2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	2015–16
Team:	Mississippi State Bulldogs
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:	SEC
Record:	14–17
Conf Record:	7–11
Hc Year:	1st
Asst Coach1:	George Brooks
Asst Coach2:	Wes Flanigan

The 2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by first year head coach Ben Howland, played their home games at the Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 7–11 in SEC play to finish in 11th place. They lost to Georgia in the second round of the SEC tournament.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2014–15 season 13–19, 6–12 in SEC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the SEC tournament to Auburn. On March 21, head coach Rick Ray was fired.^[1] Shortly thereafter, Ben Howland was hired as head coach.^[2]

Before the season

Departures

The Bulldogs lost 4 scholarship players, two to graduation and two transfers. The team also had 2 senior walkons graduate.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
	0			175	Freshman		Transferred to Jones County JC
	3			190	Senior		Graduated
	5			214	Senior		Graduated (Walk-on)
	10			173	Senior		Graduated (Walk-on)
	25			214	Senior		Graduated
	33			215	Freshman		Transferred to Arkansas–Little Rock

Recruits

In addition, the Bulldogs added a transfer in Xavian Stapleton from Louisiana Tech.^[3] Stapleton will have to sit out the 2015–16 but will then have 3 years of eligibility.

Schedule and results

^[4] |-!colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:white;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:white;"| SEC regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:white;"| SEC tournament

See also

2015–16 Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs basketball team

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mississippi State fires basketball coach Ray. 21 March 2015.
2. Web site: Mississippi St. hires ex-UCLA coach Howland. ESPN.com. 23 March 2015. 2016-03-16.
3. Web site: Rothstein. Jon. Louisiana Tech transfer Stapleton headed to Mississippi State. CBSSports.com. CBS. July 5, 2015. July 5, 2015.
4. Web site: Men's Basketball.