2015–16 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Missouri Tigers Mizzou Athletics wordmark.svg 250 Southeastern Conference SEC 10–21 3–15 Kim Anderson 2nd Corey Tate (1st year) Brad Loos (2nd year) Rob Fulford (2nd year) Mizzou Arena The 2015–16 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Kim Anderson, who was in his second year as the head coach at Missouri. The team played its home games at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri, and played its fourth season in the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 10–21, 3–15 in SEC play to finish in last place. Due to a self-imposed postseason ban, Missouri did not participate in the SEC tournament. Previous season The Tigers finished the 2014–15 season 9–23, 3–15 in SEC play to finish in last place in conference. They lost in the first round of the SEC tournament to South Carolina. Season Missouri was coming off a disappointing 2014-15 season that saw the Tigers end the year 9–23, 3–15 in SEC play, to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the SEC tournament to South Carolina. On January 13, 2016, Missouri announced that it was self-imposing a ban from postseason play in 2016 due to violations committed under the previous head coach, Frank Haith. Missouri vacated all wins from the 2013–14 season, and would lose one of its men's basketball scholarships in 2015–16 and another no later than the 2017–18 season.http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25448255/mizzou-finds-rules-violations-in-mens-basketball-under-frank-haith Archived copy 2016-01-20 2016-01-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20160114073416/http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25448255/mizzou-finds-rules-violations-in-mens-basketball-under-frank-haith dead On February 16, 2016, Missouri announced that junior guard Wes Clark was "no longer a member of the men's basketball program," just minutes before their game against South Carolina.C. Bill Wes Clark no longer with Missouri's basketball team http://www.rockmnation.com/mizzou-basketball-15-16/2016/2/16/11027366/wes-clark-no-longer-with-missouris-basketball-team Rock M Nation 16 February 2016 Vox Media 18 February 2016 Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Deuce Bello 2 Guard 6'4" 177 RS Jr. Greensboro, North Carolina Transferred to East Tennessee State Johnathan Williams 3 Forward 6'9" 208 So. Memphis, Tennessee Transferred to Gonzaga Keith Shamburger 14 Guard 5'11" 170 RS Sr. Gardena, California Graduated Montaque Gill-Caesar 13 Guard 6'6" 215 Fr Vaughan, Ontario, Canada Transferred to San Diego State University Keanau Post 45 Forward 6'11" 268 Sr. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Graduated 2015 recruits no yes 2015 Kevin Puryear PF Blue Springs, MO Blue Springs South 6 7 225 8/21/14 2 3 3 Cullen VanLeer SG Pacific, MO Pacific 6 4 195 9/05/14 3 3 3 3 Terrance Phillips PG Mouth of Wilson, VA Oak Hill Academy 5 10 170 1/03/15 3 3 3 3 Martavian Payne SG Saint Louis, MO John A. Logan C.C. 6 2 190 4/18/15 3 3 Russell Woods PF Chicago, IL John A. Logan C.C. 6 8 215 4/18/15 3 3 K.J. Walton SG Brownsburg, Indiana Brownsburg 6 4 180 5/8/15 4 4 4 3 Roster 2015 Missouri Tigers y yes Terrance Phillips 1 G 5 10 170 FR Mouth of Wilson, VA Oak Hill Academy Martavian Payne 2 G 6 2 190 JR St. Louis, MO John A. Logan C.C. Tramaine Isabell y 4 G 6 1 185 SO Seattle, WA Garfield H.S. D'Angelo Allen 5 F 6 6 185 SO Dallas, TX Kimball H.S. K. J. Walton 10 G 6 4 180 FR Brownsburg, IN Brownsburg H.S. Jimmy Barton 11 G 5 9 160 JR St. Louis, MO Houston Baptist W Namon Wright 12 G 6 4 175 SO Los Angeles, CA Pacific Hills Wes Clark basketball y 15 G 6 0 171 JR Detroit, MI Romulus H.S. y JaKeenan Gant y 23 F 6 8 200 SO Springfield, GA Effingham County H.S. Kevin Puryear 24 F 6 7 225 FR Blue Springs, MO Blue Springs South H.S. Russell Woods 25 F 6 8 215 JR Chicago, IL John A. Logan C.C. Adam Wolf 32 F 6 7 210 FR Beaver Dam, WI Beaver Dam H.S. Cullen VanLeer 33 G 6 4 195 FR Pacific, MO Pacific H.S. Hayden Barnard 42 F 6 10 215 SO yes Aurora, IL Metea Valley H.S. W Ryan Rosburg 44 C 6 11 245 SR Chesterfield, MO Marquette H.S. Kim Anderson (Missouri) Corey Tate (Missouri) Brad Loos (Austin Peay) Rob Fulford (Marshall) http://www.mutigers.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball 2015-05-11 Schedule and results yes yes no |- !colspan=12 style="background:black; color:white;"| Exhibition 11/06/2015 7:00 pm yes no Missouri Western Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO Walton 17 Gant 8 Phillips 6 92–53   – |- !colspan=12 style="background:black; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes no Wofford Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO CBE Hall of Fame Classic Puryear 20 Wright 7 Phillips 3 83–74 5,037 1–0 11/15/2015 5:00 pm yes no Maryland Eastern Shore Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO CBE Hall of Fame Classic SECN Clark 15 Puryear, Wright 5 Clark, Walton 3 73–55 5,082 2–0 11/17/2015 5:30 pm yes yes no Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH FS1 Vanleer 13 Puryear 5 Clark 3 66–78 9,751 2–1 11/23/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Kansas State Sprint Center Kansas City, MO CBE Hall of Fame Classic semifinal ESPNU Puryear 9 Phillips 6 Clark 6 42–66 13,598 2–2 11/24/2015 6:30 pm yes yes no Northwestern Sprint Center Kansas City, MO CBE Hall of Fame Classic consolation ESPN3 Phillips 16 Rosburg 9 Clark, Phillips 4 62–67 13,198 2–3 12/01/2015 8:00 pm yes no Arkansas State Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Wright 14 Puryear 7 Phillips 7 88–78 5,104 3–3 12/04/2015 7:00 pm yes no Northern Illinois Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO Puryear 17 Clark, Rosburg 7 Phillips 6 78–71 6,214 4–3 12/09/2015 7:00 pm yes no Nebraska–Omaha Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Puryear 18 Puryear 8 Clark, Wright 4 85–78 5,022 5–3 12/13/2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Arizona 13 McKale Center Tucson, AZ P12N Wright 9 Puryear, Wright 5 Phillips 3 52–88 14,644 5–4 12/19/2015 5:00 pm yes no NC State Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN VanLeer 12 Rosburg 6 Clark, Walton 3 59–73 8,087 5–5 12/23/2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Illinois Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Braggin' Rights ESPN2 Clark 21 Woods 10 Clark 4 63–68 14,456 5–6 12/29/2015 8:00 pm yes no Arkansas–Pine Bluff Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO Puryear 13 Gant 11 Phillips 5 78–25 6,154 6–6 01/02/2016 2:00 pm yes no Savannah State Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO Clark 22 Wright 8 Phillips 6 81–50 6,037 7–6 |- !colspan=12 style="background:black; color:white;"| SEC regular season 01/06/2016 6:00 pm yes no Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA SECN Puryear 19 Gant 6 Phillips 5 59–77   7–7 0–1 01/09/2016 8:00 pm no Auburn Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO ESPN2 Isabell 12 Puryear 11 Phillips 4 76–61 6,533 8–7 1–1 01/12/2016 8:00 pm no Arkansas Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Phillips 16 Phillips 5 Isabell 2 61–94 6,627 8–8 1–2 01/16/2016 12:00 pm yes no South Carolina Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC SECN Clark 26 Clark, Allen 6 Clark 8 72–81 15,389 8–9 1–3 01/20/2016 6:00 pm no Georgia Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Phillips, Wright 12 Puryear 7 Tied 2 57–60 5,453 8–10 1–4 01/23/2016 3:00 pm yes no Texas A&M 10 Reed Arena College Station, TX SECN Clark 12 Clark 9 Phillips, Clark, Wright, Walton 2 53–66 12,198 8–11 1–5 01/27/2016 8:00 pm yes no Kentucky 20 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY SECN Clark 11 Phillips, Walton 6 Allen, Phillips 3 54–88 23,933 8–12 1–6 01/30/2016 7:30 pm no Mississippi State Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Wright 16 Wright 9 Phillips 4 62–76 7,175 8–13 1–7 02/03/2016 8:00 pm no Ole Miss Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Clark 20 Wright 8 Clark 5 73–76 4,734 8–14 1–8 02/06/2016 2:00 pm yes no Alabama Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL SECN Puryear 22 Rosburg 7 Clark, Phillips 3 71–80 15,383 8–15 1–9 02/10/2016 8:00 pm yes no Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN SECN Rosburg 24 Rosburg 11 Clark 6 71–86 10,006 8–16 1–10 02/13/2016 2:00 pm no Tennessee Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Rosburg 21 Phillips 7 Phillips 5 75–64 10,536 9–16 2–10 02/16/2016 6:00 pm no South Carolina Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Rosburg 18 Phillips, Wright 7 Phillips 4 72–67 5,017 10–16 3–10 02/20/2016 6:30 pm yes no Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR SECN Puryear 23 Wright 12 Phillips 7 72–84 13,040 10–17 3–11 02/23/2016 8:00 pm yes no Ole Miss The Pavilion at Ole Miss Oxford, MS SECN Wright 20 Gant 6 Walton 4 76–85 7,274 10–18 3–12 02/27/2016 3:00 pm no Texas A&M 25 Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO ESPNU Isabell 17 Phillips 10 Isabell 5 69–84 7,189 10–19 3–13 03/01/2016 8:00 pm yes no LSU Maravich Center Baton Rouge, LA SECN 3 tied 13 Wright 8 Phillips 4 71–80 9,652 10–20 3–14 03/05/2016 6:30 pm no Florida Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN Wright 19 Phillips 10 Phillips 7 72–82 7,013 10–21 3–15 AP Poll Central Time References Category:Missouri Tigers men's basketball seasons Missouri Tiger Tiger