2015–16 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team explained

Sport:Basketball
Year:2015–16
Team:Oklahoma State Cowboys
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:Big 12
Record:12–20
Conf Record:3–15
Hc Year:8th

The 2015–16 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Travis Ford's eighth and final season at Oklahoma State. The Cowboys were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena. They finished the season 12–20, 3–15 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 tournament to Kansas State.

On March 18, Oklahoma State and Travis Ford mutually parted ways.[1] He finished at OSU with an eight-year record of 155–111.

Previous season

The Cowboys finished the season 18–14, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to Oklahoma. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in second round to Oregon.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
2 G/F 6'7" 235 Senior Graduated
12 G 5'11" 185 Senior Graduated
Marek Souček 14 F/C 7'0" 240 Senior Graduated
Christien Sager 15 G/F 6'4" 205 Senior Graduated
20 F 6'8" 230 RS Senior Graduated
Alex Budke 24 G 6'2" 190 Senior Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Igor Ibaka 14 F 6'9" 220 Sophomore Junior college transferred from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
31 F 6'8" 245 RS Senior Transferred from Eastern Illinois. Will be eligible to play immediately since Olivier graduated from Eastern Illinois.

Recruits

Recruiting Class of 2016

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6600;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6600;"| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6600;"| Big 12 tournamentCSN = Cowboy Sports Network. The Cowboy Sports Network is affiliated with Fox Sports Net. Games could air on Fox Sports Oklahoma, Fox Sports Oklahoma Plus, Fox Sports Southwest, Fox Sports Southwest Plus, or Fox College Sports.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oklahoma State, basketball coach Travis Ford part ways. 18 March 2016.