The 2015–16 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars were led by second year head coach Kelvin Sampson and were members of the American Athletic Conference. The Cougars played their home games at Hofheinz Pavilion. They finished the season with a record of 22–11, 12–6 in AAC play to finish in a tie for third place in conference.
They lost in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament to Tulane. They received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Georgia Tech in the first round.
Previous season The Cougars finished the 2014–15 season with a record of 13–19, 4–14 in AAC play to finish in tenth place in conference. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament where they lost to Tulsa.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Mikhail McLean 1 F 6'6" 210 Senior Nassau, Bahamas Graduated Cavon Baker 3 G 6'1" 175 Junior Queens, NY Transferred to St. Peter's J. C. Washington 11 F 6'6" 225 Freshman Houston, TX Transferred to Trinity Valley Community College Adam Drexler 20 F 6'5" 205 Junior Houston, TX Walk-on; didn't return Jherrod Stiggers 21 G 6'4" 215 Junior Terrell, TX Play professionally overseas
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Xavier Dupree 1 F 6'9" 210 Junior Houston, TX Junior college transferred from Paris Junior College Rob Gray 2 G 6'2" 190 Sophomore Forest City, NC Junior college transferred from Howard College Damyean Dotson 21 G 6'6" Junior Houston, TX Junior college transferred from Houston Community College Kyle Meyer 33 C 6'10" 222 Junior Alpharetta, GA Junior college transferred from Eastern Florida State College
Class of 2015 signees
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| AAC regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| American Athletic Conference tournament
!colspan=12 style="background:#CC0000; color:white;"| NIT
Rankings
References