2015–16 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team

2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
	*Ineligible for postseason due to postseason ban; † American Athletic Conference Tournament Champions
	Rankings from AP Poll

South Florida Bulls men's basketball
2015–16 South Florida Bulls men's basketball
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Conference	American Athletic Conference
2015–16 record	8–25 (4–14 The American)
Head coach	Orlando Antigua (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Sergio Rouco; Rod Strickland; Oliver Antigua
Home arena	USF Sun Dome
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The 2015–16 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represents the University of South Florida during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This will be the 45th season of Basketball for USF, and the third as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Bulls are coached by Orlando Antigua, who is in his second season. The Bulls play their home games at the USF Sun Dome on the University's Tampa, Florida campus.

Previous Season

The Bulls finished the season 9–23, 3–15 in AAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the AAC Tournament to Connecticut.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Dre Clayton	0	F	6'6"	245	RS Freshman	Orlando, FL	Transferred to NW Mississippi CC
Corey Allen, Jr.	4	G	6'1"	152	Senior	St. Louis, MO	Graduated
Anthony Collins	11	G	6'1"	175	Senior	Houston, TX	Graduated & transferred to Texas A&M
Dino Mercurius	30	G	6'4"	165	Freshman	Bronx, NY	Transferred to Texas–Rio Grande Valley

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Gino Thorpe	2	G	6'3"	180	Junior	Pittsburgh, PA	Transferred from Penn State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Thorpe will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
Angel Nunez	22	F	6'8"	202	Graduate Transfer	Bronx, NY	Transferred from Gonzaga. Under NCAA Transfer Rules, as a Graduate Transfer, Nunez is eligible to play for the 2015–16 season.
Shawn Smith		G	6'4"	185	Sophomore	Jacksonville, FL	Junior college transferred from Lee College

Incoming recruits

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tulio Da Silva PF	Jacksonville, FL	Arlington Country Day School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Oct 12, 2014
Tulio Da Silva PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80
Luis Santos C	Bronx, NY	Sunrise Christian Academy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Aug 5, 2014
Luis Santos C	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80
Jahmal McMurray SG	Topeka, KS	Sunrise Christian Academy	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Oct 13, 2014
Jahmal McMurray SG	Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
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Recruiting Class of 2016

2016 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Troy Baxter SF	The Rock School	Gainesville, FL	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	May 1, 2015
Troy Baxter SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80
Overall recruiting rankings:
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Roster

2015–16 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
G	0	Jahmal McMurray	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Topeka, KS
F/C	1	Chris Perry	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	Jr	Bartow, FL
G	2	Geno Thorpe (I)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Pittsburgh, PA
G	3	Roddy Peters	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	RS So	District Heights, MD
G	5	Nehemias Morillo	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Santiago, Dominican Republic
G	13	Jake Bodway (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS So	Minneapolis, MN
G	14	Justin David (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Pittsburgh, PA
C	15	Jaleel Cousins	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Sr	Mobile, AL
F	21	Tulio Da Silva	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Formiga, Brazil
F	22	Angel Nunez	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	Sr	Washington Heights, NY
G	25	Troy Holston, Jr.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Queens, NY
C	33	Ruben Guerrero	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Malaga, Spain
F	35	Bo Zeigler	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	RS So	Detroit, MI
F	42	Luis Santos	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Fr	Bronx, NY

Head coach

Orlando Antigua

Assistant coach(es)

Sergio Rouco
Rod Strickland
Oliver Antigua

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/09/2015* 7:00 PM	Eckerd	W 78–64		USF Sun Dome (3,099) Tampa, FL
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 8:30 PM, ESPN3	Troy	L 77–82	0–1	USF Sun Dome (4,859) Tampa, FL
11/16/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	NJIT Hoophall Miami Invitational	L 57–60	0–2	USF Sun Dome (2,672) Tampa, FL
11/19/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	George Washington	L 67–73	0–3	USF Sun Dome (2,790) Tampa, FL
11/21/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Boston University Hoophall Miami Invitational	L 66–78	0–4	USF Sun Dome (2,903) Tampa, FL
11/24/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Albany Hoophall Miami Invitational	W 63–61	1–4	USF Sun Dome (2,712) Tampa, FL
11/27/2015* 5:00 PM, ESPN	vs. #1 Kentucky Hoophall Miami Invitational	L 63–84	1–5	American Airlines Arena (10,023) Miami, FL
11/29/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Savannah State	W 67–57	2–5	USF Sun Dome (2,429) Tampa, FL
12/03/2015* 7:00 PM	at Delaware	L 58–67	2–6	Bob Carpenter Center (1,817) Newark, DE
12/05/2015* 4:00 PM, SECN	at South Carolina	L 63–81	2–7	Colonial Life Arena (10,721) Columbia, SC
12/13/2015* 4:00 PM, ESPNU	NC State	L 46–65	2–8	USF Sun Dome (2,945) Tampa, FL
12/16/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Jacksonville	W 88–75	3–8	USF Sun Dome (2,628) Tampa, FL
12/19/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	UAB	L 68–79	3–9	USF Sun Dome (2,671) Tampa, FL
12/22/2015* 6:30 PM, FS2	at Seton Hall	L 49–66	3–10	Prudential Center (5,700) Newark, NJ
Conference regular season
12/30/2015 2:00 PM, ESPNU	Houston	L 67–73	3–11 (0–1)	USF Sun Dome (2,754) Tampa, FL
01/02/2016 7:30 PM, ESPNews	at SMU	L 58–72	3–12 (0–2)	Moody Coliseum (6,852) Dallas, TX
01/06/2016 7:00 PM, ESPNews	at UCF	L 64–75	3–13 (0–3)	CFE Arena (3,603) Orlando, FL
01/10/2016 12:00 PM, ESPNU	Cincinnati	L 51–54	3–14 (0–4)	USF Sun Dome (3,062) Tampa, FL
01/12/2016 7:00 PM, ESPNews	Tulane	L 70–81	3–15 (0–5)	USF Sun Dome (2,657) Tampa, FL
01/16/2016 12:00 PM, CBSSN	at Memphis	L 56–71	3–16 (0–6)	FedEx Forum (11,681) Memphis, TN
01/20/2016 6:15 PM, ESPNews	UCF	L 54–64	3–17 (0–7)	USF Sun Dome (3,491) Tampa, FL
01/23/2016 4:00 PM, CBSSN	at Houston	W 71–62	4–17 (1–7)	Hofheinz Pavilion (3,724) Houston, TX
01/27/2016 8:00 PM, ESPN3	at Tulane	W 73–60	5–17 (2–7)	Devlin Fieldhouse (2,429) New Orleans, LA
01/31/2016 2:00 PM, CBSSN	Temple	L 63–70	5–18 (2–8)	USF Sun Dome (2,875) Tampa, FL
02/04/2016 8:00 PM, CBSSN	at Cincinnati	L 57–88	5–19 (2–9)	Fifth Third Arena (9,116) Cincinnati, OH
02/07/2016 2:00 PM, CBSSN	#12 SMU	L 58–92	5–20 (2–10)	USF Sun Dome (2,857) Tampa, FL
02/14/2016 3:00 PM, CBSSN	at Temple	L 65–77	5–21 (2–11)	Liacouras Center (7,560) Philadelphia, PA
02/16/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at East Carolina	W 69–52	6–21 (3–11)	Williams Arena (4,299) Greenville, NC
02/20/2016 11:00 AM, ESPNU	Memphis	W 80–71	7–21 (4–11)	USF Sun Dome (3,840) Tampa, FL
02/25/2016 7:30 PM, CBSSN	Connecticut	L 51–81	7–22 (4–12)	USF Sun Dome (4,668) Tampa, FL
03/02/2016 9:00 PM, ESPNU	East Carolina	L 39–52	7–23 (4–13)	USF Sun Dome (2,957) Tampa, FL
03/05/2016 5:00 PM, ESPNews	at Tulsa	L 74–84	7–24 (4–14)	Reynolds Center (6,524) Tulsa, OK
American Athletic Conference Tournament
03/10/2016 3:30 PM, ESPNU	vs. East Carolina First Round	W 71–66	8–24	Amway Center Orlando, FL
03/11/2016 12:00 PM, ESPN2	vs. Temple Quarterfinals	L 62–79	8–25	Amway Center Orlando, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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2015–16 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team

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2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Temple	14	–	4	.778	21	–	12	.636
#24 SMU*	13	–	5	.722	25	–	5	.833
Houston	12	–	6	.667	22	–	10	.688
Cincinnati	12	–	6	.667	22	–	11	.667
Tulsa	12	–	6	.667	20	–	12	.625
Connecticut †	11	–	7	.611	25	–	11	.694
Memphis	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
UCF	6	–	12	.333	12	–	18	.400
East Carolina	4	–	14	.222	12	–	20	.375
South Florida	4	–	14	.222	8	–	25	.242
Tulane	3	–	15	.167	12	–	22	.353
*Ineligible for postseason due to postseason ban † American Athletic Conference Tournament Champions

Rankings from AP Poll