2015–16 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team

2015–16 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball

Conference	Big Sky Conference
2015–16 record	14–17 (6–12 Big Sky)
Head coach	Brian Katz (8th year)
Assistant coach	Brandon Laird
Assistant coach	Ajay Riding
Assistant coach	Chris Walker
Home arena	Hornets Nest

2015–16 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Weber State †	15	–	3	.833	26	–	9	.743
Montana	14	–	4	.778	21	–	12	.636
Idaho	12	–	6	.667	21	–	13	.618
Idaho State	11	–	7	.611	16	–	15	.516
Eastern Washington	10	–	8	.556	18	–	16	.529
North Dakota	10	–	8	.556	17	–	16	.515
Montana State	9	–	9	.500	14	–	17	.452
Portland State	8	–	10	.444	13	–	18	.419
Northern Colorado	7	–	11	.389	10	–	21	.323
Sacramento State	6	–	12	.333	14	–	17	.452
Southern Utah	3	–	15	.167	5	–	24	.172
Northern Arizona	3	–	15	.167	5	–	25	.167


† 2016 Big Sky Tournament winner

The 2015–16 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team represented California State University, Sacramento during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hornets were led by eighth year head coach Brian Katz and played their home games at Colberg Court. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 6–12 in Big Sky play to finish in tenth place. They defeated Montana State in the first round of the Big Sky Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Montana.

Previous season

The Hornets finished the season 21–12, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky Tournament where they lost to Eastern Washington. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Portland in the first round before losing in the second round to fellow Big Sky member Northern Arizona.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Mikh McKinney	10	G	6'1"	170	Senior	Union City, CA	Graduated
Zach Mills	20	F	6'5"	215	Senior	Yorba Linda, CA	Graduated
Alex Tiffin	34	F	6'9"	235	Senior	Thousand Oaks, CA	Graduated

2015 incoming recruits

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Joshua Patton PF	Manteca, CA	Sierra High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 18, 2014
Joshua Patton PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Jeff Wu SG	Taipei, Taiwan	Modesto Christian High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Oct 24, 2014
Jeff Wu SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Grant Dressler SF	Las Vegas, NV	Palo Verde High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Apr 11, 2015
Grant Dressler SF	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 2015-09-25.

2016 incoming recruits

2016 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
George Dancer SG	Modesto, CA	Beyer High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Jul 8, 2015
George Dancer SG	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: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.

Roster

2015–16 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Graves, MarcusMarcus Graves	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2.0 !So	Westview HS	San Diego, CA
1.5 !G	1	Barlett, DreonDreon Barlett	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Edison HS	Huntington Beach, CA
1.5 !G	2	Demps, CodyCody Demps	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Pleasant Grove HS	Elk Grove, CA
3.5 !F	3	Strings, JustinJustin Strings	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2.0 !So	Mira Costa HS	Carson, CA
1.5 !G	4	Ugbaja, JidayJiday Ugbaja	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2.0 !So	Archbishop Riordan HS	San Francisco, CA
1.5 !G	11	Jackson, TrevisTrevis Jackson (W)	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Santa Monica HS	Santa Monica, CA
2.5 !G/F	12	Dressler, GrantGrant Dressler	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Palo Verde HS	Las Vegas, NV
1.5 !G	14	Wu, JeffJeff Wu	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Modesto Christian School	Taipei, Taiwan
3.5 !F	21	Stuteville, MasonMason Stuteville	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2.0 !So	Casa Roble HS	Orangevale, CA
1.5 !G	24	Harmetz, AaronAaron Harmetz (W)	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1.0 !Fr	C. K. McClathchy HS	Sacramento, CA
3.5 !F	30	Patton, JoshuaJoshua Patton	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Sierra HS	Manteca, CA
2.5 !G/F	33	Hornsby, NickNick Hornsby	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Tustin HS	Irvine, CA
5.0 !C	44	Stuteville, EricEric Stuteville	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Casa Roble HS	Orangevale, CA
5.0 !C	50	Herrick, JamesJames Herrick	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	2.0 !So	Douglas HS	Minden, NV

Head coach

Brian Katz (Sacramento State)

Assistant coach(es)

Brandon Laird (UC Davis)
Ajay Riding (Fresno State)
Chris Walker (Oklahoma)

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
11/06/2015* 7:05 PM	Simpson	W 103–63		Hornets Nest (525) Sacramento, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 4:30 PM, P12N	at Arizona State	W 66–63	1–0	Wells Fargo Arena (5,275) Tempe, AZ
11/15/2015* 2:05 PM	at Seattle	W 77–65	2–0	KeyArena (1,754) Seattle, WA
11/20/2015* 7:05 PM	Holy Names	W 96–56	3–0	Hornets Nest (625) Sacramento, CA
11/24/2015* 7:05 PM	UC Davis	W 84–79	4–0	Hornets Nest (1,472) Sacramento, CA
11/28/2015* 3:35 PM	South Dakota Sacramento State Tournament	L 90–96	4–1	Hornets Nest (778) Sacramento, CA
11/29/2015* 5:35 PM	Pacific Sacramento State Tournament	W 79–71	5–1	Hornets Nest (778) Sacramento, CA
12/02/2015* 7:05 PM	at UC Davis	L 61–66	5–2	The Pavilion (2,934) Davis, CA
12/07/2015* 7:05 PM	Incarnate Word	W 73–70	6–2	Hornets Nest (805) Sacramento, CA
12/12/2015* 7:05 PM	at Portland	L 73–81	6–3	Chiles Center (1,264) Portland, OR
12/21/2015* 8:00 PM, P12N	at Stanford	L 60–70	6–4	Maples Pavilion (3,436) Stanford, CA
12/28/2015* 7:05 PM	Pacific Union	W 78–49	7–4	Hornets Nest (615) Sacramento, CA
Big Sky regular season
01/02/2016 7:05 PM	at Portland State	L 68–76	7–5 (0–1)	Peter Stott Center (485) Portland, OR
01/07/2016 6:05 PM	at Montana State	L 64–71	7–6 (0–2)	Worthington Arena (2,036) Bozeman, MT
01/09/2016 6:05 PM	at Montana	L 58–77	7–7 (0–3)	Dahlberg Arena (3,846) Missoula, MT
01/14/2016 7:05 PM	Idaho State	W 82–71	8–7 (1–3)	Hornets Nest (781) Sacramento, CA
01/16/2016 7:05 PM	Weber State	L 74–85	8–8 (1–4)	Hornets Nest (898) Sacramento, CA
01/23/2016 7:05 PM	Portland State	L 63–81	8–9 (1–5)	Hornets Nest (1,058) Sacramento, CA
01/28/2016 7:05 PM	at Idaho	W 65–63	9–9 (2–5)	Cowan Spectrum (1,228) Moscow, ID
01/30/2016 12:05 PM	at Eastern Washington	L 67–74	9–10 (2–6)	Reese Court (1,914) Cheney, WA
02/04/2016 7:05 PM	Montana	W 83–79	10–10 (3–6)	Hornets Nest (965) Sacramento, CA
02/06/2016 7:05 PM	Montana State	L 76–79	10–11 (3–7)	Hornets Nest (929) Sacramento, CA
02/11/2016 6:05 PM	at Weber State	L 63–50	10–12 (3–8)	Dee Events Center (6,504) Ogden, UT
02/13/2016 6:05 PM	at Idaho State	L 64–65	10–13 (3–9)	Holt Arena (1,941) Pocatello, ID
02/18/2016 7:05 PM	Eastern Washington	L 88–93	10–14 (3–10)	Hornets Nest (649) Sacramento, CA
02/20/2016 7:05 PM	Idaho	W 68–65	11–14 (4–10)	Hornets Nest (845) Sacramento, CA
02/25/2016 6:05 PM	at Northern Colorado	L 67–72	11–15 (4–11)	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,295) Greeley, CO
02/27/2016 12:05 PM	at North Dakota	L 71–97	11–16 (4–12)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,893) Grand Forks, ND
03/03/2016 7:05 PM	Southern Utah	W 69–63 ^OT	12–16 (5–12)	Hornets Nest (689) Sacramento, CA
03/05/2016 7:05 PM	Northern Arizona	W 64–51	13–16 (6–12)	Hornets Nest (793) Sacramento, CA
Big Sky Tournament
03/08/2016 5:30 PM	vs. Montana State First round	W 79–75	14–16	Reno Events Center (1,723) Reno, NV
03/10/2016 5:30 PM	vs. Montana Quarterfinals	L 53–70	14–17	Reno Events Center (2,213) Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

↑ http://hornetsports.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/schedule

Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball

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Culture & lore	Sacramento State Hornet Revue

People	Head coaches

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