# 2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sun Devils were led by first year head coach Bobby Hurley and played their home games at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Arizona. They were members of Pac–12 Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Oregon State.

## Previous season

The Sun Devils finished the 2014–15 season with a record of 18–16, and 9–9 in the Pac-12 play. In the Pac-12 tournament, the Sun Devils lost to USC in the first round. They received an at-large bid to the NIT, where they defeated UConn in the first round before losing in the second round to Richmond.

## Off-season
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Jonathan Gilling | 31 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Senior | Rungsted Kyst, Denmark | Graduated |
| Bo Barnes | 33 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Senior | Scottsdale, AZ | Graduated |
| Shaquielle McKissic | 40 | F/G | 6'5" | 200 | Senior | Seattle, WA | Graduated |
| Roosevelt Scott | 1 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Junior | Saint Paul, MN | Transferred to University of Central Missouri |
| Sai Tummala | 24 | F | 6'6" | 218 | Junior | Phoenix, AZ | Transferred to University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Chance Murray | 3 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Sophomore | Los Angeles, CA | Transferred to Carson–Newman University |
| Connor MacDougall | 55 | C/F | 6'8" | 220 | Freshman | Scottsdale, AZ | Transferred to South Mountain Community College |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Maurice O'Field | 1 | SG | | | Junior | Cleveland, OH | Junior college transfer from Midland College. |
| Shannon Evans | 3 | PG | 6'1" | 170 | Junior | Suffolk, VA | Elected to transfer from Buffalo. Will sit out the 2015–16 season because of NCAA transfer rules. He will have two years of eligibility. |
| Obinna Oleka | 5 | F | 6'8" | 225 | Junior | Washington, D.C. | Junior college transfer from Cecil College. |
| Andre Spight | 24 | SG | 6'3" | 175 | Junior | Pasadena, CA | Junior college transfer from South Plains College. |

### 2015 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Height | Weight |
| | N/A | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| 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 Arizona St. Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 3, 2015. "Arizona St. 2015 Basketball Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 3, 2015. "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 3, 2015. ||||||

## Roster

* Sept. 9, 2015 – Freshman forward, Andre Adams to miss entire season due to a torn ACL in his left knee.
* Feb. 23, 2016 – Junior Andre Spight left team with four games left in the season and intends to transfer.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| Nov. 7* 1:00 PM | Western New Mexico | W 102–34 | – | Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ |
| Non-conference regular season |||||
| Nov. 13* 5:30 PM, P12N | Sacramento State | L 63–66 | 0–1 | Wells Fargo Arena (5,275) Tempe, AZ |
| Nov. 16* 8:00 PM, P12N | Belmont Legends Classic Regional Round | W 83–74 | 1–1 | Wells Fargo Arena (4,549) Tempe, AZ |
| Nov. 18* 6:30 PM, P12N | Kennesaw State Legends Classic Regional Round | W 91–53 | 2–1 | Wells Fargo Arena (4,197) Tempe, AZ |
| Nov. 23* 7:30 PM, ESPN3 | vs. NC State Legends Classic Semifinals | W 79–76 | 3–1 | Barclays Center (5,775) Brooklyn, NY |
| Nov. 24* 6:00 PM, ESPN2 | vs. Marquette Legends Classic Championship | L 73–78 $^{OT}$ | 3–2 | Barclays Center (4,777) Brooklyn, NY |
| Nov. 29* 3:00 PM, P12N | UC Santa Barbara | W 70–68 | 4–2 | Wells Fargo Arena (4,026) Tempe, AZ |
| Dec. 2* 7:00 PM, CBSSN | at Creighton | W 79–77 | 5–2 | CenturyLink Center Omaha (16,282) Omaha, NE |
| Dec. 5* 8:30 PM, ESPN2 | No. 18 Texas A&M | W 67–54 | 6–2 | Wells Fargo Arena (7,608) Tempe, AZ |
| Dec. 12* 1:15 PM, ESPN | at No. 5 Kentucky | L 58–72 | 6–3 | Rupp Arena (23,665) Lexington, KY |
| Dec. 16* 8:00 PM, CBSSN | at UNLV | W 66–56 | 7–3 | Thomas & Mack Center (13,014) Paradise, NV |
| Dec. 19* 12:30 PM, P12N | Houston Baptist | W 98–79 | 8–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (4,573) Tempe, AZ |
| Dec. 22* 1:00 PM, P12N | Stephen F. Austin | W 80–73 | 9–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (4,373) Tempe, AZ |
| Dec. 28* 7:00 PM, P12N | Cal State Bakersfield | W 75–59 | 10–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (6,625) Tempe, AZ |
| Pac-12 Regular Season |||||
| Jan. 3 12:00 PM, FS1 | No. 8 Arizona Territorial Cup Series | L 82–94 | 10–4 (0–1) | Wells Fargo Arena (8,044) Tempe, AZ |
| Jan. 7 8:30 PM, P12N | at USC | L 65–75 | 10–5 (0–2) | Galen Center (2,754) Los Angeles, CA |
| Jan. 9 3:30 PM, P12N | at UCLA | L 74–81 | 10–6 (0–3) | Pauley Pavilion (9,973) Los Angeles, CA |
| Jan. 14 6:00 PM, P12N | Washington State | W 84–73 | 11–6 (1–3) | Wells Fargo Arena (5,047) Tempe, AZ |
| Jan. 16 5:00 PM, P12N | Washington | L 85–89 | 11–7 (1–4) | Wells Fargo Arena (5,652) Tempe, AZ |
| Jan. 21 7:00 PM, FS1 | at California | L 70–75 | 11–8 (1–5) | Haas Pavilion (9,096) Berkeley, CA |
| Jan. 23 9:00 PM, P12N | at Stanford | L 73–75 | 11–9 (1–6) | Maples Pavilion (4,776) Stanford, CA |
| Jan. 28 6:30 PM, P12N | Oregon State | W 86–68 | 12–9 (2–6) | Wells Fargo Arena (6,074) Tempe, AZ |
| Jan. 31 6:30 PM, ESPNU | No. 23 Oregon | L 74–91 | 12–10 (2–7) | Wells Fargo Arena (6,760) Tempe, AZ |
| Feb. 3 9:00 PM, ESPNU | at Washington | L 83–95 $^{OT}$ | 12–11 (2–8) | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,533) Seattle, WA |
| Feb. 6 4:30 PM, P12N | at Washington State | W 67–55 | 13–11 (3–8) | Beasley Coliseum (3,448) Pullman, WA |
| Feb. 12 6:00 PM, P12N | No. 23 USC | W 74–67 | 14–11 (4–8) | Wells Fargo Arena (7,772) Tempe, AZ |
| Feb. 14 6:30 PM, ESPNU | UCLA | L 65–78 | 14–12 (4–9) | Wells Fargo Arena (6,710) Tempe, AZ |
| Feb. 17 7:00 PM, ESPN2 | at No. 12 Arizona Territorial Cup Series | L 61–99 | 14–13 (4–10) | McKale Center (14,644) Tucson, AZ |
| Feb. 25 7:00 PM, P12N | at No. 22 Utah | L 46–81 | 14–14 (4–11) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,523) Salt Lake City, UT |
| Feb. 28 2:30 PM, P12N | at Colorado | L 69–79 | 14–15 (4–12) | Coors Events Center (10,325) Boulder, CO |
| Mar. 3 9:00 PM, FS1 | Stanford | W 74–64 | 15–15 (5–12) | Wells Fargo Arena (5,157) Tempe, AZ |
| Mar. 5 6:00 PM, ESPN2 | No. 25 California | L 65–68 | 15–16 (5–13) | Wells Fargo Arena (6,276) Tempe, AZ |
| Pac-12 tournament |||||
| Mar 9 9:30 PM, P12N | vs. Oregon State First round | L 66–75 | 15–17 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. |||||