The 2015–16 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seminoles were led by fourteenth year head coach Leonard Hamilton and played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Seminoles finished the season 20–14, 8–10 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They defeated Boston College in the first round of the ACC tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to Virginia Tech. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Davidson in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to Valparaiso.
Previous season
Florida State finished the 2014–15 season 17–16, 8–10 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament to top-seeded Virginia. The Seminoles missed the postseason for the first time since 2005.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Dayshawn Watkins 4 G 6'0" 180 Sophomore North Little Rock, AR Transferred to Little Rock Kiel Turpin 11 C 7'0" 240 GS Senior Normal, IL Graduated Aaron Thomas 25 G 6'5" 195 Sophomore Cincinnati, OH Overseas Professional League
Transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Benji Bell 3 G 6'4" 190 Junior Gainesville, FL Junior college transfer from Northwest Florida State College
Recruits
2015 recruiting class
2016 recruiting class
Roster
Depth chart
Rankings
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Schedule Florida State was picked to finish sixth in the ACC while Xavier Rathan-Mayes was named to the preseason All-ACC team.
!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| ACC regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| ACC tournament
!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| National Invitation tournament
Awards
Watchlists Bob Cousy Award Xavier Rathan-Mayes Lute Olson Award Xavier Rathan-Mayes Wooden Award Xavier Rathan-Mayes Wayman Tisdale Award Dwayne Bacon Malik Beasley
Honors ACC Player of the Week Dwayne Bacon (rookie) Malik Beasley (rookie) Freshman of the Week Dwayne Bacon
All-ACC
Honorable Mention Malik Beasley Freshman Team Dwayne Bacon Malik Beasley
All-Americans Freshman Team Dwayne Bacon Malik Beasley
NBA draft One player was selected in the 2016 NBA draft. Round Pick Name Team 1st 19 Malik Beasley Denver Nuggets
Media Florida State basketball is broadcast on the Florida State University Seminoles Radio Network.
References
External links Official Team Website Media Guide