2015–16 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 April 2016 Basketball 2015–16 McNeese State Cowboys McNeese Athletics logo.svg 150 Southland Conference Southland 8–21 6–12 Dave Simmons 10th David Dumars Steve Welch Preston David Burton Coliseum(Capacity: 8,000) The 2015–16 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team represented McNeese State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cowboys were led by tenth year head coach Dave Simmons and played their home games at Burton Coliseum. The Cowboys were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season with a record of 8–21, 6–12 in Southland play to finish in eighth place. They lost to Nicholls State in the first round of the Southland tournament. Preseason The Cowboys were picked to finish tenth (10th) in both the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll and eighth (8th) in the Sports Information Directors Poll.Stephen F Austin Named Favorite in Conference Preseason Polls http://southland.org/news/2015/10/28/MBB_1028150040.aspx?path=mbball Southland Conference November 15, 2015 Roster 2015 McNeese State Cowboys y yes Shaun Johnson 0 G 5 10 175 sr Pineville, LA Pineville HS Jamaya Burr 1 G 6 0 175 jr Ruston, LA Ruston HS James Harvey 2 G 6 2 170 fr Amite, LA Amite HS Richard Laku 3 f 6 8 170 fr Dallas, TX Sachse HS Kevin Ross 5 G 6 3 185 fr y Chino Hills, CA Ontario Christian HS Jarren Greenwood 10 g 6 2 175 fr Houston, TX Bellaire HS Matthew Moss 13 C 6 9 212 sr Anacoco, LA Charis Preparatory (Louisiana)Louisiana-Lafayette Andrija Milovanovic 14 G 6 5 210 so Belgrade, Serbia Koledz Beograd HS Craig McFerrin 15 p 6 7 250 sr Baton Rouge, LA Warren Harding HS Tevin Jackson 21 g/f 6 7 210 jr Perth, Western Australia Willettson Senior HSJacksonville College Derrell Joubert 23 G 6 1 185 so Opelousas, LA Northwest HS Lance Potier 24 G/F 6 6 200 jr St. Martinville, LA St. Martinville HS Adrian Brown 30 F 6 7 210 fr Houston, TX Northshore HS Stephen Ugochukwu 31 G 6 7 220 so Lewisville, TX Argyle Liberty Christian Austin Lewis 44 F 6 8 235 sr Houston, TX Westfield HS Dave Simmons David Dumars Steve Welch Preston David http://mcneesesports.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball 2015-12-05 Schedule and results Sourcehttp://mcneesesports.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball 2015–16 Men's Basketball Schedule McNeese State athletics 2015-11-15McNeese State Cowboys Schedule – 2015–16 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2377 ESPN.com November 15, 2015 no 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFD700;"|Non-Conference regular season November 13, 2015 8:00 pm yes yes no LSU 21 Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA 11,679 70–81 0–1 November 17, 2015 7:00 pm yes no Louisiana College Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA 70–73 0–2 November 20, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Oklahoma 8 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK 8,364 56–85 0–3 November 25, 2015 2:00 pm yes no Dillard Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA 80–79 1–3 November 28, 2015 3:00 pm yes no Texas State Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA N/A Root 67–70 1–4 November 30, 2015 6:00 pm yes yes no Central Michigan McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI 2,153 73–74 1–5 September 12, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes no Louisiana–Lafayette CajunDome Lafayette, LA 3,571 64–97 1–6 December 12, 2015 6:30 pm yes yes no Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN 17,472 BTN 60–105 1–7 December 16, 2015 7:30 pm yes no LSU–Alexandria Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA 77–72 2–7 December 22, 2015 10:00 pm yes yes no UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles 6,499 Pac-12 53–67 2–8 December 29, 2015 7:00 pm yes no Jarvis Christian Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA Canceled – |- |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFD700;"|Southland regular season February 1, 2016 6:00 pm yes no Stephen F. Austin William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, TX 2,284 ESPN3 57–86 2–9 0–1 May 1, 2016 7:00 pm yes no Houston Baptist Sharp Gymnasium Houston, TX 657 73–82 2–10 0–2 September 1, 2016 3:00 pm no Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA 520 68–77 2–11 0–3 January 16, 2016 3:00 pm no Sam Houston State Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA 453 72–68 3–11 1–3 January 19, 2016 7:00 pm yes no Abilene Christian Moody Coliseum Abilene, TX 1,619 67–75 3–12 1–4 January 23, 2016 3:00 pm no Northwestern State Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA 1,231 75–74 4–12 2–4 January 25, 2016 7:00 pm no Incarnate Word Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA 401 79–76 OT 5–12 3–4 January 30, 2016 6:15 pm yes no New Orleans Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA 1,108 64–76 5–13 3–5 January 2, 2016 7:00 pm yes no Southeastern Louisiana University Center Hammond, LA 1,030 80–82 5–14 3–6 June 2, 2016 3:30 pm yes no Nicholls State Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA 592 56–71 5–15 3–7 November 2, 2016 7:00 pm no New Orleans Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA 302 87–76 6–15 4–7 February 13, 2016 3:00 pm yes no Northwestern State Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA 1,837 ESPN3 78–87 6–16 4–8 February 15, 2016 8:00 pm no Southeastern Louisiana Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA 350 ASN 76–79 6–17 4–9 February 20, 2010 3:00 pm no Lamar Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA 1,403 76–87 6–18 4–10 February 22, 2016 7:00 pm no Central Arkansas Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA 331 82–88 6–19 4–11 February 27, 2016 3:00 pm no Nicholls State Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA N/A 71–69 OT 7–19 5–11 February 29, 2016 7:00 pm yes no Lamar Montagne Center Beaumont, TX 2,143 ESPN3 77–74 8–19 6–11 May 3, 2016 4:00 pm yes no Central Arkansas Farris Center Conway, AR 823 77–85 8–20 6–12 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#0000FF; color:#FFD700;"| Southland tournament September 3, 2016 Nicholls State yes no Nicholls State Merrell Center Katy, TX First round 1,077 90–94 2OT 8–21 AP Poll Central Time See also 2015–16 McNeese State Cowgirls basketball team References Category:McNeese Cowboys basketball seasons McNeese State McNeese State McNeese State