2015–16 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team

2015–16 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball

Conference	Conference USA
2015–16 record	14–19 (9–9 C-USA)
Head coach	Mark Price (1st year)
Assistant coach	Houston Fancher
Assistant coach	Chris Ferguson
Assistant coach	Andre Gray
Home arena	Dale F. Halton Arena

2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UAB	16	–	2	.889	26	–	7	.788
Middle Tennessee †	13	–	5	.722	25	–	10	.714
Marshall	12	–	6	.667	17	–	16	.515
Louisiana Tech	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
Old Dominion	12	–	6	.667	25	–	13	.658
UTEP	10	–	8	.556	19	–	14	.576
Charlotte	9	–	9	.500	14	–	19	.424
WKU	8	–	10	.444	18	–	16	.529
North Texas	7	–	11	.389	12	–	20	.375
Rice	7	–	11	.389	12	–	20	.375
FIU	7	–	11	.389	13	–	19	.406
Florida Atlantic	5	–	13	.278	8	–	25	.242
Southern Miss*	5	–	13	.278	8	–	21	.276
UTSA	3	–	15	.167	5	–	27	.156
*Ineligible for postseason play due to self-imposed postseason ban.

† 2016 C-USA Tournament winner

The 2015–16 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 49ers, led by first year head coach Mark Price, played their home games at the Dale F. Halton Arena and were members Conference USA. They finished the season 14–19, 9–9 in C-USA play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Rice in the second round of the C-USA Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Middle Tennessee.

Previous season

The 49ers finished the 2014–15 season 14–18, 7–11 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Tournament to Middle Tennessee.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Torin Dorn	2	G	6'4"	201	Freshman	Charlotte, NC	Transferred to North Carolina State
Shawn Lester	3	G	6'4"	196	Junior	Mooresville, NC	Signed to play professionally overseas^[1]
Keyshawn Woods	5	G	6'3"	182	Freshman	Gastonia, NC	Transferred to Wake Forest
Mike Thorn, Jr.	11	C	6'11"	270	RS Junior	Fayetteville, NC	Graduate transferred to Illinois
Terrence Williams	14	G	6'4"	221	Senior	Charlotte, NC	Graduated
Pierriá Henry	15	G	6'4"	197	Senior	Charleston, WV	Graduated
Willie Clayton	21	F	6'8"	238	Junior	Thomasville, GA	Graduate transferred to Georgia State

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous
Camidge, RidellRidell Camidge	0	G	6'3"	170	2 !Sophomore	Wilmington, NC	Junior college transferred from Cloud County Community College
Vanhook, AnthonyAnthony Vanhook	15	F	6'4"	210	3 !Junior	Chapel Hill, NC	Junior college transferred from Cape Fear Community College
Price, HudsonHudson Price	21	G	6'6"	200	3 !Junior	Orlando, FL	Transferred from TCU. Son of incoming Charlotte head coach Mark Price.
Uchebo, JosephJoseph Uchebo	50	C	6'10"	260	4 !Senior	Enugu, Nigeria	Transferred from Pittsburgh. Will be eligible to play immediately since Uchebo graduated from Pittsburgh.

Class of 2015 recruits

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jon Davis SG	Upper Marlboro, MD	Hargrave Military Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Apr 21, 2015
Jon Davis SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77
Curran Scott SG	Edmond, OK	Edmond Memorial High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	193 lb (88 kg)
Curran Scott SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Karoliis Kundrotas PF	Lithuania	Barking Abbey	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Feb 24, 2015
Karoliis Kundrotas PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Andrien White PG	Chester, VA	Quality Education Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	May 4, 2015
Andrien White PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR0
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 July 24, 2015.

Roster

2015–16 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Camidge, RidellRidell Camidge	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2.0 !So	Wilmington, NC
1.5 !G	1	Ogbueze, BraxtonBraxton Ogbueze	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Charlotte, NC
1.5 !G	2	White, AndrienAndrien White	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Richmond, VA
1.5 !G	3	Davis, JonJon Davis	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Upper Marlboro, MD
1.5 !G	5	Wilson, GavinGavin Wilson (W)	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Raleigh, NC
1.5 !G	10	Scott, CurranCurran Scott	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Edmond, OK
4.5 !F/C	12	Bergang, LukasLukas Bergang	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Gothenburg, Sweden
3.5 !F	15	Vanhook, AnthonyAnthony Vanhook	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Chapel Hill, NC
3.5 !F	20	Blakely, CameronCameron Blakely	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Winder, GA
1.5 !G	21	Price, HudsonHudson Price	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Orlando, FL
3.5 !F	22	Sullivan, BernardBernard Sullivan	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Gastonia, NC
3.5 !F	25	Aube, ReidReid Aube (W)	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Concord, NC
1.5 !G	30	Warner, MitchMitch Warner (W)	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Charlotte, NC
5.0 !C	31	Griciunas, BenasBenas Griciunas	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	229 lb (104 kg)	2.5 !RS So	Šilutė, Lithuania
1.5 !G	35	Pappas, CameronCameron Pappas (W)	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Hillsborough, NC
5.0 !C	50	Uchebo, JosephJoseph Uchebo	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Enugu, Nigeria
1.5 !G	55	Benkovic, IvanIvan Benkovic	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Zagreb, Croatia

Head coach

Mark Price (Georgia Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Houston Fancher (Middle Tennessee)
Chris Ferguson (Cumberland (KY))
Andre Gray (Methodist)

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
Exhibition
11/09/2015* 7:00 PM	Methodist	W 98–73		Dale F. Halton Arena (3,100) Charlotte, NC
Regular season
11/13/2015* 8:30 PM, ASN	Elon	L 74–85	0–1	Dale F. Halton Arena (5,390) Charlotte, NC
11/16/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at East Carolina	L 74–85	0–2	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (5,390) Greenville, NC
11/19/2015* 7:00 PM	Furman Battle 4 Atlantis Opening Round	W 77–68	1–2	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,562) Charlotte, NC
11/25/2015* 2:30 PM, ESPN2	vs. Syracuse Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals	L 70–83	1–3	Imperial Arena (1,744) Nassau, Bahamas
11/26/2015* 9:30 PM, AXS TV	vs. Michigan Battle 4 Atlantis consolation round	L 47–102	1–4	Imperial Arena (1,339) Nassau, Bahamas
11/27/2015* 9:30 PM, AXS TV	vs. Washington Battle 4 Atlantis 7th place game	L 66–71	1–5	Imperial Arena (1,065) Nassau, Bahamas
12/01/2015* 7:00 PM	Davidson	L 74–109	1–6	Dale F. Halton Arena (7,571) Charlotte, NC
12/05/2015* 4:00 PM, ESPN3	at Miami (FL)	L 60–88	1–7	BankUnited Center (6,735) Coral Gables, FL
12/09/2015* 7:00 PM, UNC Charlotte TV	Campbell	L 70–76	1–8	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,687) Charlotte, NC
12/19/2015* 2:00 PM	at Appalachian State	W 82–66	2–8	Holmes Center (376) Boone, NC
12/22/2015* 7:00 PM, CBSSN	vs. Georgetown	L 59–62	2–9	Time Warner Cable Arena (6,448) Charlotte, NC
12/29/2015* 7:00 PM	The Citadel	W 111–93	3–9	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,026) Charlotte, NC
01/02/2016 12:00 PM, ASN	at Old Dominion	L 65–74	3–10 (0–1)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,733) Norfolk, VA
01/07/2016 8:00 PM	at Southern Miss	W 82–76	4–10 (1–1)	Reed Green Coliseum (2,703) Hattiesburg, MS
01/09/2016 7:30 PM	at Louisiana Tech	L 90–93 ^OT	4–11 (1–2)	Thomas Assembly Center (4,209) Ruston, LA
01/14/2016 7:00 PM	Middle Tennessee	L 72–73	4–12 (1–3)	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,914) Charlotte, NC
01/16/2016 7:00 PM	UAB	L 72–74	4–13 (1–4)	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,477) Charlotte, NC
01/21/2016 7:00 PM, UNC Charlotte TV	Marshall	W 103–95	5–13 (2–4)	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,015) Charlotte, NC
01/23/2016 7:00 PM, FCS UNC Charlotte TV	WKU	W 88–71	6–13 (3–4)	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,197) Charlotte, NC
01/28/2016 7:00 PM, ASN	at FIU	W 72–69	7–13 (4–4)	FIU Arena Miami, FL
01/30/2016 2:00 PM, ASN	at Florida Atlantic	L 77–82	7–14 (4–5)	FAU Arena (936) Boca Roton, FL
02/03/2016* 7:00 PM	at North Carolina A&T	W 92–72	8–14	Corbett Sports Center (1,081) Greensboro, NC
02/06/2016 7:00 PM, UNC Charlotte TV	Old Dominion	L 69–74 ^OT	8–15 (4–6)	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,646) Charlotte, NC
02/11/2016 7:00 PM	Rice	W 102–73	9–15 (5–6)	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,127) Charlotte, NC
02/13/2016 4:00 PM, ASN	North Texas	W 103–79	10–15 (6–6)	Dale F. Halton Arena (4,444) Charlotte, NC
02/18/2016 7:00 PM, ASN	at Marshall	L 72–87	10–16 (6–7)	Cam Henderson Center (6,164) Huntington, WV
02/20/2016 3:00 PM, FCS	at WKU	L 54–59	10–17 (6–8)	E. A. Diddle Arena (3,570) Bowling Green, KY
02/25/2016 7:00 PM	UTSA	W 114–108 ^2OT	11–17 (7–8)	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,701) Charlotte, NC
02/27/2016 7:00 PM, UNC Charlotte TV	UTEP	W 88–78	12–17 (8–8)	Dale F. Halton Arena (5,813) Charlotte, NC
03/03/2016 8:00 PM	at Rice	W 88–75	13–17 (9–8)	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,349) Houston, TX
03/05/2016 8:00 PM	at North Texas	L 77–80	13–18 (9–9)	The Super Pit (2,156) Denton, TX
Conference USA Tournament
03/09/2016 7:00 PM, ASN	vs. Rice Second round	W 79–69	14–18	Legacy Arena (3,905) Birmingham, AL
03/10/2016 7:00 PM, ASN	vs. Middle Tennessee Quarterfinals	L 61–79	14–19	Legacy Arena (3,933) Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

↑ "Charlotte guard Shawn Lester leaves team to turn professional". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
↑ http://www.charlotte49ers.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=23200&SPID=44799&SPSID=363425

Charlotte 49ers men's basketball

Venues	Local high school gyms (1965–1970) Belk Gymnasium (1970–1976; alternate, 1976–1996) Bojangles' Coliseum (1976–1988, 1993–1996) Charlotte Coliseum (1988–1993) Dale F. Halton Arena (1996–present) Time Warner Cable Arena (alternate, 2007–present)

Culture & lore	History Norm the Niner

People	Head coaches Notable players

Seasons	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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