The 2015–16 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team represented Prairie View A&M University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by tenth year head coach Byron Rimm II, played their home games at the William Nicks Building and were members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 7–24, 7–11 in SWAC play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SWAC tournament to Jackson State.
On January 27, 2016, following a 1–16 start to the season, head coach Byron Rimm II resigned. Assistant coach Byron Smith was named interim coach. On March 14, Prairie View A&M removed the interim coach tag and named Byron Smith head coach.
Roster NumberNamePositionHeightWeightYearHometown 0 Jacoby Green Guard 6–4 175 Senior Houston, Texas 1 Jayrn Johnson Guard 6–3 180 Junior Dallas, Texas 2 Avery Lomax Guard 5–9 160 Senior Desoto, Texas 3 Jordan Giddings Guard 6–0 180 R-Junior Dallas, Texas 4 Dominique Shaw Guard 6–4 220 Junior Lufkin, Texas 5 Tevin Bellinger Guard 6–0 180 Junior Hutto, Texas 10 Lavonne Davis Forward 6–8 215 Freshman Cleveland, Ohio 12 Malik Amos Guard 6–2 170 Freshman Katy, Texas 13 Xavion Turnage Guard 6–2 170 Freshman Dallas, Texas 14 Zachary Hamilton Forward 6–4 200 Sophomore Houston, Texas 15 Noah Wilson Forward 6–6 230 R-Sophomore Laredo, Texas 21 Tyler Miller Forward 6–6 220 Freshman Milwaukee, Wisconsin 22 Charleston Dobbs Forward 6–8 210 Senior Dumas, Arkansas 23 Admassu Williams Forward 6–8 240 Junior Santa Monica, California 24 Jordan Lumpkins Forward 6–4 215 Junior New Orleans, Louisiana 25 Ja'Donta Blakely Guard 6–2 180 Junior Lake Charles, Louisiana 30 Karim York Forward 6–9 225 Senior Austin, Texas 31 Austin Allen Forward 6–6 180 Freshman Desoto, Texas 33 Travis Barnes Forward 6–8 220 Junior Wilson, North Carolina
Recruits
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| Regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| SWAC tournament
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