The 2015–16 Indiana State Sycamores basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sycamores, led by sixth year head coach Greg Lansing, played their home games at the Hulman Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 8–10 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Illinois State in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Evansville.
Previous season The Sycamores finished the season 15–16, 11–7 in MVC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley tournament to Loyola–Chicago.
Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Jake Kitchell 0 F/C 6'10" 233 Senior Union Mills, IN Graduated Alex Etherington 2 G/F 6'5" 210 Sophomore Cicero, IN Transferred to Indianapolis Justin Gant 5 F 6'9" 240 Senior Terre Haute, IN Graduated Tre' Bennett 15 G 5'10" 183 Junior Houston, TX Transferred to Angelo State
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Everett Clemons 0 G 6'0" 185 Junior Springfield, IL Junior college transfer from Vincennes University.
Recruiting
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#0F4D92; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#0F4D92; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#0F4D92; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#0F4D92; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley tournament
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