2015–16 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team represented California State University, Sacramento during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hornets were led by eighth year head coach Brian Katz and played their home games at Colberg Court. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 6–12 in Big Sky play to finish in tenth place. They defeated Montana State in the first round of the Big Sky tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Montana.

2015–16 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	14–17 (6–12 Big Sky)
Head coach	Brian Katz (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Brandon Laird Ajay Riding Chris Walker
Home arena	Hornets Nest
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Big Sky men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Weber State †	15	–	3		.833			26	–	9		.743
Montana	14	–	4		.778			21	–	12		.636
Idaho	12	–	6		.667			21	–	13		.618
Idaho State	11	–	7		.611			16	–	15		.516
Eastern Washington	10	–	8		.556			18	–	16		.529
North Dakota	10	–	8		.556			17	–	16		.515
Montana State	9	–	9		.500			14	–	17		.452
Portland State	8	–	10		.444			13	–	18		.419
Northern Colorado	7	–	11		.389			10	–	21		.323
Sacramento State	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Northern Arizona	3	–	15		.167			5	–	25		.167
Southern Utah	3	–	15		.167			5	–	24		.172
† Conference tournament winner

Previous season

The Hornets finished the season 21–12, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament where they lost to Eastern Washington. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Portland in the first round before losing in the second round to fellow Big Sky member Northern Arizona.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Mikh McKinney	10	G	6'1"	170	Senior	Union City, California	Graduated
Zach Mills	20	F	6'5"	215	Senior	Yorba Linda, California	Graduated
Alex Tiffin	34	F	6'9"	235	Senior	Thousand Oaks, California	Graduated

2015 incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Joshua Patton PF	Manteca, California	Sierra High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 18, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Jeff Wu SG	Taipei, Taiwan	Modesto Christian High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Oct 24, 2014
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Grant Dressler SF	Las Vegas, Nevada	Palo Verde High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Apr 11, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
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 September 25, 2015.

2016 incoming recruits

US college sports recruiting information for 2016 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
George Dancer SG	Modesto, California	Beyer High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Jul 8, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
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: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015.

Roster

2015–16 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Marcus Graves 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Westview HS San Diego, California G 1 Dreon Barlett 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Edison HS Huntington Beach, California G 2 Cody Demps 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Pleasant Grove HS Elk Grove, California F 3 Justin Strings 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Mira Costa HS Carson, California G 4 Jiday Ugbaja 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Archbishop Riordan HS San Francisco, California G 11 Trevis Jackson (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Santa Monica HS Santa Monica, California G/F 12 Grant Dressler 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Palo Verde HS Las Vegas, Nevada G 14 Jeff Wu 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Modesto Christian School Taipei, Taiwan F 21 Mason Stuteville 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Casa Roble HS Orangevale, California G 24 Aaron Harmetz (W) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr C. K. McClathchy HS Sacramento, California F 30 Joshua Patton   6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Sierra HS Manteca, California G/F 33 Nick Hornsby 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Tustin HS Irvine, California C 44 Eric Stuteville 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Casa Roble HS Orangevale, California C 50 James Herrick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Douglas HS Minden, Nevada	Head coach Brian Katz (Sacramento State) Assistant coach(es) Brandon Laird (UC Davis) Ajay Riding (Fresno State) Chris Walker (Oklahoma) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2015* 7:05 pm	Simpson	W 103–63		Hornets Nest (525) Sacramento, California
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 4:30 pm, P12N	at Arizona State	W 66–63	1–0	Wells Fargo Arena (5,275) Tempe, Arizona
11/15/2015* 2:05 pm	at Seattle	W 77–65	2–0	KeyArena (1,754) Seattle, Washington
11/20/2015* 7:05 pm	Holy Names	W 96–56	3–0	Hornets Nest (625) Sacramento, California
11/24/2015* 7:05 pm	UC Davis	W 84–79	4–0	Hornets Nest (1,472) Sacramento, California
11/28/2015* 3:35 pm	South Dakota Sacramento State Tournament	L 90–96	4–1	Hornets Nest (778) Sacramento, California
11/29/2015* 5:35 pm	Pacific Sacramento State Tournament	W 79–71	5–1	Hornets Nest (778) Sacramento, California
12/02/2015* 7:05 pm	at UC Davis	L 61–66	5–2	The Pavilion (2,934) Davis, California
12/07/2015* 7:05 pm	Incarnate Word	W 73–70	6–2	Hornets Nest (805) Sacramento, California
12/12/2015* 7:05 pm	at Portland	L 73–81	6–3	Chiles Center (1,264) Portland, Oregon
12/21/2015* 8:00 pm, P12N	at Stanford	L 60–70	6–4	Maples Pavilion (3,436) Stanford, California
12/28/2015* 7:05 pm	Pacific Union	W 78–49	7–4	Hornets Nest (615) Sacramento, California
Big Sky regular season
01/02/2016 7:05 pm	at Portland State	L 68–76	7–5 (0–1)	Peter Stott Center (485) Portland, Oregon
01/07/2016 6:05 pm	at Montana State	L 64–71	7–6 (0–2)	Worthington Arena (2,036) Bozeman, Montana
01/09/2016 6:05 pm	at Montana	L 58–77	7–7 (0–3)	Dahlberg Arena (3,846) Missoula, Montana
01/14/2016 7:05 pm	Idaho State	W 82–71	8–7 (1–3)	Hornets Nest (781) Sacramento, California
01/16/2016 7:05 pm	Weber State	L 74–85	8–8 (1–4)	Hornets Nest (898) Sacramento, California
01/23/2016 7:05 pm	Portland State	L 63–81	8–9 (1–5)	Hornets Nest (1,058) Sacramento, California
01/28/2016 7:05 pm	at Idaho	W 65–63	9–9 (2–5)	Cowan Spectrum (1,228) Moscow, Idaho
01/30/2016 12:05 pm	at Eastern Washington	L 67–74	9–10 (2–6)	Reese Court (1,914) Cheney, Washington
02/04/2016 7:05 pm	Montana	W 83–79	10–10 (3–6)	Hornets Nest (965) Sacramento, California
02/06/2016 7:05 pm	Montana State	L 76–79	10–11 (3–7)	Hornets Nest (929) Sacramento, California
02/11/2016 6:05 pm	at Weber State	W 63–50	10–12 (3–8)	Dee Events Center (6,504) Ogden, Utah
02/13/2016 6:05 pm	at Idaho State	L 64–65	10–13 (3–9)	Holt Arena (1,941) Pocatello, Idaho
02/18/2016 7:05 pm	Eastern Washington	L 88–93	10–14 (3–10)	Hornets Nest (649) Sacramento, California
02/20/2016 7:05 pm	Idaho	W 68–65	11–14 (4–10)	Hornets Nest (845) Sacramento, California
02/25/2016 6:05 pm	at Northern Colorado	L 67–72	11–15 (4–11)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,295) Greeley, Colorado
02/27/2016 12:05 pm	at North Dakota	L 71–97	11–16 (4–12)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,893) Grand Forks, North Dakota
03/03/2016 7:05 pm	Southern Utah	W 69–63 ^OT	12–16 (5–12)	Hornets Nest (689) Sacramento, California
03/05/2016 7:05 pm	Northern Arizona	W 64–51	13–16 (6–12)	Hornets Nest (793) Sacramento, California
Big Sky tournament
03/08/2016 5:30 pm	vs. Montana State First round	W 79–75	14–16	Reno Events Center (1,723) Reno, Nevada
03/10/2016 5:30 pm	vs. Montana Quarterfinals	L 53–70	14–17	Reno Events Center (2,213) Reno, Nevada
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

1. "2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule".