The 2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by third year head coach Chris Collins. They were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. They finished the season 20–12, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. They lost to Michigan in the second round of the Big Ten tournament.
Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2014–15 Season 15–17, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 10th place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten tournament to Indiana.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Johnnie Vassar 0 G 6'0" 185 Freshman Chicago, IL Transferred Dave Sobolewski 3 G 6'1" 180 Senior Naperville, IL Graduated Nick Segura 21 F 6'6" 183 Freshman McLean, VA Transferred JerShon Cobb 23 G 6'5" 208 RS Senior Decatur, GA Graduated Jeremiah Kreisberg 50 C 6'10" 235 Senior Berkeley, CA Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Joey van Zegeren 1 F 6'10" 235 RS Senior Hoogeveen, Netherlands Transferred from Virginia Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Van Zegeren will play for the 2015–16 season because he already redshirted a year at Virginia Tech.
Incoming recruits
Class of 2015 recruits
Class of 2016 recruits
Roster
Schedule and results Source
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten tournament
References