The 2015–16 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season took place between November 2015 and March 2016. Practices began in October 2015, with conference play beginning in December, and the season ended with the
2016 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
The 2016 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the conference tournament for the American Athletic Conference during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 10–13, 2016, at the Amway Cent ...
at the
Amway Center
Kia Center (formerly Amway Center) is an indoor arena located in the Downtown Orlando, downtown core of Orlando, Florida. The arena is home to the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL, ...
in
Orlando, FL
Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville ...
. The season was the third since
the split of the
original Big East Conference into two separate leagues. The tournament had only 10 teams, as
SMU is serving a postseason ban due to academic fraud and unethical conduct
Preseason
At the 2015 American Athletic Conference media day on October 27, the conference released announced coaches predictions for standings and All-Conference teams
''See Also
Men's Basketball Media Day October 27 In Orlando'
2015-16 Preseason Coaches' Poll
# SMU ''(8)'' 98
# Connecticut ''(2)'' 87
# Cincinnati ''(1)'' 84
# Tulsa 76
# Memphis 59
# Temple 54
# Houston 48
# East Carolina 31
# UCF 30
# USF 20
# Tulane 11
(''First-Place Votes'') Points
Preseason All-AAC Teams
† denotes unanimous selection
* American Athletic Preseason Player of the Year: Nic Moore, G,
SMU
* American Athletic Preseason Rookie of the Year:
Jalen Adams, G,
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Rankings
AAC regular season
Conference matrix
Postseason
American Men's Basketball Championship
* March 10–13, 2016 at the
Amway Center
Kia Center (formerly Amway Center) is an indoor arena located in the Downtown Orlando, downtown core of Orlando, Florida. The arena is home to the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL, ...
in
Orlando, Florida
Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville ...
* SMU is banned from postseason play due to academic fraud and unethical conduct
NCAA tournament
National Invitation tournament
Honors and awards
All-Americans
All-AAC awards and teams
NBA draft
The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the
2016 NBA draft
The 2016 NBA draft was held on June 23, 2016, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. It was televised nationally in the U.S. by ESPN, and was live streamed for the first time in NBA draft history by The Vertical. National Basketball Association (NBA) ...
.
References
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