm, BTN 		Wisconsin L 49–64  7–3
 Kohl Center (17,287)
Madison, WI
12/20/2015*
7:00 pm 		Cal Poly W 80–74  8–3
 American Bank Center (917)
Corpus Christi, TX
12/28/2015*
7:00 pm 		Austin Peay W 74–70  9–3
 Dunn Center (1,345)
Clarksville, TN
Southland regular season
01/05/2016
7:30 pm 		Central Arkansas W 94–82  10–3
(1–0) 		American Bank Center (837)
Corpus Christi, TX
01/09/2016
3:00 pm 		at McNeese State W 77–68  11–3
(2–0) 		Burton Coliseum (520)
Lake Charles, LA
01/11/2016
7:00 pm, ASN 		at Lamar W 91–82  12–3
(3–0) 		Montagne Center (1,539)
Beaumont, TX
01/16/2016
7:00 pm 		Nicholls State W 76–71  13–3
(4–0) 		American Bank Center (1,247)
Corpus Christi, TX
01/19/2016
3:30 pm 		at Northwestern State W 89–79  14–3
(5–0) 		Prather Coliseum (1,620)
Natchitoches, LA
01/23/2016
7:00 pm 		New Orleans W 97–76  15–3
(6–0) 		American Bank Center (1,708)
Corpus Christi, TX
01/26/2016
8:00 pm, CBSSN 		Southeastern Louisiana W 73–63  16–3
(7–0) 		American Bank Center (1,906)
Corpus Christi, TX
01/30/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Stephen F. Austin L 61–66  16–4
(7–1) 		American Bank Center (2,348)
Corpus Christi, TX
02/02/2016
7:00 pm, TWCS 		at Incarnate Word L 65–70  16–5
(7–2) 		McDermott Center (1,230)
San Antonio, TX
02/06/2016
7:00 pm, RTSW 		Sam Houston State
Homecoming 		W 51–48  17–5
(8–2) 		American Bank Center (3,713)
Corpus Christi, TX
02/08/2016
8:00 pm, ASN 		Houston Baptist W 83–76  18–5
(9–2) 		American Bank Center (1,038)
Corpus Christi, TX
02/13/2016
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Stephen F. Austin L 58–70  18–6
(9–3) 		William R. Johnson Coliseum (6,264)
Nacogdoches, TX
02/15/2016
7:00 pm 		at New Orleans W 65–57  19–6
(10–3) 		Lakefront Arena (332)
New Orleans, LA
02/20/2016
7:00 pm 		Incarnate Word W 90–69  20–6
(11–3) 		Dugan Wellness Center (1,422)
Corpus Christi, TX
02/23/2016
7:00 pm 		Abilene Christian W 65–59  21–6
(12–3) 		American Bank Center (1,428)
Corpus Christi, TX
02/27/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Sam Houston State W 75–70  22–6
(13–3) 		Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,217)
Huntsville, TX
03/03/2016
7:30 pm 		at Houston Baptist W 81–71  23–6
(14–3) 		Sharp Gymnasium (957)
Houston, TX
03/05/2016
4:00 pm 		at Abilene Christian W 74–69  24–6
(15–3) 		Moody Coliseum (1,363)
Abilene, TX
Southland tournament
03/11/2016
7:30 pm, ESPN3 		vs. Sam Houston State
Semifinal 		W 79–76  25–6
 Merrell Center (3,019)
Katy, TX
03/12/2016
8:30 pm, ESPN2 		vs. Stephen F. Austin
Championship game 		L 60–82  25–7
 Merrell Center (4,399)
Katy, TX
CIT
03/16/2016*
7:00 pm 		at Louisiana–Lafayette
First round 		L 72–96  25–8
 Cajundome (1,205)
Lafayette, LA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Stephen F Austin Named Favorite in Conference Preseason Polls". Southland Conference. October 28, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  2. ^ "2015-16 Islanders Basketball Schedule". Islanders Athletics. Archived from the original on November 1, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
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