2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
They lost their first conference game of the season in a visit to Creighton, going 3-for-7 in free throws while the Bluejays went 21-of-25 from the line but they returned to the Verizon Center to beat DePaul for the 18th time in the past 19 meetings and then won a game at Madison Square Garden against St. John's, whose new coach, Chris Mullin, had been a star player for St. John′s in the heyday of the rivalry between the two schools between 1981 and 1985.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
It was the eighth straight loss for the Red Storm, the longest losing streak in the 109-year history of the school′s men′s basketball program, and the teams played before the smallest crowd for a game between Georgetown and St. John′s since 2007; Georgetown improved its record in the all-time series against St. John′s to 49–55. Smith-Rivera scored 17 points and had seven assists against Creighton, and scored 17 points in the second game against DePaul.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
Against St. John's, he equaled a career high with 33 points, the highest point total at that point in the season for a Big East player, on 11-for-16 shooting from the field overall and 5-for-8 from three-point range. L. J. Peak had 17 points in the second DePaul game, while Reggie Cameron scored a career-high 15 points against St. John′s. Off the bench, Jesse Govan scored 17 points and pulled down seven rebounds against Creighton and had 12 points in the second DePaul game, and Tre Campbell came into the St. John′s game to score 12. The Hoyas entered the St. John′s game shooting 74.5 percent from the free throw line and improved on that by shooting 27-of-33 (81.8 percent) from the line against the Red Storm.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
Winners of five of their last six games and with an overall record of 11–6 and a conference record of 4–1, the Hoyas returned to Washington to host No. 6 Villanova, winners of 20 straight Big East games since an upset loss to Georgetown at the Verizon Center on January 19, 2015, and Georgetown′s third Top Ten opponent of the season. Before the game, Georgetown held a moment of silence for former Butler center Andrew Smith, who had died of acute lymphoblastic leukemia four days earlier at the age of 26. Villanova led 26–22 at halftime.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
At one point in the second half, the Wildcats went without a field goal for 5:39, and they only scored one field goal during the final eight minutes of the game. but the Hoyas got in foul trouble and the Wildcats played tough inside defense and made nine of their last 10 free throws. D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera had 15 points in the game, Isaac Copeland added 11, and Reggie Cameron put in 10, but the Hoyas made a number of ball-handling mistakes and shot only 32.7 percent from the field for the game, and Villanova won 55–50.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
Three days later, Georgetown faced another major challenge, traveling to meet their third Top Five opponent of the season, No. 5 Xavier, which was undefeated at home and had a potent offense, averaging 80.1 points per game. The Musketeers pulled out to a 27–20 lead in the first half, but the Hoyas then switched to a zone defense, which slowed the Musketeers. Tre Campbell, meanwhile, scored 17 points in the half, and Georgetown held a 39–33 lead at halftime.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
In the second half, D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored 15 points on his way to a 20-point game, and the Hoyas pulled ahead for their first double-digit lead at 46–36. Xavier fought back, outscoring the Hoyas 13–5 to cut the Georgetown lead to 51–49, but then the Hoyas pulled away again to build an 11-point lead, and Xavier never got closer than six points the rest of the way. Georgetown won 81–72, dealing the Musketeers their first home-court loss of the season.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
Coming into the game, Xavier and Purdue were the only NCAA Division I teams that had not been outrebounded, but the Hoyas outrebounded the Musketeers 39–35. Xavier shot a season-low 35.8 percent from the floor. Campbell went 5-for-6 in three-pointers and scored a career-high 21 points, while L. J. Peak and Jesse Govan came off the bench to score 13 points each.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
Georgetown next stepped away from conference play for one game to meet UConn at the Verizon Center. Both teams had been charter members of the original Big East and played each other annually throughout its 34 seasons from 1979 to 2013. When the conference broke up over the summer of 2013, UConn had remained in it as it reinvented itself as the American Athletic Conference, marketed as "the American," while Georgetown left to become a charter member of the new Big East.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
As a result, the two teams had not met since February 2013, but they had agreed to renew the series by meeting each other in a home-and-home series, with the Hoyas visiting the Huskies this season and the Huskies returning the favor the following year. UConn shot 13-for-26 from the field in the first half, including 5-for-10 from three-point range, and the Huskies led 40–33 at halftime. UConn went cold as the second half began, starting the half shooting 1-for-16 (6.25 percent) from the field and allowing Georgetown to close the gap.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
By the time the Huskies sank their first field goal of the second half with 12:46 left to play, the Hoyas had cut their lead to 49–46. Georgetown then had an 8–2 scoring run that gave the Hoyas a 54–51 lead with 9:50 remaining. With six minutes left, Georgetown led 60–56, but the Hoyas managed only one more basket for the rest of the game.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
UConn, meanwhile, shot only 19.1 percent from the field during the second half, but made up for it by sinking free throws, going 20-for-25 from the line after halftime as part of a 29-for-36 effort for the game, while the Hoyas went 7-for-8 from the line for the entire game and only 2-for-3 in the second half. The Hoyas still led, 62–60, with 4:32 to play, but the barrage of Husky free throws took their toll.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
UConn redshirt junior shooting guard Rodney Purvis stole the ball from Jesse Govan and sank two free throws with 18 seconds left to help seal a 68–62 UConn victory. UConn shot 17-for-47 (36.2 percent) from the field overall, but outrebounded the Hoyas 35–34, scored 15 points off 12 Georgetown turnovers, and outscored the Hoyas 24–18 in the paint. The Hoyas made the largest number of three-point attempts that they had all season but went only 9-for-31 (29.0 percent) from beyond the arc. Reggie Cameron led the Hoyas with 13 points, and D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera and L. J. Peak scored 12 each.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
The Hoyas returned to conference play with a come-from-behind victory over Creighton at the Verizon Center in which Smith-Rivera scored a game-high 19 points and Peak added 11. Then they hosted yet another Top Ten team, No. 10 Providence, whose roster included the Big East′s two top scorers, Ben Bentil and Kris Dunn. Both teams wore pink sneakers and uniforms that featured the color pink in a show of support for the Coaches vs. Cancer charity.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
During the first half, Bentil and Dunn scored 29 points while the entire Georgetown team scored only 28, giving the Friars a 38–28 halftime lead. Although Georgetown made several runs at Providence, the Friars managed to stave off the underdog Hoyas and won the game 73–69. L. J. Peak scored 19 points and D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera had 18, but Bentil and Dunn finished with 26 points each in a dominating performance, and during the game Dunn became the 48th player in Friar men's basketball history to score 1,000 points.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
The loss to Providence began a three-game losing steak and marked the beginning of a steep downward spiral for the 2015-2016 Hoya team, which would win only two more games. The Hoyas began February with losses at Butler and at Seton Hall. They broke their losing streak with a victory against St. John′s, dealing the Red Storm their 15th straight loss, but it was Georgetown′s last win of the regular season.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored 21 at Butler and 11 at Seton Hall; against St. John′s, he scored the team′s first eight points on the way to a game-high 24 points which moved him into sixth place all-time among Georgetown scorers, ahead of David Wingate (1,781 points), and also made him the first Hoya player ever to score over 1,000 points in conference games. Peak scored a season-high 22 points against Butler, and came off the bench for 17 points and eight rebounds against Seton Hall and to score 20 points against St. John′s, giving him double figures in seven straight games.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
Isaac Copeland, who had been mired in a slump in which he had scored only 11 points on 5-of-23 (21.7 percent) shooting from the field in his previous four games combined, scored 11 against Butler, then went on to a team-high 18 points against Seton Hall and a 23-point showing along with eight rebounds against St. John′s. Reggie Cameron scored 12 off the bench against St. John′s, and Bradley Hayes scored 12 against Butler.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
On February 11, three days after the Hoyas beat St. John′s, Hayes broke his hand during practice. He underwent successful surgery for the injury on February 13, shortly before the Hoyas met Providence that day, but was lost for the rest of the regular season. At the time of the injury, he was averaging 8.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, and his 53.9 shooting percentage from the field was the team′s highest. Jesse Govan stepped in to take over at center, but without Hayes the Hoyas lost an important part of their inside game, forcing them to rely more heavily on Govan and Trey Mourning for perimeter shooting.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
Georgetown′s rematch with Providence on the day of Hayes′s surgery took place at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence. The Friars were still ranked, but had dropped to No. 20 in the AP Poll and had lost three straight games. The game saw the Big East′s top three scorers – Providence′s Ben Bentil (entering the game with 26.0 points per game) and Kris Dunn (17.0 per game) and Georgetown′s D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera (16.7 per game) – all on the court at the same time.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
In the first half, Georgetown shot only 9-for-28 (32.1 percent) from the field and forced only two Providence turnovers; during one stretch midway through the half, Georgetown did not score for seven minutes and turned the ball over five times while Providence scored  11 unanswered points to pull ahead by 20 points. The Hoyas fell behind by as many as 26 points in the first half, and trailed 49–29 at halftime.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
The Friars′s 49 first-half points were the most they had scored in the first half of a game all season, but the Hoyas chipped away at the Friars′ lead in the second half. Bentil, who scored 16 points, and Dunn, who finished with 20, again were key factors for Providence, combining to score 12 of the Friars′ final 14 points. Despite their efforts, D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera′s only basket of the game, a three-pointer, narrowed Providence′s lead to 70–67 with 2:42 left to play, and a three-pointer by Trey Mourning cut it to 71–70 with 1:08 remaining.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
Providence redshirt sophomore forward Rodney Bullock, who had a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds, hit two free throws to stretch the Friars′ lead to 73–70. Isaac Copeland, fouled on a three-point attempt, made two of his three free throws to bring Georgetown back within one point at 73–72 with 10 seconds left, then Bentil made two free throws to give the Friars a 75–72 lead. Bullock blocked L. J. Peak′s potentially game-tying three-pointer in the game′s closing seconds to preserve a 75–72 Friars victory. Five Hoyas scored in double figures: Marcus Derrickson led the Hoyas with 18 points and nine rebounds, Jesse Govan had 13 points, and Copeland finished with 12, while L. J. Peak came off the bench to score 13 and Trey Mourning had 10 off the bench.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
The Hoyas returned to the Verizon Center for a three-game homestand that began with a loss to Seton Hall – Pirates head coach Kevin Willard′s 100th win at Seton Hall  – despite seven rebounds and a career-high 27 points by Jesse Govan on 10-of-13 (76.9 percent) shooting from the field, including four three-pointers, and despite D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera and L. J. Peak also scoring in double figures, Smith-Rivera finishing with 18 points and Peak with 10. Next, the Hoyas hosted No. 8 Xavier, their eighth game against a ranked opponent of the season.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
Xavier jumped out to a double-digit lead during the first half, but the Hoyas battled back to shrink the Musketeers′ lead to 35–33 at halftime. Xavier opened the second half by scoring 13 consecutive points and making 12 of its first 13 shots from the field, and the Musketeers pulled out to a 21-point lead as the game wore on. Xavier shot 54 percent from the field for the game and 77 percent in the second half, and they outrebounded the Hoyas 33–30, giving them a 16–5 advantage in fast-break points.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
Georgetown had trouble with Xavier′s variant of a 1–3–1 defense, and the Hoyas made 27 of their 61 field goal attempts from three-point range, sinking only 10 of them for a 27 percent three-point-shooting effort. Xavier won 88–70, dealing the Hoyas their sixth loss in seven games and third in a row. Smith-Rivera led the Hoyas with 18 points, Isaac Copeland scored 13 points, and Peak came off the bench for 12. Tre Campbell, meanwhile, was mired in a slump; since scoring his career-high 21 points in the game at Xavier on January 19, he had made only six shots and scored only 18 points in nine games.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
The Hoyas completed their last homestand of the year with an overtime loss to Butler, then began March and a final, two-game road-trip with a one-point loss at Marquette. Against Butler, D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored a team-high 26 points in the last home game of his career, while Isaac Copeland finished with 17, L. J. Peak came off the bench for 14, and Marcus Derrickson scored 11, while Jesse Govan grabbed 10 rebounds.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
In the Marquette game, Isaac Copeland scored a career-high 32 points and Smith-Rivera had 16 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, while Derrickson scored 15 and Peak contributed 12 off the bench. With only eight healthy players on the roster, John Thompson III turned to the team′s student manager, sophomore Ra'Mond Hines, adding him to the roster as a walk-on prior to the game at Marquette; a guard, Hines ultimately made only one appearance before the season ended, playing in the last seconds of the Big East Tournament game against DePaul.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
The struggling Hoyas finished their regular season with a visit to No. 3 Villanova, playing before a sellout crowd at the Wells Fargo Center. The Wildcats dominated the Hoyas, jumping out to a 21-point lead in the first half and leading 46–27 at halftime. L. J. Peak led the Hoyas with 31 points, Marcus Derrickson scored 14, and Isaac Copeland grabbed 13 rebounds, but the Hoyas shot only 4-for-26 (15.4 percent) from three-point range. and the Wildcats won 84–71. Villanova improved its record in the all-time series with Georgetown to 33–44, and Georgetown′s record against Top 25 teams during John Thompson III′s 12-year tenure fell to 45–52.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
The Hoyas finished the regular season with an overall record of 14-17, the first regular-season losing record of John Thompson III's 12-year tenure as head coach and the first since the 2003-2004 season. Their conference record of 7-11 and eighth-place finish in the Big East were their worst final conference record since a 7–11 finish in the 2008-2009 season and lowest position in the final conference standings since an 11th-place finish in the original Big East in 2008–2009.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Conference schedule
They had lost six games in a row to finish the regular season – their longest losing streak since they lost the final nine games of the 2003–2004 season – as well as nine of their last 10, and 10 of their last 12. They had played seven games against ranked opponents and won only two of them. After the final loss to Villanova, John Thompson III told the press that 2015–2016 had been the most challenging season of his career "By far. By far...Not close."


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
With a No. 8 seed in the 2016 Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden, Georgetown faced ninth-seeded DePaul in the first round. Former Georgetown head coach John Thompson, Jr., and former Georgetown great Patrick Ewing, both members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, attended the game, seated behind Georgetown′s bench. Bradley Hayes, who missed the last six games of the regular season with a broken hand, returned to play, and his presence bolstered the Hoyas′ defense.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
The Hoyas shot 50 percent (12-for-24) from the field during the first half, while the Blue Demons shot only 31 percent (9-for-29), and Georgetown finished the half with an 8–0 scoring run – almost 10–0, but the officials ruled that Kaleb Johnson′s layup at the buzzer was too late to count – that gave the Hoyas a 35–24 lead at halftime.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
In the second half, the Hoyas had a 16–2 scoring run – including 11 by D'Vauntes Smith Rivera, who scored 15 points after halftime – to pull 18 points ahead for the first time at 55–37 with 8:56 left in the game. Georgetown snapped its six-game losing streak and won 70–53, its first victory in nearly 4 1⁄2 weeks, while DePaul lost its fourth game in a row, for the eighth time in its last nine Big East Tournament games, and for the 19th time in the last 20 games against Georgetown.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
For the game, DePaul shot 37.9 percent (22-for-58) from the field, while the Hoyas shot 50 percent (23-for-46). Smith-Rivera – who entered the game fifth in scoring in the Big East with 16.3 points per game and was the only Big East player to be in the top ten in seven statistical categories – scored 20 points, Hayes had 10, and L. J. Peak came off the bench to add 10 points.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
In the quarterfinals, about 15 hours after defeating DePaul, Georgetown faced the tournament′s top-seeded team and defending champion, No. 3 Villanova, which had received a bye in the first round. Villanova had beaten Georgetown in both regular-season games they played, and the Big East Tournament game was their second meeting in five days. During the first half, the officials allowed the teams to play a physical game reminiscent of the original Big East in its 1980s heyday, and there were only eight fouls called and no free throws during the half.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
The Hoyas held Villanova to 40.7 percent shooting from the field overall in the first half, but during the half allowed the Wildcats to shoot 50 percent in three-pointers. With Georgetown leading 27–25, both teams had a scoring drought late in the first half that lasted nearly five minutes – including three minutes while D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera was on the bench after being poked in the eye – until Wildcat junior forward Kris Jenkins finally broke it by sinking a three-pointer with eight seconds left in the half to give Villanova a 28–27 halftime lead.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
Georgetown opened the second half with a 9–4 scoring run that gave the Hoyas a 37–31 lead. Halfway through the second half, Georgetown still led, 47–46, but the Wildcats then went on a decisive 14–1 scoring run. Villanova took the lead for good with just over 10 minutes left in the game, and led 60–48 with 7 1⁄2 minutes to play. In contrast to the opening half, the second half saw 27 fouls called and 37 free throws.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
The Hoyas outrebounded the Wildcats 25–12 and had 16 offensive rebounds to the Wildcats′ four but scored only 12 second-chance points, while Villanova shot 13-for-21 (61.9 percent) from three-point range, scored 20 points off 11 Georgetown turnovers, and took all 25 of its free throws in the second half as the Wildcats began drawing fouls from the Hoyas. Villanova won 81–67, its first win against Georgetown in the Big East Tournament, improving its all-time record against Georgetown in the Big East Tournament to 1–5. L. J. Peak led the Hoyas with 18 points.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
In his last game for Georgetown, Smith-Rivera scored 8 points on 4-for-11 shooting, missing all four three-pointers he attempted, while Hayes finished with 13 points and nine rebounds. Villanova advanced to meet Providence in the semifinals and, despite losing the Big East Tournament championship game to Seton Hall, went on to the 2016 NCAA Tournament, and eventually won the national championship.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
With a record of 15–18 and having lost seven of its last eight games and 10 of its last 12, Georgetown received no invitation to either the NCAA Tournament or the National Invitation Tournament for the first time since the 2003–2004 season and the first time in John Thompson III′s 12-season tenure as head coach.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
Although in the immediate aftermath of the loss to Villanova in the Big East Tournament Thompson said that he was not sure if Georgetown would play in a third-tier postseason tournament such as the College Basketball Invitational, participation in such a tournament by a major-conference team was rare, and in the end he decided not to. The Hoyas′ season was over.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera was the team′s leading scorer for the season; he started all 33 games, shooting 41.3 percent from the field overall and 33.0 percent in three-pointers, averaging a team-high 16.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. L. J. Peak played in all 33 games, starting 12 of them, and averaged 12.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, shooting 49.1 percent from the field overall and 40.9 percent from three-point range. Isaac Copeland started all 33 games, shooting 42.9 percent in field-goal attempts and 27.2 percent from three-point range, and he averaged 11.1 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
Bradley Hayes missed six games with a broken hand but started the other 27, and he was the team′s fourth-leading scorer, averaging 8.7 points per game on 54.1 percent field-goal shooting, and led the team with 6.7 rebounds per game; it was a breakout season for him after he had spent most his first three years on the bench, averaging a combined 3.2 points per game. Marcus Derrickson played in 32 games and stated 27 of them, and he finished the year averaging 7.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, shooting 40.7 percent from the field.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
Jesse Govan appeared in all 33 games and started the six that Hayes missed due to injury; Govan ended the season with a field-goal percentage of 48.0 overall and 50 percent in three-pointers, with per-game averages of 6.8 points and 4.1 rebounds. Reggie Cameron started six of the 32 games he played in, and he averaged 5.6 points per game on 40.1 percent shooting from the field – 35.6 percent from beyond the arc – and grabbed 2.0 rebounds per game.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
Tre Campbell averaged 4.1 points and 1.8 rebounds in the 30 games he played in, 20 of them starts, and shot 30.5 percent from the field overall and 27.0 percent from three-point range, while Kaleb Johnson started once in his 32 appearances, shooting 58.0 percent from the field overall and 53.8 percent in three-pointers, although he averaged only 2.8 points per game and pulled down an average of 1.7 rebounds per game. Trey Mourning came off the bench in 20 games; he shot 52.2 percent from the field but finished with only 1.5 points per game.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
Walk-on Riyan Williams played in 23 games off the bench, his high for a season during his Georgetown career, and averaged 0.3 point per game. Paul White struggled with a hip injury during the season, and he played in only seven games, all off the bench, before undergoing an abdominal procedure that ended his season; he averaged 1.6 points and 1.6 rebounds in those games.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
When D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scrapped his plans to enter the NBA draft in the spring of 2016 and returned to play for Georgetown for a fourth season in 2015–2016, expectations for 2015–2016 had soared; what pundits and fans thought would be a rebuilding year with mediocre play in the wake of Smith-Rivera′s departure changed to anticipation of him leading the Hoyas in a return to the Top 25, a second-place finish in the Big East, and a second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
However, the team had an up-and-down early season and then collapsed in February and March, and the season fell far below expectations. The 2015–2016 Hoyas were a young team with a roster that included only one player – Smith-Rivera – who previously had played more than a season with significant minutes, and even Smith-Rivera, who finished as the team's leading scorer for the season, had a down year – at least by his standards – shooting his lowest field-goal, three-point, and free-throw percentages since his freshman season.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
The 2015-2016 squad suffered in particular from committing too many fouls and too many turnovers; they had the 345th-worst fouling rate among the 351 NCAA Division I teams, and they turned over the ball 19 percent of the time on offense, the 244th-worst rate in NCAA Division I. Georgetown finished the regular season third in the Big East in field-goal percentage defense at 41.1, but also had great difficulty in defending against three-pointers.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
Injuries also dogged the team: Akoy Agau missed the entire season with a knee injury, Paul White – the team′s leading scorer off the bench the previous year – missed all but seven games with a hip injury, and Bradley Hayes′s broken hand had forced him to miss six key games at the end of the regular season, all of which Georgetown lost.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
The Hoyas never made the Top 25 in either the Associated Press Poll or the Coaches Poll  during the season – the first time that had happened since the 2013-2014 season and only the second time since the 2003-2004 season – and they finished in eighth place in the Big East, their first losing record in the conference since the 2008-2009 season and their worst conference finish since 2008-2009. They finished with an overall record of 15–18, their first losing season since the 2003-2004 season and only their third since the 1972-1973 season. They had no postseason play for the first time since the 2003-2004 season.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera and Riyan Williams graduated after the season. Smith-Rivera completed his four years at Georgetown as the fifth-leading scorer in Georgetown men's basketball history with 1,919 points and the program′s all-time leader in three-point shots made, having hit 250 of the 691 three-pointers he attempted. He played in 130 games, starting 97 of them, shooting 42.3 percent from the field – 36.2 percent from three-point range – and averaging 14.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. He went undrafted in the 2016 National Basketball Association draft but played professionally in other leagues.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
Riyan Williams, a little-used three-season walk-on who had played in 32 games and scored eight points during his Georgetown career, had a year of college eligibility left after graduation, and he chose to transfer to NCAA Division II Goldey–Beacom College to play the following season. His father, Georgetown great Reggie Williams, would tell the press a year later that Riyan had been "miserable" at Georgetown.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
A surprise returnee for the following season was senior Bradley Hayes. He was due to graduate in 2016, and virtually everyone, including Hayes himself, believed as the 2015–2016 season came to an end that his college career was over. However, John Thompson III had secretly applied for an NCAA waiver that would allow Hayes to return for a fifth year as a redshirt senior in 2016–2017 because he had played in only nine games and for only 14 minutes during his freshman year and had a semester to go to complete his degree.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
The NCAA granted the waiver, provided that Hayes sat out the first four games of the 2016–2017 season. Thompson informed Hayes that he could return for a fifth year only ten minutes before Hayes was to give a farewell speech at the annual men's basketball banquet in late April 2016 and told Hayes to break the news of his return instead of saying farewell. Hayes did, to the delight and applause of the other attendees at the banquet.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
Paul White also received redshirt status after playing in only seven games in the 2015–2016 season due to his hip injury, but he did not stay at Georgetown. After he played in the Kenner League at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown University campus over the summer of 2016, Georgetown announced on August 18, 2016, that he was transferring after two seasons with the Hoyas. On August 31, 2016, he announced that he would transfer to Oregon, where under NCAA rules he would have to sit out the 2016-2017 season before beginning play with the Ducks in the 2017-2018 season. L. J. Peak, meanwhile, considered foregoing his last two years of college and entering the 2016 NBA draft, but John Thompson III and his staff talked Peak out of it, and Peak decided to return to Georgetown for his junior year.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
Criticism of John Thompson III′s performance as head coach reached a high level with the failure of the 2015–2016 team, with many fans calling for him to be fired and the campus newspaper The Hoya referring to him as "one of the most polarizing figures in college sports." The Georgetown men's basketball program, a perennial national contender for many years, appeared to many observers to be in a steepening decline; the team′s fan base was eroding and attendance at Georgetown home games was dropping.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
Fox Sports 1, which had secured the contract to broadcast the new Big East Conference′s games when the new conference was formed in 2013, counted on Georgetown serving as the new conference′s flagship member and as a major factor in drawing viewers to the new Big East, as Georgetown had in the original Big East from 1979 to 2013. But the network found itself losing money on Big East broadcasts as viewer interest in the conference declined along with Georgetown′s performance on the court.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Wrap-up
Although Smith-Rivera′s graduation left the team with no obvious on-court leader for the following year, the surprise return of Bradley Hayes – who had emerged as an important part of Georgetown′s defense and inside game during his senior year – fed hopes that the Hoyas would return to contention in 2016–2017 rather than suffer through a rebuilding year. In reality, more disappointment lay ahead for the Georgetown men′s basketball team in what was to be another troubled season in 2016–2017, and it would be Thompson′s last as head coach.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Senior guard Riyan Williams, the son of Reggie Williams, made the team as a walk-on for the third straight season, and sophomore forward Trey Mourning, the son of Alonzo Mourning, returned for his second season. They were the third and fourth sons, respectively, of a former player to play for Georgetown.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Other than Mourning and Williams, only two sons of former players had played at Georgetown: Patrick Ewing, Jr., who played for Georgetown during the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 seasons and was the son of Patrick Ewing, and Ed Hargaden, Jr., who played during the 1957-1958, 1958-1959, and 1959-1960 seasons and was the son of Ed Hargaden, Georgetown′s first All-American and star of the 1932-1933, 1933-1934, and 1934-1935 teams.


2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball team will represent Georgetown University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Hoyas, led by second year head coach Natasha Adair and are members of the Big East Conference. The Hoyas will play their home games at the McDonough Gymnasium. They finished the season 16–14, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in quarterfinals of the Big East Women's Tournament to St. John's. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Rutgers in the first round.


2015–16 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team
The 2015–16 Georgia bulldogs basketball team represented the University Of Georgia during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Mark Fox, who was in his seventh season at UGA. They played their home games at Stegeman Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 10–8 in SEC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Mississippi State and South Carolina to advance to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament where they lost to Kentucky. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Belmont in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to Saint Mary's.


2015–16 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team, Previous season
The 2014–15 Bulldogs advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament whey they lost to Arkansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost to Michigan State in the Second Round.


2015–16 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team
The 2015–16 Georgia Lady Bulldogs women's basketball team will represent University of Georgia in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Lady Bulldogs, led by first year head coach Joni Taylor. The team plays their home games at Stegeman Coliseum, and are a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 9–7 in SEC play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC Women's Tournament to Tennessee. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost in the first round to Indiana.


2015–16 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team, Roster
Karen Lange (Iowa) Chelsea Newton (Rutgers) Robert Mosley (Miles College)


2015–16 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team represented Georgia Southern University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third year head coach Mark Byington, played their home games at Hanner Fieldhouse and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 10–10 in Sun Belt play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament to South Alabama.


2015–16 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team represented Georgia State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Ron Hunter in his fifth season. The Panthers played their home games at the GSU Sports Arena and competed as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 16–14, 9–11 in Sun Belt play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament to Texas State


2015–16 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team, Last season
The Panthers finished the season 25–10, 15–5 in SBC play to finish in first place. They also won the SBC Tournament and advanced to the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament after upsetting third seed, Baylor.


2015–16 Georgia State Panthers women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Georgia State Panthers women's basketball team represented Georgia State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, coached by Sharon Baldwin-Tener, were a member of the Sun Belt Conference, and played their home games on campus at the GSU Sports Arena.


2015–16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fifth year head coach Brian Gregory and played their home games at McCamish Pavilion. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Yellow Jackets finished the season 21–15, 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They defeated Clemson in the second round of the ACC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Virginia. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Houston and South Carolina to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to San Diego State.


2015–16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
On March 25, 2016, Georgia Tech announced Brian Gregory would not return as head coach.


2015–16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team, Last season
The Yellow Jackets finished the 2014–15 season 12–19, 3–15 in ACC play to finish in 14th place. They lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament to Boston College.


2015–16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team will represent Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was MaChelle Joseph entering her 13th season. The team plays its home games at Hank McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 8–8 in ACC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Louisville. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament which they defeated Mercer in the first round before losing to Tulane in the second round.


2015–16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team, 2015–16 media
All Yellow Jackets games will air on the Yellow Jackets IMG Sports Network. WREK once again serves as the home of the Ramblin Wreck women's basketball team.


2015–16 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team, Roster
Kevin Morrison (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) Rob Norris (Indiana (PA))  M. L. Willis (Iowa)


2015–16 Georgian Cup
The 2015–16 Georgian Cup (also known as the David Kipiani Cup) was the nighteen season overall and the twenty-six since independence of the Georgian annual football tournament. The competition began on 17 August 2015 and finished on 18 May 2016.


2015–16 Georgian Cup
The defending champions are Dinamo Tbilisi, after winning their twelfth Georgian Cup last season. The winner of the competition qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 Georgian Cup, First round
The first legs were held on 17 and 18 August, with the return matches held 25 and 26 August.


2015–16 Georgian Cup, Second round
The first legs were held on 16 September, with the return matches held 27 and 28 October.


2015–16 Georgian Cup, Quarterfinals
The first legs were held on 2 December 2015 with the return matches held 16 December 2015.


2015–16 Georgian Cup, Semi-finals
The first legs were held on 20 April 2016 with the return matches held 5 May 2016.


2015–16 Georgian Cup, Final
Final match were held on 18 May 2016 in Kutaisi. That was the first final which was played outside Tbilisi.


2015–16 Getafe CF season
The 2015–16 season was the 33rd season in Getafe CF ’s history and the 12th in the top-tier.


2015–16 Getafe CF season, Team information, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Getafe CF season, Team information, Kit information
Getafe wear their traditional blue strip. Small strips of white and red also tend to be incorporated in their kit. Generally, their away strip is red, however this has changed in recent years. Their shirt manufacturer is Joma.


2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division
The 2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division (known as the Argus Insurance Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th season of the national amateur and semi-professional football league in Gibraltar since its establishment - the highest level of football in Gibraltar. The league was contested by ten clubs, expanded from eight clubs in the last two seasons, including all clubs from last season and two promoted clubs from 2014–15 Gibraltar Second Division. The winner of the Gibraltar Premier Division, Lincoln Red Imps was allocated a spot in Champions League qualification, and as they won the Rock Cup a spot in the Europa League was given to the runners-up Europa FC.


2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division
Lincoln Red Imps were the reigning champions, sealing a record 21st title last season. The Gibraltar football season kicked off with the Pepe Reyes Cup between Lincoln and Europa FC, which Lincoln won 3–2 after extra time. The season proper kicked off on the following Friday, September 25, with St Joseph's facing Lions.


2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division, Format
Each of the ten Premier Division teams will play each other three times for a total of 27 matches each. It is expected that the tenth-placed team will be relegated while the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division will enter a playoff with the second-placed team from the Second Division for a spot in the 2016–17 Premier Division.


2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division, Teams
After the 2014–15 season no teams were relegated, and both Gibraltar United and Angels were promoted as champions and runners-up of the 2014–15 Gibraltar Second Division, when the league expands to ten teams this season.


2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division, Promotion/Relegation play-off
At the end of the season, the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division, Britannia XI, entered a play-off with Mons Calpe, the second-placed team from the Second Division for a spot in the 2016–17 Premier Division.


2015–16 Gibraltar Premier Division, Promotion/Relegation play-off
Mons Calpe are promoted to the 2016–17 Gibraltar Premier Division.


2015–16 Gibraltar Second Division
The 2015–16 Gibraltar Second Division was the third season of second tier football in Gibraltar since the Gibraltar Football Association joined UEFA. The league was contested by 12 clubs, after the Gibraltar Premier Division expanded to 10 teams.


2015–16 Gibraltar Second Division
Gibraltar United were the reigning champions, sealing promotion along with Angels the previous season.


2015–16 Gibraltar Second Division, Format
Twelve teams competed in the Second Division this season. Teams played each other twice for a total of 22 matches for each team. The Division winner (Europa Point) was promoted while the second-placed team (Mons Calpe) entered a playoff with the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division.


2015–16 Gibraltar Second Division, Teams
After the 2014–15 Premier Division season, no teams were relegated. Gibraltar United and Angels were promoted as champions and runners-up of the 2014–15 Gibraltar Second Division to allow the Premier Division to expand to ten teams this season. The Second Division contracted to 12 teams, with Gibraltar Scorpions resigning from the league to focus on futsal. College 1975 replaced them.


2015–16 Gillingham F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was Gillingham's 123rd season in their existence and third consecutive season in League One. Along with League One, the club competed in the FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy and the regional Kent Senior Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.


2015–16 Gillingham F.C. season, Competitions, League One, Matches
On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the season were announced.


2015–16 Gimnàstic de Tarragona season
The 2015–16 Gimnàstic de Tarragona's season was the 129th season in the club's existence and the first in Segunda División since being promoted from the third level of the Spanish football after defeating SD Huesca in the play-offs. Nàstic returned to the second tier after a three-year absence.


2015–16 Girona FC season
The 2015–16 Girona FC season was the club's 86th season in existence and the eighth consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Girona participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.


2015–16 Girona FC season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Girona FC season, Players, Youth players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Girona FC season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season
The 2015-16 season saw Glasgow Warriors compete in the competitions: the Guinness Pro12 and the European Champions Cup.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview
The 2015-16 season began for Glasgow Warriors, for the first time, as defending champions.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview
In preparation for the defence of the title in a Rugby World Cup year - where it was expected that Glasgow Warriors would supply the majority of the Scotland side - Gregor Townsend assembled one of the biggest Professional squads in world rugby.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview
It was hoped that the large squad would see the Warriors through the early part of the season and provide enough impetus for a European challenge too.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Fraser Brown Kevin Bryce Pat MacArthur James Malcolm Shalva Mamukashvili Fergus Scott


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Alex Allan Michael Cusack Zander Fagerson Steven Findlay Jarrod Firth Ryan Grant George Hunter Sila Puafisi D'Arcy Rae Gordon Reid Djustice Sears-Duru Javan Sebastian Gary Strain Jerry Yanuyanutawa


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Scott Cummings Jonny Gray Kieran Low Leone Nakarawa Greg Peterson Tim Swinson


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Adam Ashe Hugh Blake Will Bordill James Eddie Simone Favaro Chris Fusaro Jason Hill Rob Harley Tyrone Holmes Josh Strauss Ryan Wilson


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Rory Clegg Gregor Hunter Finn Russell Duncan Weir Scott Wight


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Mark Bennett Alex Dunbar Nick Grigg Peter Horne Sam Johnson Fraser Lyle Richie Vernon


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Glenn Bryce Junior Bulumakau Nyle Godsmark Rory Hughes Lee Jones Sean Lamont Taqele Naiyaravoro Mark Robertson Tommy Seymour Stuart Hogg Peter Murchie


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad, BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 players
Scottish Rugby Academy players who have been assigned to a Professional club are Stage 3 players. These players are assigned to Glasgow Warriors for the season 2015-16.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad, BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 players
Academy players promoted in the course of the season are listed with the main squad.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Player statistics
During the 2015–16 season, Glasgow have used 56 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 1
Glasgow Warriors:15. Peter Murchie14. Junior Bulumakau*13. Glenn Bryce12. Fraser Lyle11. Lee Jones10. Rory Clegg9. Grayson Hart1. Jerry Yanuyanutawa2. Kevin Bryce3. D'arcy Rae4. James Eddie5. Kieran Low6. Tyrone Holmes7. Chris Fusaro (c)8. Jason HillReplacements: Mark Robertson, Nick Grigg**, Robbie Fergusson **, Nyle Godsmark, Ali Price**, Will Bordill, Simone Favaro, Scott Cummings**, Andrew Davidson**, Zander Fagerson, Pat MacArthur, Fergus Scott, George Hunter[*  Trialist] [ ** BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 Player]Clermont: 1. Thomas Domingo (c) 2. John Ulugia 3. Clément Ric 4. Paul Jedrasiak 5. Loïc Jacquet6. Camille Gérondeau 7. Julien Bardy 8. Fritz Lee 9. Ludovic Radosavljevic 10. Camille Lopez 11. Hosea Gear 12. Benson Stanley 13. Aurélien Rougerie 14. Adrien Planté 15. Nick AbendanonReplacements: Viktor Kolelishvili, Raphaël Chaume, Arthur Iturria, Alexandre Lapandry, Enzo Sanga, Patricio Fernandez, Pedro Bettencourt, Daniel Kötze, Etienne Falcoux, Judicaël Cancoriet, Calvonn Allison, Alexandre Nicoue, Albert VuliVuli, David Strettle


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 2
Canada: 15 Matt Evans, 14 Jeff Hassler, 13 Ciaran Hearn, 12 Connor Braid, 11 DTH van der Merwe, 10 Nathan Hirayama, 9 Phil Mack, 8 Richard Thorpe, 7 Nanyak Dala, 6 Kyle Gilmour, 5 Jamie Cudmore (c), 4 Evan Olmstead, 3 Andrew Tiedemann, 2 Benoit Piffero, 1 Djustice Sears-Duru. Replacements: 16 Hubert Buydens, 17 Ray Barkwill, 18 Doug Wooldridge, 19 Jebb Sinclair, 20 Aaron Carpenter, 21 Jamie Mackenzie, 22 Liam Underwood, 23 Harry Jones, 24 Brett Beukeboom, 25 Phil Mackenzie.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 2
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Peter Murchie (c), 14 Lee Jones, 13 Glenn Bryce, 12 Fraser Lyle, 11 Rory Hughes, 10 Rory Clegg, 9 Mike Blair, 8 Josh Strauss, 7 Chris Fusaro, 6 Simone Favaro, 5 Kieran Low, 4 Tim Swinson, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Pat MacArthur, 1 Jerry Yanuyanutawa. Replacements (all used): George Hunter, Kevin Bryce, Mike Cusack, D'arcy Rae, Scott Cummings**, James Eddie, Will Bordill, Jason Hill, Grayson Hart, Scott Wight, Mark Robertson, Robbie Fergusson**, Junior Bulumakau. [ ** BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 Player]


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 3
Glasgow Warriors:15. Glenn Bryce14. Junior Bulumakau13. Sam Johnson12. Fraser Lyle11. Lee Jones10. Rory Clegg9. Grayson Hart1. Alex Allan2. Fergus Scott3. D'arcy Rae4. Rob Harley (c)5. Scott Cummings**6. Tyrone Holmes7. Hugh Blake8. Adam AsheReplacements (all used): James Malcolm**, George Hunter, Zander Fagerson, Jason Hill, Callum Hunter-Hill**, Ali Price**, Gregor Hunter, Nick Grigg**,Chris Fusaro, James Eddie, Gary Strain, Mike Cusack, Kieran Low, Robbie Fergusson **, Nyle Godsmark, George Horne** [ ** BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy Stage 3 Player]Army Rugby Union: 1. Dowding 2. Austin 3. Budgen 4. Jones 5. Ball6. Koroiyadi 7. Lamont 8. Boladua 9. Chennell 10. Davies 11. Nlalaugo 12. Wessells 13. Nakamavuto 14. Watkins 15. LeathamReplacements: Dwyer, Hamilton, McLaren, Bates, Llewellyn, Nayacavou, Vata, Prasad, O'Reilly


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pro12
At the start of the season, Glasgow Warriors were missing 21 players on Rugby World Cup duty in various international squads, more than any other club in world rugby.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pro12
That wasn't all. The Australian international, Taqele Naiyaravoro, Glasgow's marquee signing of the season, was stuck in Australia awaiting a visa. He wouldn't arrive in Glasgow until October and he played his first match against Newport Gwent Dragons on 16 October 2015.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pro12
In addition to losing players to the World Cup and visa hold-ups Glasgow had a run of injuries at the start of the season. Alex Dunbar & Sam Johnson were injured for the opener against Scarlets and that injury list grew with stand-in captain Peter Murchie being injured for 3–4 months.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pro12
A spate of injuries to Glasgow's recognised hookers caused the Warriors to sign Shalva Mamukashvili from Sale Sharks. The hooker injury list included Kevin Bryce, Fraser Brown, Pat MacArthur and new academy promotion Fergus Scott. Mamukashvili and academy players James Malcolm and Cameron Fenton were called on to avert the Hooker crisis.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pro12
The season was to get even worse for the Warriors as, due to flooding, Scotstoun became unplayable over the winter. Glasgow's 1872 Cup home match against Edinburgh Rugby was played at Murrayfield, Edinburgh's home! In addition Glasgow had to move other home matches to Rugby Park in Kilmarnock.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pro12
Losing both matches to Edinburgh left Glasgow at one point sitting 9th in the Pro12 league table. However, as the club managed to get Scotstoun playable again and their World Cup players gradually got back to domestic ways, Glasgow slowly climbed back up the table. A 9-game winning streak saw Glasgow manage to climb to the top of the table and secure a semi-final play-off place.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pro12
Away to Connacht in the final league match of the season, victory would have secured Glasgow a home semi final and first place. Instead Connacht ground out a tight match which meant Glasgow finished third; with Leinster securing top spot by a single point.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pro12
This meant that Glasgow had to travel back to Connacht for an away semi-final. Another bruising match followed with two Glasgow Warriors players Russell and Fagerson colliding when tackling Connacht's Bundee Aki in the first minutes, immediately putting Glasgow on the back foot. Russell ended in hospital - and by the end of the game Simone Favaro, Johnny Gray, D'Arcy Rae and Josh Strauss all suffered injuries. Connacht ground out another win and found themselves in the Edinburgh final against Leinster to end Glasgow's championship defence.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pro12, Results
Edinburgh Rugby won the 1872 Cup with an aggregate score of 37 - 22.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pro12, Results
This match – originally scheduled to be held during Round 9, on 5 December 2015 – was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pro12, Results
This match – originally scheduled to be held during Round 12, on 8 January 2016 – was postponed due to a European Rugby Champions Cup fixture rearrangement that occurred as a result of the Paris terrorist attacks in November 2015.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Europe
By virtue of winning the Pro12 in 2014-15, Glasgow Warriors were seeded as top seeds in the European Champions Cup pool stages. Drawn with Racing 92, Northampton Saints and Scarlets, it was a tough group.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Europe
Townsend had predicted that four wins out of six would be needed to qualify. Glasgow secured a home win against Racing and home and away wins against Scarlets. Three wins might have been enough had the group been tighter but unfortunately Scarlets proved the whipping boy of the group and it was Glasgow's losses to Northampton Saints home and away which ended the Warriors hopes of progress.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
A player's nationality shown is taken from the nationality at the highest honour for the national side obtained; or if never capped internationally their place of birth. Senior caps take precedence over junior caps or place of birth; junior caps take precedence over place of birth. A player's nationality at debut may be different from the nationality shown. Combination sides like the British and Irish Lions or Pacific Islanders are not national sides, or nationalities.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
Players in BOLD font have been capped by their senior international XV side as nationality shown.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
Players in Italic font have capped either by their international 7s side; or by the international XV 'A' side as nationality shown.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
Players in normal font have not been capped at senior level.


2015–16 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
A position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute. A player may have made a prior debut for Glasgow Warriors in a non-competitive match, 'A' match or 7s match; these matches are not listed.


2015–16 GlobalPort Batang Pier season
The 2015–16 GlobalPort Batang Pier season is the fourth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2015–16 Goa Professional League
The 2015–16 Goa Professional League is the 18th season of top-tier football in the Indian state of Goa. It began on 23 August 2015. Salgaocar F.C. are the defending champions.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season
The 2015–16 Golden State Warriors season was the 70th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 54th in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Warriors entered the season as the defending NBA champions and they set the best ever regular-season record of 73–9, breaking the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls record of 72–10. Golden State broke over twenty-five NBA records and more than ten franchise records that season, including most wins ever recorded in a season (regular-season and postseason combined); with 88. However, they were defeated in the NBA Finals by the Cleveland Cavaliers in seven games, having lost the series after leading 3–1.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season
Considered as the greatest regular season team ever, Warriors began the 2015–16 season by winning their first 24 games, eclipsing the previous best start in NBA history, set by the 1993–94 Houston Rockets and the 1948–49 Washington Capitols at 15–0. Their record-setting start ended when they were defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks on December 12, 2015. The Warriors broke a 131-year-old record of 20–0 set by the 1884 St. Louis Maroons baseball team, to claim the best start to a season in all of the major professional sports in America.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season
They also won 28 consecutive regular-season games dating back to the 2014–15 season, eclipsing the 2012–13 Miami Heat for the second longest winning streak in NBA history. The team set an NBA record 54-straight regular-season home-game winning streak, which spanned from January 31, 2015, to March 29, 2016. The previous record of 44 was held by the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season
Golden State broke their franchise record of 28 road wins in a season which they set in 2014–15; they ended the season with 34, passing the same mid-1990s Chicago Bulls team led by Michael Jordan for the most road wins in NBA history. The team became the first in NBA history to go the entire regular-season without back-to-back losses and without losing to the same team twice.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season
Steve Kerr was named Coach of the Year, the third coach in Warriors history to win the award. Stephen Curry was named Most Valuable Player for a second successive season and is the first unanimous winner in NBA history. Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson were all named to the All-Star Game, the first time the Warriors have had three All-Stars since 1976. Curry broke his own NBA record for made three-pointers in a season of 286, finishing with 402.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season
Curry won the scoring title, averaging 30.1 points per game and led the league in steals and had the best free throw percentage. He became the seventh player to enter the 50–40–90 club (he shot 50% for field goals, 45% for three-pointers and 91% for free throws during the entire regular season).


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Preseason
The 2015 NBA draft took place on June 25 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Golden State chose power forward Kevon Looney with the 30th pick of the first round. On July 27, the Warriors traded David Lee to the Boston Celtics for Gerald Wallace and Chris Babb. Four days later, Wallace was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for Jason Thompson.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, October/November
The Warriors opened the regular season on October 27 with assistant coach Luke Walton coaching for the team after it was confirmed that coach Steve Kerr's back would not heal in time for the beginning of the regular season. Before the opener, the Golden State Warriors revealed their first title banner in 40 years and received their championship rings during a ceremony acknowledging the 2014–15 champions. Every player on the roster, with the exception of traded player David Lee, was in attendance with also the full coaching staff to celebrate the winningest season for the franchise.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, October/November
Golden State opened the season with a 111–95 win over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans. In that game, Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 40 points. On their third game of the season, they were once again up against the Pelicans, this time, they were on the road. On their first meeting, Curry scored 40 points, this time, Curry scored a season-high 53 points to lead the Warriors towards their third straight win.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, October/November
The Warriors opened their season with four wins and a combined margin-of-victory of 100 points, surpassing the 1961–62 Boston Celtics (99 points) for the largest win-margin over the first four games. On November 4, the Warriors won their fifth straight win after handing their division rival, the LA Clippers, their first loss of the season. Curry led the Warriors with 31 points. Eight days later, the Warriors won their tenth straight game after beating the Timberwolves, recording their first ever 10–0 start in a season in franchise history.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, October/November
On November 17, the Warriors have won their 12th straight game to start a season with 115–110 win over the visiting Toronto Raptors. They became the first defending champions to have won their first 12 games of a season since the 1996-97 Chicago Bulls. Three days later, the Warriors opened up the season with a 14–0 record after beating the visiting Chicago Bulls, 106–94. They also became the first defending champions to start their season with a 14–0 record since the 1957-58 Boston Celtics.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, October/November
On November 24, the Warriors won at home, 111–77, against the visiting Lakers and became the first team in NBA History to start a season with a 16–0 record, besting the 15–0 record set by the 1947-48 Capitols and 1993-94 Rockets. On November 27, the Warriors set new franchise records for longest winning streak (17) and three-point field goals made (22) in a 135–116 victory over the Phoenix Suns. They also extended their streak of scoring at least 100 points in a game for 17 straight games, the first team to do since the 2009-10 Suns.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, December
On December 5, the Warriors beat the Toronto Raptors 112–109 to improve to 21–0 and set a new record for best start to a season in all major professional sports in America, eclipsing the 20–0 mark set by the 1884 St. Louis Maroons baseball team of the Union Association. Also, with this 11th straight road victory, the Warriors set a new franchise-record for the longest road winning streak in their history. Golden State's 131–123 win on December 8 over the Pacers in Indianapolis improved their road record to 13–0, the best such start to a season in NBA history.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, December
The win improved their overall record to 23–0. On December 11, Golden State defeated the Boston Celtics 124–119 (2OT) to improve to 24–0 and move into second place on the NBA's longest winning streaks list (28), five games behind the Los Angeles Lakers' 33-game win streak. During this game Draymond Green recorded a five-by-five game, with 24 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals and 5 blocks. The feat of recording at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, five steals and five blocks has only been achieved seven times by three different players (including five times by Hakeem Olajuwon).


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, December
Since the 1983–84 NBA season, only 16 players have recorded a 5x5 line. The winning streak to start the season ended at 24 games when they were beaten by the Milwaukee Bucks, 108–95. The loss also ended their 28-game winning streak (dating to the 2014–15 regular season), the second-longest in NBA history. The Warriors finished the 2015 calendar year with a 72–12 (.857) record between two seasons, the second-best winning percentage in NBA history. They went 88–17 (.838) including play-off games.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, January/February
In a win against the New York Knicks on January 31, Green tied Hall of Famer Tom Gola's franchise record of nine triple-doubles in a season. Golden State reached the NBA All-Star break at 48–4, the best start to an NBA season at this juncture. On February 13, Klay Thompson won the Three-Point Contest at the All-Star weekend, beating Stephen Curry 27–23 in the final round. The 27 points tied Curry's record set the previous year for most points scored in a round.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, January/February
By defeating the Atlanta Hawks on February 22, the Warriors became the fastest team to reach 50 wins in a season, accomplishing this in just 55 games. Golden State also had 30 assists in a game for the 29th time this season, setting a new franchise record. On February 27, the Warriors defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder and won their 29th road game of the season, breaking the franchise record of 28 which they set last season. They also became the fastest team ever in NBA history to clinch a playoff berth, accomplishing it in just 58 games.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, January/February
They bettered the 1985–86 Boston Celtics by just one day. This was also the earliest a team had clinched a playoff spot in February since the 1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers (although the 2015–16 season started almost two weeks earlier than the 1987–88 season did within their respective calendar years).


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, January/February
In this game Stephen Curry also broke the single season three-point record (286), a record that he himself held, by making his 287th and 288th three-pointers of the season as two of his 12 three-pointers of the game, tying the single game NBA three-point record (jointly holding it with Kobe Bryant and Donyell Marshall).


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, March
On March 3, the Warriors tied the 1995–1996 Chicago Bulls for the longest regular-season home-game winning streak in NBA history (44 games), with a 121–106 victory at home against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Warriors' streak dated back to the previous year. Entering the game on March 6, the Los Angeles Lakers (.190) and Golden State (.917) had a .727 difference in win percentage, making the Lakers' blowout 112–95 win the biggest upset in NBA history.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, March
On March 7, the Warriors won their 45th-straight regular season home game over the Orlando Magic, eclipsing the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls 44 wins in a row, to claim the NBA record. Stephen Curry became the first player in NBA history to score 300 three-pointers in a single season. In a 128–112 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on March 11, both teams combined for 37 made three-pointers (18 by the Warriors, 19 by the Blazers), an all-time NBA record.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, March
With a Los Angeles Clippers' loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on March 13, the Warriors officially clinched the Pacific Division title for second consecutive season and fourth time overall. By defeating the New Orleans Pelicans on March 14, the Warriors became the fastest team to reach 60 wins in a season, accomplishing this in just 66 games. With a road win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 21, Golden State became only the ninth team in NBA history to achieve 31 wins on the road in the regular season. The Warriors finished the Pacific Division with a 15–1 (.938) record, the best intradivisional record in franchise history.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, March
In a 128–120 win over the Dallas Mavericks on March 25, both teams combined for 39 made three-pointers (21 by the Warriors, 18 by the Mavericks), an all-time NBA record, which beat the 37 set by the Warriors and Blazers two weeks earlier. Golden State also eclipsed the previous record for most three-pointers in a single season by a team in NBA history (933) that had been set by the Houston Rockets the previous year.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, March
The Warriors dished out 32 assists against the Philadelphia 76ers on March 27, the 39th time this season the team has had a 30-assist game; the most in the NBA since the 1991–92 Chicago Bulls finished with 40. With their 102–94 win against the Washington Wizards on March 29, the Warriors tied their franchise record of most wins in a single season (67) which had been set the previous year. The Warriors earned their franchise record 68th victory of the season with a 103–96 win in overtime against the Utah Jazz on March 30. They improved to 6–0 in overtime this season, extending a franchise record for OT wins in a single season. Draymond Green became the first player in NBA history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists, 100 steals and 100 blocks in a season.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, April
On April 1, Golden State lost at home for the first time since January 27, 2015. They fell to the Boston Celtics 109–106 and snapped a 54-game regular-season home winning streak. Their home record for this season dropped to 36–1 with the loss. Golden State became the first team in NBA history to score 1,000 three-pointers in a single season during their 136–111 win against the Portland Trail Blazers.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, April
The win was Golden State's 69th of the season, making them the fourth team in NBA history to record at least 69 wins in a season, along with the 1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers and 1995–96/1996–97 Chicago Bulls teams. The Warriors became the first team since the 1991–92 Chicago Bulls to record 40 games with at least 30 assists in a single season. By defeating the San Antonio Spurs on April 7, the Warriors became only the 2nd team in NBA history to reach 70 wins in a season, joining the 72-win 1995–96 Chicago Bulls.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, April
After defeating the Spurs again on April 10, the Warriors tied the NBA record for most regular-season wins with 72, previously set by the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls. Golden State snapped a 33-game regular season losing streak against the Spurs in San Antonio (lasting since February 14, 1997), the second longest such streak against one team in NBA history. The Warriors also ended the Spurs' NBA record 39 home wins to start the season (in total a 48-game home winning streak dating back to the previous season.) Golden State became the first team in NBA history to go the entire regular season without back-to-back losses and the first team in NBA history to go the entire regular season without losing to the same team twice.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, April
The Warriors broke the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls' record for best regular season in NBA history after defeating the Memphis Grizzles 125–104 on April 13, finishing with a record of 73–9. With the win, Golden State tied their franchise record for home wins with 39, which they set last season. The Warriors finished the season at an NBA-record 64 games above .500. Curry made 10 three-pointers against Memphis, making him the first player in NBA history to hit 400 threes in a single season; he finished with 402.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Regular season, April
Curry finished the season averaging 30.1 points per game, making him the first Warriors NBA scoring champion since Rick Barry in the 1966–67 NBA season. Curry became the seventh player to enter the 50–40–90 club, where he shot 50% for field goals, 45% for three-pointers and 91% for free throws during an entire regular season. This feat has only been achieved eleven times by seven players (Steve Nash having done it four times).


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason
Golden State beat the Houston Rockets 121–94 on April 24 to go up 3–1 in the first round series, in doing so they set the NBA record for threes made in a playoff game, hitting 21-of-40 (.525). Steve Kerr was named Coach of the Year on April 26, the third Warriors coach to win the award after Alex Hannum in 1963–64 and Don Nelson in 1991–92.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason
Under Kerr's leadership the Warriors led the league in scoring (114.9 points), field goal percentage (.487), three-point percentage (.416), assists (28.9), point differential (+10.8) and offensive rating (112.5 points per 100 possessions), while becoming the first team in league history to hit 1,000 three-pointers in a single season with an NBA-record 1,077 triples. Kerr held an overall regular-season record of 140–24 (.854) in his first two seasons with the Warriors.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason
The Warriors eliminated the Houston Rockets on April 27 with a blowout victory of 114–81, winning the series 4–1 and progressing to the Western Conference Semi-finals to face the Portland Trail Blazers. Klay Thompson became the first player in NBA history to make at least seven three-pointers in consecutive playoff games.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason, May
On May 9, a 132–125 OT win over the Portland Trail Blazers put Golden State up 3–1 in the series, Steph Curry scored 40 points in his first game back after being out injured for 15 days with an MCL sprain. He scored 17 of his points in overtime, which broke the NBA record of 16 held by Gilbert Arenas for most points scored in an overtime period (regular-season or postseason).


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason, May
Stephen Curry was named Most Valuable Player on May 10, making it the third time a Warrior had won the award after Wilt Chamberlain won in the 1959–60 NBA season and Curry in 2014–15. Curry is the 11th player to win back-to-back MVP honors and is the first unanimous winner in NBA history with all 131 first-place votes. On May 11, the Warriors beat the Trail Blazers 125–121 in Game 5 to clinch the series and advance to the Western Conference Finals for the second consecutive year, where they faced the Oklahoma City Thunder. In the game, Curry continued his streak of making a three-pointer in every playoff game he's ever played in and tied the NBA playoff record set by Reggie Miller of 44-straight.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason, May
In their 95th and 96th games of the season, Golden State lost back-to-back games for the first time all season (105–133 and 94–118 losses to the Thunder, putting them down 1–3 in the Western Conference Finals). On May 26, Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson were named to the 2015–16 All-NBA Team, the first time three Warriors have earned the accolade since the 1955–56 season when Neil Johnston, Paul Arizin, and Jack George were selected. Curry was unanimously selected for first team honors, Green for the second team and Thompson got third team recognition.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason, May
The Warriors tied the Western Conference Finals series at 3–3 on May 28, with a 108–101 road win over the Thunder. Klay Thompson made eleven three-pointers, breaking the NBA playoff record of nine. Golden State tied their franchise record for most three-pointers made in a playoff game with 21. Golden State also set a new franchise record for wins with their 84th of the season (regular-season and postseason combined), surpassing the 83 from the 2014–15 season.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason, May
In Game 7, the Warriors defeated the Thunder 96–88, becoming only the 10th team (out of 233 teams) in NBA history to overcome a 3–1 series deficit. The win was their 85th of the year. It was the second time in NBA history that the defending champions came back from a 3–1 deficit in the conference finals, after the 1978–79 Washington Bullets. Golden State reached the NBA Finals for the second straight year, making this the franchise's first appearances in back-to-back NBA Finals since the 1946–47 season and 1947–48 season. The Warriors faced the Cleveland Cavaliers in a rematch of the 2015 NBA Finals.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason, June
In Game 1 on June 2, Golden State beat Cleveland 104–89. The Warriors were led by their bench, with Shaun Livingston scoring a team-high 20 points. The 35-point bench advantage (45–10) the Warriors had over the Cavs is the largest by any team in the Finals in the last 50 years. The Warriors won Game 2 by a blowout 110–77, to go up 2–0 in the series. Golden State won the first 2 games by a combined 48 points, the largest point-differential through first 2 games in NBA Finals history.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason, June
After Golden State lost Game 3 by a blowout 90–120, they came back in Game 4 to win 108–97, to take a 3–1 series lead. The Warriors made 17 three-pointers, an NBA record for a single Finals game. The Warriors' win in Game 4 was their 88th of the season, which broke the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls record of 87 for most wins in an NBA season (regular-season and postseason combined). Late in the fourth quarter of Game 4, Draymond Green and LeBron James got into a scuffle.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason, June
Green was retroactively charged with a Flagrant Foul 1 for swiping James in the groin and received a one-game suspension for Game 5, after accumulating his fourth flagrant foul point in the playoffs, and James was given a technical foul for taunting Green. The Cavaliers capitalized on Green's absence by beating the Warriors in Game 5 by a score of 112–97.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason, June
After serving his suspension, Green returned to play in Game 6. Game 6 was played on June 16, exactly one year after Golden State won Game 6 of the 2015 NBA Finals, which was also played in Cleveland. Unlike in the 2015 NBA Finals, however, the Warriors failed to clinch the title in Game 6. The Warriors were outscored 11–31 by the Cavaliers in the first quarter, and Cleveland never relinquished their lead as Golden State lost 101–115.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason, June
This was only the second time in 105 games this season (regular-season and postseason) that the Warriors lost at least two games in a row. The loss evened the series at three games apiece, forcing a Game 7, the first Game 7 in an NBA Finals appearance in Golden State franchise history. During the fourth quarter of Game 6, Stephen Curry, who set the record for most three-pointers in an NBA Finals series during the game (28), fouled out with his sixth personal foul.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason, June
Curry angrily responded by throwing his mouthguard into the stands and hit a fan, which resulted in a technical foul and the first ejection of his career. It was the first time in 20 years that a player had been ejected from an NBA Finals game. After the game, Curry received a $25,000 fine for his actions, but was not suspended for Game 7. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr also received a $25,000 fine for his criticism of the officiating, which he felt was biased against Curry, in the post-game press conference.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason, June
On June 19, 2016, Golden State lost Game 7 by a score of 89–93, becoming the first team in NBA history to squander a 3–1 lead in the NBA Finals. They also became the first team in NBA history to overcome a 1–3 deficit and lose a 3–1 lead in the same playoffs. The Warriors are the 11th team in NBA history to lose a 3–1 series lead and just the fourth team in NBA history to lose an NBA Finals' Game 7 on their home court.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Season Synopsis, Postseason, June
The loss marked the first time since Steve Kerr became head coach that the Warriors had lost three straight games. Golden State became the first team in NBA history to finish with the same number of regular-season and postseason losses (9). They also became the first team in NBA history with 69 or more regular season wins that failed to win the NBA Championship.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Records
Golden State broke numerous regular-season, postseason and franchise records this year, both as a team and individually.


2015–16 Golden State Warriors season, Player statistics, Regular season
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2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Mark Few, who was in his 17th season as head coach. The team played its home games at McCarthey Athletic Center, which had a capacity of 6,000. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the Zags) played in their 36th season as a member of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 28–8, 15–3 in WCC play to finish in a share for the WCC regular season championship.


2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
They defeated Portland, BYU, and Saint Mary's to be champions of the WCC Tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As a #11 seed, they defeated Seton Hall and Utah to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Syracuse. The final AP Poll is the most recent poll in which Gonzaga was unranked. They have since been ranked for 85 straight weeks from November, 2016-2021.


2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season
The 2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs team were predicted to finish atop of the conference by the West Coast Conference Preseason Poll. The Zags finished in first place in the West Coast Conference Standings for the 18th time with a 17–1 conference record after BYU defeated the Zags in the regular season finale, snapping the nation's longest active home winning streak of 41 games, as well as Gonzaga's school record 22-game winning streak.


2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bulldogs then went on to beat BYU in the West Coast Conference Tournament, and claimed their 14th WCC tournament title, along with punching their 18th ticket to the NCAA Tournament. Gonzaga entered the 2015 NCAA Tournament as a #2 seed in the South region, and dismantled #15 seed North Dakota State, #7 seed Iowa, and #11 seed UCLA, to gain its second trip to the Elite Eight, as well as Mark Few's first as head coach. The Zags then fell to #1 seed (and eventual national champion) Duke, and finished the season with a 35–3 record, which were the most wins in school history.


2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Schedule
Gonzaga's non-conference schedule included home games against Arizona, UCLA, Montana, Northern Arizona, Mount St. Mary's, and Saint Martin's. Gonzaga played true road games at SMU and Washington State, and also faced off with Pittsburgh in the Armed Forces Classic in Okinawa, Japan. The Zags were invited to play in the Battle 4 Atlantis, where they played against three of the following in the Bahamas: Syracuse, UConn, Texas, Michigan, Texas A&M, Washington, and Charlotte. Gonzaga also played Tennessee in the 13th annual Battle in Seattle at KeyArena. Gonzaga played 18 conference games (home-and-home) during the season. Gonzaga will be featured on the ESPN networks at least 14 times in 2015–16. The WCC Tournament will feature 5 games televised on the ESPN networks.


2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs were led by second year head coach Lisa Fortier. The Zags play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 19–14, 10–8 in WCC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to Santa Clara. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UC Riverside in the first round before losing to Utah in the second round.


2015–16 Grambling State Tigers men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Grambling State Tigers men's basketball team represented Grambling State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by second year head coach Shawn Walker, played their home games at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center and were members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Tigers finished the regular season with a 7–24 overall record, 4–14 in SWAC play to finish in last place. They lost to Mississippi Valley State in the first round of the SWAC Tournament.


2015–16 Granada CF season
The 2015–16 season was the 84th season in Granada’s history and the 22nd in the top-tier.


2015–16 Granada CF season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Granada CF season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team represented Grand Canyon University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Dan Majerle's third season at Grand Canyon. This season was year 3 of a 4-year transition period from Division II to Division I. As a result, the Antelopes were not eligible to make the NCAA Tournament, nor the NIT and could not participate WAC Basketball Tournament. However the Antelopes were eligible for the CIT, CBI or the new Vegas 16 tournaments if invited.


2015–16 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team
They finished the season 27–7, 11–3 in WAC play to finish in a tie for second place. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. In the first round, they defeated South Carolina State to be champions of the Coach John McLendon Classic, the first classic game to be held as part of a postseason tournament. In the second round they defeated Jackson State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Coastal Carolina.


2015–16 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team, Previous season
The Antelopes finished the season 17–15, 8–6 in WAC play to finish in a tie for second place. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Northern Arizona.


2015–16 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team represents Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona, during the 2015–16 college basketball season. It was head coach Trent May's ninth season at Grand Canyon. The Antelopes compete as members of the Western Athletic Conference and played their home games at GCU Arena. This was year 3 of a 4-year transition period from D2 to D1. As a result, the Antelopes wasn't eligible to make the D1 or D2 Basketball Tournaments and will not participate in this season's WAC Basketball Tournament. However the Antelopes did compete in the WBI where they lost in the first round to North Dakota. They finished the season 16–15, 8–6 in WAC play to finish in a 3 tie for third place.


2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
The 2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and ISU Junior Grand Prix Final took place from December 10 to 13, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Hosted by Barcelona for the second year in a row, the combined event was the culmination of two international series — the Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Junior Grand Prix. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. For the first time, medals were also awarded in synchronized skating.


2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Records
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:


2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Qualifiers, Senior-level qualifiers
Due to the cancellation of the free skating/dance at the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, the International Skating Union announced an exception to the qualification criteria – Bompard competitors who finished seventh in the qualifying standings would be invited to compete in the Grand Prix Final.


2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Qualifiers, Synchronized skating
On 1 September 2015, the ISU announced that synchronized skating would make its debut at the Grand Prix Final. The top five countries would be allowed to send one team, with criteria used from placements at the 2015 World Synchronized Skating Championships. There would also be three substitutes. The following countries qualified:


2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Senior-level results, Men
Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the short program (110.95), for the free skating (219.48), and for the combined total (330.43).


2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Junior-level results, Women
Polina Tsurskaya set a new junior world record for the free skating (128.59 points) and for the combined total (195.28 points).


2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods
The 2015–2016 Great Britain and Ireland floods were a series of heavy rainfall events which led to flooding during the winter of late 2015 and early 2016.


2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Antecedent conditions
Western Europe saw a series of extratropical cyclones forming in a westerly flow over the Atlantic, directing warm and moist air to the region. A situation developed in a similar manner to that seen during the Autumn 2000 western Europe floods, which saw catchments and soils becoming increasingly saturated. During November high rainfalls associated with the passage of Storm Abigail and the remains of Ex-hurricane Kate brought increasingly high river flows. Many parts of north-west Britain saw almost double the average monthly rainfall for November fall, with the month becoming the second-wettest to affect north-west England and North Wales (behind November 2009) since records began in 1910.


2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Storm Desmond (5 December)
Storm Desmond broke the United Kingdom's 24-hour rainfall record, with 341.4 mm of rain falling at Honister Pass, Cumbria, on 5 December 2015. The previous record was set in 2009, also in Cumbria, when 316.4 mm of rain fell in Seathwaite. The highest standard 0900 GMT – 0900 GMT rain day record, however, remains 279 mm at Martinstown, Dorset set on 18 July 1955. Much of the historical data is recorded in this way.


2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Storm Desmond (5 December)
The 48‑hour rainfall record was also beaten, with Thirlmere reporting 405 mm of rain falling up to 0800 GMT on 6 December 2015, compared to the previous record of 395.6 mm on 18–19 November 2009 at Seathwaite. Desmond created an atmospheric river in its wake, bringing in moist air from the Caribbean to the British Isles. As a result, rainfall from Desmond was unusually heavy, with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute designating Desmond an extreme weather event as a result of the amount of rain that fell.


2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Storm Desmond (5 December)
The heavy rainfall caused a waterfall to appear at Malham Cove for a short period of time; this had not previously happened in living memory.


2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Storm Desmond (5 December), Cumbria and Lancashire floods
Heavy rainfall from Desmond caused severe disruption. Appleby, Keswick and Kendal in the English county of Cumbria suffered blocked roads, collapsed bridges and some homes were evacuated; Cumbria Police declared the situation a "major incident". Many houses in Carlisle were flooded, and tens of thousands of properties in Lancaster lost power when a sub-station was flooded.


2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Storm Desmond (5 December), Cumbria and Lancashire floods
As a result of this event 3,500 properties were flooded in the UK, mostly in NW England, 2,000 of these in Carlisle. The village of Glenridding flooded for a second time on 9 December.


2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Storm Desmond (5 December), Cumbria and Lancashire floods
In the county three bridges were washed away, Coledale High Bridge in Braithwaite, the Fitz Footbridge in Keswick, and that at Pooley Bridge in the Eden District. Part of the A591 road an important north-south artery between Grasmere and Keswick in the Lake District, was washed away at Dunmail Raise with a landslip occurring adjacent to Thirlmere.


2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Storm Desmond (5 December), Ireland
In the Republic of Ireland, the worst affected areas were the province of Connacht and counties Donegal, Westmeath, Tipperary, Limerick, Clare, Cork and Kerry. Several, particularly local, roads were closed as a result of rivers breaching their banks and excess rainfall. In Connacht, the damage was worst in Athleague, Ballinasloe, Carrick-on-Shannon, Claregalway, Crossmolina, Foxford and Galway City. Millions of euros worth of damage was caused in Bandon, Fermoy, Kenmare and Tralee, while the Blackpool area of Cork City was severely affected by a high level of water flow in the River Lee.


2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Storm Desmond (5 December), Ireland
Heavy rain has also resulted in severe flooding in communities along the River Shannon, namely Athlone, Portumna, Shannon Harbour, Montpelier, Castleconnell, Clonlara, Parteen, Annacotty and Limerick City. The river breached its banks in Athlone on 9 December. Other areas affected due to heavy rainfall included Bray, Clonmel and Ennis. In Glaslough, County Monaghan, the dead body of a 70-year-old man was found when his car was believed to have become trapped in a dipped part of a flooded road.