The 2015–16 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team represented Central Michigan University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by fourth year head coach Keno Davis, played their home games at McGuirk Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 10–8 in MAC play to finish in a tie for the West Division championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament to Bowling Green. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Tennessee–Martin.
Previous season The Chippewas finished the season 23–9, 12–6 in MAC play to be champions of the West Division and share the overall MAC regular season championship with Buffalo. They advanced to the championship game of the MAC tournament where they lost to Buffalo. As a conference champion, and #1 seed in their conference tournament, who failed to win their conference tournament they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Louisiana Tech.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Spencer Krannitz 1 G/F 6'4" 202 Junior North Muskegon, Michigan Transferred to Fresno Pacific Derrick Richardson, Jr. 3 G 6'4" 200 Junior Ypsilanti, Michigan Transferred Filip Medjo 13 G 6'3" 210 Freshman Belgrade, Serbia Transferred to Pensacola State College Austin Keel 30 G 6'3" 182 Senior Winter Springs, Florida Graduated
Recruiting class of 2015
Recruiting class of 2016
Roster
Schedule and results Source:
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!colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| Non-conference games
!colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| Mid-American Conference games
!colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| MAC tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#660033; color:#FFCC00;"| CIT
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