2015–16 USC Trojans men's basketball team

2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
	† Pac-12 Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

2015–16 USC Trojans men's basketball
2015–16 USC Trojans men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2015–16 record	21–13 (9–9 Pac-12)
Head coach	Andy Enfield (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Tony Bland; Jason Hart; Kevin Norris;
Home arena	Galen Center
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by third-year head coach Andy Enfield. They played their home games at the Galen Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They defeated UCLA in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Utah. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Providence.

Previous season[]

The 2014–15 USC Trojans finished the season with an overall record of 12–20, and 3–15 in the Pac-12 regular season. In the 2015 Pac-12 Tournament, the Trojans defeated Arizona State, 67–64 in the first round, before losing to UCLA, 70–96 in the Quarterfinal. USC became the first 12-seed to win a game in the Pac-12 Tournament.

Off-season[]

Departures[]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Kahlil Dukes	5	G	6'0"	170	Junior	Hartford, CT	Transferred to Niagara
Brendyn Taylor	15	G	6'3"	185	RS Junior	Los Angeles, CA	Transferred to Santa Clara

Incoming transfers[]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Shaqquan Aaron	3	SF	6'7"	170	Freshman	Seattle, WA	Transfer from Louisville. Aaron will have to sit out the 2015–16 season under NCAA transfer rules. He will have three seasons of eligibility remaining.^[1]

2015 Recruiting class[]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Chimezie Metu #9 PF	Lawndale, CA	Lawndale High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	May 12, 2014
Chimezie Metu #9 PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Bennie Boatwright #20 PF	Sun Valley, CA	Village Christian Schools	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)
Bennie Boatwright #20 PF	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 USC Basketball Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 15, 2015. "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 15, 2015.

Roster[]

2015–16 USC Trojans men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	0	Darion Clark	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Jr	Conyers, GA
F	2	Malik Martin	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Miami, FL
F	3	Shaqquan Aaron	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Seattle, WA
F	4	Chimezie Metu	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Lawndale, CA
G	5	Katin Reinhardt	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Jr	Dana Point, CA
G	11	Jordan McLaughlin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Rancho Cucamonga, CA
G	12	Julian Jacobs	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Las Vegas, NV
F	13	Samer Dhillon (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Sacramento, CA
F	14	Strahinja Gavrilović	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Kragujevac, RS
G	21	Kurt Karis (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Northbrook, IL
F	24	Malik Marquetti	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Compton, CA
F	25	Bennie Boatwright	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Sun Valley, CA
G	30	Elijah Stewart	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Los Angeles, CA
F	32	Nikola Jovanović	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Belgrade, RS

Head coach

Andy Enfield (Johns Hopkins)

Assistant coach(es)

Tony Bland (Syracuse & San Diego State)
Jason Hart (Syracuse)
Kevin Norris (Miami (FL))

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: May 3, 2016

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov. 13* 5:00 pm, P12N		San Diego	W 84–63	1–0	20 – McLaughlin	11 – Stewart	4 – Reinhardt	Galen Center (3,434) Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 16* 7:00 pm, P12N		Monmouth AdvoCare Invitational Opening Round	W 101–90	2–0	22 – McLaughlin	12 – Jovanovic	8 – Jacobs	Galen Center (2,230) Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 21* 7:30 pm, P12N		New Mexico	W 90–82	3–0	19 – McLaughlin	9 – Boatwright	6 – McLaughlin	Galen Center (2,943) Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 23* 6:00 pm, P12N		Cal State Northridge	W 96–61	4–0	20 – McLaughlin	12 – Jacobs	8 – Jacobs	Galen Center (2,764) Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 26* 11:30 am, ESPN2		vs. No. 20 Wichita State AdvoCare Invitational Quarterfinals	W 72–69	5–0	22 – Boatwright	11 – Jovanovic	9 – Jacobs	HP Field House (4,629) Lake Buena Vista, FL
Nov. 27* 11:30 am, ESPNU		vs. No. 23 Xavier AdvoCare Invitational Semifinals	L 77–87	5–1	15 – Tied	5 – Tied	6 – Jacobs	HP Field House (4,170) Lake Buena Vista, FL
Nov. 29* 9:30 am, ESPN2		vs. Monmouth AdvoCare Invitational 3rd place game	L 73–83	5–2	19 – Jacobs	10 – Clark	5 – Jacobs	HP Field House (1,631) Lake Buena Vista, FL
Dec. 3* 7:00 pm		at UC Santa Barbara	W 75–63	6–2	15 – Stewart	10 – Jacobs	7 – Reinhardt	The Thunderdome (3,585) Santa Barbara, CA
Dec. 7* 7:00 pm, P12N		Idaho	W 74–55	7–2	17 – Tied	8 – Jovanovic	7 – McLaughlin	Galen Center (2,865) Los Angeles, CA
Dec. 13* 1:00 pm, P12N		Yale	W 68–56	8–2	17 – Boatwright	9 – Clark	4 – McLaughlin	Galen Center (4,117) Los Angeles, CA
Dec. 17* 7:00 pm, P12N		Cal Poly	W 101–82	9–2	29 – Reinhardt	7 – Jovanovic	13 – Jacobs	Galen Center (2,811) Los Angeles, CA
Dec. 21* 8:00 pm, P12N		SIU Edwardsville	W 70–51	10–2	21 – Jovanovic	16 – Jovanovic	6 – McLaughlin	Galen Center (3,409) Los Angeles, CA
Dec. 23* 7:00 pm, P12N		Lafayette	W 100–64	11–2	27 – Stewart	8 – 3 Tied	16 – McLaughlin	Galen Center (3,215) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 regular season
Jan. 1 6:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	W 90–77	12–2 (1–0)	20 – Jovanovic	12 – Jovanovic	4 – Jacobs	Beasley Coliseum (2,314) Pullman, WA
Jan. 3 12:00 pm, P12N		at Washington	L 85–87	12–3 (1–1)	15 – 3 Tied	10 – Jovanovic	6 – McLaughlin	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,031) Seattle, WA
Jan. 7 7:30 pm, P12N		Arizona State	W 85–75	13–3 (2–1)	15 – Jacobs	10 – Clark	8 – McLaughlin	Galen Center (2,754) Los Angeles, CA
Jan. 9 4:00 pm, P12N		No. 7 Arizona	W 103–101 ^4OT	14–3 (3–1)	27 – Stewart	7 – Clark	9 – Jacobs	Galen Center (6,854) Los Angeles, CA
Jan. 13 8:00 pm, ESPN2		at UCLA Rivalry	W 89–75	15–3 (4–1)	23 – McLaughlin	8 – Tied	5 – Jacobs	Pauley Pavilion (12,993) Los Angeles, CA
Jan. 21 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	at Oregon	L 81–89	15–4 (4–2)	23 – Boatwright	12 – Boatwright	5 – Jacobs	Matthew Knight Arena (8,471) Eugene, OR
Jan. 24 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	at Oregon State	L 70–85	15–5 (4–3)	16 – Stewart	9 – Stewart	6 – Jacobs	Gill Coliseum (7,020) Corvallis, OR
Jan. 28 7:30 pm, P12N		Washington State	W 81–71	16–5 (5–3)	18 – Reinhardt	7 – Jovanovic	9 – Jacobs	Galen Center (4,392) Los Angeles, CA
Jan. 30 12:00 pm, P12N		Washington	W 98–88	17–5 (6–3)	28 – Jovanovic	8 – Boatwright	6 – Jacobs	Galen Center (6,387) Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 4 7:30 pm, P12N		UCLA Rivalry	W 80–61	18–5 (7–3)	17 – Jacobs	6 – Tied	10 – McLaughlin	Galen Center (10,258) Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 12 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 23	at Arizona State	L 67–74	18–6 (7–4)	25 – Jovanovic	15 – Jovanovic	6 – McLaughlin	Wells Fargo Arena (7,772) Tempe, AZ
Feb. 14 5:00 pm, FS1	No. 23	at No. 17 Arizona	L 78–86	18–7 (7–5)	18 – Boatwright	7 – Boatwright	7 – Jacobs	McKale Center (14,644) Tucson, AZ
Feb. 17 8:00 pm, ESPNU		Colorado	W 79–72	19–7 (8–5)	25 – McLaughlin	6 – Jovanovic	5 – McLaughlin	Galen Center (5,132) Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 21 3:00 pm, P12N		Utah	L 69–80	19–8 (8–6)	20 – McLaughlin	6 – Boatwright	4 – Boatwright	Galen Center (7,931) Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 25 8:00 pm, P12N		at Stanford	L 64–84	19–9 (8–7)	14 – Reinhardt	5 – Tied	4 – McLaughlin	Maples Pavilion (4,080) Stanford, CA
Feb. 28 5:00 pm, FS1		at California	L 65–87	19–10 (8–8)	21 – Jovanovic	9 – Jovanovic	6 – Jacobs	Haas Pavilion (11,858) Berkeley, CA
Mar. 2 8:00 pm, FS1		Oregon State	W 81–70	20–10 (9–8)	17 – McLaughlin	8 – Jovanovic	9 – McLaughlin	Galen Center (4,588) Los Angeles, CA
Mar. 4 1:00 pm, P12N		No. 9 Oregon	L 66–76	20–11 (9–9)	12 – Tied	6 – Metu	4 – Jacobs	Galen Center (6,834) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Tournament
Mar. 9 6:00 pm, P12N		vs. UCLA First round	W 95–71	21–11	19 – Boatwright	11 – Metu	9 – Jacobs	MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV
Mar. 10 6:00 pm, P12N		vs. No. 12 Utah Quarterfinals	L 72–80	21–12	24 – McLaughlin	8 – Jacobs	6 – Jacobs	MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV
NCAA Tournament
Mar. 17* 6:50 PM, TBS	(8 E)	vs. (9 E) Providence First round	L 69–70	21–13	15 – McLaughlin	7 – Jovanovic	5 – McLaughlin	PNC Arena (17,387) Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

Ranking movement[]

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV = Received votes. NV = Received no votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	21	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	N/A
Coaches	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV

References[]

^ Dauster, Rob. "Report: USC lands Louisville transfer, former top 50 recruit". CollegeBasketballTalk. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

[1] Dauster, Rob. "Report: USC lands Louisville transfer, former top 50 recruit". CollegeBasketballTalk. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

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v t USC Trojans men's basketball
Venues	Shrine Auditorium (1926–1949) Pan-Pacific Auditorium (1949–1959) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1959–2006) Galen Center (2006–present)
Rivalries	UCLA (Crosstown Cup)
Culture & lore	George Tirebiter "Fight On" Traveler Athletics scandal 2017–18 corruption scandal
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1939–40 1953–54 1969–70 1990–91 1991–92 2000–01 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
Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
v t	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