The 2015–16 Hampton Pirates 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 Pirates, led by seventh year head coach

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, played their home games at the Hampton Convocation Center and were members of the

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States. It participates in the National C ...

. They finished the season 21–11, 13–3 in MEAC play to win the MEAC regular season championship. They defeated Morgan State,

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, and

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to be champions of the MEAC tournament. They earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to

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Roster

Schedule

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References

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Hampton Pirates The Hampton Pirates and Lady Pirates refer to the sports teams representing Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia in intercollegiate athletics. The Pirates and Lady Pirates compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) ...