2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team

The 2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks Men's Basketball team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by tenth year head coach Brian Jones and played their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 10–8 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Southern Utah and Idaho State to advance to the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament where they lost to Weber State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to UC Irvine.

Previous season North Dakota finished the season 8–22, 4–14 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for tenth place. They failed to qualify for the Big Sky tournament.

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Jaron Nash 1 F 6'8" 195 Senior Waterloo, Iowa Graduated Cole Stefan 2 G 6'3" 190 Senior Minnetonka, Minnesota Graduated Estan Tyler 3 G 6'1" 180 Junior St. Paul, Minnesota Left the team for personal reasons Lenny Antwi 12 G 6'1" 190 Senior Montreal, Quebec Graduated Terrel De Rouen 14 G 6'2" 185 Junior Las Cruces, New Mexico Left the team for personal reasons Kraiq Shields 22 F 6'8" 190 Freshman Kyle, Texas Transferred to Midland College Chad Calcaterra 33 F 6'9" 235 Senior Cloquet, Minnesota Graduated Josiah Coleman 35 F 6'5" 195 Junior Cedar Rapids, Iowa Transferred to UT Permian Basin Ryan Salmonson 41 C 6'10" 235 Senior Colfax, California Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Corey Baldwin 1 G 6'4" 195 Junior Bridgeport, Connecticut Junior college transferred from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Wheeler Baker 13 G 6'2" 175 Sophomore Minneapolis, Minnesota Transferred from Albany. Under NCAA transfer rules, Baker will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

2015 incoming recruits

2016 incoming recruits

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=9 style="background:#009E60; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#009E60; color:white;"| Big Sky regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#009E60; color:white;"| Big Sky tournament

!colspan=9 style="background:#009E60; color:white;"| CIT

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