The 2015–16 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Billy Kennedy, in his fifth season. The team played their home games at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas and was in its fourth season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 28–9, 13–5 in SEC play to win a share of the SEC regular season championship. They defeated Florida and LSU to advance to the championship game of the SEC tournament, where they lost to Kentucky. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they defeated Green Bay and Northern Iowa to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they lost to Oklahoma.
Previous season The team had a 21–12 (11–7 in conference play) record and entered the SEC Tournament as the 5th seed after losing two games to end conference play, where they lost to Auburn. The team earned an NIT bid as a No. 2 seed (despite making noise for a bid to the NCAA Tournament, which was silenced after a losing skid at the end of the season) and lost in the second round of the NIT To Louisiana Tech after beating Montana in the first round.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Avery Johnson, Jr. 0 G 5'11" 182 Freshman Plano, TX Transferred to Alabama Derek Cahn 2 F 6'5" 199 Freshman Highland Park, TX Walk-on; didn't return Jordan Green 5 G 6'5" 188 Senior Flower Mound, TX Graduated Kourtney Roberson 14 F 6'9" 247 Senior Arcadia, LA Graduated Davonte Fitzgerald 15 F 6'7" 209 Sophomore Tucker, GA Transferred to Minnesota Ramon White 22 G 6'2" 160 Junior Fort Worth, TX Walk-on; didn't return Peyton Allen 22 G 6'5" 202 Freshman Chatham, IL Transferred to Wichita State Antwan Space 24 F 6'8" 229 RS junior DeSoto, TX Graduated & transferred to Massachusetts Dylan Johns 45 C 6'11" 228 RS sophomore Ipswich, England Transferred to Cal State Northridge
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Anthony Collins 11 G 6'1" 175 Senior Houston, TX Transferred from South Florida. Wasill be eligible to play immediately since he graduated from South Florida.
Recruits
Recruits for class of 2016
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=12 style="background:#500000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#500000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#500000; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC tournament
!colspan=12 style="background:#500000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. (RV) Received votes but unranked. (NR) Not ranked. Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final AP RV RV 25т 18 RV 24 21 20 21 15 10 5 8 15 RV 21 20 17 15 N/A Coaches RV RV RV 20 25 24 19 19 17 14 8 5 8 13 24 21 18 17 15 12
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