2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball season
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title = 2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball season
| color = #0058a1
| color text = #FFFFFF
| league = NCAA Division I
| sport = Basketball
| logo = Conference USA logo (2013-2023).svg
| pixels = 250px
| caption =
| duration =
| no_of_teams = 14
| attendance =
| TV = CBS Sports Network, Fox Sports, American Sports Network
| draft =
| draft_link =
| top_pick =
| picked_by =
| season = 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
| season_champs = UAB
| second_place = Middle Tennessee
| season_champ_name= Regular season champions
| MVP = Alex Hamilton
| MVP_link = Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year
| top_scorer =
| top_scorer_link =
| playoffs_MVP =
| playoffs_MVP_link=
| finals = Tournament
| finals_link = 2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
| finals_champ = Middle Tennessee
| finals_runner-up = Old Dominion
| finals_MVP = Reggie Upshaw
| finals_MVP_link =
| seasonslist =
| seasonslistnames = Basketball
| prevseason_year = 2014–15
| nextseason_year = 2016–17
}}
{{2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball standings}}
The 2015–16 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.
Preseason
=Preseason Polls=
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|! colspan=1 style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;"| ! C-USA Coaches |
| 1.
| UAB (11) |
|---|
| 2.
| Old Dominion (3) |
| 3.
| Middle Tennessee |
| 4.
| UTEP |
| 5.
| Louisiana Tech |
| 6.
| WKU |
| 7.
| Rice |
| 8.
| North Texas |
| 9.
| Marshall |
| 10.
| FIU |
| 11.
| Charlotte |
| 12.
| Florida Atlantic |
| 13.
| UTSA |
| 14.
| Southern Miss |
=Preseason All-Conference Team=
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| C-USA Coaches |
|---|
| Adrian Diaz, F FIU Alex Hamilton, G Louisiana Tech Erik McCree, F Louisiana Tech Ryan Taylor, F Marshall Reggie Upshaw Jr.,G Middle Tennessee Trey Freeman, G Old Dominion Marcus Jackson, G Rice Robert Brown, G UAB William Lee, F UAB Earvin Morris, F UTEP |
Rankings
{{See also|2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings}}
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|+ Legend |
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| rowspan=5 | | Improvement in ranking |
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| Drop in ranking |
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| Not ranked previous week |
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| Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll |
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| colspan=2 style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;" | | Pre/ Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final |
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! rowspan=2 style="background:#00703C;"|Charlotte ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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! rowspan=2 style="background:#002d62;"|FIU ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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! rowspan=2 style="background:#003366;"|Florida Atlantic ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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! rowspan=2 style="background:#002F8B;"|Louisiana Tech ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#d8ffeb;" | RV | style="background:#ffe6e6;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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! rowspan=2 style="background:#04945a;"|Marshall ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 style="background:#0066CC;"|Middle Tennessee ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 style="background:#007A33;"|North Texas ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 style="background:#002b5f;"|Old Dominion ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | RV | style="background:#FFF;" | RV | style="background:#ffe6e6;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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! rowspan=2 style="background:#002469;"|Rice ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 style="background:#FDC737;"|Southern Miss ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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! rowspan=2 style="background:#1E6B52;"|UAB ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#d8ffeb;" | RV | style="background:#ffe6e6;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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! rowspan=2 style="background:#ff5600;"|UTEP ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#d8ffeb;" | RV | style="background:#ffe6e6;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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! rowspan=2 style="background:#002244;"|UTSA ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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! rowspan=2 style="background:#B01E24;"|WKU ! AP | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Conference schedules
=Conference matrix=
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
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! style="background:#00703C; color:#FFFFFF;" width=75|Charlotte ! style="background:#002d62; color:#c5960c;" width=75|FIU ! style="background:#003366; color:#CE2029;" width=75|FAU ! style="background:#002F8B; color:#E31B23;" width=75|LaTech ! style="background:#04945a; color:#FFFFFF;" width=75|Marshall ! style="background:#0066CC; color:#FFFFFF;" width=75|MTSU ! style="background:#007A33; color:#FFFFFF;" width=75|UNT ! style="background:#002b5f; color:#a8adb4;" width=75|ODU ! style="background:#002469; color:#5e6062;" width=75|Rice ! style="background:#FDC737; color:#000000;" width=75|USM ! style="background:#1E6B52; color:#d2c780;" width=75|UAB ! style="background:#ff5600; color:#002147;" width=75|UTEP ! style="background:#002244; color:#f47321;" width=75|UTSA ! style="background:#B01E24; color:#FFFFFF;" width=75|WKU | ||||||||||||||
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!vs. Charlotte | – | 0–1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 1-0 | 1–1 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1–1 |
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!vs. FIU | 1–0 | – | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
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!vs. Florida Atlantic | 0-1 | 2–0 | – | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
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!vs. Louisiana Tech | 0-1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
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!vs. Marshall | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
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!vs. Middle Tennessee | 0-1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
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!vs. North Texas | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
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!vs. Old Dominion | 0-2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | – | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
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!vs. Rice | 3-0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
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!vs. Southern Miss | 1-0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
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!vs. UAB | 0-1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
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!vs. UTEP | 1-0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | – | 1–1 | 0–1 |
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!vs. UTSA | 1-0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | – | 1–0 |
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!vs. WKU | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | – |
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!Total ! 10–9 !! 7–12 !! 6–14 !! 12–6 !! 11–7 !! 13–5 !! 7–12 !! 13–6 !! 7–12 !! 6–12 !! 16–2 !! 11–8 !! 3–16 !! 9–10 |
Honors and awards
=Players of the Week=
Throughout the conference regular season, the C-USA offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.
| class="wikitable" border="1" |
| Week
! Player of the week ! Freshman of the week |
|---|
| November 16, 2015
| Chris Cokley, UAB | Ja'Michael Brown, North Texas |
| November 23, 2015
| Adrian Diaz, FIU | Andrien White, Charlotte |
| rowspan=2 valign=middle | November 30, 2015
| rowspan=2 valign=middle| Earvin Morris, UTEP | C. J. Burks, Marshall |
| Marcus Evans, Rice |
| December 7, 2015
| Adrian Diaz (2), FIU | Marcus Evans (2), Rice |
| December 14, 2015
| Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech | C. J. Burks (2), Marshall |
| December 21, 2015
| Erik McCree, Louisiana Tech | Marcus Evans (3), Rice |
| December 28, 2015
|James Kelly, Marshall |Marcus Evans (4), Rice |
| rowspan=2 valign=middle | January 4, 2016
| Adrian Diaz (3), FIU | rowspan=2 valign=middle | Andrien White (2), Charlotte |
| Alex Hamilton (2), Louisiana Tech |
| January 11, 2016
|James Kelly (2), Marshall |Jon Davis, Charlotte |
| January 18, 2016
|William Lee, UAB |Marquez Letcher-Ellis, Rice |
| January 25, 2016
|Trey Freeman, Old Dominion |Jon Davis (2), Charlotte |
| February 1, 2016
|Trey Freeman (2), Old Dominion |Marcus Evans (5), Rice |
| February 8, 2016
|Trey Freeman (3), Old Dominion |Marcus Evans (6), Rice |
| February 15, 2016
|Erik McCree (2), Louisiana Tech |Marcus Evans (7), Rice |
| February 22, 2016
|James Kelly (3), Marshall |Marcus Evans (8), Rice |
| February 29, 2016
|Alex Hamilton (3), Louisiana Tech |Marcus Evans (9), Rice |
| March 7, 2016
|Alex Hamilton (4), Louisiana Tech |Marcus Evans (10), Rice |
=All-Conference USA Awards and Teams=
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| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| 2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball Individual Awards |
| style="text-align:right;"| Award
! style="text-align:left;"| Recipient(s) ! style="text-align:left;"| Team |
|---|
| style="text-align:right;"|Player of the Year
| style="text-align:left;"|Alex Hamilton | style="text-align:left;"|Louisiana Tech |
| style="text-align:right;"|Gene Bartow Coach of the Year
| style="text-align:left;"|Jerod Haase | style="text-align:left;"|UAB |
| style="text-align:right;"|Defensive Player of the Year
| style="text-align:left;"|William Lee | style="text-align:left;"|UAB |
| style="text-align:right;"|Freshman of the Year
| style="text-align:left;"|Marcus Evans | style="text-align:left;"|Rice |
| style="text-align:right;"|Newcomer of the Year
| style="text-align:left;"|James Kelly | style="text-align:left;"|Marshall |
| style="text-align:right;"|Sixth Man Award
| style="text-align:left;"|Dirk Williams | style="text-align:left;"|UAB |
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| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| 2016 Conference USA Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams |
| First Team
! Second Team ! Third Team ! All-Freshman Team ! All-Defensive Team ! All-Academic Team |
|---|
| Alex Hamilton (La. Tech) James Kelly (Marshall) Trey Freeman (ODU) Marcus Evans (Rice) Robert Brown (UAB) |Joseph Uchebo (Charlotte) |Giddy Potts (MTSU) |Jon Davis (Charlotte) |Adrian Diaz (FIU) |Jon Elmore (Marshall) |
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;| † - denotes unanimous selection |
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Postseason
=Conference USA Tournament=
{{main|2016 Conference USA men's basketball tournament}}
The conference tournament is scheduled for March 8–12 at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, AL.
=NCAA tournament=
{{Main|2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament}}
| class="sortable wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%" |
| Seed
! Region ! School ! First Four ! Round of 64 ! Round of 32 ! Sweet 16 ! Elite Eight ! Final Four ! Championship |
|---|
| align=center|15
| Midwest | | style="background:#bfb;"| W, 90–81 vs. #2 Michigan State – (St. Louis) | style="background:#fbb;"| L, 50–75 vs. #10 Syracuse – (St. Louis) | | | | |
| !
!W–L (%): !0–0 {{Winning percentage|0|0}} !1–0 {{Winning percentage|1|0}} !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: 1–1 {{Winning percentage|1|1}} |
= National Invitation Tournament =
{{Main|2016 National Invitation Tournament}}
| class="sortable wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" |
| Seed
! Bracket ! School ! First round ! Second round ! Quarterfinals ! Semifinals ! Finals |
|---|
| 7
| St. Bonaventure | UAB | style="background:#fbb;"| L, 79–97 vs. #2 BYU | | | | |
| !
!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}} |
= Vegas 16 Tournament =
{{Main|2016 Vegas 16 Tournament}}