2015–16 Southland Conference men's basketball season

2015–16 Southland Conference men's basketball season
2015–16 Southland Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November, 2015 - March, 2016
Number of teams	13
TV partner(s)	ESPN, ASN
Regular Season
Tournament
Southland Conference men's basketball seasons
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Stephen F. Austin †	18	–	0	1.000	28	–	6	.824
Texas A&M–CC	15	–	3	.833	25	–	8	.758
Sam Houston State	12	–	6	.667	18	–	16	.529
Incarnate Word*	12	–	6	.667	17	–	12	.586
Houston Baptist	10	–	8	.556	17	–	17	.500
Southeastern Louisiana	9	–	9	.500	12	–	21	.364
Abilene Christian*	8	–	10	.444	13	–	18	.419
McNeese State	7	–	11	.389	9	–	20	.310
Central Arkansas**	6	–	12	.333	7	–	21	.250
New Orleans	6	–	12	.333	10	–	20	.333
Nicholls State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	23	.324
Northwestern State	5	–	13	.278	8	–	20	.286
Lamar	3	–	15	.167	11	–	19	.367
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I ** Ineligible for postseason due to APR violations

† 2016 Southland tournament winner

The 2015–16 SLC men's basketball season will mark the 53rd season of Southland Conference basketball, taking place between November 2015 and March 2016. Practices began in October 2015, and the season will end with the 2016 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.

Preseason

Source:^[5]

Award	Recipients
First Team	Thomas Walkup (Stephen F. Austin) Jalen West (Northwestern State) Zeek Woodley (Northwestern State) Rashawn Thomas (Texas A&M–Corpus Christ) Paul Baxter (Sam Houston State)
Second Team	Ty Charles (Stephen F. Austin) Zay Jackson (Southeastern Louisiana) Craig McFerrin (McNeese State) Kyle Hittle (Incarnate Word) Anthony Odunsi (Houston Baptist)

Southland Conference Preseason Player of the Year: Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and SLC records are from time at current school.

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Seasons at school	Overall record	SLC record	NCAA Tournaments
Abilene Christian	Joe Golding	Arkansas–Little Rock	5th	45–71	6–26	0
Central Arkansas	Russ Pennell	Grand Canyon	2nd	0–2	2–16	0
Houston Baptist	Ron Cottrell	Arkansas	25th	18–41	9–27	0
Incarnate Word	Ken Burmeister	Trinity	10th	39–17	19–13	1
Lamar	Tic Price	North Texas	2nd	16–19	10–13	2
McNeese State	Dave Simmons	Northwestern State	10th	127–152	80–79	0
New Orleans	Mark Slessinger	Northwestern State	5th	22–33	14–22	0
Nicholls State	J. P. Piper	Nicholls (assistant)	12th	121–201	76–106	0
Northwestern State	Mike McConathy	Bossier Parish CC	17th	259–240	157–117	3
Sam Houston State	Jason Hooten	Tarleton State	6th	99–69	53–33	0
Southeastern Louisiana	Jay Ladner	Jones County JC	2nd	9–23	6–12	0
Stephen F. Austin	Brad Underwood	South Carolina	3rd	61–8	35–1	2
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Willis Wilson	Memphis	5th	50–77	36–34	0

Week 1 –^[6] The conference opened its 52nd season with a record of 4–9. All wins were against non Division I competition. The SLC had the following results against Division I conference members. AAC, 0–2; ACC, 0–1; MAC, 0–1; SEC, 0–2; and WAC, 0–1.
Week 2 –^[7] After week two, the conference out of conference record was 13-29. Twelve of the wins to date were against non Division I competition with one win against Division I. The season to date results against Division I members was American Athletic (0-2); Atlantic 10, 0-2; ACC, 0-1; Big 12, 0-5; Big West, 0-1; MAC, 0-1; MEAC, 1-0; MVC, 0-3; Mountain West, 0-1; Pac-12, 0-1; SEC, 0-4; Sun Belt, 0-1; West Coast, 0-1; WAC, 0-1.

March 9–12, 2016: Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Leonard E. Merrill Center, Katy, Texas

The winner of the conference tournament will be awarded an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament.

^ "Southland Announces Multi-Year Agreement with ESPN". southland.org. Southland Conference. July 8, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
^ "Southland Announces 2015-16 ESPN Basketball Coverage". southland.org. Southland Conference. October 8, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
^ "Southland Announces 2015-16 ASN Basketball Coverage". southland.org. Southland Conference. October 15, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Stephen F. Austin Named Favorite in Conference Preseason Polls". southland.org. October 28, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
^ "Walkup Leads Southland's Preseason All-League Selections". southland.org. Southland Conference. October 27, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
^ "Week Two Notes" (PDF). southland.org. Southland Conference. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
^ "Week Three Notes" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
^ "Northwestern State's West Named Basketball Player of the Week". Southland Conference. November 16, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
^ "SFA's Walkup Named Southland Men's Basketball Player of the Week". Southland Conference. November 23, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
^ "Islanders' Thomas Named Men's Basketball Player of the Week". southland.org. Southland Conference. November 30, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.

v t e Southland Conference men's basketball
Teams	Houston Christian Huskies Incarnate Word Cardinals Lamar Cardinals McNeese Cowboys New Orleans Privateers Nicholls Colonels Northwestern State Demons Southeastern Louisiana Lions Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Texas A&M–Commerce Lions Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
Championships & awards	Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Player of the Year
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