2015–16 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team

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	† 2016 MAC Tournament winner;

Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball
2015–16 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball
MAC West Division co–champions
CIT, First round
Conference	Mid-American Conference; West Division
2015–16 record	17–16 (10–8 MAC)
Head coach	Keno Davis (4th year)
Assistant coach	Kevin Gamble; Kyle Gerdeman; Jeff Smith
Home arena	McGuirk Arena
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The 2015–16 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team represented Central Michigan University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by fourth year head coach Keno Davis, played their home games at McGuirk Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 10–8 in MAC play to finish in a tie for the West Division championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament to Bowling Green. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Tennessee–Martin.

Previous season

The Chippewas finished the season 23–9, 12–6 in MAC play to be champions of the West Division and share the overall MAC regular season championship with Buffalo. They advanced to the championship game of the MAC Tournament where they lost to Buffalo. As a conference champion, and #1 seed in their conference tournament, who failed to win their conference tournament they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Louisiana Tech.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Spencer Krannitz	1	G/F	6'4"	202	Junior	North Muskegon, MI	Transferred to Fresno Pacific
Derrick Richardson, Jr.	3	G	6'4"	200	Junior	Ypsilanti, MI	Transferred
Filip Medjo	13	G	6'3"	210	Freshman	Belgrade, Serbia	Transferred to Pensacola State College
Austin Keel	30	G	6'3"	182	Senior	Winter Springs, FL	Graduated

Recruiting class of 2015

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Corey Redman SG	Boyne City, MI	Boyne City High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Aug 3, 2012
Corey Redman SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
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Recruiting class of 2016

2016 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Innocent Nwoko C	New Haven, MI	New Haven High School	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	N/A	Sep 14, 2014
Innocent Nwoko C	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Matty Smith PG	South Elgin, IL	South Elgin High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A	Apr 26, 2015
Matty Smith PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Ellis Jefferson PG	San Antonio, TX	Brandeis High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A	Sep 3, 2015
Ellis Jefferson PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
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Roster

2015–16 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
G	0	Tanner Beachnau (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Holt HS	Holt, MI
G	1	Corey Redman	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Boyne City HS	Boyne City, MI
G	2	Braylon Rayson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	West Mesquite HS	Dallas, TX
G	4	Rayshawn Simmons (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Moberly Area CC	St. Louis, MO
G	5	Janeau Joubert (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Ypsilanti HS	Belleville, MI
G	10	Austin Stewart	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	West HS	Normal, IL
C	11	Milos Cabarkapa	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	RS So	Impact Academy	Belgrade, Serbia
G	12	Josh Kozinski	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS So	Edwardsburg HS	Edwardsburg, MI
G	15	Chris Fowler (C)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Detroit Country Day School	Southfield, MI
G	21	Hunter Hale (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Kalamazoo Central HS	Kalamazoo, MI
G	22	Tedaro France III (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	New Haven HS	New Haven, MI
G	23	DaRohn Scott	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	Grand Rapids Christian HS	Grand Rapids, MI
F	24	Luke Meyer	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Addison HS	Addison, MI
F	32	Blake Hibbitts	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Hudsonville HS	Hudsonville, MI
F	34	John Simons (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Cadillac HS	Cadillac, MI
F	35	John McCarty (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Lake Orion HS	Lake Orion, MI
C	55	Cole Israelson (W)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	RS So	Cass City HS	Cass City, MI

Head coach

Keno Davis (Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Kevin Gamble (Iowa)
Jeff Smith (Southeast Missouri State)
Kyle Gerdeman (Alma)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Source: [1]

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/07/2015* 4:30 pm	Ferris State	W 77–63	–	McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI
Non-conference games
11/13/2015* 4:30 pm, ESPN3	Jacksonville State	W 89–83	1–0	McGuirk Arena (3,116) Mount Pleasant, MI
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm, CSN Digital	Alma Gulf Coast Showcase Opening Round	W 79–64	2–0	McGuirk Arena (2,582) Mount Pleasant, MI
11/23/2015* 8:30 pm	vs. Weber State Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	L 60–63	2–1	Germain Arena (523) Estero, FL
11/24/2015* 2:30 pm	vs. WKU Gulf Coast Showcase consolation round	L 60–88	2–2	Germain Arena (823) Estero, FL
11/25/2015* 12:00 pm	vs. Milwaukee Gulf Coast Showcase 7th place game	L 78–84	2–3	Germain Arena (1,077) Estero, FL
11/30/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	McNeese State	W 74–73	3–3	McGuirk Arena (2,153) Mount Pleasant, MI
12/03/2015* 9:00 pm, Cox 7	at Grand Canyon	L 72–75	3–4	GCU Arena (5,642) Phoenix, AZ
12/07/2015* 7:00 pm, CSN Digital	Aquinas	W 90–51	4–4	McGuirk Arena (2,318) Mount Pleasant, MI
12/12/2015* 4:30 pm, ESPN3	Texas Southern	W 79–71	5–4	McGuirk Arena (2,492) Mount Pleasant, MI
12/18/2015* 9:00 pm, BYUtv	at BYU	L 85-98	5–5	Marriott Center (13,408) Provo, UT
12/22/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Howard	W 72–52	6–5	McGuirk Arena (2,259) Mount Pleasant, MI
12/29/2015* 7:30 pm	at William & Mary	L 84-88	6-6	Kaplan Arena (3313) Williamsburg, VA
12/31/2015* 1:00 pm, CSN Digita	Lourdes	W 87–66	7–6	McGuirk Arena (1,901) Mount Pleasant, MI
Mid-American Conference games
01/06/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Eastern Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	L 80-99	7–7 (0–1)	McGuirk Arena (2,207) Mount Pleasant, MI
01/09/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Bowling Green	W 79–67	8–7 (1–1)	Stroh Center (2,432) Bowling Green, KY
01/12/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3/ASN	Akron	W 92–81	9–7 (2–1)	McGuirk Arena (2,260) Mount Pleasant, MI
01/16/2016 3:30 pm, ESPN3	at Buffalo	L 6174	9–8 (2–2)	Alumni Arena (3,547) Amherst, NY
01/19/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3	at Northern Illinois	L 70–75	9–9 (2–3)	Convocation Center (1,497) DeKalb, IL
01/23/2016 4:30 pm, ESPN3	Ohio	W 72–49	10–9 (3–3)	McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI
01/26/2016 7:00 pm	at Miami (OH)	W 68–51	11–9 (4–3)	Millett Hall (1,431) Oxford, OH
01/30/2016 4:30 pm, ESPN3	Bowling Green	W 77–65	12–9 (5–3)	McGuirk Arena (3,758) Mount Pleasant, MI
02/02/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3/ASN	Kent State	W 88–61	13–9 (6–3)	McGuirk Arena (2,132) Mount Pleasant, MI
02/06/2016 8:00 pm	at Akron	L 87–92	13–10 (6–4)	James A. Rhodes Arena (3,829) Akron, OH
02/09/2016 7:00 pm	at Eastern Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	L 56–71	13–11 (6–5)	Convocation Center (1,233) Ypsilanti, MI
02/13/2016 4:30 pm, ESPN3	Ball State	L 63–75	13–12 (6–6)	McGuirk Arena (3,351) Mount Pleasant, MI
02/16/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3/ASN	Toledo	W 77–69	14–12 (7–6)	McGuirk Arena (2,139) Mount Pleasant, MI
02/20/2016 2:00 pm	at Western Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	L 85–92	14–13 (7–7)	University Arena (3,869) Kalamazoo, MI
02/23/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Northern Illinois	W 76–64	15–13 (8–7)	McGuirk Arena (2,371) Mount Pleasant, MI
02/27/2016 7:00 pm	at Toledo	W 76–74	16–13 (9–7)	Savage Arena (5,629) Toledo, OH
03/01/2016 7:00 pm	at Ball State	W 65–57	17–13 (10–7)	John E. Worthen Arena (2,738) Muncie, IN
03/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Western Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	L 82–91 ^OT	17–14 (10–8)	McGuirk Arena (3,292) Mount Pleasant, MI
MAC Tournament
03/10/2016 2:30 pm, ESPN3	vs. Bowling Green Quarterfinals	L 59–62	17–15	Quicken Loans Arena (2,217) Cleveland, OH
CIT
03/16/2016* 7:00 pm	Tennessee–Martin First round	L 73–76	17–16	McGuirk Arena (832) Mount Pleasant, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

References

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2015–16 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team

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2015–16 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Akron	13	–	5	.722	26	–	9	.743
Ohio	11	–	7	.611	23	–	12	.657
Kent State	10	–	8	.556	19	–	13	.594
Buffalo †	10	–	8	.556	20	–	15	.571
Miami (OH)	6	–	12	.333	13	–	20	.394
Bowling Green	5	–	13	.278	16	–	18	.471
West
Ball State	10	–	8	.556	21	–	14	.600
Central Michigan	10	–	8	.556	17	–	16	.515
Northern Illinois	9	–	9	.500	21	–	13	.618
Eastern Michigan	9	–	9	.500	18	–	15	.545
Toledo	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Western Michigan	7	–	11	.389	13	–	19	.406

† 2016 MAC Tournament winner