The 2015–16 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thunderbirds were led by fourth-year head coach Nick Robinson and played their home games at the Centrum Arena in Cedar City, Utah. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. The Thunderbirds finished the season 5–24, 3–15 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky tournament to North Dakota.
On March 9, 2016, head coach Nick Robinson was fired. He finished at SUU with a four-year record of 28–90. On March 22, the school hired Todd Simon as head coach.
Previous season The Thunderbirds finished the season 2014–15 season 10–19, 7–11 in Big Sky play to finish in ninth place. They failed to qualify for the Big Sky tournament.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Austin Waddoups 2 G 6'2" 160 Freshman American Fork, Utah Transferred to Salt Lake CC Tyler Rawson 21 F 6'9" 220 Freshman American Fork, Utah Transferred to Salt Lake CC Sherron Wilson 22 G/F 6'6" 220 Freshman Las Vegas, Nevada Transferred to Paris JC Eric Rippetoe 24 F 6'6" 215 Senior Panaca, Nevada Graduated Cal Hanks 34 C 6'11" 240 Senior Logan, Utah Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Randy Onwuasor 2 G 6'3" 190 Junior Inglewood, California Transferred from Texas Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Onwuasor will have to sit out for the 2015–16 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Will Joyce 11 F 6'5" 220 Junior Newark, New Jersey Junior college transferred from New Mexico Military Institute
2015 incoming recruits
Roster
Schedule
! colspan="9" style="background:#f00; color:#fff;"| Exhibition
! colspan="9" style="background:#f00; color:#fff;"| Non-conference regular season
! colspan="9" style="background:#f00; color:#fff;"| Big Sky regular season
! colspan="9" style="background:#f00; color:#fff;"| Big Sky tournament
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