2015–16 Army Black Knights men's basketball team

2015–16 Patriot League men's basketball standings
	† 2016 Patriot League Tournament winner ;

2015–16 Army Black Knights men's basketball
2015–16 Army Black Knights men's basketball
CIT, First round
Conference	Patriot League
2015–16 record	19–14 (9–9 Patriot)
Head coach	Zach Spiker (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Jimmy Allen; Justin Jennings; Brandon Linton; Drew Adams;
Home arena	Christl Arena
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Army Black Knights men's basketball team represented the United States Military Academy during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Black Knights, led by seventh year head coach Zach Spiker, played their home games at Christl Arena and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 19–14, 9–9 in Patriot League play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place. They defeated Colgate in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Holy Cross. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, where they lost in the first round at NJIT.

The season was notable for swingman Kyle Wilson passing the 2,000 point mark for his career, making him the fourth player in Academy history and the sixth in Patriot League history to do so.^[1]

On March 25, 2016, Zach Spiker resigned as head coach to accept the head coaching position at Drexel.^[2] He finished with a seven-year record of 102–112. On April 6, the school hired Jimmy Allen as head coach.^[3]

Previous season[]

The Black Knights finished the 2015–16 season 15–15, 6–12 in Patriot League play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament to Navy.

Departures[]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Mo Williams	2	G	6'1"	185	Senior	Fairfax, VA	Graduated
Shane Smith	4	G	6'4"	190	Sophomore	Norcross, GA	No longer on team roster
Milton Washington	5	G	6'0"	180	Senior	Houston, TX	Graduated
David Hellstrom	12	G	6'4"	185	Sophomore	Rockford, IL	No longer on team roster
Sean Billerman	30	G/F	6'4"	195	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Graduated
Kyle Weldon	34	C	6'9"	195	Junior	Clarksville, TN	Left the team due to personal reasons
Zack Johnson	45	F	6'5"	210	Sophomore	Suffolk, VA	Transferred
Tanner Omlid	55	F	6'3"	215	Sophomore	Monmouth, OR	Transferred to Western Oregon

Incoming recruits[]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kevin Olsen #128 PG	Villa Park, CA	Villa Park High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jul 21, 2014
Kevin Olsen #128 PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 58
Gunther Klimes SF	Bellevue, WA	Bellevue High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A	Aug 6, 2014
Gunther Klimes SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Dylan Hamlin C	Wausau, WI	East High School	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Sep 2, 2014
Dylan Hamlin C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Will Culliton SG	Plymouth, MN	Breck School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Sep 2, 2014
Will Culliton SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
John Miller PF	Columbus, OH	New Albany High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Oct 5, 2014
John Miller PF	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 2015-09-27.

2016 Class recruits[]

US college sports recruiting information for 2016 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tommy Funk #102 PG	Warminster, PA	Archbishop Wood High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Aug 10, 2015
Tommy Funk #102 PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 58
Mike Janowski #107 PG	Arlington, VA	St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Mike Janowski #107 PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 57
Spencer Schultz SG	Clear Spring, MD	Clear Spring High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	170 lb (77 kg)
Spencer Schultz SG	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 2015-09-27.

Roster[]

2015–16 Army Black Knights men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Maxwell Lenox	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	WT Woodson	Fairfax, VA
G	1	Richard Brown	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Davidson Day School	Charlotte, NC
G	2	Cayne Edwards	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Fr	Samuel Clemens	Schertz, TX
G	3	Scott Mammel	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Jr	Winston Churchill	San Antonio, TX
F	4	Daniel Andrews	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Punahou School	Honolulu, HI
G	5	Ben Mammel	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Fr	Winston Churchill	San Antonio, TX
F	10	Kennedy Edwards	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Notre Dame	Northridge, CA
G	11	Dylan Cox	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Cedar Park	Cedar Park, TX
G/F	15	Jacob Kessler	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Mills E. Godwin	Richmond, VA
F	20	Mac Hoffman	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	De La Salle	Pleasanton, CA
G/F	21	Kyle Wilson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Trabuco Hills	Mission Viejo, CA
G	24	Jason Houle	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	Fr	Father Gabriel Richard	Plymouth, MI
F	25	Luke Morrison	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	So	Northside Christian Academy	Charlotte, NC
G	30	Jordan Fox	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Fr	Jackson County	Jackson County, KY
C	31	Kevin Ferguson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Governor Livingston	Berkeley Heights, NJ
F	32	Tanner Plomb	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	East Troy	Mukwonago, WI
F	33	Larry Toomey	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Parkway West	St. Louis, MO
C	34	John Miller	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	New Albany	New Albany, NY
G	35	Nathan Dodge	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	East Troy	East Troy, WI
F/C	40	Austin Williamson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	Jr		Naples, FL
F/C	43	Travis Rollo	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Mayer Lutheran	Mayer, MN
F	44	Mark Pollack	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	So	Charlotte Catholic	Charlotte, NC
F	45	Adam Roe	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr		Weston, MO
F	51	Parker Fennema	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Sanderson	Raleigh, NC
G/F	52	John Emezie	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Marvin Ridge	Waxhaw, NC

Head coach

Zach Spiker (Ithaca College)

Assistant coach(es)

Jimmy Allen (Emory and Henry)
Justin Jennings (Penn State)
Brandon Linton (Clarkson)
Drew Adams (Chicago)

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
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 5:00 pm	Ferrum	W 93–54	1–0	Christl Arena (993) West Point, NY
11/15/2015* 2:00 pm	at Binghamton	W 75–60	2–0	Binghamton University Events Center (2,550) Vestal, NY
11/18/2015* 7:00 pm	at Fairleigh Dickinson	W 96–85^[5]	3–0	Rothman Center (638) Teaneck, NJ
11/22/2015* 7:30 pm	at George Washington Barclays Center Classic	L 81–92	3–1	Charles E. Smith Center (2,775) Washington, D.C.
11/24/2015* 7:00 pm, SECN	at Tennessee Barclays Center Classic	L 80–95	3–2	Thompson–Boling Arena (13,326) Knoxville, TN
11/27/2015* 7:30 pm	Arkansas–Pine Bluff Barclays Center Classic	W 81–60	4–2	Christl Arena (885) West Point, NY
11/28/2015* 7:30 pm	Gardner–Webb Barclays Center Classic	W 103–98 ^OT	5–2	Christl Arena (588) West Point, NY
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm	at Maine	W 84–71	6–2	Cross Insurance Center (1,192) Bangor, ME
12/08/2015* 7:00 pm	at Bryant	W 77–55	7–2	Chace Athletic Center (294) Smithfield, RI
12/12/2015* 4:00 pm	at Air Force	W 90–80	8–2	Clune Arena (1,694) Colorado Springs, CO
12/20/2015* 2:00 pm	Marist	L 83–89	8–3	Christl Arena (916) West Point, NY
12/28/2015* 4:00 pm	Monmouth	W 91–84	9–3	Christl Arena (3,033) West Point, NY
Patriot League regular season
12/30/2015 7:00 pm	at Lehigh	W 88–82	10–3 (1–0)	Stabler Arena (1,195) Bethlehem, PA
01/02/2016 3:00 pm	Bucknell	L 76–84	10–4 (1–1)	Christl Arena (1,597) West Point, NY
01/06/2016 7:00 pm	Lafayette	L 73–76	10–5 (1–2)	Christl Arena (443) West Point, NY
01/09/2016 7:00 pm	at Loyola (MD)	W 73–59	11–5 (2–2)	Reitz Arena (1,042) Baltimore, MD
01/13/2016 7:00 pm	at Colgate	L 66–80	11–6 (2–3)	Cotterell Court (720) Hamilton, NY
01/17/2016 12:00 pm, CBSSN	American	W 65–45	12–6 (3–3)	Christl Arena (912) West Point, NY
01/20/2016 7:00 pm	at Holy Cross	L 65–69	12–7 (3–4)	Hart Center (1,359) Worcester, MA
01/27/2016 7:00 pm	Boston University	L 67–76	12–8 (3–5)	Christl Arena (621) West Point, NY
01/30/2016 7:00 pm	at Bucknell	L 66–94	12–9 (3–6)	Sojka Pavilion (3,513) Lewisburg, PA
02/01/2016 7:30 pm	Navy Postponed from 1/23/16	L 50–64	12–10 (3–7)	Christl Arena (3,133) West Point, NY
02/03/2016 7:00 pm	at Lafayette	W 84–81 ^OT	13–10 (4–7)	Kirby Sports Center (1,554) Easton, PA
02/06/2016 3:00 pm	at Loyola (MD)	L 99–100 ^2OT	13–11 (4–8)	Reitz Arena (1,113) Baltimore, MD
02/08/2016 7:30 pm, CBSSN	Colgate	W 82–72	14–11 (5–8)	Christl Arena (486) West Point, NY
02/13/2016 4:00 pm	at American	W 65–59	15–11 (6–8)	Bender Arena (1,342) Washington, D.C.
02/17/2016 7:00 pm	Holy Cross	W 72–68	16–11 (7–8)	Christl Arena (1,086) West Point, NY
02/20/2016 1:30 pm, CBSSN	at Navy	W 80–78 ^2OT	17–11 (8–8)	Alumni Hall (5,510) Annapolis, MD
02/23/2016 7:00 pm, ASN	at Boston University	W 80–71	18–11 (9–8)	Case Gym (504) Boston, MA
02/27/2016 12:00 pm	Lehigh	L 72–82	18–12 (9–9)	Christl Arena (2,233) West Point, NY
Patriot League Tournament
03/03/2016 7:00 pm	Colgate Quarterfinals	W 79–72	19–12	Christl Arena (482) West Point, NY
03/06/2016 12:00 pm	Holy Cross Semifinals	L 38–60	19–13	Christl Arena (1,107) West Point, NY
CIT
03/16/2016* 7:30 pm, ESPN3	at NJIT First round	L 65–79	19–14	Fleisher Center (855) Newark, NJ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References[]

^ "Men's Basketball Drops CIT Contest to NJIT". goarmywestpoint.com. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
^ "Army's Spiker hired as Drexel's next coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
^ "Jimmy Allen introduced as Army's men's hoops coach". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
^ http://www.goarmywestpoint.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball
^ "Army beats Fairleigh Dickinson 96-85". ESPN.com. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

[1] "Men's Basketball Drops CIT Contest to NJIT". goarmywestpoint.com. Retrieved 2016-03-17.

[2] "Army's Spiker hired as Drexel's next coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.

[3] "Jimmy Allen introduced as Army's men's hoops coach". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-01-26.

[4] ttp://www.goarmywestpoint.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

[5] "Army beats Fairleigh Dickinson 96-85". ESPN.com. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

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v t Army Black Knights men's basketball
Venues	Gillis Field House (1938–1985) Christl Arena (1985–present)
Culture & lore	Army Mules "The Army Goes Rolling Along" All-Military Classic
People	All-Americans Statistical leaders
Seasons	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 1922–23 1943–44 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in underline

2015–16 Patriot League men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bucknell	14	–	4	.778	17	–	14	.548
Lehigh	13	–	5	.722	17	–	15	.531
Boston University	11	–	7	.611	19	–	15	.559
Army	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
Navy	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
Colgate	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
American	9	–	9	.500	12	–	19	.387
Loyola (MD)	8	–	10	.444	9	–	21	.300
Holy Cross †	5	–	13	.278	15	–	20	.429
Lafayette	3	–	15	.167	6	–	24	.200


† 2016 Patriot League Tournament winner