The 2015–16 South Carolina State Bulldogs basketball team represented South Carolina State University 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 Bulldogs, led by third year head coach

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, played their home games at the

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and were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 12–4 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated

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and

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to advance to the championship game of the MEAC tournament where they lost to Hampton. They were invited to the

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where they lost in the first round to

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Roster

Schedule

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References

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South Carolina State South Carolina State University (SCSU or SC State) is a public, historically black, land-grant university in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. It is the only public, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina, is a memb ...