The 2015–16 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team represented the

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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 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 ...

. Their head coach in his first year was

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. The Phoenix played their home games at the

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and were members of the

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. They finished the season 23–13, 11–7 in Horizon League play to finish in fourth place. They defeated

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, Valparaiso, and Wright State to become champions of the Horizon League tournament. They received 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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