The 2015–16 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team represented
Southern Methodist University (SMU) 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 Mustangs were led by fourth year head coach
Larry Brown and played their home games on their campus in
University Park, Texas at
Moody Coliseum. They were members of the
American Athletic Conference. The Mustangs finished the season with a record of 25–5, 13–5 in
AAC play to finish in second place in conference.
Due to multiple violations, including academic fraud and unethical conduct, SMU was ineligible for all postseason play including the
AAC tournament and
NCAA tournament. Additionally, head coach Larry Brown was suspended for nine games.
Previous season
The
Mustangs finished the
2014–15 season with a record of 27–7, 15–3 in
AAC play to win the AAC regular season championship. They defeated
East Carolina
East Carolina University (ECU) is a public research university in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the fourth largest university in North Carolina.
Founded on March 8, 1907, as a teacher training school, East Carolina has grown from its orig ...
,
Temple, and
UConn to win the
AAC tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament as a #6 seed where they lost on a controversial
goaltending call in the Second round to
UCLA.
Departures
Incoming Transfers
2015 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule
SMU has been invited to play in the Las Vegas Classic, where they will play against two the following three teams:
Colorado,
Penn State #Redirect Pennsylvania State University
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,
Kent State
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. Two on-campus games will precede the Las Vegas-hosted games. The Mustangs will host
Gonzaga
Gonzaga may refer to:
Places
* Gonzaga, Lombardy, commune in the province of Mantua, Italy
* Gonzaga, Cagayan, municipality in the Philippines
*Gonzaga, Minas Gerais, town in Brazil
*Forte Gonzaga, fort in Messina, Sicily
People with the surna ...
,
Michigan,
Brown, and
Yale. SMU will also play true road games at
Stanford
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and
TCU TCU may stand for:
Education
* Tanzania Commission for Universities, regulatory body for Universities in Tanzania
* Texas Christian University, a private university in Fort Worth, Texas
** TCU Horned Frogs, the athletic programs of the school
* Tok ...
.
SMU's American Athletic Conference schedule will include home-and-home matchups with Cincinnati, UConn, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, USF, Tulane, and Tulsa. The Mustangs will also host UCF and play a true road game at Temple during its conference schedule.
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Rankings
SMU is ineligible to be ranked in the Coaches poll due to sanctions stemming from academic fraud and unethical conduct.
Midseason recognition
On February 1, 2016, Nic Moore was named one of 10 finalists for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award. He was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the
Naismith Trophy on February 11.
References
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