The 2015–16 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team represented

Winthrop University Winthrop University is a public university in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was founded in 1886 by David Bancroft Johnson, who served as the superintendent of Columbia, South Carolina, schools. He received a grant from Robert Charles Winthrop, ...

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 Eagles, led by fourth year head coach

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, played their home games at the

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and were members of the

Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Th ...

. They finished the season 23–9, 13–5 in Big South play to win a share of the regular season conference championship. They defeated

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and Gardner–Webb to advance to the championship game of the Big South tournament where they lost to UNC Asheville. Despite the conference title and 23 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

Roster

Schedule

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References

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Winthrop Eagles men's basketball The Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team represents Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States and competes in the Big South Conference. Winthrop plays their home games in the 6,100 seat Winthrop Coliseum. Winthrop has app ...