2015-2016 Utah Utes

2015-2016 Utah Utes Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
30 Gabe Bealer So SF 6-6 183 Apr 10, 1995 Lancaster (CA) United States Antelope Valley High School
15 Lorenzo Bonam Jr SG 6-4 189 Apr 4, 1995 Dearborn Heights (MI) United States Robichaud High School
0 Brekkott Chapman So F 6-9 215 Apr 7, 1996 Roy (UT) United States Roy High School
10 Jake Connor Fr G 6-4 185 Mar 27, 1996 Salt Lake City (UT) United States Highland High School
13 Austin Eastman Sr G 6-3 175 Jun 30, 1993 Billings (MT) United States Billings Senior High School
35 Kyle Kuzma So F 6-9 221 Jul 24, 1995 Burton (MI) United States Rise Academy
21 Jordan Loveridge Sr SF 6-6 210 Nov 26, 1993 West Jordan (UT) United States West Jordan High School
40 Makol Mawien RS-Fr C 6-9 245 Nov 8, 1996 Salt Lake City (UT) United States / South Sudan Granger High School
2 Brandon Miller Fr G 6-2 185 Jul 26, 1994 Sandy (UT) United States Brighton High School
41 Austin Montgomery Fr F 6-8 210 Dec 18, 1994 Gainesville (GA) United States Lakeview Academy
- Brandon Morley So C 7-0 235 Feb 15, 1995 South Jordan (UT) United States Bingham High School
25 Kenneth Ogbe RS-Jr GF 6-6 190 Nov 16, 1994 Munich Germany Urspring Basketball Academy
42 Jakob Poeltl So C 7-0 260 Oct 15, 1995 Vienna Austria N/A
20 Chris Reyes Jr SF 6-7 235 Feb 4, 1994 La Verne (CA) United States Damien High School
11 Brandon Taylor Sr PG 5-10 170 Jan 8, 1994 West Hollywood (CA) United States Pacific Hills High School
14 Dakarai Tucker Sr GF 6-5 195 May 13, 1994 Gardena (CA) United States Serra High School
- Parker Van Dyke RS-So G 6-3 185 Oct 15, 1994 Salt Lake City (UT) United States East High School
1 Isaiah Wright So G 6-2 180 Mar 11, 1996 Boise (ID) United States Borah High School

Recent Utah Utes History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 22-15 (9-11) 6th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd NIT 3rd Rnd
2022-2023 17-15 (10-10) 7th (Pac-12) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 11-20 (4-16) 11th (Pac-12) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 12-13 (8-11) 8th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 16-15 (7-11) 8th (Pac-12) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 17-14 (11-7) 3rd (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 23-12 (11-7) 3rd (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd NIT Runner Up
2016-2017 20-12 (11-7) 4th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2015-2016 27-9 (13-5) 2nd (Pac-12) Runner Up NCAA 2nd Rnd
2014-2015 26-9 (13-5) 2nd (Pac-12) 3rd Rnd NCAA 3rd Rnd
2013-2014 21-12 (9-9) 8th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2012-2013 15-18 (5-13) 10th (Pac-12) 3rd Rnd N/A
2011-2012 6-25 (3-15) 11th (Pac-12) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 13-18 (6-10) 6th (MWC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2009-2010 14-17 (7-9) 5th (MWC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2008-2009 24-10 (12-4) 1st (MWC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2007-2008 18-15 (7-9) 6th (MWC) 3rd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2006-2007 11-19 (6-10) 6th (MWC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 14-15 (6-10) 6th (MWC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 29-6 (13-1) 1st (MWC) Runner Up NCAA 3rd Rnd
2003-2004 24-9 (9-5) 3rd (MWC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2002-2003 25-8 (11-3) 1st (MWC) 2nd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd

2015-2016 Utah Utes Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Jakob Poeltl Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Best C) Award
Jakob Poeltl Pete Newell Big Man Award
Jakob Poeltl Consensus All-American Second Team
Jakob Poeltl NABC All-American Second Team
Jakob Poeltl NABC All-District (20) First Team
Jakob Poeltl AP All-American Second Team
Jakob Poeltl USBWA All-American Second Team
Jakob Poeltl Sporting News All-American First Team
Jakob Poeltl Pac-12 Player of the Year
Jakob Poeltl All-Pac-12 First Team
Jordan Loveridge All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention Team
Brandon Taylor All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention Team
Jakob Poeltl Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
Brandon Taylor Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
Jakob Poeltl Puerto Rico Tip-Off Classic All-Tournament Team

2015-2016 Utah Utes Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters B. Taylor L. Bonam J. Loveridge K. Kuzma J. Poeltl
Rotation I. Wright K. Ogbe D. Tucker B. Chapman  
Lim PT B. Miller J. Connor C. Reyes A. Montgomery  
Lim PT   A. Eastman G. Bealer    

2015-2016 Utah Utes Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Jakob Poeltl 36 30.4 17.2 9.1 1.9 0.6 1.6 2.1
Jordan Loveridge 36 30.8 11.6 3.8 1.7 0.6 0.1 1.2
Kyle Kuzma 36 24.1 10.8 5.7 1.4 0.3 0.4 2.0
Lorenzo Bonam 36 26.6 10.2 3.2 3.0 1.0 0.5 1.7
Brandon Taylor 36 32.9 9.7 2.3 3.9 1.7 0.1 2.2
Dakarai Tucker 36 18.6 5.4 2.4 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.7
Kenneth Ogbe 5 12.4 5.2 1.0 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.2
Brekkott Chapman 36 13.4 4.4 2.8 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.8
Gabe Bealer 16 6.6 4.0 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1
Austin Montgomery 8 4.5 3.2 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.5
Jake Connor 6 4.7 2.8 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.2
Chris Reyes 35 8.4 2.6 2.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5
Isaiah Wright 29 12.9 2.1 1.0 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.9
Austin Eastman 11 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2
Brandon Miller 3 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3

2015-2016 Utah Utes Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Larry Krystkowiak Head Coach 2011-2012 Head Coach (Milwaukee Bucks, 2006 to 2008)
Tommy Connor Associate Head Coach 2014-2015 Assistant Coach (Utah, 2007 to 2014)
Andy Hill Assistant Coach 2011-2012 N/A
DeMarlo Slocum Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (UNLV, 2019 to 2021)
Scott McByrne Video Coordinator 2011-2012 N/A
Dr. Chris Hill Athletic Director 1987-1988 N/A
Liz Abel Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2011-2012 N/A
Phil Cullen Director of Player Development 2012-2013 N/A
Trevor Jameson Head Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A
Charles Stephenson Strength and Conditioning Coach 2014-2015 N/A