2015–16 IPFW Mastodons men's basketball team

2015–16 IPFW Mastodons men's basketball

The Summit League regular season co–champions
NIT, First round
Conference	The Summit League
2015–16 record	24–10 (12–4 The Summit)
Head coach	Jon Coffman (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Mark Downey (1st year)
Assistant coach	Ryan Sims (5th year)
Assistant coach	Ben Botts (2nd year)
Home arena	Gates Sports Center Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

2015–16 The Summit League men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
IPFW	12	–	4	.750	24	–	10	.706
South Dakota State †	12	–	4	.750	26	–	8	.765
Omaha	10	–	6	.625	18	–	14	.563
IUPUI	9	–	7	.563	13	–	19	.406
North Dakota State	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Denver	7	–	9	.438	16	–	15	.516
Oral Roberts	6	–	10	.375	14	–	17	.452
South Dakota	5	–	11	.313	14	–	18	.438
Western Illinois	3	–	13	.188	10	–	17	.370


† 2016 Summit League Tournament winner

The 2015–16 IPFW Mastodons men's basketball team represented Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mastodons, led by second year head coach Jon Coffman, played their home games at the Gates Sports Center, with five home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, and were members of The Summit League. They finished the season 24–10, 12–4 in Summit League play to finish in a tie for the reglar season championship. They lost in the semifinals of the Summit League Tournament to North Dakota State. As a regular season league champion who was also the #1 seed in their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to San Diego State.

Previous season

The Mastadons finished the 2014–15 season with a record of 16–15, 9–7 in conference. They lost to South Dakota State in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament. IPFW received a bid to the CIT where they lost in the first round to Evansville.

Roster

2015–16 IPFW Mastodons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Evans, MoMo Evans	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Indianapolis, IN
1.5 !G	2	Stewart, DeAngeloDeAngelo Stewart	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Detroit, MI
1.5 !G	4	Konchar, JohnJohn Konchar	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Chicago, IL
1.5 !G	5	Ruise, Jr., CharlesCharles Ruise, Jr.	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Glen St. Mary, FL
1.5 !G	10	Landis, MaxMax Landis	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Indianapolis, IN
1.5 !G	12	Calder, MichaelMichael Calder	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Fort Lauderdale, FL
3.5 !F	14	Serwatka, FilipFilip Serwatka	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Elkhart, IN
1.5 !G	21	Osborn, TrevorTrevor Osborn	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Fort Wayne, IN
3.5 !F	22	Taylor, XzavierXzavier Taylor	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Chicago, IL
1.5 !G	23	Scott, BrysonBryson Scott (I)	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Fort Wayne, IN
1.5 !G	32	Harrell, KasonKason Harrell	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Pittsburgh, PA
3.5 !F	34	Talla, RacineRacine Talla	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Dakar, Senegal
3.5 !F	44	Reed, JoeJoe Reed	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Greenwood, IN
5.0 !C	45	Calhoun, BrentBrent Calhoun	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Indianapolis, IN
5.0 !C	50	Poulter, AndrewAndrew Poulter	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	New Braunfels, TX

Head coach

Jon Coffman (Washington & Lee)

Assistant coach(es)

Mark Downey (Charleston)
Ryan Sims (Indianapolis)
Ben Botts (IPFW)

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 (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/06/2015* 7:00 pm		Otterbein	W 99–55		Gates Sports Center (833) Fort Wayne, IN
Regular season
11/13/2015* 8:30 pm, ESPN3		at Valparaiso	L 64–78	0–1	Athletics–Recreation Center (4,117) Valparaiso, IN
11/16/2015* 7:30 pm		Manchester Spartan Showcase	W 85–53	1–1	Gates Sports Center (1,204) Fort Wayne, IN
11/18/2015* 8:00 pm		at Austin Peay	W 80–77	2–1	Dunn Center (1,715) Clarksville, TN
11/21/2015* 2:30 pm		SIU Edwardsville	W 87–67	3–1	Memorial Coliseum (1,388) Fort Wayne, IN
11/24/2015* 7:00 pm		at Miami (OH)	W 57–53	4–1	Millett Hall (1,224) Oxford, OH
11/27/2015* 4:30 pm		vs. Jacksonville Spartan Showcase	W 71–63	5–1	Greensboro Coliseum (1,383) Greensboro, NC
11/28/2015* 7:00 pm		at UNC Greensboro Spartan Showcase	W 64–58	6–1	Greensboro Coliseum (1,389) Greensboro, NC
11/29/2015* 12:30 pm		vs. Navy Spartan Showcase	L 53–75	6–2	Greensboro Coliseum (1,349) Greensboro, NC
12/03/2015* 10:00 pm		at Cal Poly	W 75–73	7–2	Mott Athletic Center (1,465) San Luis Obispo, CA
12/05/2015* 2:00 pm		at Utah	L 79–96	7–3	Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,241) Salt Lake City, UT
12/09/2015* 7:00 pm		at Indiana	L 65–90	7–4	Assembly Hall (17,472) Bloomington, IN
12/12/2015* 2:30 pm		Austin Peay	W 85–68	8–4	Memorial Coliseum (1,605) Fort Wayne, IN
12/19/2015* 1:00 pm		Stetson	W 95–89	9–4	Memorial Coliseum (1,075) Fort Wayne, IN
12/22/2015* 7:00 pm		at Western Michigan	W 89–86 ^OT	10–4	University Arena (2,676) Kalamazoo, MI
12/30/2015 7:00 pm		Oral Roberts	W 90–84	11–4 (1–0)	Memorial Coliseum (1,368) Fort Wayne, IN
01/02/2016* 7:00 pm		Purdue North Central	W 126–95	12–4	Memorial Coliseum (798) Fort Wayne, IN
01/06/2016 7:00 pm		South Dakota	W 85–65	13–4 (2–0)	Memorial Coliseum (1,077) Fort Wayne, IN
01/09/2016 6:00 pm		at Denver	W 65–64	14–4 (3–0)	Magness Arena (2,054) Denver, CO
01/14/2016 8:00 pm		at South Dakota State	L 76–92	14–5 (3–1)	Frost Arena (2,496) Brookings, SD
01/16/2016 2:00 pm		at Omaha	W 106–101 ^OT	15–5 (4–1)	Baxter Arena (2,220) Omaha, NE
01/21/2016 7:00 pm		North Dakota State	W 79–74	16–5 (5–1)	Gates Sports Center (964) Fort Wayne, IN
01/23/2016 7:00 pm		IUPUI	L 82–84	16–6 (5–2)	Gates Sports Center (1,530) Fort Wayne, IN
01/28/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Oral Roberts	W 68–63	17–6 (6–2)	Mabee Center (2,895) Tulsa, OK
01/31/2016 2:00 pm		Western Illinois	W 88–67	18–6 (7–2)	Gates Sports Center (1,079) Fort Wayne, IN
02/04/2016 2:00 pm		at South Dakota	W 95–82	19–6 (8–2)	DakotaDome (1,510) Vermillion, SD
02/06/2016 5:00 pm		at North Dakota State	L 46–62	19–7 (8–3)	Scheels Arena (3,230) Fargo, ND
02/13/2016 7:00 pm		Denver	W 88–84	20–7 (9–3)	Gates Sports Center (1,248) Fort Wayne, IN
02/18/2016 7:00 pm		South Dakota State	W 91–79	21–7 (10–3)	Gates Sports Center (1,452) Fort Wayne, IN
02/20/2016 7:00 pm		Omaha	W 94–90	22–7 (11–3)	Gates Sports Center (1,832) Fort Wayne, IN
02/25/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Western Illinois	W 87–75	23–7 (12–3)	Western Hall (1,213) Macomb, IL
02/27/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at IUPUI	L 77–80	23–8 (12–4)	Fairgrounds Coliseum (1,675) Indianapolis, IN
The Summit League Tournament
03/05/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	(1)	vs. (8) South Dakota Quarterfinals	W 86–70	24–8	Premier Center (10,306) Sioux Falls, SD
03/07/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	(1)	vs. (5) North Dakota State Semifinals	L 68–69	24–9	Premier Center (9,735) Sioux Falls, SD
NIT
03/15/2016* 10:00 pm, ESPN3	(7)	at (2) San Diego State First round – South Carolina Bracket	L 55–79	24–10	Viejas Arena (8,324) San Diego, CA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

↑ "2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule". Go Mastodons. IPFW. Retrieved September 24, 2015.

IPFW Mastodons men's basketball

Venues	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (2001–2013; select games 2014–present) Hilliard Gates Sports Center (1981–2001, 2013–present)

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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