2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball
2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball
NIT, Semifinals
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	1–10 (25 wins, 1 loss vacated)* (0–5 (13 wins vacated) WCC)
Head coach	Dave Rose (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Tim LaComb (6th season); Terry Nashif (9th season); Quincy Lewis (1st season);
Home arena	Marriott Center
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Saint Mary's	15	–	3	.833	29	–	6	.829
Gonzaga †	15	–	3	.833	28	–	8	.778
BYU	13	–	5	.722	26	–	11	.703
Pepperdine	10	–	8	.556	18	–	14	.563
San Francisco	8	–	10	.444	15	–	15	.500
Santa Clara	7	–	11	.389	11	–	20	.355
Portland	6	–	12	.333	12	–	20	.375
Loyola Marymount	6	–	12	.333	14	–	17	.452
Pacific*	6	–	12	.333	8	–	20	.286
San Diego	4	–	14	.222	9	–	21	.300
*ineligible for postseason due to self probation

† Conference tournament winner

The 2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Dave Rose's eleventh season at BYU and the Cougars fifth season in the West Coast Conference. The Cougars once again played their home games at the Marriott Center.

As a result of a scandal surrounding inappropriate benefits received by BYU starting guard Nick Emery from a BYU booster, the NCAA vacated all of BYU's wins for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons with the exception of a 2015 win over Weber State in which Nick Emery did not play.

Before the season

Departures

Ten individuals left the BYU program following the 2014–15 season—four players graduated (including BYU's all-time scoring leader Tyler Haws), two others transferred, and three more left for missions and are expected to return in 2017–18. The remaining individual was assistant coach Mark Pope, who left to become the new head coach at Utah Valley.^[2]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Tyler Haws	3	G	6'5"	200	Senior	Alpine, UT	Graduated. Signed with Obradoiro CAB in Spain (2015).
Ryan Andrus	10	F	6'8"	200	Freshman	American Fork, UT	LDS mission (returning in 2017)
Josh Sharp	12	F	6'7"	185	RS Senior	Highland, UT	Graduated.
Anson Winder	20	G	6'3"	195	RS Senior	Las Vegas, NV	Graduated.
Skyler Halford	23	G	6'1"	190	RS Senior	Orem, UT	Graduated.
Frank Bartley	24	G	6'3"	200	Sophomore	Baton Rouge, LA	Transferred to Louisiana–Lafayette.^[3]^[4]
Dalton Nixon	30	F	6'7"	190	Freshman	Orem, UT	LDS mission (returning in 2017)^[5]
Isaac Neilson	35	C	6'10"	230	RS Sophomore	Mission Viejo, CA	Transferred to Utah Valley.^[3]^[6]
Luke Worthingon	41	F	6'9"	240	Sophomore	Mequon, WI	LDS mission (returning in 2017)^[7]

Recruiting

BYU has one high school graduate joining the school for the 2015-16 season.

US college sports recruiting information for 2015 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Zac Seljaas^[8] G	Bountiful, Utah	Bountiful	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	May 19, 2014
Zac Seljaas^[8] G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 75
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr Rivals: nr 247Sports: 109 ESPN: nr
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: "BYU 2015 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2015 BYU Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. "2015 BYU Basketball Commits". 247sports.com.

2014–15 return missionaries

BYU will debut three returned missionaries for the 2015–16 season. Nick Emery, Jakob Hartsock, and Braiden Shaw will all have their debut season for the Cougars after serving missions.^[8]

US college sports recruiting information for 2013 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Nick Emery^[9] G	Alpine, Utah	Lone Peak	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Aug 30, 2011
Nick Emery^[9] G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 86
Jakob Hartsock^[10] F	Bartlesville, Oklahoma	Bartlesville	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Feb 26, 2012
Jakob Hartsock^[10] F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 72
Braiden Shaw^[11] F	Eagle, Idaho	Eagle	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 9, 2011
Braiden Shaw^[11] F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 70
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 22 Rivals: 17 247Sports: 17 ESPN: 16
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: "BYU 2013 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2013 BYU Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. "2013 BYU Basketball Commits". 247sports.com.

BYU will also see the return of two familiar faces who came to school for one season. Both Cory Calvert & Cooper Ainge return from their missions.^[8]^[12]

US college sports recruiting information for 2012 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Cooper Ainge^[13] PG	Wellesley, Massachusetts	Wellesley	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Oct 3, 2011
Cooper Ainge^[13] PG	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 40
Cory Calvert^[14] SG	Parker, Colorado	Chaparral	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 10, 2011
Cory Calvert^[14] SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 40
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr Rivals: nr ESPN: nr
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: "BYU 2012 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2012 BYU Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Walk-ons

In addition to Cooper Ainge returning from his mission as a walk-on, BYU will be joined by new walk-on Alan Hamson.^[15]

Transfers

On July 28, 2015, Elijah Bryant announced he would transfer to BYU from Elon. Bryant won the CAA Rookie of the Year title in the 2014-15 season. Bryant will redshirt the 2015-16 season and begin play with BYU as a Redshirt Sophomore in 2016-17.^[16]

2015–16 media

Nu Skin Cougar IMG Sports Network

KSL 102.7 FM and 1160 AM- Flagship Station (Salt Lake City/ Provo, UT and ksl.com)
BYU Radio- Nationwide (Dish Network 980, Sirius XM 143, and byuradio.org)
KTHK- Blackfoot/ Idaho Falls/ Pocatello/ Rexburg, ID
KMGR- Manti, UT
KSUB- Cedar City, UT
KDXU- St. George, UT

Roster

(Subject to change)

2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Chase Fischer (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Sr	Ripley Wake Forest	Ripley, WV
F	2	Zac Seljaas	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Bountiful	Bountiful, UT
G	3	Elijah Bryant (I)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	New Hampton School Elon	Gwinnett, GA
G	4	Nick Emery	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Lone Peak	Alpine, UT
G	5	Kyle Collinsworth (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Provo	Provo, UT
C	12	Alan Hamson (W)	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Pleasant Grove	Pleasant Grove, UT
G	15	Jake Toolson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Highland	Gilbert, AZ
F	21	Kyle Davis	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Jr	Alta Southern Utah Utah State	Draper, UT
G	25	Jordan Chatman	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Fr	Union	Vancouver, WA
F	31	Braiden Shaw	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Eagle	Eagle, ID
F	33	Nate Austin (W, C)	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	RS Sr	Lone Peak	Alpine, UT
F	34	Jakob Hartsock	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Bartlesville	Bartlesville, OK
F	40	Jamal Aytes	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS So	JSerra UNLV	San Diego, CA
C	44	Corbin Kaufusi	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	So	Timpview	Provo, UT

Head coach

Dave Rose (Houston)

Assistant coach(es)

Tim LaComb- Assoc. Head Coach (Utah)
Terry Nashif (BYU)
Quincy Lewis (Wagner)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

On November 20, Cooper Ainge, a Guard out of Wellesley, Massachusetts and son of Danny Ainge, announced he would leave the team to focus on his studies. On that same day Alan Hamson announced he would redshirt the current season.^[17]
On December 14, Cory Calvert announced he was leaving the team for the remainder of the season and would transfer from BYU.^[18]
On December 21, Jake Toolson was granted a medical leave from the team.^[19]

Schedule

The 2015–16 schedule begins with a Summer Trip to Spain^[12] and features matches against state rivals Utah, Utah State, and Weber State. BYU will also return to Hawaii in 2015 to participate in the Diamond Head Classic.^[20]
Matches airing on both BYUtv and Root Sports are BYUtv productions for the WCC. BYUtv is producing the game and airing it nationally while WCC Game of the Week affiliates air it regionally.

Asterisk next to a score indicates a win that was forfeited due to NCAA-imposed sanctions (the only win not forfeited was December 5, 2015 against Weber State, in which Nick Emery did not play).

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
08/19/2015* 12:00 pm, Periscope		Eurocolegio Casvi	W 95–74	–	Madrid, Spain
08/20/2015* 10:00 am		Albacete Basket	W 75–52	–	Albacete, Spain
08/24/2015* 12:00 pm, Periscope		European Basketball Academy	W 102–74	–	Barcelona, Spain
08/25/2015* 12:00 pm, Periscope		CB Castelldefels	W 82–55	–	Barcelona, Spain
10/30/2015* 7:30 pm, BYUtv		Arizona Christian	W 103–75	–	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/07/2015* 7:30 pm, BYUtv		Alaska	W 77–64	–	Marriott Center Provo, UT
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm, BYUtv		Utah Valley Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 85–54*	1–0	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/16/2015* 11:45 pm, ESPN2		at Long Beach State ESPN College Hoops Tipoff Marathon	L 65–66	1–1	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
11/20/2015* 7:00 pm, BYUtv		Adams State	W 97–56*	2–1	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/25/2015* 7:00 pm, BYUtv		Mississippi Valley State	W 75–68*	3–1	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/28/2015* 7:00 pm, BYUtv		Belmont	W 95–81*	4–1	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/02/2015* 8:00 pm, P12N		at Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket/Deseret First Duel	L 75–83	4–2	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
12/05/2015* 1:00 pm, BYUtv		vs. Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 73–68	5–2	Vivint Smart Home Arena Salt Lake City, UT
12/09/2015* 7:00 pm, BYUtv		Utah State Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 80–68*	6–2	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/12/2015* 6:00 pm, P12N		at Colorado	L 83–92	6–3	Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
12/18/2015* 7:00 pm, BYUtv		Central Michigan	W 98–85*	7–3	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/22/2015* 2:30 pm, ESPNU		vs. Harvard Diamond Head Classic quarterfinals	L 82–85 ^OT	7–4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
12/23/2015* 12:30 pm, ESPNU		vs. New Mexico Diamond Head Classic Consolation	W 96–66*	8–4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
12/25/2015* 1:30 pm, ESPNU		vs. Northern Iowa 2015 Diamond Head Classic 5th Place	W 84–76*	9–4	Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
WCC Regular Season
12/31/2015 9:00 pm, ESPNU		at Saint Mary's	L 74–85	9–5 (0–1)	McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA
01/02/2016 4:00 pm, RTUT		at Pacific	W 81–67*	10–5 (1–1)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
01/07/2016 9:00 pm, ESPNU		Santa Clara	W 97–61^[21]*	11–5 (2–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/09/2016 7:00 pm, BYUtv		San Francisco	W 102–92*	12–5 (3–1)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/14/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 25/21 Gonzaga	W 69–68*	13–5 (4–1)	McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
01/16/2016 4:00 pm, RTUT		at Portland	L 81–84	13–6 (4–2)	Chiles Center Portland, OR
01/21/2016 9:00 pm, RTUT BYUtv		at Loyola Marymount	W 91–80*	14–6 (5–2)	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
01/23/2016 6:00 pm, BYUtv		at Pepperdine	L 65–71	14–7 (5–3)	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
01/28/2016 9:00 pm, ESPNU		Loyola Marymount	W 87–62^[22]*	15–7 (6–3)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/30/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN2		Pepperdine	W 88–77*	16–7 (7–3)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/04/2016 7:00 pm, BYUtv		No. RV/25 Saint Mary's	W 70–59*	17–7 (8–3)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/06/2016 2:00 pm, RTUT BYUtv		Pacific	L 72–77	17–8 (8–4)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/11/2016 8:00 pm, BYUtv		at San Francisco	W 114–89*	18–8 (9–4)	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
02/13/2016 2:00 pm, RTUT BYUtv		at Santa Clara	W 96–62*	19–8 (10–4)	Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
02/18/2016 9:00 pm, ESPNU		at San Diego	W 69–67*	20–8 (11–4)	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
02/20/2016 7:00 pm, BYUtv		San Diego	W 91–33*	21–8 (12–4)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/25/2016 9:00 pm, ESPNU		Portland	W 99–81*	22–8 (13–4)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/27/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Gonzaga	L 68–71	22–9 (13–5)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
WCC Tournament
03/05/2016 2:00 pm, BYUtv	(3)	vs. (6) Santa Clara Quarterfinals	W 72–60*	23–9	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/07/2016 9:30 pm, ESPN2	(3)	vs. (2) Gonzaga Semifinals	L 84–88	23–10	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
National Invitation Tournament
03/16/2016* 8:00 pm, ESPNU	(2)	(7) UAB First Round – St. Bonaventure Bracket	W 97–79*	24–10	Marriott Center Provo, UT
03/18/2016* 7:30 pm, ESPNU	(2)	(3) Virginia Tech Second Round – St. Bonaventure Bracket	W 80–77*	25–10	Marriott Center Provo, UT
03/22/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN	(2)	(4) Creighton Quarterfinals – St. Bonaventure Bracket	W 88–82*	26–10	Marriott Center Provo, UT
03/29/2016* 5:00 pm, ESPN	(2)	vs. (1) Valparaiso Semifinals	L 70–72	26–11	Madison Square Garden New York City, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Game summaries

Eurocolegio Casvi

Starting Lineups:

BYU: Chase Fischer, Kyle Collinsworth, Kyle Davis, Nate Austin, Corbin Kaufusi
Eurocolegio Casvi: Nicol Bermúdez De Castro, Jorg Sánchez Domínguez, Héctor Jiménez Redondo, Eduard Gómez Fernández, Walter Cabral

Aug 19
12:00 p.m. MDT

BYU Cougars 95, Eurocolegio Casvi 74
Scoring by half: 52-41, 43-33
Pts: Chase Fischer 16 Rebs: Nate Austin 13 Asts: Corbin Kaufusi 4		Pts: Héctor Jiménez Redondo 18 Rebs: Jorg Sánchez Domínguez 7 Asts: Adrián Uso Estrella 2

BYU Cougars 75, Albacete Basket 52
Scoring by half: 34-34, 41-18
Pts: Kyle Collinsworth 15 Rebs: Corbin Kaufusi 12 Asts: Kyle Collinsworth 8		Pts: Miguel Raez Cuenca 17 Rebs: Miguel Raez Cuenca 10 Asts: Diego Javier Fox Esm & Alvaro Picazo Serran 3

BYU Cougars 102, European Basketball Academy 74
Scoring by half: 42–40, 60–34
Pts: Chase Fischer 22 Rebs: Corbin Kaufusi 10 Asts: Kyle Collinsworth 14		Pts: Not listed Rebs: Not listed Asts: Not listed

BYU Cougars 82, CB Castelldefels 55
Scoring by half: 34–36, 48–19
Pts: Chase Fischer 20 Rebs: Kyle Davis & Corbin Kaufusi 13 Asts: Kyle Collinsworth 5		Pts: Not listed Rebs: Not listed Asts: Not listed

Before the season

Departures

Recruiting

2014–15 return missionaries

Walk-ons

Transfers

2015–16 media

Nu Skin Cougar IMG Sports Network

Roster

Schedule

Game summaries

Eurocolegio Casvi

Albacete Basket

European Basketball Academy

CB Castelldefels

Papa John's Cougar Tipoff

Exhibition: Arizona Christian

Exhibition: Alaska

Utah Valley

Long Beach State

Adams State

Mississippi Valley State

Belmont

Utah

Weber State

Utah State

Colorado

Central Michigan

Harvard

New Mexico

Northern Iowa

Saint Mary's

Pacific

Santa Clara

San Francisco

Gonzaga

Portland

Loyola Marymount

Pepperdine

Loyola Marymount

Pepperdine

Saint Mary's

Pacific

San Francisco

Santa Clara

San Diego

San Diego

Portland

Gonzaga

Santa Clara

Gonzaga

UAB

Virginia Tech

Creighton

Valparaiso

References