2015–16 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	2015–16
Team:	Saint Joseph's Hawks
Conference:	Atlantic 10 Conference
Short Conf:	A-10
Record:	28–8
Conf Record:	13–5
Hc Year:	21st
Asst Coach1:	Mark Bass
Asst Coach2:	David Duda
Asst Coach3:	Geoff Arnold
Champion:	Atlantic 10 tournament champions
Bowl Result:	Second Round

The 2015–16 Saint Joseph's Hawks basketball team represented Saint Joseph's University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by 21st year head coach Phil Martelli, played their home games at Hagan Arena and are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Hawks finished the season 28–8, 13–5 in A-10 play to finish in fourth place. They defeated George Washington, Dayton, and VCU to be champions of the A-10 tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As a #8 seed, they defeated Cincinnati in the first round, their first NCAA Tournament victory since 2004, to advance to the second round where they lost to Oregon. DeAndre' Bembry was named A-10 player of the year.

Previous season

The Hawks finished the 2014–15 season 13–18, 7–11 in A-10 play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the second round of the A-10 tournament to St. Bonaventure.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Notes
Evan Maschemeyer	0	G	6'3"	200	Senior	Graduated
Obi Romeo	5	F	6'10"	231	Freshman	Transferred to Pensacola State College
Kyle Molock	22	G	6'2"	192	RS Sophomore	Retired from basketball due a knee injury ^[1]
Chris Wilson	24	G	6'3"	210	Senior	Graduated

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP													RV	RV	RV				RV	N/A
Coaches												RV	RV	RV	RV	RV			25	RV

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings