2015–16 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team

2015–16 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 North Carolina †	14	–	4	.778	33	–	7	.825
No. 4 Virginia	13	–	5	.722	29	–	8	.784
No. 10 Miami (FL)	13	–	5	.722	27	–	8	.771
No. 16 Louisville*	12	–	6	.667	23	–	8	.742
Notre Dame	11	–	7	.611	24	–	12	.667
No. 19 Duke	11	–	7	.611	25	–	11	.694
Virginia Tech	10	–	8	.556	20	–	15	.571
Clemson	10	–	8	.556	17	–	14	.548
Pittsburgh	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Syracuse	9	–	9	.500	23	–	14	.622
Georgia Tech	8	–	10	.444	21	–	15	.583
Florida State	8	–	10	.444	20	–	14	.588
NC State	5	–	13	.278	16	–	17	.485
Wake Forest	2	–	16	.111	11	–	20	.355
Boston College	0	–	18	.000	7	–	25	.219
*Ineligible for both the 2016 ACC tournament and the 2016 NCAA tournament due to self-imposed postseason ban.

† 2016 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, will represent Florida State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Florida State competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles will be led by fourteenth year head coach Leonard Hamilton and play their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

Florida State finished the 2014–15 season 17–16, 8–10 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament to top-seeded Virginia. The Seminoles missed the postseason for the first time since 2005.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Dayshawn Watkins	4	G	6'0"	180	Sophomore	North Little Rock, AR	Transferred
Kiel Turpin	11	C	7'0"	240	GS Senior	Normal, IL	Graduated
Aaron Thomas	25	G	6'5"	195	Sophomore	Cincinnati, OH	Overseas Professional League^[1]

Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Benji Bell	3	G	6'4"	190	Junior	Gainesville, FL	Junior college transfer from Northwest Florida State College

Recruits

2015 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Dwayne Bacon SG	Lakeland, FL	Oak Hill Academy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	Sep 5, 2014
Dwayne Bacon SG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Malik Beasley SG	Atlanta, GA	Saint Francis High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 5, 2014
Malik Beasley SG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Terance Mann SG	Lowell, MA	Tilton School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Aug 20, 2014
Terance Mann SG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Jean Marc Christ Koumadje C	Montverde, FL	Montverde Academy	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sep 22, 2014
Jean Marc Christ Koumadje C	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A ESPN: N/A
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 2015-07-16.

2016 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2016)
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jonathan Isaac SF	Naples, FL	IMG Academy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jul 6, 2015
Jonathan Isaac SF	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Trent Forrest PG	Chipley, FL	Chipley High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	May 5, 2015
Trent Forrest PG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
C.J. Walker PG	Indianapolis, IN	Arsenal Technical High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jun 20, 2015
C.J. Walker PG	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A ESPN: N/A
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 2015-07-15.

Roster

2015–16 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Phil Cofer	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Whitewater	Atlanta, GA
G	1	Devon Bookert	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	West Anchorage	Anchorage, AK
G	3	Benji Bell	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Northwest Florida State Blanche Ely	Gainesville, FL
G	4	Dwayne Bacon	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Oak Hill Academy	Lakeland, FL
G	5	Malik Beasley	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Saint Francis School	Alpharetta, GA
G	14	Terance Mann	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Tilton School	Lowell, MA
C	15	Boris Bojanovsky	7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Oakley College	Bratislava, Slovakia
C	21	Jean Marc Christ Koumadje	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Montverde Academy	N'Djamena, Chad
G	22	Xavier Rathan-Mayes	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Huntington Prep	Scarborough, ON
F	23	Jarquez Smith	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Jones County	Haddock, GA
G	24	Robbie Berwick	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	So	Atascadero	Atascadero, CA
G	31	Michael Saxton	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Tallahassee CC Lake Highland Prep	Orlando, FL
G	32	Montay Brandon	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Wesleyan Christian	Greensboro, NC
F	40	Brandon Allen (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Milton	Milton, FL
C	50	Michael Ojo	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	292 lb (132 kg)	Sr	Tennessee Temple	Lagos, Nigeria

Head coach

Leonard Hamilton (UT Martin)

Assistant coach(es)

Stan Jones (Miami)
Dennis Gates (California)
Charlton Young (Georgia Southern)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C
PF
SF
SG
PG

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
Nov 15, 2015*	Nicholls State	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
Nov 17, 2015*	Jacksonville	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
Nov 20, 2015* 4:00 pm, CBSSN	vs. Hofstra Paradise Jam quaterfinals	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Nov 21 or 22, 2015* 7:00/9:00 pm, CBSSN	vs. DePaul/South Carolina Paradise Jam	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Nov 23, 2015*	vs. Paradise Jam	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Dec 2, 2015* 9:15 pm, ESPNU	at Iowa ACC–Big Ten Challenge	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Dec 6, 2015*	vs. VCU Philips Arena Showcase	Philips Arena Atlanta, GA
Dec 13, 2015*	Southeastern Louisiana	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
Dec 16, 2015* 9:00 pm, ESPN2	Mississippi State	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
Dec 19, 2015*	vs. Florida Atlantic Orange Bowl Classic	BB&T Center Sunrise, FL
Dec 21, 2015*	Charleston Southern	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
Dec 29, 2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	at Florida Rivalry	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
ACC regular season
Jan 4, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN	North Carolina Big Monday	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
	vs.	Verizon Center Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Media

Florida State basketball is broadcast on the Florida State University Seminoles Radio Network.

References

^ "Report: Aaron Thomas won't return to Florida State after signing with agent".

External links

[1] "Report: Aaron Thomas won't return to Florida State after signing with agent".

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