2015–16 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Tad Boyle's sixth season as head coach at Colorado. The Buffaloes played their home games at Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colorado and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 22–12, 10–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. The defeated Washington State in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Arizona. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to UConn.

Previous season The Buffaloes finished the season with an overall record of 16–18, and 7–11 in conference play. In the Pac-12 Tournament the Buffaloes defeated Oregon State in the First round before losing to Oregon in the quarterfinals. The team accepted an invitation to play in the CBI where they defeated Gardner–Webb in the First round, and lost to Seattle in the Second round.

Off-season

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Askia Booker 0 G 6'2" 175 Senior Los Angeles, CA Graduated Kevin Nelson 12 G 6'2" 190 Senior Albuquerque, NM Graduated Dustin Thomas 13 G/F 6'7" 225 Sophomore Texarkana, TX Transferred to Arkansas Jaron Hopkins 23 G 6'6" 200 Sophomore Mesa, AZ Transferred to Fresno State Geoffrey Bates 35 G 6'3" 200 RS Senior Plano, TX Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Kenan Guzonjic 13 F 6'8" 215 Junior Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Junior college transfer from Midland College Derrick White 21 G 6'5" 185 Senior Parker, Colorado Transfer from University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season under NCAA transfer rules.

2015 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=12 style="background:#000000; color:#CEBE70;"| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style="background:#000000;"| Pac-12 regular season

!colspan=12 style="background:#000000;"| Pac-12 tournament

!colspan=12 style="background:#000000;"| NCAA tournament

See also 2015–16 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

References