2015–16 UTEP Miners men's basketball team

The 2015–16 UTEP Miners basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by sixth year head coach Tim Floyd, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 19–14, 10–8 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place. They defeated FIU in the second round of the C-USA tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Marshall. Despite having 19 wins and an above .500 record, they did not participate in a postseason tournament. UTEP averaged 7,385 fans per game, ranking 64th nationally.

Previous season The Miners finished the season 22–11, 13–5 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for the second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the C-USA tournament where they lost to Middle Tennessee. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Murray State.

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Julian Washburn 4 G/F 6'8" 210 Senior Duncanville, TX Graduated C. J. Cooper 5 G 6'0" 180 Senior Chino, CA Graduated Lew Stallworth 13 G 6'1" 175 Freshman Santa Clarita, CA Transferred to Texas–Rio Grande Valley Cedrick Lang 31 F 6'10" 255 Senior Sioux Falls, SD Graduated Vince Hunter 32 F 6'8" 200 Sophomore Detroit, MI Declare for 2015 NBA draft Darnell Vandivort 33 G 6'1" 145 Sophomore El Paso, TX Walk-on; didn't return

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Dominic Artis 1 G 6'1" 185 Junior Oakland, CA Junior college transferred from Diablo Valley College Lee Moore 4 G 6'4" 175 Junior Kennesaw, GA Junior college transferred from Wallace State CC

Class of 2015 recruits

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:#;"| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:#;"| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style="background:#;| Conference USA regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#; "| Conference USA tournament

See also 2015–16 UTEP Lady Miners basketball team

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