2015–16 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team

The 2015–16 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tribe were led by thirteenth year head coach Tony Shaver. The team played its home games at Kaplan Arena and remained members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). This was the 111th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary. They finished the season 20–11, 11–7 in CAA play to finish in a three way tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the CAA tournament where they lost Hofstra. Despite again securing twenty wins for the season, the Tribe failed to secure back-to-back postseason tournament bids for the first time in program history. Along with the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons, this was only the second time in program history that William & Mary won twenty games during three consecutive seasons.

2015–16 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	20–11 (11–7 CAA)
Head coach	Tony Shaver (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Jonathan Holmes Kotie Kimble Austin Shaver
Home arena	Kaplan Arena

2015–16 CAA men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Hofstra	14	–	4		.778			24	–	10		.706
UNC Wilmington †	14	–	4		.778			25	–	8		.758
Towson	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
James Madison	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
William & Mary	11	–	7		.611			20	–	11		.645
Northeastern	9	–	9		.500			18	–	15		.545
College of Charleston	8	–	10		.444			17	–	14		.548
Elon	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Drexel	3	–	15		.167			6	–	25		.194
Delaware	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
† 2016 CAA tournament winner

Previous season

The team tried to improve upon their 20–13 (12–6 CAA) record from the 2014–15 season that saw the team fall short, for the second straight year, of a conference championship with a 61–72 loss to Northeastern in the championship game of the 2015 CAA men's basketball tournament. The Tribe ultimately received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Tulsa. The Tribe also saw the graduation of the program's all-time leading scorer, Marcus Thornton. Thornton, who was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the second round of the 2015 NBA draft, is currently playing for the Sydney Kings in the Australian National Basketball League.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Tom Schalk	43	F	6'8"	200	Senior	Burnsville, Minnesota	Graduated
Marcus Thornton	3	G	6'4"	185	Senior	Upper Marlboro, Maryland	Graduated/2015 NBA draft

Recruiting Class of 2015

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Hunter Seacat SF	Mooresville, North Carolina	Lake Norman High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sep 8, 2014
	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 September 2, 2014.

Roster

2015–16 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Daniel Dixon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Langley/Fishburne Great Falls, Virginia G 1 Jamison Glover 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Battlefield Haymarket, Virginia G/F 4 Omar Prewitt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Montgomery County Mount Sterling, Kentucky G/F 5 Greg Malinowski 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Episcopal Chantilly, Virginia G 10 Connor Burchfield 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Concord Concord, North Carolina G 11 Michael Schlotman 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So Munster Munster, Indiana G 21 Oliver Tot 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Kimball Union Academy Bratislava, Slovakia F 22 Paul Rowley 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Fr Loudoun Valley Purcellville, Virginia G/F 25 Terry Tarpey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Fairfield Prep Stamford, Connecticut F 31 Sean Shelton 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 256 lb (116 kg) Sr Saint Francis Catholic Traverse City, Michigan G 34 David Cohn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So York Colorado State Elmhurst, Illinois F 41 Jack Whitman 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Lexington Catholic Lexington, Kentucky F 50 Hunter Seacat 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Lake Norman Mooresville, North Carolina	Head coach Tony Shaver (North Carolina) Assistant coach(es) Jonathan Holmes (North Carolina) Kotie Kimble (Coastal Carolina) Austin Shaver (Virginia) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 13, 2015* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at NC State	W 86–68	1–0	PNC Arena (16,377) Raleigh, North Carolina
November 17, 2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Liberty	W 70–59	2–0	Vines Center (2,102) Lynchburg, Virginia
November 19, 2015* 7:00 pm		Washington Adventist	W 85–60	3–0	Kaplan Arena (1,822) Williamsburg, Virginia
November 21, 2015* 2:00 pm		at Dayton	L 66–69	3–1	UD Arena (12,796) Dayton, Ohio
November 25, 2015* 7:00 pm		Hampton	W 86–67	4–1	Kaplan Arena (2,330) Williamsburg, Virginia
November 28, 2015* 4:00 pm		at Howard	L 77–79	4–2	Burr Gymnasium (954) Washington, D.C.
December 1, 2015* 7:00 pm		Old Dominion Rivalry	W 55–48	5–2	Kaplan Arena (3,256) Williamsburg, Virginia
December 5, 2015* 2:00 pm, RSN/ESPN3		at No. 10 Virginia	L 52–67	5–3	John Paul Jones Arena (14,105) Charlottesville, Virginia
December 18, 2015* 7:00 pm		Mary Washington	W 94–64	6–3	Kaplan Arena (1,462) Williamsburg, Virginia
December 21, 2015* 7:00 pm		High Point	W 78–75 OT	7–3	Kaplan Arena (1,388) Williamsburg, Virginia
December 29, 2015* 7:30 pm		Central Michigan	W 88–84	8–3	Kaplan Arena (3,313) Williamsburg, Virginia
CAA regular season
December 31, 2015 4:00 pm		Towson	L 69–76	8–4 (0–1)	Kaplan Arena (2,531) Williamsburg, Virginia
January 2, 2016 4:00 pm		College of Charleston	W 78–70	9–4 (1–1)	Kaplan Arena (2,873) Williamsburg, Virginia
January 7, 2016 7:00 pm		at Drexel	W 72–63	10–4 (2–1)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,107) Philadelphia
January 9, 2016 4:00 pm		Northeastern	W 78-60	11-4 (3-1)	Kaplan Arena (3,626) Williamsburg, Virginia
January 14, 2016 7:00 pm		at College of Charleston	W 63–61	12–4 (4–1)	TD Arena (3,069) Charleston, South Carolina
January 16, 2016 2:00 pm, ASN		at UNC Wilmington	L 94–97 OT	12–5 (4–2)	Trask Coliseum (4,211) Wilmington, North Carolina
January 21, 2016 7:00 pm		Elon	W 89–67	13–5 (5–2)	Kaplan Arena (3,278) Williamsburg, Virginia
January 23, 2016 4:00 pm, CSN		at Hofstra	L 63–91	13–6 (5–3)	Mack Sports Complex (894) Hempstead, New York
January 28, 2016 7:00 pm		at Delaware	W 94–79	14–6 (6–3)	Bob Carpenter Center (2,311) Newark, Delaware
January 30, 2016 4:00 pm, CSN		James Madison	W 68–62	15–6 (7–3)	Kaplan Arena (3,681) Williamsburg, Virginia
February 4, 2016 7:00 pm, CSN		at Northeastern	W 86–77	16–6 (8–3)	Matthews Arena (1,416) Boston
February 6, 2016 2:30 pm, NBCSN		Delaware Gold Rush/Charter Day	W 90–64	17–6 (9–3)	Kaplan Arena (6,028) Williamsburg, Virginia
February 11, 2016 7:00 pm		Hofstra	L 80-86	17–7 (9–4)	Kaplan Arena (3,259) Williamsburg, Virginia
February 13, 2016 4:00 pm, CSN		at Towson	L 82–99	17–8 (9–5)	SECU Arena (2,334) Towson, Maryland
February 18, 2016 7:00 pm		UNC Wilmington	W 87–69	18–8 (10–5)	Kaplan Arena (3,148) Williamsburg, Virginia
February 20, 2016 4:00 pm, CSN		Drexel	L 69–74	18–9 (10–6)	Kaplan Arena (3,948) Williamsburg, Virginia
February 25, 2016 7:00 pm		at Elon	W 75–65	19–9 (11–6)	Alumni Gym (1,632) Elon, North Carolina
February 27, 2016 2:30 pm, NBCSN		at James Madison	L 65–71	19–10 (11–7)	JMU Convocation Center (3,646) Harrisonburg, Virginia
CAA Tournament
March 5, 2016 2:30 pm, CSN		vs. James Madison Quarterfinals	W 79–64	20–10	Royal Farms Arena (3,904) Baltimore
March 6, 2016 1:00 pm, NBCSN		vs. Hofstra Semifinals	L 67–70	20–11	Royal Farms Arena (3,643) Baltimore
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2015–16 William & Mary Tribe women's basketball team