The 2015–16 Missouri State Bears 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 early-season tournaments to begin were the Puerto Rico Tip-Off and the Charleston Classic. The season ended with the 2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tour ...

. The Bears, led by fifth year head coach

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, played their home games at

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and were members of the

Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the fourth-oldest collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the Midwestern Unite ...

. They finished the season 13–19, 8–10 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated

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in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to

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Previous season

The

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finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in MVC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to Southern Illinois.

Departures

Incoming Transfers

Incoming recruits

Roster

Schedule

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References

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