2015–16 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team

2015–16 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball
2015–16 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball
Cable Car Classic champions
Conference	Horizon League
Record	20–13 (10–8 Horizon League)
Head coach	Rob Jeter (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Chad Boudreau (12th season); Sharif Chambliss (4th season); Chris Hill (1st season);
Home arena	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena; Klotsche Center
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Horizon League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Valparaiso	16	–	2	.889	30	–	7	.811
Oakland	13	–	5	.722	23	–	12	.657
Wright State	13	–	5	.722	22	–	13	.629
Green Bay †	11	–	7	.611	23	–	13	.639
Milwaukee	10	–	8	.556	20	–	13	.606
Detroit	9	–	9	.500	16	–	15	.516
Youngstown State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	21	.344
Northern Kentucky*	5	–	13	.278	9	–	21	.300
Cleveland State	4	–	14	.222	9	–	23	.281
UIC	3	–	15	.167	5	–	25	.167
* Ineligible for NCAA postseason during transition to Division I.

† 2016 Horizon League Tournament winner

The 2015–16 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by eleventh year head coach Rob Jeter, played their home games at the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena and the Klotsche Center and were members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 20–13, 10–8 in Horizon League play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Northern Kentucky in the first round of the Horizon League tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to Green Bay. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

On March 17, head coach Rob Jeter was fired.^[1] He finished at Milwaukee with an 11-year record of 185–170.

Roster

2015–16 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	1	Jordan Johnson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS Jr	Waukegan, Illinois
G	2	Akeem Springs	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Waukegan, Illinois
G	3	Brock Stull	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Fr	Caledonia, Illinois
G	4	Jeremy Johnson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
G	5	Cody Wichmann	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Pulaski, Wisconsin
G	11	JayQuan McCloud	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Waukegan, Illinois
G	15	Baylor Peterson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Edina, Minnesota
G	20	Derek Rongstad	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	RS Fr	Middleton, Wisconsin
F	21	Dan Studer	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Jr	Germantown, Wisconsin
F	23	J.J. Panoske	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Brodhead, Wisconsin
G	30	J.R. Lyle	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Kansas City, Missouri
F	31	Matt Tiby	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Urbandale, Iowa
F	33	Scotty Tyler	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Grafton, Wisconsin
F	34	Austin Arians	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Jr	Stoughton, Wisconsin
F	50	Brett Prahl	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS So	East Troy, Wisconsin
F	52	Alex Prahl	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS So	East Troy, Wisconsin

Head coach

Rob Jeter (UW–Platteville)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 12/5/15

Schedule

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All conference games aired on the Horizon League website

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2015* 7:00 pm		UW–Parkside	W 81–62		Klotsche Center Milwaukee
Non-Conference regular season
11/13/2015* 6:30 pm		vs. Denver Cable Car Classic	W 71–58	1–0	Leavey Center (1,552) Santa Clara
11/14/2015* 7:30 pm		vs. Lipscomb Cable Car Classic	W 71–65	2–0	Leavey Center (1,150) Santa Clara
11/15/2015* 4:30 pm		vs. Santa Clara Cable Car Classic	W 71–65	3–0	Leavey Center (1,314) Santa Clara
11/17/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at No. 18 Notre Dame	L 78–86	3–1	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,464) Notre Dame
11/20/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Trinity International Gulf Coast Showcase	W 85–61	4–1	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,724) Milwaukee, WI
11/23/2015* 11:00 am		vs. Murray State Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	L 63–66	4–2	Germain Arena (523) Estero, FL
11/24/2015* 11:00 am		vs. Duquesne Gulf Coast Showcase consolation round	L 92–96 ^OT	4–3	Germain Arena (823) Estero, FL
11/25/2015* 11:00 am		vs. Central Michigan Gulf Coast Showcase 7th place game	W 84–78	5–3	Germain Arena (1,077) Estero, FL
12/03/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		SIU Edwardsville	W 64–51	6–3	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2,028) Milwaukee, WI
12/09/2015* 8:00 pm, BTN		at Wisconsin	W 68–67	7–3	Kohl Center (17,287) Madison, WI
12/13/2015* 12:00 pm		Judson	W 125–74	8–3	Klotsche Center (1,813) Milwaukee, WI
12/17/2015* 7:00 pm, TWCS		South Dakota	L 91–92 ^2OT	8–4	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2,034) Milwaukee, WI
12/23/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Minnesota	W 74–65	9–4	Williams Arena (10,364) Minneapolis, MN
Horizon League regular season
01/02/2016 3:00 pm, TWCS		Wright State	L 82–84 ^OT	9–5 (0–1)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2,803) Milwaukee, WI
01/04/2016 7:00 pm, TWCS		Northern Kentucky	W 76–67	10–5 (1–1)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,813) Milwaukee, WI
01/07/2016 6:45 pm, ESPN3		at Youngstown State	W 81–65	11–5 (2–1)	Beeghly Center (1,644) Youngstown, OH
01/09/2016 2:00 pm, TWCS		at Cleveland State	W 65–62	12–5 (3–1)	Wolstein Center (1,805) Cleveland, OH
01/14/2016 7:00 pm		at Valparaiso	L 56–68	12–6 (3–2)	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,619) Valparaiso, IN
01/16/2016 3:00 pm, CSN Chicago		at UIC	W 87–62	13–6 (4–2)	UIC Pavilion (2,989) Chicago, IL
01/23/2016 3:00 pm, TWCS		Detroit	W 83–80	14–6 (5–2)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (3,107) Milwaukee, WI
01/25/2016 8:00 pm, ASN		Oakland	L 79–82	14–7 (5–3)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2,821) Milwaukee, WI
01/29/2016 7:00 pm, TWCS		Green Bay	W 95–94	15–7 (6–3)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (5,192) Milwaukee, WI
02/04/2016 6:00 pm, TWCS		at Wright State	L 83–84	15–8 (6–4)	Nutter Center (4,164) Fairborn, OH
02/06/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Kentucky	L 71–75	15–9 (6–5)	BB&T Arena (4,084) Highland Heights, KY
02/11/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Oakland	W 93–85	16–9 (7–5)	Athletics Center O'rena (3,589) Rochester, MI
02/13/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Detroit	L 66–80	16–10 (7–6)	Calihan Hall (3,259) Detroit, MI
02/15/2016 8:00 pm, ESPNU/ESPN3		at Green Bay	L 68–70	16–11 (7–7)	Resch Center (3,685) Green Bay, WI
02/20/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Cleveland State	W 88–54	17–11 (8–7)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2,689) Milwaukee, WI
02/22/2016 7:00 pm		Youngstown State	W 87–51	18–11 (9–7)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,688) Milwaukee, WI
02/26/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Valparaiso	L 76–80	18–12 (9–8)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (4,137) Milwaukee, WI
02/28/2016 2:00 pm, ASN		UIC	W 98–85	19–12 (10–8)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2,828) Milwaukee, WI
Horizon League tournament
03/05/2016 1:30 pm, ESPN3	(5)	vs. (8) Northern Kentucky First round	W 86–69	20–12	Joe Louis Arena (5,247) Detroit, MI
03/06/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3	(5)	vs. (4) Green Bay Second round	L 61–70	20–13	Joe Louis Arena (4,792) Detroit, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

[1] "Rob Jeter fired as UWM men's basketball coach".

[2] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule".

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Venues	Baker Fieldhouse (1956–1977) J. Martin Klotsche Center (1977–1992) U.S. Cellular Arena (1992–1998) J. Martin Klotsche Center (1998–2003) U.S. Cellular Arena (2003–2012) Klotsche Center (2012–2013) UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2013–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 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 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25