2015–16 Austin Peay Governors basketball team

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
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record18–18 (7–9 OVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jay Bowen
  • Kevin Hogan
  • Julian Terrell
Home arenaDunn Center
Seasons
2015–16 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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

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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

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Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown
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

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
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.

References

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  1. ^ "2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule".
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