The 2015–16 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team represented the University of Northern Colorado during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears were led by sixth-year head coach B. J. Hill and played their home games at Bank of Colorado Arena. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. The Bears finished the season 10–21, 7–11 in Big Sky play to finish in ninth place. They lost to Portland State in the first round of the Big Sky tournament.

On April 21, 2016, the school fired head coach B. J. Hill amid an NCAA investigation into "serious and concerning" allegations of violations within the program. On May 1, the school hired Jeff Linder as head coach.

Previous season The Bears finished the 2014–15 season 15–15, 10–8 in Big Sky play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky tournament to Northern Arizona.

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Corey Spence 0 G 5'9" 175 Senior Baltimore, Maryland Graduated Cody McDavis 1 F 6'8" 230 Junior Phoenix, Arizona Left the team for personal reasons Tevin Svihovec 5 G 6'2" 190 Senior Kingwood, Texas Graduated Dominique Lee 13 F 6'5" 215 Senior Oakland, California Graduated Tim Huskisson 22 F 6'5" 210 Senior Willard, Missouri Graduated Collin Sanger 23 F 6'5" 200 Freshman Sterling, Colorado Left the team for personal reasons Drew Bender 42 G 6'5" 195 Sophomore Phoenix, Arizona Transferred to Cal State East Bay Dwight Smith 44 G 6'4" 190 RS Senior Omaha, Nebraska Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Chaz Glotta 13 G 6'2" 172 Sophomore St. Louis, Missouri Transferred from Southern Illinois. Under NCAA transfer rules, Glotta will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Tanner Morgan 20 F 6'9" 234 Junior Salem, Oregon Junior college transferred from Casper College Dallas Anglin 55 G 6'2" 180 RS Junior Montclair, New Jersey Transferred from Southern Miss. Under NCAA transfer rules, Anglin has to sit out until January and will be eligible to start in January during the 2015–16 season. Anglin will have one and a half years of remaining eligibility.

2015 incoming recruits

2016 incoming recruits

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=9 style="background:#000066; color:#FFCC33;"| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#000066; color:#FFCC33;"| Big Sky regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#000066; color:#FFCC33;"| Big Sky tournament

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