2015–16 Providence Friars men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Providence Friars men's basketball team represented Providence College in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Friars, led by fifth-year head coach Ed Cooley, played their home games at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Butler in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Villanova. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a #9 seed where they defeated USC in the first round, then lost to North Carolina in the second round.^[1][2]

2015–16 Providence Friars men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	24–11 (10–8 Big East)
Head coach	Ed Cooley (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Andre LaFleur Brian Blaney Jeff Battle
Home arena	Dunkin' Donuts Center
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Villanova	16	–	2		.889			35	–	5		.875
No. 9 Xavier	14	–	4		.778			28	–	5		.848
No. 20 Seton Hall †	12	–	6		.667			25	–	9		.735
Providence	10	–	8		.556			24	–	11		.686
Butler	10	–	8		.556			22	–	11		.667
Creighton	9	–	9		.500			20	–	15		.571
Marquette	8	–	10		.444			20	–	13		.606
Georgetown	7	–	11		.389			15	–	18		.455
DePaul	3	–	15		.167			9	–	22		.290
St. John's	1	–	17		.056			8	–	24		.250
† 2016 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Friars finished the 2014–15 season 22–12 overall and 11–7 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. They defeated St. John's in the quarterfinals and lost to Villanova in the semifinals of the Big East tournament. The Friars received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a #6 seed, losing to Dayton in the second round.

Off season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Ted Bancroft	22	G	6'6"	215	RS Senior	Marion, MA	Graduated
Paschal Chukwu	13	C	7'2"	226	Freshman	Westport, CT	Transferred to Syracuse
Carson Desrosiers	33	F	7'0"	250	Senior	Windham, NH	Graduated
Tyler Harris	25	F	6'9"	223	RS Junior	Dix Hills, NY	Graduated, transferred to Auburn
LaDontae Henton	23	F	6'6"	215	Senior	Lansing, MI	Graduated/Went undrafted in 2015 NBA draft

Incoming recruits

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Ryan Fazekas PF	Michigan City, IN	Marquette Catholic High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oct 29, 2013
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (80)
Drew Edwards SG	Towson, MD	Calvert Hall College High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Aug 29, 2014
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (80)
Ricky Council II SF	Durham, NC	Moravian Prep	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Feb 24, 2015
	Recruit ratings: Rivals:    (POST)
Quadree Smith C	Temple Hills, Maryland	IMG Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	290 lb (130 kg)	Jun 10, 2015
	Recruit ratings: Rivals:    (POST)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

Roster

2015–16 Providence Friars men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Ben Bentil 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So St. Andrew's School Wilmington, Delaware G 3 Kris Dunn 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr New London High School New London, Connecticut F 5 Rodney Bullock 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS So Kecoughtan High School Hampton, Virginia F 10 Quadree Smith 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Fr IMG Academy Temple Hills, Maryland G 12 Casey Woodring (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Cushing Academy Darien, Connecticut G 14 Tyree Chambers 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) So Graf-Münster-Gymnasium Bayreuth, Germany F 21 Jalen Lindsay 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Huntington Prep Murfreesboro, Tennessee G 22 Ricky Council II 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Moravian Prep Durham, North Carolina G 24 Kyron Cartwright 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Compton High School Compton, California F 25 Drew Edwards 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Calvert Hall Perry Hall, Maryland G 32 Junior Lomomba 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Madison Memorial Montreal, Quebec F 34 Tom Planek (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Fenwick High School Oak Park, Illinois G 35 Ryan Fazekas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Marquette Catholic High School Chesterton, Indiana	Head coach Ed Cooley (Stonehill) Assistant coach(es) Andre LaFleur (Northeastern) Brian Blaney (Roanoke) Jeff Battle (Marshall) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct 31, 2015* 2:00 pm		Stonehill	W 92–76		Dunkin' Donuts Center  Providence, RI
Non-conference regular season
Nov 14, 2015* 7:00 pm, FSN		Harvard	W 76–64	1–0	Dunkin' Donuts Center (9,477) Providence, RI
Nov 18, 2015* 7:00 pm, FS1		Illinois Gavitt Tipoff Games	W 60–59	2–0	Dunkin' Donuts Center (8,069) Providence, RI
Nov 21, 2015* 7:00 pm, FSN		Brown Ocean State Cup	W 94–73	3–0	Dunkin' Donuts Center (8,706) Providence, RI
Nov 23, 2015* 6:30 pm, FS1		NJIT	W 83–76	4–0	Dunkin' Donuts Center (5,009) Providence, RI
Nov 26, 2015* 8:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Evansville Wooden Legacy quarterfinals	W 74–64	5–0	Titan Gym (2,460) Fullerton, CA
Nov 27, 2015* 10:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 11 Arizona Wooden Legacy semifinals	W 69–65	6–0	Titan Gym (2,873) Fullerton, CA
Nov 29, 2015* 9:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 3 Michigan State Wooden Legacy championship	L 64–77	6–1	Honda Center (4,393) Anaheim, CA
Dec 2, 2015* 7:00 pm, FSN	No. 23	Hartford	W 89–66	7–1	Dunkin' Donuts Center (5,169) Providence, RI
Dec 5, 2015* 7:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 23	at Rhode Island Ocean State Cup	W 74–72	8–1	Ryan Center (7,678) Kingston, RI
Dec 9, 2015* 7:00 pm, FS1	No. 15	Boston College Wooden Legacy Non-Bracket game	W 66–51	9–1	Dunkin' Donuts Center (8,425) Providence, RI
Dec 12, 2015* 12:00 pm, FS1	No. 15	Bryant Ocean State Cup	W 74–67	10–1	Dunkin' Donuts Center (7,369) Providence, RI
Dec 19, 2015* 8:00 pm, FSN	No. 14	Rider	W 73–65	11–1	Dunkin' Donuts Center (7,852) Providence, RI
Dec 21, 2015* 7:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 10	at Massachusetts	W 90–66	12–1	Mullins Center (4,411) Amherst, MA
Big East regular season
Dec 31, 2015 2:30 pm, CBSSN	No. 12	at No. 9 Butler	W 81–73	13–1 (1–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100) Indianapolis, IN
Jan 2, 2016 3:30 pm, FS1	No. 12	St. John's Big East New Year's Marathon	W 83–65	14–1 (2–0)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,410) Providence, RI
Jan 5, 2016 7:00 pm, FS1	No. 8	Marquette	L 64–65	14–2 (2–1)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (10,446) Providence, RI
Jan 12, 2016 8:30 pm, FS1	No. 12	at Creighton	W 50–48	15–2 (3–1)	CenturyLink Center (17,073) Omaha, NE
Jan 16, 2016 4:30 pm, FS1	No. 12	Seton Hall	L 72–81	15–3 (3–2)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (11,148) Providence, RI
Jan 19, 2016 6:30 pm, FS1	No. 16	No. 18 Butler	W 71–68	16–3 (4–2)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (10,918) Providence, RI
Jan 23, 2016 12:00 pm, FOX	No. 16	at No. 4 Villanova	W 82–76	17–3 (5–2)	Wells Fargo Center (7,191) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 26, 2016 8:30 pm, FS1	No. 10	No. 7 Xavier	L 68–75	17–4 (5–3)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,804) Providence, RI
Jan 30, 2016 8:00 pm, FS1	No. 10	at Georgetown	W 73–69	18–4 (6–3)	Verizon Center (14,481) Washington, D.C.
Feb 2, 2016 9:00 pm, FS1	No. 11	at DePaul	L 70–77	18–5 (6–4)	Allstate Arena (5,114) Rosemont, IL
Feb 6, 2016 2:30 pm, FS1	No. 11	No. 4 Villanova	L 60–72	18–6 (6–5)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,883) Providence, RI
Feb 10, 2016 7:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 20	at Marquette	L 91–96	18–7 (6–6)	BMO Harris Bradley Center (14,616) Milwaukee, WI
Feb 13, 2016 12:07 pm, FOX	No. 20	Georgetown	W 75–72	19–7 (7–6)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,582) Providence, RI
Feb 17, 2016 7:00 pm, FS1	No. 23	at No. 8 Xavier	L 74–85	19–8 (7–7)	Cintas Center (10,336) Cincinnati, OH
Feb 25, 2016 7:00 pm, FS1		at Seton Hall	L 52–70	19–9 (7–8)	Prudential Center (8,600) Newark, NJ
Feb 27 2016 4:00 pm, CBSSN		DePaul	W 87–66	20–9 (8–8)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,435) Providence, RI
Mar 2, 2016 9:00 pm, CBSSN		Creighton	W 70–66	21–9 (9–8)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (9,252) Providence, RI
Mar 5, 2016 12:30 pm, FS1		at St. John's	W 90–76	22–9 (10–8)	Madison Square Garden (10,079) New York, NY
Big East tournament
Mar 10, 2016 2:30 pm, FS1	(4)	vs. (5) Butler Quarterfinals	W 74–60	23–9	Madison Square Garden (14,869) New York City, NY
Mar 11, 2016 6:30 pm, FS1	(4)	vs. (1) No. 3 Villanova Semifinals	L 68–76	23–10	Madison Square Garden (17,130) New York City, NY
NCAA tournament
Mar 17, 2016* 9:50 pm, TBS	(9 E)	vs. (8 E) USC First Round	W 70–69	24–10	PNC Arena (17,387) Raleigh, NC
Mar 19, 2016* 9:40 pm, TBS	(9 E)	vs. (1 E) No. 3 North Carolina Second Round	L 66–85	24–11	PNC Arena (19,433) Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Pre	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	Post	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	23	15	14	10	12	8	12	16	10	11	20	23	RV	NR	RV	RV	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	NR	24	18	14	14	13	9	12	17	10	11	17	20	24	RV	RV	RV	RV