# 2015–16 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team

The 2015–16 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders were led by third year head coach Dennis Cutts and played their home games at the Student Recreation Center Arena as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 14–19, 5–11 in Big West play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Big West tournament to Long Beach State.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2015* 7:00 pm | | Port Loma Nazarene | W 70–59 | | Student Recreation Center Arena (405) Riverside, CA |
| Non-conference games ||||||
| 11/14/2015* 4:00 pm | | William Jessup | W 100–68 | 1–0 | SRC Arena (2,247) Riverside, CA |
| 11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | | Santa Clara | W 77–63 | 2–0 | SRC Arena (486) Riverside, CA |
| 11/21/2015* 7:00 pm | | at San Francisco Roundball Showcase | L 57–58 | 2–1 | War Memorial Gymnasium (1,641) San Francisco, CA |
| 11/24/2015* 7:00 pm | | Delaware State Roundball Showcase | W 81–55 | 3–1 | SRC Arena (562) Riverside, CA |
| 11/27/2015* 5:00 pm | | at Rice Roundball Showcase | L 81–87 | 3–2 | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,169) Houston, TX |
| 11/29/2015* 12:00 pm | | at Lamar Roundball Showcase | W 74–69 | 4–2 | Montagne Center (1,481) Beaumont, TX |
| 12/03/2015* 7:00 pm | | Northern Colorado | W 77–66 | 5–2 | SRC Arena (603) Riverside, CA |
| 12/06/2015* 3:00 pm | | at Loyola Marymount | L 76–77 | 5–3 | Gersten Pavilion (1,817) Los Angeles, CA |
| 12/12/2015* 4:00 pm | | UNLV | L 62–73 | 5–4 | SRC Arena (1,772) Riverside, CA |
| 12/15/2015* 5:00 pm | | at Houston Baptist | L 59–72 | 5–5 | Sharp Gymnasium (532) Houston, TX |
| 12/18/2015* 5:00 pm | | at Abilene Christian | W 60–56 | 6–5 | Moody Coliseum (1,002) Abilene, TX |
| 12/20/2015* 7:00 pm | | Life Pacific | W 95–48 | 7–5 | SRC Arena (244) Riverside, CA |
| 12/22/2015* 7:00 pm | | Denver | W 63–54 | 8–5 | SRC Arena (373) Riverside, CA |
| 12/28/2015* 10:00 am | | at Morgan State | W 81–72 | 9–5 | Talmadge L. Hill Field House (79) Baltimore, MD |
| 12/30/2015* 4:00 pm | | at Ohio | L 59–81 | 9–6 | Convocation Center (5,267) Athens, OH |
| 01/02/2015* 5:00 pm | | Cal State Bakersfield | L 48–67 | 9–7 | SRC Arena (321) Riverside, CA |
| 01/07/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Cal State Fullerton | L 73–79 | 9–8 (0–1) | SRC Arena (818) Riverside, CA |
| 01/09/2016 7:00 pm | | at UC Irvine | L 68–84 | 9–9 (0–2) | Bren Events Center (4,233) Irvine, CA |
| 01/14/2016 7:00 pm | | Hawaii | L 71–80 | 9–10 (0–3) | SRC Arena (1,596) Riverside, CA |
| 01/16/2016 7:30 pm, BigWest.TV | | Cal State Northridge | W 75–72 | 10–10 (1–3) | Matadome (1,103) Northridge, CA |
| 01/21/2016 7:00 pm | | at UC Davis | L 55–58 | 10–11 (1–4) | The Pavilion (2,247) Davis, CA |
| 01/23/2016 4:00 pm | | Long Beach State | W 74–72 | 11–11 (2–4) | SRC Arena (935) Riverside, CA |
| 01/28/2016 7:00 pm | | at Cal Poly | W 72–68 | 12–11 (3–4) | Mott Gym (2,134) San Luis Obispo, CA |
| 01/30/2016 7:00 pm | | at Cal State Fullerton | W 81–71 | 13–11 (4–4) | Titan Gym (3,489) Fullerton, CA |
| 02/03/2016 7:00 pm | | at Cal State Northridge | L 71–73 | 13–12 (4–5) | SRC Arena (884) Riverside, CA |
| 02/6/2016 7:00 pm | | UC Davis | L 49–50 | 13–13 (4–6) | SRC Arena (572) Riverside, CA |
| 02/13/2016 7:30 pm, Prime Ticket | | Cal Poly | L 78–86 | 13–14 (4–7) | SRC Arena (625) Riverside, CA |
| 02/18/2015 8:00 pm | | UC Santa Barbara | L 55–65 | 13–15 (4–8) | SRC Arena (665) Riverside, CA |
| 02/25/2016 9:00 pm | | at Hawaii | W 77–71 | 14–15 (5–8) | Stan Sheriff Center (7,957) Honolulu, HI |
| 02/27/2016 4:00 pm | | at Long Beach State | L 55–66 | 14–16 (5–9) | Walter Pyramid (2,804) Long Beach, CA |
| 03/03/2016 7:00 pm | | at UC Santa Barbara | L 55–81 | 14–17 (5–10) | UC Santa Barbara Events Center (2,075) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 03/05/2016 2:00 pm | | UC Irvine | L 66–76 | 14–18 (5–11) | SRC Arena (766) Riverside, CA |
| Big West Tournament ||||||
| 03/10/2016 8:30 pm, Prime Ticket | (6) | vs. (3) Long Beach State Quarterfinals | L 74–82 | 14–19 | Honda Center Anaheim, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.. ||||||