2015–16 Missouri State Bears basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Sex:none
Year:2015–16
Team:Missouri State Bears
Conference:Missouri Valley Conference
Short Conf:MVC
Record:13–19
Conf Record:8–10
Hc Year:5th
Asst Coach1:Brad Korn
Asst Coach2:Matt Sligh
Asst Coach3:Corey Gipson

The 2015–16 Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fifth year head coach Paul Lusk, played their home games at JQH Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 8–10 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Drake in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Evansville.

Previous season

The Bears finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in MVC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to Southern Illinois.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Ron Mvouika 10 G/F 6'6" 201 Senior Graduated
Marcus Marshall 11 G 6'3" 190 Junior Transferred to Nevada
Cameron Maes 12 G 6'4" 200 Freshman Left the team[1]
Gavin Thurman 20 F 6'7" 226 Junior Transferred to Newman
Christian Kirk 42 F 6'8" 218 Senior Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Schedule

[2] |-!colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-Conference Regular season|-!colspan=12 style="background:#800000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley Conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley tournament

Notes and References

  1. News: Freshman walk-on leaving MSU basketball team. Springfield News Leader. December 18, 2014.
  2. Web site: Missouri State University Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball . 2012-02-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207211220/http://www.missouristatebears.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/mosu-m-baskbl-sched.html . 2012-02-07 .