The 2015–16 Southern Jaguars basketball team represented Southern University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by fifth year head coach Roman Banks, played their home games at the F. G. Clark Center and were members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 22–13, 11–7 in SWAC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Alabama State, Texas Southern, and Jackson State to be champions of the SWAC tournament. They earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the First Four to Holy Cross.
Roster NumberNamePositionHeightWeightYearHometown 0 Christopher Hyder Guard 5–11 170 Senior Dallas, Texas 1 Londell King Forward 6–7 185 Freshman Tallahassee, Florida 2 Adrian Rodgers Guard 6–4 205 Senior Atlanta, Georgia 3 Trelun Banks Guard 6–1 170 Junior Shreveport, Louisiana 4 Chris Thomas Guard 6–4 190 Sophomore Baton Rouge, Louisiana 5 Brendon Genaway Guard 5–10 160 Freshman Houston, Texas 10 Shawn Prudhomme Forward 6–4 215 Junior Beaumont, Texas 11 Rashad Andrews Guard 6–5 190 Sophomore Brooklyn, New York 12 Jarred Sam Forward 6–9 210 Sophomore Baton Rouge, Louisiana 12 Grant Ellis Guard 6–4 170 Junior Newark, New Jersey 20 Thomas Pierre-Louis Forward 6–9 210 Senior Miami, Florida 21 Patrick Smith Forward 6–7 195 Junior Farmerville, Louisiana 23 LaQuentin Collins Guard 6–2 170 Sophomore Monroe, Louisiana 30 DeRias Johnson Guard 6–4 170 Freshman Dallas, Texas 32 D'Andrian Allen Forward 6–8 225 Junior Toronto, Ontario, Canada 50 Tony Nunn Forward 6–9 220 Junior Salisbury, North Carolina
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#1560BD; color:#FFD700;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#1560BD; color:#FFD700;"| SWAC regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#1560BD; color:#FFD700;"| SWAC tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#1560BD; color:#FFD700;"| NCAA tournament
References