2015–16 George Washington Colonials men's basketball team

2015–16 George Washington Colonials men's basketball

NIT champions
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2015–16 record	28–10 (11–7 A-10)
Head coach	Mike Lonergan (5th year)
Assistant coach	Hajj Turner
Assistant coach	Maurice Joseph
Assistant coach	Carmen Maciariello
Home arena	Charles E. Smith Center

2015–16 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Dayton	14	–	4	.778	25	–	8	.758
VCU	14	–	4	.778	25	–	11	.694
St. Bonaventure	14	–	4	.778	22	–	9	.710
Saint Joseph's †	13	–	5	.722	28	–	8	.778
George Washington	11	–	7	.611	28	–	10	.737
Davidson	10	–	8	.556	20	–	13	.606
Rhode Island	9	–	9	.500	17	–	15	.531
Fordham	8	–	10	.444	17	–	14	.548
Richmond	7	–	11	.389	16	–	16	.500
Massachusetts	6	–	12	.333	14	–	18	.438
Duquesne	6	–	12	.333	17	–	17	.500
George Mason	5	–	13	.278	11	–	21	.344
Saint Louis	5	–	13	.278	11	–	21	.344
La Salle	4	–	14	.222	9	–	22	.290


† 2016 A10 Tournament winner

The 2015–16 George Washington Colonials men's basketball team represented George Washington University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Colonials, led by fifth year head coach Mike Lonergan, played their home games at the Charles E. Smith Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 28–10, 11–7 in A-10 play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Saint Louis in the second round of the A-10 Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Saint Joseph's. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament. As a #4 seed, they defeated Hofstra, Monmouth, and Florida to advance to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden. At MSG, they defeated San Diego State and Valparaiso to become the 2016 NIT champions.

Previous season

The Colonials finished the 2014–15 season 22–13, 10–8 in A-10 play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 Tournament where they lost to Rhode Island. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Pittsburgh in the first round before losing in the second round to Temple.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Nick Griffin	5	G	6'3"	173	Sophomore	Rockville, MD	Transferred to Saint Peter's
Kethan Savage	11	G	6'3"	200	Junior	Fairfax, VA	Transferred to Butler
Darian Bryant	15	G	6'4"	200	Freshman	Washington, D.C.	Transferred to Delaware State
Ryan McCoy	20	F	6'9"	207	RS Junior	Skillman, NJ	Walk-on; graduated
John Kopriva	34	F	6'8"	214	Senior	Milwaukee, WI	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Alex Mitola	1	G	5'11"	170	Senior	Florham Park, NJ	Transferred from Dartmouth. Will be eligible to play immediately since Mitola graduated from Dartmouth.
Jaren Sina	23	G	6'2"	185	Junior	Lake Hopatcong, NJ	Transferred from Seton Hall. Under NCAA transfer rules, Sina will have to sit out from the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.

Incoming recruits

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jordan Roland SG	Syracuse, NY	Westhill High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jul 14, 2014
Jordan Roland SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 68
Collin Goss PF	Manassas, VA	St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	May 3, 2014
Collin Goss PF	Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 65
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 12 July 2015.

Roster

2015–16 George Washington Colonials men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Mitola, AlexAlex Mitola	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Florham Park, NJ
1.5 !G	3	Jorgensen, PaulPaul Jorgensen	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2.0 !So	Ramsey, NJ
2.5 !G/F	4	Swan, AnthonyAnthony Swan	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	2.0 !So	Los Angeles, CA
3.5 !F	12	Watanabe, YutaYuta Watanabe	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	2.0 !So	Kita, Japan
2.5 !G/F	13	Garino, PatricioPatricio Garino	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Mar del Plata, Argentina
1.5 !G	14	Roland, JordanJordan Roland	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Syracuse, NY
3.5 !F	21	Larsen, KevinKevin Larsen	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Copenhagen, Denmark
1.5 !G	22	McDonald, JoeJoe McDonald	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Lorton, VA
1.5 !G	23	Sina, JarenJaren Sina (I)	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Lake Hopatcong, NJ
1.5 !G	30	Hart, MattMatt Hart (W)	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Orchard Park, NY
3.5 !F	33	Goss, CollinCollin Goss	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Manassas, VA
3.5 !F	34	Cavanaugh, TylerTyler Cavanaugh	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Syracuse, NY
3.5 !F	45	Cimino, MattMatt Cimino	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	2.0 !So	Falmouth, ME

Head coach

Mike Lonergan (Catholic)

Assistant coach(es)

Hajj Turner (Louisville)
Maurice Joseph (Vermont)
Carmen Maciariello (Siena)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AP^[1]	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	21	20	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches'^[1]	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	22	20	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Accolades

Honors and awards

Tyler Cavanaugh

All-Atlantic 10 (2nd team) ^[2]

Academic Academic All-Conference ^[2]

Patricio Garino

All-Atlantic 10 (2nd team) ^[2]

All-Atlantic 10 Defensive team ^[2]

Academic Academic All-Conference ^[2]

Team Argentina 2016 Summer Olympics ^[3]

Alex Mitola

Academic Academic All-Conference ^[2]

Records

Team

Winningest team in program history (28-10) ^[4]

First postseason championship in program history (2016 NIT Champions) ^[4]

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/07/2015* 7:00 pm		Gannon	W 92–47		Charles E. Smith Center (2,108) Washington, D.C.
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm, CSN		Lafayette	W 85–76	1–0	Charles E. Smith Center (3,118) Washington, D.C.
11/16/2015* 7:30 pm, ESPN2		#6 Virginia College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon	W 73–68	2–0	Charles E. Smith Center (5,025) Washington, D.C.
11/19/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at South Florida	W 73–67	3–0	USF Sun Dome (2,790) Tampa, FL
11/22/2015* 7:30 pm		Army Barclays Center Classic	W 92–81	4–0	Charles E. Smith Center (2,775) Washington, D.C.
11/24/2015* 11:00 am		Gardner–Webb Barclays Center Classic	W 94–65	5–0	Charles E. Smith Center (3,796) Washington, D.C.
11/27/2015* 9:00 pm, ASN		vs. Tennessee Barclays Center Classic semifinals	W 73–70	6–0	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
11/28/2015* 2:30 pm, ASN		vs. #24 Cincinnati Barclays Center Classic Final	L 56–61	6–1	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm, ASN		Seton Hall	W 72–64	7–1	Charles E. Smith Center (2,280) Washington, D.C.
12/08/2015* 7:00 pm, CSN		Penn State	W 76–66	8–1	Charles E. Smith Center (3,262) Washington, D.C.
12/12/2015* 4:30 pm, CBSSN		Rutgers	W 83–49	9–1	Charles E. Smith Center (3,172) Washington, D.C.
12/19/2015* 1:00 pm	#21	Saint Peter's	W 87–74	10–1	Charles E. Smith Center (2,880) Washington, D.C.
12/22/2015* 9:00 pm, FS1	#20	at DePaul	L 61–82	10–2	Allstate Arena (5,289) Rosemont, IL
12/29/2015* 7:00 pm, ASN		at UCF	W 67–50	11–2	CFE Arena (3,889) Orlando, FL
Atlantic 10 regular season
01/03/2016 7:00 pm, NBCSN		Fordham	W 69–63	12–2 (1–0)	Charles E. Smith Center (2,813) Washington, D.C.
01/06/2016 7:00 pm, FSMW		at Saint Louis	L 62–65	12–3 (1–1)	Chaifetz Arena (5,104) St. Louis, MO
01/09/2016 8:00 pm, ASN		Duquesne	W 91–64	13–3 (2–1)	Charles E. Smith Center (3,103) Washington, D.C.
01/12/2016 7:00 pm, ASN/CSN		at Massachusetts	W 81–70	14–3 (3–1)	Mullins Center (2,571) Amherst, MA
01/15/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at Dayton	L 70–77	14–4 (3–2)	UD Arena (12,831) Dayton, OH
01/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2		Rhode Island	W 62–58	15–4 (4–2)	Charles E. Smith Center (2,913) Washington, D.C.
01/28/2016 9:00 pm, ESPNU		Richmond	L 90–98 ^2OT	15–5 (4–3)	Charles E. Smith Center (3,367) Washington, D.C.
01/31/2016 12:00 pm, NBCSN		at George Mason	W 76–70	16–5 (5–3)	EagleBank Arena (5,168) Fairfax, VA
02/03/2016 7:00 pm, ASN/MASN		Davidson	W 79–69	17–5 (6–3)	Charles E. Smith Center (2,918) Washington, D.C.
02/06/2016 12:00 pm, CBSSN		at VCU	W 72–69	18–5 (7–3)	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
02/10/2016 7:00 pm, CSN/SNY		Saint Joseph's	L 66–84	18–6 (7–4)	Charles E. Smith Center (3,091) Washington, D.C.
02/13/2016 4:00 pm		at St. Bonaventure	L 57–64	18–7 (7–5)	Reilly Center (5,480) Olean, NY
02/17/2016 7:00 pm		at Duquesne	W 81–74	19–7 (8–5)	Palumbo Center (1,520) Pittsburgh, PA
02/21/2016 12:00 pm, NBCSN		La Salle	W 90–50	20–7 (9–5)	Charles E. Smith Center (3,002) Washington, D.C.
02/24/2016 7:00 pm, ASN/MASN2		at Richmond	W 73–61	21–7 (10–5)	Robins Center (7,201) Richmond, VA
02/27/2016 12:30 pm, NBCSN		VCU	L 65–69	21–8 (10–6)	Charles E. Smith Center (4,385) Washington, D.C.
03/01/2016 8:00 pm, ASN/CSN		George Mason	W 74–52	22–8 (11–6)	Charles E. Smith Center (3,031) Washington, D.C.
03/05/2016 3:30 pm, NBCSN		at Davidson	L 80–87	22–9 (11–7)	John M. Belk Arena (5,157) Davidson, NC
Atlantic 10 Tournament
03/10/2016 2:30 pm, NBCSN	(5)	vs. (13) Saint Louis Second round	W 73–65	23–9	Barclays Center (6,519) Brooklyn, NY
03/11/2016 2:30 pm, NBCSN	(5)	vs. (4) Saint Joseph's Quarterfinals	L 80-86	23–10	Barclays Center (8,223) Brooklyn, NY
NIT
03/16/2016* 8:00 pm, ESPN3	(4)	(5) Hofstra First round – Monmouth Bracket	W 82–80	24–10	Charles E. Smith Center (1,083) Washington, D.C.
03/21/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN	(4)	at (1) Monmouth Second round – Monmouth Bracket	W 87–71	25–10	Multipurpose Activity Center (3,442) West Long Branch, NJ
03/23/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN	(4)	(2) Florida Quarterfinals – Monmouth Bracket	W 82–77	26–10	Charles E. Smith Center (3,399) Washington, D.C.
03/29/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN	(4)	vs. (2) San Diego State Semifinals	W 65–46	27–10	Madison Square Garden (8,298) New York, NY
3/31/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN	(4)	vs. (1) Valparaiso Championship game	W 76–60	28–10	Madison Square Garden (7,016) New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

1 2 "2015-2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 6)". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Hawks’ Bembry Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, Schmidt Voted as Coach of the Year". Atlantic 10 Conference. March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
↑ "Garino becomes a factor for Argentina". FIBA. November 27, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
1 2 Princiotti, Nora (March 31, 2016). "Colonials win NIT Championship, send seniors out on top". The GW Hatchet. Retrieved April 4, 2016.

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Venues	Charles E. Smith Center (1975–present)

Culture & lore	History Significant games

People	Head coaches

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2015–16 George Washington Colonials men's basketball team

Previous season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Incoming recruits

Roster

Rankings

Accolades

Honors and awards

Records

Schedule

See also

References