The 2015–16 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by ninth year head coach Bob Huggins and played their home games at WVU Coliseum. They were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 26–9, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They defeated TCU and Oklahoma to advance to the championship game of the Big 12 tournament where they lost to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where, as a #3 seed, they were upset in the first round by #14 seed Stephen F. Austin.
Previous season The Mountaineers finished the season 25–10, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to Baylor. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Buffalo in the second round and Maryland in the third round before losing in the Sweet Sixteen to Kentucky.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Juwan Staten 3 G 6'1" 190 RS Senior Dayton, OH Graduated Chase Connor 10 G 6'1" 190 Sophomore Shady Spring, WV Transferred to Fairmont State Gary Browne 14 G 6'1" 195 Senior Cupey, PR Graduated BillyDee Williams 21 F 6'6" 215 Junior Orlando, FL Transferred to UT Permian Basin Tyron Hughes 23 G 6'0" 185 Junior Chicago, IL Walk-on; left the team Kevin Noreen 34 F 6'10" 245 Senior Minneapolis, MN Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Teyvon Meyers 1 G 6'3" 180 Junior Brooklyn, NY Junior college transfer from Williston State College TyQuane Goard F 6'7" 215 RS Senior Charleston, WV Transferred from Marshall. Under NCAA transfer rules, Goard will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have one year of remaining eligibility.
Recruits
Recruit Class of 2016
Roster
Schedule and results Sources: and
!colspan=9 style="background:#FFC600; color:#003366;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#FFC600; color:#003366;"| Regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#FFC600; color:#003366;"| Big 12 tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#FFC600; color:#003366;"| NCAA tournament
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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 Post Final AP RV RV RV 20 14 20 19 19 17 11 6 9 14 10 10 14 10 9 8*N/A Coaches 23 22 22 15 14 16 18 17 15 10 7 9 12 10 11 12 9 8 8 14 *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings
See also 2015–16 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team
References