The 2015–16 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team represented Northern Arizona University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by fourth year head coach Jack Murphy and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome, with one home game at the Rolle Activity Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–25, 3–14 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky tournament to Eastern Washington.
Previous season They finished the season 23–15, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament where they lost to Montana. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Grand Canyon, Sacramento State, Kent State, and NJIT to advance to the CIT championship game where they lost to Evansville.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Geoffrey Frid 0 C 7'1" 233 Sophomore Carlsbad, California Transferred to Cal State Los Angeles Aaseem Dixon 1 G 6'0" 185 Senior Las Vegas, Nevada Graduated Quinton Upshur 2 G 6'5" 207 Senior Norfolk, Virginia Graduated Tate de Laveaga 3 G 6'3" 192 Freshman Scottsdale, Arizona Transferred to Eastern Oregon Zach Reynolds 14 F 6'9" 240 Senior Tampa, Florida Graduated Len Springs 15 F/C 6'10" 220 RS Senior Compton, California Graduated Jaran Hoover 21 G 6'3" 175 RS Freshman Prescott, Arizona Walk-on; didn't return Chris Miller 22 G 6'3" 175 RS Sophomore Peoria, Arizona Transferred Gaellan Bewernick 32 F 6'6" 215 Senor Los Angeles, California Graduated
2015 incoming recruits
2016 incoming recruits
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#003466; color:#FFCC00;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#003466; color:#FFCC00;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#003466; color:#FFCC00;"| Big Sky regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#003466; color:#FFCC00;"| Big Sky tournament
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