2015–16 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season

The 2015–16 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season is the 38th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball.

2015–16 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams8
Regular season
ChampionsNorth Florida
Season MVPDallas Moore, North Florida
Tournament
ChampionsFlorida Gulf Coast
  Runners-upStetson
Finals MVPMarc-Eddy Norelia, FGCU
2015–16 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
North Florida104 .714  2212  .647
NJIT86 .571  2015  .571
Jacksonville86 .571  1616  .500
Florida Gulf Coast86 .571  2114  .600
Kennesaw State77 .500  1120  .355
Lipscomb77 .500  1221  .364
Stetson*410 .286  1222  .353
USC Upstate410 .286  1022  .313
*ineligible for the 2016 NCAA Tournament due to APR violations
2016 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner

The defending regular season and tournament champion was North Florida. It was the first season in the A-Sun for NJIT, who replaced Northern Kentucky following their departure for the Horizon League.

North Florida won their second straight regular season championship but were upset by Florida Gulf Coast in the 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament semifinals. Florida Gulf Coast defeated Stetson in the Tournament title game to win their second A-Sun Tournament championship and berth in the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Postseason results

TeamPostseason tournamentSeedRoundOpponentResult
Florida Gulf CoastNCAA#16First Four
First Round
#16 Fairleigh Dickinson
#1 North Carolina
W 96–65
L 67–83
North FloridaNIT#7First Round#2 FloridaL 68–97
NJITCITN/AFirst Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Army
Boston University
Texas–Arlington
Columbia
W 79–65
W 83–72
W 63–60
L 65–80

References


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