2015–16 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Ernie Kent's second year as head coach at Washington State. The Cougars played their home games at the Beasley Coliseum as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 9–22, 1–17 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Colorado.

2015–16 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	9–22 (1–17 Pac-12)
Head coach	Ernie Kent (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Greg Graham Silvey Dominguez Curtis Allen
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Oregon †	14	–	4		.778			31	–	7		.816
No. 13 Utah	13	–	5		.722			27	–	9		.750
No. 17 Arizona	12	–	6		.667			25	–	9		.735
No. 23 California	12	–	6		.667			23	–	11		.676
Colorado	10	–	8		.556			22	–	12		.647
USC	9	–	9		.500			21	–	13		.618
Oregon State	9	–	9		.500			19	–	13		.594
Washington	9	–	9		.500			19	–	15		.559
Stanford	8	–	10		.444			15	–	15		.500
UCLA	6	–	12		.333			15	–	17		.469
Arizona State	5	–	13		.278			15	–	17		.469
Washington State	1	–	17		.056			9	–	22		.290
† Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The 2014–15 Cougars finished the season with an overall record of 13–18, and 7–11 in conference play. The Cougars lost to Cal in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament.^[1]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Jackie Davis	1	G	6'3"	195	Freshman	Long Beach, CA	Transferred
Jordan Railey	4	C	7'0"	245	RS Senior	Beaverton, OR	Graduated
Dexter Kernich-Drew	10	G	6'7"	190	RS Senior	Melbourne, Australia	Graduated
Trevor Dunbar	11	G	5'10"	170	Freshman	San Francisco, California	Transferred to City College of San Francisco
Aaron Cheatum	20	F	6'7"	240	Junior	Moreno Valley, California	Transferred to Cal State Dominguez Hills
DaVonté Lacy	25	G	6'4"	210	Senior	Tacoma, Washington	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Derrien King	0	F	6'8"	175	Sophomore	Los Angeles, California	Junior college transferred from Santa Monica College
Renard Suggs	1	G	6'3"	200	Junior	Woodbury, Minnesota	Junior college transferred from Gillette College
Charles Callison	23	G	6'0"	180	Junior	Moreno, California	Junior college transferred from San Bernardino Valley College
Conor Clifford	42	C	7'0"	270	RS Junior	Huntington Beach, California	Junior college transferred from Saddleback College

2015 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jeff Pollard PF	Bountiful, Utah	Bountiful HS	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jun 25, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Vionte Daniels SG	Federal Way, Washington	Federal Way HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Apr 1, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:    247Sports: N/A    ESPN:
Robert Franks PF	Vancouver, Washington	Evergreen HS	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 29, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
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 Washington St. Basketball Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 11, 2015. "2015 Washington State Cougars Basketball Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 11, 2015. "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 11, 2015.

Roster

2015–16 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Derrien King 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Santa Monica College Wichita, Kansas G 1 Renard Suggs 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Jr Gillette College Saint Paul, Minnesota G 2 Ike Iroegbu 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Oak Hill Acad. Elk Grove, California G 3 Ny Redding 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 166 lb (75 kg) So Westwind Prep Solon, Ohio G 4 Viont'e Daniels 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 163 lb (74 kg) Fr Federal Way HS Federal Way, Washington F 15 Junior Longrus 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Bishop O'Dowd HS Oakland, California F 22 Robert Franks 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Fr Evergreen HS Vancouver, Washington G 23 Charles Callison 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Jr San Bernardino Valley College Moreno Valley, California F 24 Josh Hawkinson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 232 lb (105 kg) Jr East Shorewood HS Shoreline, WA F 32 Que Johnson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 208 lb (94 kg) RS Jr Westwind Prep Pontiac, Michigan F 33 Brett Boese 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Shadle Park HS Spokane, Washington C 42 Conor Clifford 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 283 lb (128 kg) RS Jr Saddleback College Huntington Beach, California C 45 Valentine Izundu 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS Jr Houston Houston, Texas	Head coach Ernie Kent (Oregon) Assistant coach(es) Greg Graham (Oregon) Silvey Dominguez (New Mexico) Curtis Allen (Washington) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Washington State's non-conference will include a trip to the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii, where they will play three of the following: Auburn, BYU, Harvard, New Mexico, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma, and host-Hawaii.^[2] The Cougars will also host Gonzaga^[3] and UTEP.^[4]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct. 30* 8:00 pm	Lewis-Clark State	W 81–74	–	Beasley Coliseum (1,331) Pullman, Washington
Nov. 6* 6:00 pm	Pacific (OR)	W 97–70	–	Bohler Gym (2,427) Pullman, Washington
Non-conference regular season
Nov. 13* 5:30 pm, P12N	Northern Arizona	W 83–70	1–0	Beasley Coliseum (3,011) Pullman, Washington
Nov. 20* 8:00 pm, P12N	Idaho State	W 85–67	2–0	Beasley Coliseum (2,662) Pullman, Washington
Nov. 24* 8:00 pm, P12N	Cal State Los Angeles	W 74–57	3–0	Beasley Coliseum (1,280) Pullman, Washington
Nov. 28* 6:00 pm, P12N	Texas Southern	W 77–65	4–0	Beasley Coliseum (1,604) Pullman, Washington
Dec. 2* 8:00 pm, FS1	No. 13 Gonzaga	L 60–69	4–1	Beasley Coliseum (8,209) Pullman, Washington
Dec. 6* 1:00 pm, P12N	Portland State	W 91–67	5–1	Beasley Coliseum (1,806) Pullman, Washington
Dec. 10* 6:00 pm	at Idaho Battle of the Palouse	L 74–78	5–2	Cowan Spectrum (3,759) Moscow, Idaho
Dec. 13* 3:00 pm, P12N	UTEP	W 84–68	6–2	Beasley Coliseum (1,917) Pullman, Washington
Dec. 18* 6:00 pm, P12N	Texas State	W 78–73 ^OT	7–2	Beasley Coliseum (1,233) Pullman, Washington
Dec. 22* 8:00 pm, ESPNU	vs. No. 3 Oklahoma Diamond Head Classic Quarterfinals	L 60–88	7–3	Stan Sheriff Center (8,436) Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec. 23* 8:30 pm, ESPNU	vs. Northern Iowa Diamond Head Classic Consolation Semifinals	L 59–63	7–4	Stan Sheriff Center (7,365) Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec. 25* 10:00 am, ESPN3	vs. New Mexico Diamond Head Classic 7th Place Game	W 82–59	8–4	Stan Sheriff Center (6,172) Honolulu, Hawaii
Pac-12 regular season
Jan. 1 6:00 pm, P12N	USC	L 77–90	8–5 (0–1)	Beasley Coliseum (2,314) Pullman, Washington
Jan. 3 6:30 pm, P12N	No. 25 UCLA	W 85–78	9–5 (1–1)	Beasley Coliseum (1,912) Pullman, Washington
Jan. 9 12:00 pm, P12N	Washington Rivalry	L 95–99 ^OT	9–6 (1–2)	Beasley Coliseum (4,025) Pullman, Washington
Jan. 14 5:00 pm, P12N	at Arizona State	L 73–84	9–7 (1–3)	Wells Fargo Arena (5,047) Tempe, Arizona
Jan. 16 6:30 pm, P12N	at No. 18 Arizona	L 66–90	9–8 (1–4)	McKale Center (14,502) Tucson, Arizona
Jan. 21 8:00 pm, FS1	Utah	L 71–92	9–9 (1–5)	Beasley Coliseum (2,717) Pullman, Washington
Jan. 23 6:00 pm, P12N	Colorado	L 70–75	9–10 (1–6)	Beasley Coliseum (3,321) Pullman, Washington
Jan. 28 7:30 pm, P12N	at USC	L 71–81	9–11 (1–7)	Galen Center (4,392) Los Angeles, California
Jan. 30 4:00 pm, P12N	at UCLA	L 50–83	9–12 (1–8)	Pauley Pavilion (9,024) Los Angeles, California
Feb. 3 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 23 Arizona	L 64–79	9–13 (1–9)	Beasley Coliseum (3,189) Pullman, Washington
Feb. 6 3:30 pm, P12N	Arizona State	L 55–67	9–14 (1–10)	Beasley Coliseum (3,448) Pullman, Washington
Feb. 11 7:00 pm, P12N	at Colorado	L 81–88 ^2OT	9–15 (1–11)	Coors Events Center (7,330) Boulder, Colorado
Feb. 14 12:00 pm, P12N	at Utah	L 47–88	9–16 (1–12)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (11,464) Salt Lake City, Utah
Feb. 18 7:00 pm, P12N	Stanford	L 56–72	9–17 (1–13)	Beasley Coliseum (2,711) Pullman, Washington
Feb. 21 5:30 pm, ESPNU	California	L 62–80	9–18 (1–14)	Beasley Coliseum (3,203) Pullman, Washington
Feb. 24 7:00 pm, P12N	at No. 13 Oregon	L 62–76	9–19 (1–15)	Matthew Knight Arena (8,088) Eugene, Oregon
Feb. 28 3:30 pm, P12N	at Oregon State	L 49–69	9–20 (1–16)	Gill Coliseum (9,604) Corvallis, Oregon
Mar. 2 8:00 pm, ESPNU	at Washington Rivalry	L 91–99	9–21 (1–17)	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,655) Seattle, Washington
Pac-12 Tournament
Mar. 9 2:30 pm, P12N	vs. Colorado First round	L 56–80	9–22	MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, Nevada
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

1. "Cougars Fall To Hot-Shooting Cal". WSUCougars.com. Washington State University Athletics. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
2. . December 21, 2014. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
3. "Jon Rothstein: "Washington State will host Gonzaga on Wednesday 12/2/15, source told @CBSSports. Return game of home-and-home series."". June 5, 2015.
4. . May 29, 2015. Archived from the original on June 8, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.