2015–16 Austin Peay Governors basketball team
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The 2015–16 Austin Peay Governors basketball team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Governors, led by 26th year head coach Dave Loos, played their home games at the Dunn Center and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 18–18, 7–9 in OVC play. As an 8 seed, they defeated Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State, Belmont and UT Martin to become champions of the OVC tournament. They earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As a #16 seed, they lost to Kansas in the first round.
| 2015–16 Austin Peay Governors men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, First Round | |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| West Division | |
| Record | 18–18 (7–9 OVC) |
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| Home arena | Dunn Center |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belmont | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 23 | – | 14 | .622 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Martin | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 20 | – | 15 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay † | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 18 | – | 18 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 6 | – | 22 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Missouri St. | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 5 | – | 24 | .172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2016 OVC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
The Governors finished the 2014–15 season 8–22, 3–13 in OVC play to finish one game out of last place. As a result, the failed to qualify of the OVC tournament.
Roster
| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
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| 0 | Terrell Thompson | Guard | 6–1 | 180 | Junior | Indianapolis |
| 1 | Assane Diop | Forward/Center | 6–8 | 217 | Junior | Dakar, Senegal |
| 2 | Jared Savage | Guard | 6–5 | 195 | Freshman | Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| 3 | Chris Porter-Bunton | Guard | 6–5 | 217 | Freshman | Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| 4 | Josh Robinson | Guard | 6–2 | 185 | Sophomore | St. Louis, Missouri |
| 5 | Chris Horton | Center/Forward | 6–8 | 220 | Senior | Decatur, Georgia |
| 10 | Tre' Ivory | Guard | 5–11 | 185 | Sophomore | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 11 | Khalil Davis | Guard | 6–5 | 170 | Senior | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 12 | Adam Pike | Guard | 6–1 | 170 | Freshman | Memphis, Tennessee |
| 20 | Domas Budrys | Guard | 6–4 | 185 | Sophomore | Kretinga, Lithuania |
| 23 | Steve Harris | Guard/Forward | 6–4 | 180 | Freshman | St. Louis, Missouri |
| 32 | John Murry | Guard/Forward | 6–3 | 195 | Junior | Indianapolis |
| 42 | Kenny Jones | Forward | 6–6 | 180 | Junior | South Bend, Indiana |
| 45 | Zach Glotta | Guard | 6–0 | 185 | Freshman | O'Fallon, Missouri |
Schedule
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| 11/02/2015* 7:00 pm |
Thomas More | W 85–64 | Dunn Center (1,253) Clarksville, Tennessee | ||||||||
| 11/05/2015* 7:30 pm |
Sewanee | W 91–64 | Dunn Center (1,111) Clarksville, Tennessee | ||||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| 11/13/2015* 7:00 pm |
at No. 18 Vanderbilt Maui Invitational |
L 41–80 | 0–1 |
Memorial Gymnasium (10,116) Nashville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 11/16/2015* 6:00 pm, BTN |
at No. 14 Indiana Maui Invitational |
L 76–102 | 0–2 |
Assembly Hall (17,472) Bloomington, Indiana | |||||||
| 11/18/2015* 7:00 pm |
IPFW | L 77–80 | 0–3 |
Dunn Center (1,715) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 11/21/2015* 3:30 pm |
vs. Cal Poly Maui Invitational |
L 64–73 | 0–4 |
Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado | |||||||
| 11/22/2015* 2:30 pm |
at Northern Colorado Maui Invitational |
W 91–76 | 1–4 |
Bank of Colorado Arena (1,038) Greeley, Colorado | |||||||
| 11/25/2015* 7:00 pm |
Oakland City | W 83–55 | 2–4 |
Dunn Center (1,785) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 11/28/2015* 7:00 pm |
Samford | W 74–73 | 3–4 |
Dunn Center (1,343) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm |
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 48–61 | 3–5 |
American Bank Center (948) Corpus Christi, Texas | |||||||
| 12/05/2015* 12:00 pm |
at Troy | W 80–71 | 4–5 |
Trojan Arena (1,136) Troy, Alabama | |||||||
| 12/12/2015* 1:30 pm |
at IPFW | L 68–85 | 4–6 |
Memorial Coliseum (1,605) Fort Wayne, Indiana | |||||||
| 12/16/2015* 6:30 pm |
at North Florida | L 70–80 | 4–7 |
UNF Arena (1,336) Jacksonville, Florida | |||||||
| 12/20/2015* 2:00 pm |
at Lipscomb | W 92–84 | 5–7 |
Allen Arena (1,255) Nashville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 12/22/2015* 7:00 pm |
Wofford | W 84–77 | 6–7 |
Dunn Center (1,975) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 12/28/2015* 7:00 pm |
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 70–74 | 6–8 |
Dunn Center (1,345) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 12/30/2015* 7:00 pm |
Westminster (MO) | W 112–61 | 7–8 |
Dunn Center (1,203) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| Ohio Valley Conference regular season | |||||||||||
| 01/02/2016 7:00 pm |
Eastern Kentucky | L 70–79 | 7–9 (0–1) |
Dunn Center (1,617) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 01/07/2016 7:30 pm |
Jacksonville State | W 73–54 | 8–9 (1–1) |
Dunn Center (1,297) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 01/09/2016 7:00 pm |
Tennessee Tech | L 66–72 | 8–10 (1–2) |
Dunn Center (1,585) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 01/14/2016 7:30 pm |
at Tennessee State | L 52–66 | 8–11 (1–3) |
Gentry Complex (1,488) Nashville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 01/16/2016 7:00 pm |
at Belmont | L 58–76 | 8–12 (1–4) |
Curb Event Center (2,407) Nashville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 01/21/2016 7:00 pm |
SIU Edwardsville | W 90–86 OT | 9–12 (2–4) |
Dunn Center (1,365) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 01/23/2016 7:00 pm |
Eastern Illinois | L 86–87 | 9–13 (2–5) |
Dunn Center (2,467) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 01/27/2016 6:45 pm |
at Morehead State | L 65–75 | 9–14 (2–6) |
Ellis Johnson Arena (2,765) Morehead, Kentucky | |||||||
| 01/30/2016 4:15 pm |
at Southeast Missouri State | W 86–80 | 10–14 (3–6) |
Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, Missouri | |||||||
| 02/04/2016 6:00 pm |
at UT Martin | L 77–86 | 10–15 (3–7) |
Skyhawk Arena (1,626) Martin, Tennessee | |||||||
| 02/06/2016 7:00 pm |
at Murray State | W 76–73 | 11–15 (4–7) |
CFSB Center (4,501) Murray, Kentucky | |||||||
| 02/10/2016 8:00 pm, ASN |
at Eastern Illinois | W 79–70 | 12–15 (5–7) |
Lantz Arena (1,771) Charleston, Illinois | |||||||
| 02/13/2016 7:30 pm |
UT Martin | L 84–85 OT | 12–16 (5–8) |
Dunn Center (2,599) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 02/20/2016 7:00 pm |
Murray State | L 60–76 | 12–17 (5–9) |
Dunn Center (5,419) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| 02/25/2016 7:00 pm |
at SIU Edwardsville | W 80–75 | 13–17 (6–9) |
Vadalabene Center (1,647) Edwardsville, Illinois | |||||||
| 02/27/2016 7:00 pm |
Southeast Missouri State | W 83–75 | 14–17 (7–9) |
Dunn Center (3,109) Clarksville, Tennessee | |||||||
| Ohio Valley Conference tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/02/2016 6:00 pm |
(8) | vs. (5) Tennessee Tech First Round |
W 92–72 | 15–17 |
Nashville Municipal Auditorium (1,122) Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||
| 03/03/2016 6:00 pm |
(8) | vs. (4) Tennessee State Quarterfinals |
W 74–72 | 16–17 |
Nashville Municipal Auditorium (1,545) Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||
| 03/04/2016 6:30 pm, ESPNU |
(8) | vs. (1) Belmont Semifinals |
W 97–96 OT | 17–17 |
Nashville Municipal Auditorium (2,167) Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||
| 03/05/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(8) | vs. (2) UT Martin Championship |
W 83–73 | 18–17 |
Nashville Municipal Auditorium (2,068) Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/17/16* 3:00 pm, TNT |
(16 S) | vs. (1 S) No. 1 Kansas First Round |
L 79–105 | 18–18 |
Wells Fargo Arena (16,628) Des Moines, Iowa | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South Region. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||