The 2015–16 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team represented Grand Canyon University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Dan Majerle's third season at Grand Canyon. This season was year 3 of a 4-year transition period from Division II to Division I. As a result, the Antelopes were not eligible to make the NCAA Tournament, nor the NIT and could not participate WAC Basketball Tournament. However the Antelopes were eligible for the CIT, CBI or the new Vegas 16 tournaments if invited. They finished the season 27–7, 11–3 in WAC play to finish in a tie for second place. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. In the first round, they defeated South Carolina State to be champions of the Coach John McLendon Classic, the first classic game to be held as part of a postseason tournament. In the second round they defeated Jackson State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Coastal Carolina.
Previous season The Antelopes finished the season 17–15, 8–6 in WAC play to finish in a tie for second place. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Northern Arizona.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Isaiah Juarez 1 G 6'3" 180 Freshman Tustin, CA Transferred to Holy Names Sam Daly 3 G 6'3" 175 Sophomore Adelaide, Australia Transferred to Chaminade Daniel Alexander 12 F 6'9" 217 RS Senior Austin, TX Graduated Jerome Garrison 21 G 6'3" 178 Senior Phoenix, AZ Graduated Royce Woolrige 22 G 6'3" 180 Senior Phoenix, AZ Graduated Miroslav Jakšić 25 F 6'11" 220 RS Freshman Windsor, ON Transferred to Toronto Tobe Okafor 50 C 6'11" 230 Junior Lagos, Nigeria Transferred to Arkansas Tech
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Grandy Glaze 1 F 6'6" 235 RS Senior Toronto, ON Transferred from Saint Louis. Will be eligible to play immediately since Glaze graduated from Saint Louis. Grand White 3 G 6'2" 175 RS Senior Monroeville, AL Transferred from Jacksonville State. Will be eligible to play immediately since White graduated from Jacksonville State. Uros Ljeskovic 13 F 6'8" 240 Senior Nikšić, Montenegro Transferred from Coastal Carolina. Will be eligible to play immediately since Ljeskovic graduated from Coastal Carolina. Keonta Vernon 24 F 6'6" 225 Junior Tulare, CA Transferred junior college from College of Southern Idaho.
2015 incoming recruits
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style="background:#522D80; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#522D80; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#522D80; color:#FFFFFF;"| CIT
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