The 2015–16 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team represented Stony Brook University in 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 Seawolves were led by the eleventh-year head coach Steve Pikiell and played their home games at Island Federal Credit Union Arena. They were members of the

America East Conference The America East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I founded in 1979, whose members are located in the Northeastern United States. The conference has nine core members including eight public research ...

. They finished the season 26–7, 14–2 in America East play to win the regular-season championship. They defeated

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, and

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to become champions of the America East tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid goes the NCAA tournament, their first in school history. As a #13 seed, the Seawolves fell to

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in the first round. On March 20, it was announced that head coach Steve Pikiell would leave the school to accept the job as the new head coach for

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. He finished at Stony Brook with an eleven-year record of 192–157.

Previous season

The Seawolves finished the 2014–15 season 23–12, 12–4 in America East play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game of the America East tournament where they lost to Albany. They were invited to the

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where they lost in the first round to

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Departures

Incoming Transfers

2015 incoming recruits

2016 incoming recruits

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

References

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