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2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season

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{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season

| color = #081549

| color text = #FFFFFF

| league = NCAA Division I

| sport = Basketball

| logo =

| pixels = 125px

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| duration = November 2015
through March 2016

| no_of_teams = 11

| TV = ESPN, CBS, ASN

| season = Regular Season

| season_champs = Temple

| season_champ_name = Champions

| MVP =

| MVP_link = American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

| top_scorer =

| finals = Tournament

| finals_link = 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

| finals_champ = Connecticut

| finals_runner-up = Memphis

| finals_MVP =

| finals_MVP_link = American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament#Champions

| seasonslist =

| seasonslistnames = American Athletic Conference men's basketball

| prevseason_link = 2014–15 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season

| prevseason_year = 2014–15

| nextseason_link = 2016–17 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season

| nextseason_year = 2016–17

}}

{{2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings}}

The 2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season took place between November 2015 and March 2016. Practices began in October 2015, with conference play beginning in December, and the season ended with the 2016 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament at the Amway Center in Orlando, FL. The season was the third since the split of the original Big East Conference into two separate leagues. The tournament had only 10 teams, as SMU is serving a postseason ban due to academic fraud and unethical conduct{{cite web|title=NCAA bans SMU from 2016 postseason, Larry Brown for nine games|url=https://www.espn.com/dallas/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/13769364/college-sports-bans-smu-mustangs-2016-postseason-suspends-larry-brown-30-percent-team-games|publisher=ESPN|access-date=27 October 2015}}

Preseason

At the 2015 American Athletic Conference media day on October 27, the conference released announced coaches predictions for standings and All-Conference teams{{cite web|title=SMU Picked to Win 2015-16 American Men's Basketball Title|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2015/10/26/MBB_1026151116.aspx|website=American Athletic Conference|publisher=SideArm Sports|accessdate=27 October 2015}}

See Also: [http://theamerican.org/news/2015/10/21/MBB_1021155307.aspx Men's Basketball Media Day October 27 In Orlando]

=2015-16 Preseason Coaches' Poll=

  1. SMU (8) 98
  2. Connecticut (2) 87
  3. Cincinnati (1) 84
  4. Tulsa 76
  5. Memphis 59
  6. Temple 54
  7. Houston 48
  8. East Carolina 31
  9. UCF 30
  10. USF 20
  11. Tulane 11

(First-Place Votes) Points

==Preseason All-AAC Teams==

File:20150401 MCDAAG Dedric Lawson dribbling (1).JPG at the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game]]

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First Team

! Second Team

Octavius Ellis, F, CIN
Daniel Hamilton, G/F, CONN
Markus Kennedy†, F, SMU
Nic Moore†, G, SMU
James Woodard, G, TULSA

|Troy Caupain, G, CIN
Amida Brimah, C, CONN
Sterling Gibbs, G, CONN
Shaq Goodwin, F, MEM
Shaquille Harrison, G, TULSA

† denotes unanimous selection

  • American Athletic Preseason Player of the Year: Nic Moore, G, SMU
  • American Athletic Preseason Rookie of the Year: Jalen Adams, G, CONN

Rankings

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{{main|2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings}}

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! rowspan=2 style="background:#e00122; color:#000000;"|Cincinnati

! AP

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| style="background:#D8FFEB;"| 17

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| style="background:#D8FFEB; | 24

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! rowspan=2 style="background:darkblue; color:#FFFFFF;"|Connecticut

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| style="background:#D8FFEB; | 19

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| style="background:#FFE6E6;" | RV

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! rowspan=2 style="background:#4F0076; color:#FFE600;"|East Carolina

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! rowspan=2 style="background:#CC0000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Houston

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! rowspan=2 style="background:#0C1C8C; color:#8E9295;"|Memphis

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! rowspan=2 style="background:#0038A8; color:#CE1126;"|SMU

! AP

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! rowspan=2 style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;"|USF

! AP

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! rowspan=2 style="background:#9d1a33; color:#FFFFFF;"|Temple

! AP

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| style="background:#D8FFEB;" | RV

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! rowspan=2 style="background:#063003; color:#CCEEFF;"|Tulane

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! rowspan=2 style="background:#084c9e; color:#CFB53B;"|Tulsa

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! rowspan=2 style="background:#000000; color:#BC9B6A;"|UCF

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AAC regular season

=Conference matrix=

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! style="background:#e00122; color:black;" width=75|Cincinnati

! style="background:darkblue; color:white;" width=75|Connecticut

! style="background:#4F0076; color:#FFE600;" width=75|East Carolina

! style="background:#CC0000; color:white;" width=75|Houston

! style="background:#0C1C8C; color:#8E9295;" width=75|Memphis

! style="background:#0038A8; color:#CE1126;" width=75|SMU

! style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;" width=75|USF

! style="background:#9d1a33; color:white;" width=75|Temple

! style="background:#063003; color:#CCEEFF;" width=75|Tulane

! style="background:#084c9e; color:#CFB53B;" width=75|Tulsa

! ! style="background:black; color:#BC9B6A;" width=75|UCF

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!vs. Cincinnati

—0–20–21–11–11-10–22–00–11–10-1
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!vs. Connecticut

2–0—0–11–10–21-10–12–00–21–10-2
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!vs. East Carolina

2–01–0—1–01–12-01–11–11–12–02-0
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!vs. Houston

1–11–10–1—0–11-11–11–10–21–10-2
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!vs. Memphis

1–12–01–11–0—2-01–11–11–10–10-2
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!vs. SMU

1–11–10–21–10–2—0–21–00–21–10-1
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!vs. South Florida

2–01–01–11–11–12–0—2–01–11–02-0
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!vs. Temple

0–20–21–11–11–10–10–2—0–11–10-2
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!vs. Tulane

1–02–01–12–01–12–01–11–0—2–02-0
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!vs. Tulsa

1–11–10–21–11–01–10–11–10–2—0-2
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!vs. UCF

1–02–00–22–02–01–00–22–00–22–0—

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!Total

! 12–6 !! 11–7 !! 4–14 !! 12–6 !! 8–10 !! 13–5 !! 4–14 !! 14–4 !! 3–15 !! 12–6 !! 6–12

Postseason

=American Men's Basketball Championship=

{{main|2016 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament}}

  • March 10–13, 2016 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida{{cite web|title=2016 American Men's Basketball Championship|url=http://theamerican.org/sports/2015/9/28/CHAMP_0928150250.aspx?path=mbball|website=American Athletic Conference|publisher=SideArm Sports|accessdate=27 October 2015}}

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! Seed

! School

! Conf.

! Over.

! Tiebreaker

! First round
March 10

! Quarterfinals
March 11

! Semifinals
March 12

! Championship
March 13

1.

| Temple ‡ #

| 14-4

| 20-10

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| style="background:#bfb;"| Bye

| style="background:#bfb;"| vs. #9 South Florida - W, 79-62

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #5 Connecticut - L, 62-77

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| Houston #

| 12-6

| 22-8

| 1-0 vs. MEM

| style="background:#bfb;"| Bye

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #10 Tulane - L, 69-72

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|Tulsa #

| 12-6

| 20-10

| 0-1 vs. MEM

| style="background:#bfb;"| Bye

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #6 Memphis - L, 67-89

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| Cincinnati #

| 12-6

| 22-9

| 0-2 vs. TEMP

| style="background:#bfb;"| Bye

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #5 Connecticut - L, 97-104 4OT

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| Connecticut #

| 11-7

| 21-10

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| style="background:#bfb;"| Bye

| style="background:#bfb;"| vs. #4 Cincinnati - W, 104-97 4OT

| style="background:#bfb;"| vs. #1 Temple - W, 77-62

| style="background:#bfb;"| vs. #6 Memphis - W, 72-58

6.

| Memphis #

| 8-10

| 17-14

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| style="background:#bfb;"| Bye

| style="background:#bfb;"| vs. #3 Tulsa - W, 89-67

| style="background:#bfb;"| vs. #10 Tulane - W, 74-54

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #5 Connecticut - L, 58-72

7.

| UCF

| 6-12

| 12-17

|

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #10 Tulane - L, 63-65

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8.

|East Carolina

| 4-14

| 12-19

| 1-1 vs. TEMP

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #9 South Florida - L, 66-71

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9.

| South Florida

| 4–14

| 7–24

| 0–2 vs. TEMP

| style="background:#bfb;"| vs. #8 East Carolina - W, 71-66

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #1 Temple - L, 62-79

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10.

| Tulane

| 3–15

| 10–21

|

| style="background:#bfb;"| vs. #7 UCF - W, 65-63

| style="background:#bfb;"| vs. #2 Houston - W, 72-69

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #6 Memphis - L, 54-74

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colspan="10" style="text-align:left;|‡ – American regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games prior to the AAC tournament.

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* SMU is banned from postseason play due to academic fraud and unethical conduct{{cite web|title=NCAA bans SMU from 2016 postseason, Larry Brown for nine games|url=https://www.espn.com/dallas/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/13769364/college-sports-bans-smu-mustangs-2016-postseason-suspends-larry-brown-30-percent-team-games|publisher=ESPN|access-date=27 October 2015}}

=NCAA tournament=

{{Main|2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament}}

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Seed

! Region

! School

! First Four

! Round of 64

! Round of 32

! Sweet 16

! Elite Eight

! Final Four

! Championship

align=center|9

| South

| Connecticut

| style="background:#bfb;"| Bye

| style="background:#bfb;"| vs. #8 Colorado - W, 74-67

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #1 Kansas - L, 61-73

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| West

| Cincinnati

| style="background:#bfb;"| Bye

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #8 St. Joseph's - L, 76-78

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|

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| South

| Temple

| style="background:#bfb;"| Bye

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #7 Iowa - L, 70-72 OT

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|

align=center|11

| East

| Tulsa

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #11 Michigan - L, 62-67

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!W–L (%):

!0–1 ({{Winning percentage|0|1}})

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!0–1 ({{Winning percentage|0|1}})

!0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}})

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!0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}}) Total: 1–4 ({{Winning percentage|1|4}})

= National Invitation tournament =

{{Main|2016 National Invitation Tournament}}

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Seed

! Bracket

! School

! First round

! Second round

! Quarterfinals

! Semifinals

! Finals

align=center| 5

| South Carolina

| Houston

| style="background:#fbb;"| vs. #4 Georgia Tech - L, 62-81

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!

!W–L (%):

!0–1 ({{Winning percentage|0|1}})

!0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}})

!0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}})

!0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}})

!0–0 ({{Winning percentage|0|0}}) Total: 0–1 ({{Winning percentage|0|1}})

Honors and awards

=All-Americans=

{{main|2016 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans}}

=All-AAC awards and teams=

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colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| 2016 American Men's Basketball Individual Awards
style="text-align:right;"| Award

! style="text-align:left;"| Recipient(s)

style="text-align:right;"| Player of the Year

| style="text-align:left;"|Nic Moore, G,SMU

style="text-align:right;"| Coach of the Year

| style="text-align:left;"|Fran Dunphy,TEMP

style="text-align:right;"| Scholar-Athlete of the Year

| style="text-align:left;"|Shaquille Harrison, G,TULSA

style="text-align:right;"| Rookie of the Year

| style="text-align:left;"|Dedric Lawson, F,MEM

style="text-align:right;"|Defensive Player of the Year

| style="text-align:left;"|Gary Clark, F, CIN

style="text-align:right;"|Most Improved Player

| style="text-align:left;"|Prince Williams, G, ECU

style="text-align:right;"|Sixth Man Award

| style="text-align:left;"| Markus Kennedy, F, SMU

style="text-align:right;"|Sportsmanship Award

| style="text-align:left;"|Ruben Guerrero, C, USF

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colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|2016 American Athletic Conference All-Conference Teams|{{cite web|title=AMERICAN MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE AND ALL-ROOKIE TEAMS ANNOUNCED|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2016/3/7/MBB_0307164437.aspx|website=American Athletic Conference|publisher=Sidearm Sports|accessdate=8 March 2016}}
First Team

! Second Team

! Honorable Mention

! All-Rookie Team

Troy Caupain, G, CIN
Shaq Goodwin, F, MEM
Nic Moore†, G, SMU
Quenton DeCosey†, G, TEM
James Woodard, G, TULSA

|Daniel Hamilton, G/F, CONN
Gary Clark, F, CIN
Devonta Pollard, F, HOU
Dedric Lawson, F, MEM
Shaquille Harrison, G, TULSA

|Shonn Miller, F, CONN
Damyean Dotson, G, HOU

|Kentrell Barkley, G/F, ECU
Dedric Lawson†, F, MEM
Galen Robinson, G, HOU
Jahmal McMurray†, G, USF
Shake Milton†, G, SMU

colspan="4" style="text-align:left;| † denotes unanimous selection

NBA draft

The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the 2016 NBA draft.

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Player

! Position

! School

! Round

! Pick

! Team

Daniel Hamilton

| SG/SF

| Connecticut

| 2

| 56

| Denver Nuggets

References

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