# 2015–16 Savannah State Tigers basketball team

The 2015–16 Savannah State Tigers basketball team represented Savannah State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by 11th year head coach Horace Broadnax, played their home games at Tiger Arena and were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 9–7 in MEAC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Delaware State and Bethune-Cookman to advance to the semifinals of the MEAC tournament where they lost to Hampton. They were invited to the CollegeInsdier.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas–Arlington.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2015* 8:00 pm | | Armstrong State | W 91–84 | | Tiger Arena (4,650) Savannah, GA |
| 11/09/2015* 7:00 pm | | Limestone | W 90–82 | | Tiger Arena (1,650) Savannah, GA |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 8:00 pm | | Florida National | W 87–69 | 1–0 | Tiger Arena (2,860) Savannah, GA |
| 11/16/2015* 7:00 pm | | Campbell | W 59–57 | 2–0 | Tiger Arena (1,420) Savannah, GA |
| 11/18/2015* 7:00 pm | | Arkansas State Global Sports Shootout | W 76–75 | 3–0 | Tiger Arena (1,440) Savannah, GA |
| 11/20/2015* 11:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 25 Oregon Global Sports Shootout | L 59–77 | 3–1 | Matthew Knight Arena (6,465) Eugene, OR |
| 11/23/2015* 8:00 pm, FSSW | | at Baylor Global Sports Shootout | L 61–100 | 3–2 | Ferrell Center (4,714) Waco, TX |
| 11/27/2015* 8:00 pm | | at Jackson State Global Sports Shootout | L 42–69 | 3–3 | Williams Assembly Center (587) Jackson, MS |
| 11/29/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at South Florida | L 57–67 | 3–4 | USF Sun Dome (2,429) Tampa, FL |
| 12/02/2015* 8:00 pm | | Georgia Southern | W 76–67 | 4–4 | Tiger Arena (4,523) Savannah, GA |
| 12/05/2015* 4:00 pm | | Eastern Kentucky | L 71–74 | 4–5 | Tiger Arena (1,020) Savannah, GA |
| 12/16/2015* 8:00 pm, P12N | | at Utah | L 53–99 | 4–6 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (11,911) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/02/2016* 3:00 pm, SECN+ | | at Missouri | L 50–81 | 4–7 | Mizzou Arena (6,037) Columbia, MO |
| 01/05/2016 7:00 pm | | at Florida A&M | L 58–61 | 4–8 (0–1) | Teaching Gym (Florida A&M) (1,398) Tallahassee, FL |
| 01/09/2016 6:00 pm | | North Carolina A&T | W 75–68 | 5–8 (1–1) | Tiger Arena (1,240) Savannah, GA |
| 01/11/2016 8:00 pm | | North Carolina Central | L 46–69 | 5–9 (1–2) | Tiger Arena (1,230) Savannah, GA |
| 01/16/2016 6:00 pm | | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 68–61 | 6–9 (2–2) | Tiger Arena (930) Savannah, GA |
| 01/18/2016 8:00 pm | | Delaware State | W 64–47 | 7–9 (3–2) | Tiger Arena (1,020) Savannah, GA |
| 01/23/2016 6:00 pm | | at Hampton | L 52–75 | 7–10 (3–3) | Hampton Convocation Center (3,521) Hampton, VA |
| 01/25/2016 8:00 pm | | at Norfolk State | L 73–92 | 7–11 (3–4) | Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall (1,812) Norfolk, VA |
| 01/30/2016 4:00 pm | | at North Carolina A&T | L 62–63 | 7–12 (3–5) | Corbett Sports Center (1,461) Greensboro, NC |
| 02/02/2016 7:30 pm | | at Bethune-Cookman | L 59–62 | 7–13 (3–6) | Moore Gymnasium (805) Daytona Beach, FL |
| 02/06/2016 8:00 pm | | Morgan State | W 57–49 | 8–13 (4–6) | Tiger Arena (2,671) Savannah, GA |
| 02/08/2016 8:00 pm | | Coppin State | W 72–63 | 9–13 (5–6) | Tiger Arena (1,211) Savannah, GA |
| 02/13/2016 6:00 pm | | at South Carolina State | W 60–57 | 10–13 (6–6) | SHM Memorial Center (469) Orangeburg, SC |
| 02/20/2016 4:00 pm | | at Howard | W 66–56 | 11–13 (7–6) | Burr Gymnasium (1,205) Washington, D.C. |
| 02/23/2016* 8:00 pm | | Allen | W 83–72 | 12–13 | Tiger Arena (1,008) Savannah, GA |
| 02/27/2016 6:00 pm | | South Carolina State | W 76–64 | 13–13 (8–6) | Tiger Arena (1,801) Savannah, GA |
| 02/29/2016 8:00 pm | | at North Carolina Central | L 44–61 | 13–14 (8–7) | McLendon–McDougald Gymnasium (1,427) Durham,, NC |
| 03/03/2016 8:00 pm | | Florida A&M | W 52–40 | 14–14 (9–7) | Tiger Arena (2,420) Savannah, GA |
| MEAC tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | (5) | vs. (12) Delaware State First round | W 63–58 | 15–14 | Norfolk Scope Norfolk, VA |
| 03/10/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | (5) | vs. (4) Bethune-Cookman Quarterfinals | W 57–50 | 16–14 | Norfolk Scope Norfolk, VA |
| 03/11/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | (5) | vs. (1) Hampton Semifinals | L 55–89 | 16–15 | Norfolk Scope Norfolk, VA |
| CIT ||||||
| 03/16/2016* 7:00 pm | | Texas–Arlington First round | L 59–75 | 16–16 | Tiger Arena (1,192) Savannah, GA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||