The 2015–16 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Ernie Kent's second year as head coach at Washington State. The Cougars played their home games at the Beasley Coliseum as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 9–22, 1–17 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Colorado.
Previous season The 2014–15 Cougars finished the season with an overall record of 13–18, and 7–11 in conference play. The Cougars lost to Cal in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jackie Davis 1 G 6'3" 195 Freshman Long Beach, CA Transferred Jordan Railey 4 C 7'0" 245 RS senior Beaverton, OR Graduated Dexter Kernich-Drew 10 G 6'7" 190 RS senior Melbourne, Australia Graduated Trevor Dunbar 11 G 5'10" 170 Freshman San Francisco, California Transferred to City College of San Francisco Aaron Cheatum 20 F 6'7" 240 Junior Moreno Valley, California Transferred to Cal State Dominguez Hills DaVonté Lacy 25 G 6'4" 210 Senior Tacoma, Washington Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Derrien King 0 F 6'8" 175 Sophomore Los Angeles, California Junior college transferred from Santa Monica College Renard Suggs 1 G 6'3" 200 Junior Woodbury, Minnesota Junior college transferred from Gillette College Charles Callison 23 G 6'0" 180 Junior Moreno, California Junior college transferred from San Bernardino Valley College Conor Clifford 42 C 7'0" 270 RS junior Huntington Beach, California Junior college transferred from Saddleback College
2015 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule
Washington State's non-conference schedule included a trip to the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii, where they would play three of the following: Auburn, BYU, Harvard, New Mexico, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma, and host-Hawaii. The Cougars would also host Gonzaga and UTEP.
!colspan=9 style="background:#981E32; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#981E32; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#981E32;"| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#981E32;"| Pac-12 Tournament
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