2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team

The 2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina Wilmington during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seahawks were led by second-year head coach Kevin Keatts and played their home games at the Trask Coliseum. They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 25–8, 14–4 in CAA play to finish in a tie for the CAA championship with Hofstra. They were champions of the CAA tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Duke.

2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball
CAA regular season co–champions CAA tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	25–8 (14–4 CAA)
Head coach	Kevin Keatts (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Casey Stanley Takayo Siddle Thomas Carr
Home arena	Trask Coliseum
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 CAA men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Hofstra	14	–	4		.778			24	–	10		.706
UNC Wilmington †	14	–	4		.778			25	–	8		.758
Towson	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
James Madison	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
William & Mary	11	–	7		.611			20	–	11		.645
Northeastern	9	–	9		.500			18	–	15		.545
College of Charleston	8	–	10		.444			17	–	14		.548
Elon	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Drexel	3	–	15		.167			6	–	25		.194
Delaware	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
† 2016 CAA tournament winner

Previous season

The Seahawks finished the season 18–14, 12–6 in CAA play to finish in a four way tie for the CAA regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the CAA tournament where they lost to Northeastern. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Sam Houston State.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Freddie Jackson	10	G	6'4"	185	Senior	Wilmington, NC	Graduated
Malik Pugh	14	G	6'1"	165	Freshman	Dyersburg, TN	Transferred to Tennessee-Martin
Jarvis Haywood	22	G	6'4"	185	Redshirt Junior	Charlotte, NC	Dismissed from team; transferred to William Penn
Addison Spruill	24	G	6'4"	225	Senior	Currie, NC	Graduated
Cedrick Williams	40	F	6'9"	225	Senior	Murfreesboro, TN	Graduated

Recruiting class of 2015

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Mark Mathews SG	Fort Myers, FL	Fort Myers High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Aug 24, 2014
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (63)
C. J. Bryce SG	Huntersville, NC	North Mecklenburg High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Oct 3, 2014
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (NR)
Trey Grundy SF	Lexington, KY	Hargrave Military Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	Sep 28, 2014
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (70)
Devontae Cacok PF	Riverdale, GA	Alpharetta High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sep 8, 2014
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (NR)
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 August 19, 2015.

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
JaQuel Richmond		G	6'1"	170	Sophomore	Greensboro, NC	Middle Tennessee
Colton Bishop		G	6'3"	165	Sophomore	Winston-Salem, NC	Loyola

Roster

2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Craig Ponder 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Sr Bluefield Bluefield, WV G 1 Chris Flemmings 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Jr Green Hope/Barton College Cary, NC G 2 Mark Matthews 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Fort Myers Fort Myers, FL F 3 Trey Grundy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Hargrave Military Academy Lexington, KY G 4 Jordan Talley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Henrico Richmond, VA G 10 Denzel Ingram 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS Jr Chapel Hill/Charlotte Chapel Hill, NC G 12 C. J. Bryce 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr North Mecklenburg Huntersville, NC F 13 Chuck Ogbodo 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr High Point Christian Enugu, Nigeria F 15 Devontae Cacok 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Alpharetta Riverdale, GA F 20 Dylan Sherwood 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Sr Sutherland Pittsford, NY F 21 Marcus Bryan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS So Ravenscroft/Charlotte Raleigh, NC C 23 C. J. Gettys 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 275 lb (125 kg) RS Jr Findlay Findlay, OH F 30 Kevin Hickson (W) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Providence Day/Wofford Charlotte, NC G 32 Nick Powell (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Northwest Guilford Greensboro, NC G Colton Bishop  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Forsyth Country Day/Loyola Winston-Salem, NC G JaQuel Richmond  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Wesleyan Christian Academy/Middle Tennessee Greensboro, NC	Head coach Kevin Keatts (Ferrum) Assistant coach(es) Casey Stanley (Iona) Takayo Siddle (Gardner–Webb) Thomas Carr (Pfeiffer) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
Nov 8* 4:00 pm		Barton	W 81–51	1–0	Trask Coliseum (3,146) Wilmington, NC
Non-conference regular season
Nov 13* 7:00 pm		Milligan	W 100–62	1–0	Trask Coliseum (3,520) Wilmington, NC
Nov 16* 7:00 pm		Eastern Kentucky	W 78–59	2–0	Trask Coliseum (3,585) Wilmington, NC
Nov 21* 7:00 pm		Western Michigan	W 80–76	3–0	Trask Coliseum (4,019) Wilmington, NC
Nov 28* 4:00 pm		at East Tennessee State	W 94–73	4–0	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,557) Johnson City, TN
Dec 2* 7:00 pm		Coker	W 93–73	5–0	Trask Coliseum (3,572) Wilmington, NC
Dec 12* 2:00 pm, CBSSN		at Georgetown BB&T Classic	L 82–87	5–1	Verizon Center (8,132) Washington, D.C.
Dec 16* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at East Carolina	L 73–78	5–2	Williams Arena (4,038) Greenville, NC
Dec 19* 4:00 pm		at Radford	L 67–69	5–3	Dedmon Center (1,064) Radford, VA
Dec 22* 6:15 pm		vs. Utah Valley Billy Minardi Classic	W 102–77	6–3	KFC Yum! Center (19,419) Louisville, KY
Dec 23* 4:15 pm		vs. UMKC Billy Minardi Classic	W 76–56	7–3	KFC Yum! Center (19,147) Louisville, KY
Dec 28* 8:00 pm		Campbell	W 106–83	8–3	Trask Coliseum (4,396) Wilmington, NC
CAA regular season
Dec 31 1:00 pm		Drexel	W 75–63	9–3 (1–0)	Trask Coliseum (3,599) Wilmington, NC
Jan 2 6:00 pm, ASN		Northeastern	L 63–65	9–4 (1–1)	Trask Coliseum (3,974) Wilmington, NC
Jan 7 7:00 pm		at Towson	L 60–76	9–5 (1–2)	SECU Arena (1,381) Towson, MD
Jan 9 7:00 pm		at Delaware	W 85–67	10–5 (2–2)	Bob Carpenter Center (2,381) Newark, DE
Jan 14 7:00 pm		at Elon	W 91–82	11–5 (3–2)	Alumni Gym (1,357) Elon, NC
Jan 16 2:00 pm, ASN		William & Mary	W 97–94 OT	12–5 (4–2)	Trask Coliseum (4,211) Wilmington, NC
Jan 21 7:00 pm		Delaware	W 79–70	13–5 (5–2)	Trask Coliseum (4,037) Wilmington, NC
Jan 23 6:00 pm, ASN		at Drexel Postponed to January 24 (Snow)			Daskalakis Athletic Center  Philadelphia, PA
Jan 24 12:00 pm, ASN		at Drexel	W 77–71	14–5 (6–2)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (332) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 28 7:00 pm		at James Madison	W 78–73	15–5 (7–2)	JMU Convocation Center (3,107) Harrisburg, VA
Jan 30 7:00 pm		College of Charleston Homecoming	W 66–55	16–5 (8–2)	Trask Coliseum (5,100) Wilmington, NC
Feb 4 7:00 pm		at Hofstra	W 70–67	17–5 (9–2)	Mack Sports Complex (2,057) Hempstead, NY
Feb 6 7:00 pm		at Northeastern	W 90–73	18–5 (10–2)	Matthews Arena (1,677) Boston, MA
Feb 11 7:00 pm		Elon	W 86–82	19–5 (11–2)	Trask Coliseum (4,136) Wilmington, NC
Feb 13 3:00 pm, NBCSN		James Madison	W 78–68	20–5 (12–2)	Trask Coliseum (5,100) Wilmington, NC
Feb 18 7:00 pm		at William & Mary	L 69–87	20–6 (12–3)	Kaplan Arena (3,148) Williamsburg, VA
Feb 20 6:00 pm, ASN		at College of Charleston	W 59–55 OT	21–6 (13–3)	TD Arena (3,629) Charleston, SC
Feb 25 7:00 pm		Hofstra	W 70–69	21–7 (13–4)	Trask Coliseum (4,572) Wilmington, NC
Feb 27 1:00 pm		Towson	W 74–68	22–7 (14–4)	Trask Coliseum (4,791) Wilmington, NC
CAA tournament
Mar 5 6:00 pm, CSN	(2)	vs. (7) College of Charleston Quarterfinals	W 66–64	23–7	Royal Farms Arena (3,450) Baltimore, MD
Mar 6 3:30 pm, NBCSN	(2)	vs. (6) Northeastern Semifinals	W 73–70	24–7	Royal Farms Arena (3,643) Baltimore, MD
Mar 7 7:00 pm, NBCSN	(2)	vs. (1) Hofstra Championship	W 80–73 OT	25–7	Royal Farms Arena (3,031) Baltimore, MD
NCAA tournament
Mar 17* 12:15 pm, CBS	(13 W)	vs. (4 W) No. 19 Duke First Round	L 85–93	25–8	Dunkin' Donuts Center (11,656) Providence, RI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

2015–16 UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's basketball team