2015–16 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Texas Longhorns Texas Longhorns logo.svg Big 12 Conference Big 12 20–13 11–7 Shaka Smart 1st David Cason Darrin Horn Mike Morell Frank Erwin Center NCAA tournament First Round The 2015–16 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Shaka Smart who was in his first year. The team played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 11–7 in Big 12 play, to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to Baylor. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa on a half-court buzzer-beater from Northern Iowas’s Paul Jesperson. Previous season The Longhorns finished the season 20–14, 8–10 in Big 12 play, to finish in 7th place. They advanced to the second round of the Big 12 tournament where they lost to Iowa State. Texas received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament in which they lost to Butler in the second round. On March 29, 2015, previous coach Rick Barnes was fired after 17 seasons at Texas, during which he compiled a record of 402–180, by far the most wins for a head coach in program history.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12571138/rick-barnes-coach-texas-longhorns Rick Barnes out as Texas coach ESPN.com March 29, 2015 March 6, 2016 Barnes accepted the same position at Tennessee four days later. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Jordan Barnett 33 F 6'6" 205 Sophomore St. Louis, MO Transferred to Missouri Damarcus Croaker 5 G 6'2" 190 Sophomore Orlando, FL Transferred to Murray State Jonathan Holmes 10 F 6'8" 240 Senior San Antonio, TX Graduated Tarale Murry 40 G 6'2" 187 Senior San Antonio, TX Walk-on; graduated Myles Turner 52 C 7'0" 240 Freshman Bedford, TX Declare for the 2015 NBA draft Recruiting no no 2015 Eric Davis SG Saginaw, MI Arthur Hill High School 6 3 165 09/16/2014 4 4 4 4 Kerwin Roach PG Houston, TX North Shore Senior High School 6 3 160 10/24/2014 4 4 4 4 Tevin Mack PF Columbia, SC Dreher High School 6 7 200 05/19/2015 4 4 4 4 2015 Texas 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Texas Basketball Commits 2015 Texas Basketball Commitments texas 110 251 16 18 15 December 21, 2015 yes Recruiting class of 2016 no yes 2016 Jacob Young SG Houston, TX Yates High School 6 0 165 06/30/2015 4 4 4 3 James Banks III C Atlanta, GA La Lumiere School 6 10 230 10/08/2015 4 4 4 4 Andrew Jones SG Irving, TX MacArthur High School 6 4 183 12/14/2015 5 4 4 4 Jarrett Allen C Austin, TX Saint Stephen's Episcopal School 6 10 215 06/03/2016 5 5 5 5 2016 2016 Texas Basketball Commitment List 2016 Texas Basketball Recruiting Prospects 2016 Player Commits texas 110 251 6 16 11 June 13, 2016 yes Roster 2015 Texas Longhorns y yes Tevin Mack y 0 G/F 6 7 210 FR Columbia, SC Dreher Isaiah Taylor y 1 G 6 1 185 JR Hayward, CA The Village School Demarcus Holland y 2 G 6 3 190 SR Garland, TX Naaman Forest Javan Felix y 3 G 5 11 205 SR New Orleans, LA St. Augustine Danny Newsome 4 F 6 10 190 JR yes Houston, TX Langham Creek W Kendall Yancy 5 G 6 3 210 JR Richardson, TX Berkner Eric Davis Jr. 10 G 6 2 185 FR Saginaw, MI Arthur Hill Kerwin Roach y 12 G 6 4 170 FR Houston, TX North Shore Connor Lammert y 21 F 6 10 235 SR San Antonio, TX Churchill Joe Schwartz 25 G 6 2 180 SO Waco, TX Vanguard College Prep W Ryan McClurg 30 F 6 6 230 SO y Katy, TX Seven Lakes W Shaquille Cleare 32 F 6 8 285 JR Andros, BS The Village School Prince Ibeh y 44 C 6 11 265 SR Garland, TX Naaman Forest Cameron Ridley y 55 C 6 10 290 SR Richmond, TX Bush Shaka Smart (Kenyon) David Cason (Illinois State) Darrin Horn (Western Kentucky) Mike Morell (Milligan College) https://texassports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2015-16 Schedule yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:white;"| Exhibition November 6, 2015 5:00pm yes Tarleton State Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 95–61 2,391 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:white;"| Regular season November 13, 2015 9:00pm yes yes Washington Mercedes-Benz Arena Shanghai, CN China Opener ESPN 71–77 0–1 7,188 November 21, 2015 7:00pm yes Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX Battle 4 Atlantis Opening Round LHN 67–56 1–1 11,313 November 25, 2015 6:00pm yes yes Texas A&M 25 Imperial Arena Nassau, BS Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals AXS TV 73–84 1–2 1,647 November 26, 2015 6:00pm yes yes Washington Imperial Arena Nassau, BS Battle 4 Atlantis 2nd Round Consolation AXS TV 82–70 2–2 1,316 November 27, 2015 6:00pm yes yes Michigan Imperial Arena Nassau, BS Battle 4 Atlantis 5th Place Game AXS TV 72–78 2–3 1,357 December 1, 2015 7:00pm yes Texas–Arlington Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 80–73 OT 3–3 9,646 December 4, 2015 8:00pm yes Samford Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 59–49 4–3 10,762 December 8, 2015 7:00pm yes UTSA Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 116–50 5–3 9,657 December 12, 2015 4:15pm yes North Carolina 3 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN 84–82 6–3 16,540 December 15, 2015 7:00pm yes Appalachian State Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 67–55 7–3 10,529 December 19, 2015 10:30pm yes yes Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA ESPN2 75–73 8–3 3,930 December 29, 2015 8:00pm yes UConn Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN2 66–71 8–4 13,931 January 2, 2016 1:00pm yes Texas Tech United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX ESPNU 74–82 8–5 0–1 12,689 January 5, 2016 7:00pm Kansas State Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 60–57 9–5 1–1 10,620 January 9, 2016 6:00pm yes TCU Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX ESPNU 57–58 9–6 1–2 6,673 January 12, 2016 8:00pm Iowa State 17 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN2 94–91 OT 10–6 2–2 10,663 January 16, 2016 5:00pm Oklahoma State Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN2 74-69 11–6 3–2 13,241 January 20, 2016 6:00pm yes West Virginia 6 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV ESPNU 56–49 12–6 4–2 9,881 January 23, 2016 1:00pm yes Kansas 3 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS ESPN 67–76 12–7 4–3 16,300 January 26, 2016 7:00pm TCU Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 71–54 13–7 5–3 11,282 January 30, 2016 11:00am yes Vanderbilt Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX Big 12/SEC Challenge ESPN2 72–58 14–7 13,041 February 1, 2016 8:00pm yes Baylor 15 Ferrell Center Waco, TX ESPN 67–59 15–7 6–3 6,064 February 6, 2016 1:00pm Texas Tech Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 69–59 16–7 7–3 14,951 February 8, 2016 8:00pm yes 24 Oklahoma 3 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK ESPN 60–63 16–8 7–4 10,014 February 13, 2016 7:30pm yes 24 Iowa State 14 Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA ESPN 75–85 16–9 7–5 14,384 February 16, 2016 6:00pm 24 West Virginia 10 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN2 85–78 17–9 8–5 12,284 February 20, 2016 1:00pm 24 Baylor 25 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN 64–78 17–10 8–6 16,540 February 22, 2016 6:00pm yes 25 Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS ESPNU 71–70 18–10 9–6 11,629 February 27, 2016 1:00pm 25 Oklahoma 3 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX CBS 76–63 19–10 10–6 16,540 February 29, 2016 8:00pm 23 Kansas 1 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN 56–86 19–11 10–7 16,540 March 4, 2016 8:00pm yes 23 Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK ESPN2 62–50 20–11 11–7 4,023 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:white;"| Big 12 Tournament March 10, 2016 11:30 am yes 23 4 Baylor 5 22 Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Quarterfinals ESPN2 61–75 20–12 18,972 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:white;"| NCAA tournament March 18, 2016 8:50 pm yes 6 W Northern Iowa 11 W Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK First Round TBS 72–75 20–13 15,279 AP Poll Central Time W West Region Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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