The 2015–16 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by eighth year head coach Jim Engles, played their home games at the Fleisher Center. After two seasons as the only Division I independent, they were first year members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 20–15, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-Sun tournament to Stetson. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Army, Boston University, and Texas–Arlington to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Columbia.
On April 1, head coach Jim Engles resigned to become the head coach at Columbia. He finished at NJIT with an eight-year record of 111–139.
Roster
Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 0 Ky Howard Guard 6–4 185 Senior Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2 Tim Coleman Forward 6–5 210 Junior Union, New Jersey 3 Chris Jenkins Guard/Forward 6–4 215 Sophomore Hillside, New Jersey 5 Damon Lynn Guard 5–11 165 Junior Hillside, New Jersey 11 Winfield Willis Guard 6–0 180 Senior Baltimore, Maryland 12 Abdul Lewis Forward 6–9 225 Sophomore Irvington, New Jersey 14 Reilly Walsh Guard 6–3 180 Freshman Staten Island, New York 15 Terrence Smith Forward 6–6 195 Junior Fort Lauderdale, Florida 23 Osa Izevbuwa Guard 6–3 230 Junior Staten Island, New York 24 Emmanuel Tselentakis Guard 6–5 205 Senior Thessaloniki, Greece 25 Rob Ukawuba Guard 6–3 210 Junior East Brunswick, New Jersey 33 Vlad Shustov Forward 6–10 225 Sophomore Tomsk, Russia 34 Mohamed Bendary Forward 6–9 235 Freshman Jersey City, New Jersey
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| Atlantic Sun Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| Atlantic Sun Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| CIT
References