The 2015–16 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by second year head coach Doc Sadler, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 8–21, 5–13 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 12th place.
Due to an ongoing NCAA investigation into NCAA violations and illegal benefits for players under former coach Donnie Tyndall, they self-imposed a postseason ban for the second consecutive year, which included the C-USA tournament.
Previous season The Golden Eagles finished the 2014–15 season 9–20, 4–14 in C-USA play to finish in 13th place. Due to an ongoing NCAA investigation into illegal benefits for players under former coach Donnie Tyndall, the school self-imposed a postseason ban which included the C-USA tournament.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Shadell Millinghaus 0 G 6'0" 194 Sophomore Brooklyn, NY Transferred to Northwest Florida State College Matt Bigaya 2 G/F 6'5" 200 RS Sophomore Delaware, OH Transferred to Fairmont State Davon Hayes 3 G/F 6'7" 190 RS Freshman Portsmouth, VA Transferred Dallas Anglin 4 G 6'2" 180 Junior Montclair, NJ Transferred to Northern Colorado Chip Armelin 13 G 6'4" 207 RS Senior Sulphur, LA Graduated Jeremiah Eason 34 F 6'7" 230 Senior Fort Lauderdale, FL Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Raheem Watts 0 F 6'7" 210 Junior Greenville, SC Junior college transferred from Dodge City Community College Kourtlin Jackson 2 G 6'4" 190 RS Senior Des Moines, IA Transferred from Iowa State. Will be eligible to play immediately since Jackson graduated from Iowa State. Michael Ramey 11 G 6'5" 198 Junior Indianapolis, IN Junior college transferred from Seminole State College Lorenzo Bonam G 6'4" 170 Junior Dearborn Heights, MI Junior college transferred from Gillette College
Recruiting class of 2015
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA regular season
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