2015–16 Providence Friars men's basketball team

2015–16 Providence Friars men's basketball

NCAA Tournament, Second round
Conference	Big East Conference
2015–16 record	24–11 (10–8 Big East)
Head coach	Ed Cooley (5th year)
Assistant coach	Andre LaFleur
Assistant coach	Brian Blaney
Assistant coach	Jeff Battle
Home arena	Dunkin' Donuts Center

2015–16 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Villanova	16	–	2	.889	35	–	5	.875
#9 Xavier	14	–	4	.778	28	–	5	.848
#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

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 #8 seed where they USC in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to North Carolina.

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
Bancroft, TedTed Bancroft	22	G	6'6"	215	RS Senior	Marion, MA	Graduated
Chukwu, PaschalPaschal Chukwu	13	C	7'2"	226	Freshman	Westport, CT	Transferred to Syracuse
Desrosiers, CarsonCarson Desrosiers	33	F	7'0"	250	Senior	Windham, NH	Graduated
Harris, TylerTyler Harris	25	F	6'9"	223	RS Junior	Dix Hills, NY	Graduated, transferred to Auburn
Henton, LaDontaeLaDontae Henton	23	F	6'6"	215	Senior	Lansing, MI	Graduated/Went undrafted in 2015 NBA draft

Incoming recruits

Name	Home town	High school / college	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
Ryan Fazekas PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 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
Drew Edwards SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80
Ricky Council II SF	Durham, NC	Moravian Prep	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Feb 24, 2015
Ricky Council II SF	Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: POST
Quadree Smith C	Temple Hills, Maryland	IMG Academy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	290 lb (130 kg)	Jun 10, 2015
Quadree Smith C	Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: POST
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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.com. Retrieved 2015-07-28.

Roster

2015–16 Providence Friars men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Friars all time leader in missed wide open three pointers

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
3.5 !F	0	Bentil, BenBen Bentil	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	2.0 !So	St. Andrew's School	Wilmington, Delaware
1.5 !G	3	Dunn, KrisKris Dunn	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	New London High School	New London, Connecticut
3.5 !F	5	Bullock, RodneyRodney Bullock	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Kecoughtan High School	Hampton, Virginia
3.5 !F	10	Smith, QuadreeQuadree Smith	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	285 lb (129 kg)	1.0 !Fr	IMG Academy	Temple Hills, Maryland
1.5 !G	12	Woodring, CaseyCasey Woodring (W)	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Cushing Academy	Darien, Connecticut
1.5 !G	14	Chambers, TyreeTyree Chambers	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	2.0 !So	Graf-Münster-Gymnasium	Bayreuth, Germany
3.5 !F	21	Lindsay, JalenJalen Lindsay	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2.0 !So	Huntington Prep	Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1.5 !G	22	Council II, RickyRicky Council II	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Moravian Prep	Durham, North Carolina
1.5 !G	24	Cartwright, KyronKyron Cartwright	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2.0 !So	Compton High School	Compton, California
3.5 !F	25	Edwards, DrewDrew Edwards	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Calvert Hall	Perry Hall, Maryland
1.5 !G	32	Lomomba, JuniorJunior Lomomba	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Madison Memorial	Montreal, Quebec
3.5 !F	34	Planek, TomTom Planek (W)	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2.0 !So	Fenwick High School	Oak Park, Illinois
1.5 !G	35	Fazekas, RyanRyan Fazekas	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Marquette Catholic High School	Chesterton, Indiana

Head coach

Ed Cooley (Stonehill College)

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. #11 Arizona Wooden Legacy semifinals	W 69–65	6–0	Titan Gym (2,873) Fullerton, CA
Nov 29, 2015* 9:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. #3 Michigan State Wooden Legacy championship	L 64–77	6–1	Honda Center (4,393) Anaheim, CA
Dec 2, 2015* 7:00 pm, FSN	#23	Hartford	W 89–66	7–1	Dunkin' Donuts Center (5,169) Providence, RI
Dec 5, 2015* 7:00 pm, ESPNU	#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	#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	#15	Bryant Ocean State Cup	W 74–67	10–1	Dunkin' Donuts Center (7,369) Providence, RI
Dec 19, 2015* 8:00 pm, FSN	#14	Rider	W 73–65	11–1	Dunkin' Donuts Center (7,852) Providence, RI
Dec 21, 2015* 7:00 pm, CBSSN	#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	#12	at #9 Butler	W 81–73	13–1 (1–0)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100) Indianapolis, IN
Jan 2, 2016 3:30 pm, FS1	#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	#8	Marquette	L 64–65	14–2 (2–1)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (10,446) Providence, RI
Jan 12, 2016 8:30 pm, FS1	#12	at Creighton	W 50–48	15–2 (3–1)	CenturyLink Center (17,073) Omaha, NE
Jan 16, 2016 4:30 pm, FS1	#12	Seton Hall	L 72–81	15–3 (3–2)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (11,148) Providence, RI
Jan 19, 2016 6:30 pm, FS1	#16	#18 Butler	W 71–68	16–3 (4–2)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (10,918) Providence, RI
Jan 23, 2016 12:00 pm, FOX	#16	at #4 Villanova	W 82–76	17–3 (5–2)	Wells Fargo Center (7,191) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 26, 2016 8:30 pm, FS1	#10	#7 Xavier	L 68–75	17–4 (5–3)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,804) Providence, RI
Jan 30, 2016 8:00 pm, FS1	#10	at Georgetown	W 73–69	18–4 (6–3)	Verizon Center (14,481) Washington, D.C.
Feb 2, 2016 9:00 pm, FS1	#11	at DePaul	L 70–77	18–5 (6–4)	Allstate Arena (5,114) Rosemont, IL
Feb 6, 2016 2:30 pm, FS1	#11	#4 Villanova	L 60–72	18–6 (6–5)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,883) Providence, RI
Feb 10, 2016 7:00 pm, CBSSN	#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	#20	Georgetown	W 75–72	19–7 (7–6)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (12,582) Providence, RI
Feb 17, 2016 7:00 pm, FS1	#23	at #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) #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) #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

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

References

Providence Friars men's basketball

Venues	Bishop Harkins Hall (1926–1955) Alumni Hall (1955–1972) Providence Civic Center/Dunkin Donuts Center (1972–present)

Rivalries	In-state Division I schools

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 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 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

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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