# 2015–16 Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball team represented Dartmouth College during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Big Green, led by sixth-year head coach Paul Cormier, played their home games at Leede Arena in Hanover, New Hampshire and were members of the Ivy League. The Big Green finished the season 10–18, 4–10 in Ivy League play to finish in sixth place.
On March 21, 2016 head coach Paul Cormier was fired. He finished at Dartmouth with a six-year record of 54–116. On April 25, the school hired David McLaughlin as head coach.

## Previous season

The Big Green finished the 2014–15 season 14–15, 7–7 in Ivy League play to finish in fourth place. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, their first postseason appearance since 1959, where they lost in the first round to Canisius.

## Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Alex Mitola | 11 | G | 5'11" | 170 | Junior | Florham Park, NJ | Graduate transferred to George Washington |
| Gabas Maldunas | 12 | F/C | 6'9" | 230 | Senior | Panevėžys, Lithuania | Graduated |
| John Golden | 23 | G/F | 6'6" | 200 | Senior | Freehold, NJ | Graduated |

## Recruiting

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Evan Boudreaux #40 PF | Lake Forest, IL | Lake Forest High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Oct 24, 2014 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 79 ||||||
| Michael Stones #67 PG | Orlando, FL | Windermere Prep | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Sep 17, 2014 |
| Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 70 ||||||
| Guilien Smith #151 SG | West Roxbury, MA | Catholic Memorial High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A | Sep 17, 2014 |
| Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 57 ||||||
| 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 October 5, 2015. ||||||

### Recruiting class of 2016

College recruiting information (2016) :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Ian Carter #65 PF | Gardena, CA | Junipero Serra High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Jul 1, 2015 |
| Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 69 |||||||
| James Foye #98 SG | Hamilton, MA | Phillips Exeter Academy | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Aug 12, 2015 |
| Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 57 |||||||
| 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 October 5, 2015. |||||||

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season |||||
| 11/13/2015* 7:00 pm, FSN | at Seton Hall | L 67–84 | 0–1 | Prudential Center (6,114) Newark, NJ |
| 11/17/2015* 7:00 pm | at Marist | L 63–73 | 0–2 | McCann Field House (1,187) Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 11/29/2015* 2:00 pm | LIU Brooklyn | W 79–56 | 1–2 | Leede Arena (777) Hanover, NH |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | Vermont | L 63–68 | 1–3 | Leede Arena (752) Hanover, NH |
| 12/05/2015* 2:00 pm | Hartford | W 74–65 | 2–3 | Leede Arena (689) Hanover, NH |
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 pm | at Maine | W 79–69 | 3–3 | Cross Insurance Center (940) Bangor, ME |
| 12/12/2015* 10:00 pm, P12N | at Stanford | L 50–64 | 3–4 | Maples Pavilion (4,452) Stanford, CA |
| 12/14/2015* 10:00 pm | at Cal State Bakersfield | L 62–69 | 3–5 | Icardo Center (975) Bakersfield, CA |
| 12/19/2015* 1:00 pm | at New Hampshire Rivalry | L 56–76 | 3–6 | Lundholm Gym (547) Durham, NH |
| 12/22/2015* 7:00 pm | Longwood | W 78–54 | 4–6 | Leede Arena (512) Hanover, NH |
| 12/31/2015* 2:00 pm | Bryant | L 60–62 | 4–7 | Leede Arena (873) Hanover, NH |
| 01/04/2016* 7:00 pm | at Fairfield | L 85–97 | 4–8 | Webster Bank Arena (878) Fairfield, CT |
| 01/09/2016 2:00 pm | at Harvard | L 70–77 | 4–9 (0–1) | Lavietes Pavilion (2,195) Cambridge, MA |
| 01/12/2016* 7:00 pm | Canisius | W 80–69 | 5–9 | Leede Arena (528) Hanover, NH |
| 01/16/2016* 3:00 pm | Pine Manor | W 121–56 | 6–9 | Leede Arena (551) Hanover, NH |
| 01/23/2016 7:00 pm | Harvard | W 63–50 | 7–9 (1–1) | Leede Arena (1,531) Hanover, NH |
| 01/29/2016 7:00 pm | Columbia | L 60–77 | 7–10 (1–2) | Leede Arena (835) Hanover, NH |
| 01/30/2016 7:00 pm | Cornell | L 73–77 | 7–11 (1–3) | Leede Arena (899) Hanover, NH |
| 02/05/2016 6:00 pm, ASN | at Penn | L 64–71 | 7–12 (1–4) | The Palestra (2,889) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/06/2016 6:00 pm | at Princeton | L 70–83 | 7–13 (1–5) | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,553) Princeton, NJ |
| 02/12/2016 7:00 pm | Yale | L 65–75 | 7–14 (1–6) | Leede Arena (787) Hanover, NH |
| 02/13/2016 7:00 pm | Brown | W 87–70 | 8–14 (2–6) | Leede Arena (777) Hanover, NH |
| 02/19/2016 7:00 pm | at Cornell | W 78–66 | 9–14 (3–6) | Newman Arena (1,098) Ithaca, NY |
| 02/20/2016 7:00 pm | at Columbia | L 54–73 | 9–15 (3–7) | Levien Gymnasium (2,349) New York City, NY |
| 02/26/2016 7:00 pm | at Brown | L 83–84 $^{OT}$ | 9–16 (3–8) | Pizzitola Sports Center (808) Providence, RI |
| 02/27/2016 8:00 pm, ASN | at Yale | L 71–76 $^{OT}$ | 9–17 (3–9) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,018) New Haven, CT |
| 03/04/2016 7:00 pm | Penn | W 72–64 | 10–17 (4–9) | Leede Arena (922) Hanover, NH |
| 03/05/2016 7:00 pm | Princeton | L 65–84 | 10–18 (4–10) | Leede Arena (930) Hanover, NH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||