2015–16 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season

2015–16 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 8
Regular season
Champions North Florida
Season MVP Dallas Moore, North Florida
Tournament
Champions Florida Gulf Coast
  Runners-up Stetson
Finals MVP Marc-Eddy Norelia, FGCU
2015–16 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North Florida 10 4   .714     22 12   .647
NJIT 8 6   .571     20 15   .571
Jacksonville 8 6   .571     16 16   .500
Florida Gulf Coast 8 6   .571     21 14   .600
Kennesaw State 7 7   .500     11 20   .355
Lipscomb 7 7   .500     12 21   .364
Stetson* 4 10   .286     12 22   .353
USC Upstate 4 10   .286     10 22   .313
*ineligible for the 2016 NCAA Tournament due to APR violations
2016 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner

The 2015–16 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season is the 38th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball.

The defending regular season and tournament champion was North Florida. It was the first season in the A-Sun for NJIT, who replaced Northern Kentucky following their departure for the Horizon League.

North Florida won their second straight regular season championship but were upset by Florida Gulf Coast in the 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament semifinals. Florida Gulf Coast defeated Stetson in the Tournament title game to win their second A-Sun Tournament championship and berth in the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Postseason results

Team Postseason tournament Seed Round Opponent Result
Florida Gulf Coast NCAA #16 First Four
First Round
#16 Fairleigh Dickinson
#1 North Carolina
W 96–65
L 67–83
North Florida NIT #7 First Round #2 Florida L 68–97
NJIT CIT N/A First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Army
Boston University
Texas–Arlington
W 79–65
W 83–72
03/24/2016

References


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