The 2015–16 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team represented

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during the

2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 13. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and ended with the Final Four in Houston April 2–4. Practices officially began on October 2. Rule changes The followin ...

. The Mastodons, led by second year head coach

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, played their home games at the Gates Sports Center, with five home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, and were members of

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. They finished the season 24–10, 12–4 in Summit League play to finish in a tie for the regular season championship. They lost in the semifinals of the Summit League tournament to

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. As a regular season league champion who was also the #1 seed in their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2014–15 season with a record of 16–15, 9–7 in conference. They lost to

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in the quarterfinals of the Summit League tournament. IPFW received a bid to the CIT where they lost in the first round to

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Roster

Schedule

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References

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