# 2015–16 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team

The 2015–16 McNeese State Cowboys basketball team represented McNeese State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cowboys were led by tenth year head coach Dave Simmons and played their home games at Burton Coliseum. The Cowboys were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season with a record of 8–21, 6–12 in Southland play to finish in eighth place. They lost to Nicholls State in the first round of the Southland tournament.

## Preseason

The Cowboys were picked to finish tenth (10th) in both the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll and eighth (8th) in the Sports Information Directors Poll.

## Schedule and results

Source
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-Conference regular season |||||
| November 13, 2015* 8:00 pm | at No. 21 LSU | L 70–81 | 0–1 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,679) Baton Rouge, LA |
| November 17, 2015* 7:00 pm | Louisiana College | L 70–73 | 0–2 | Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA |
| November 20, 2015* 7:00 pm | at No. 8 Oklahoma | L 56–85 | 0–3 | Lloyd Noble Center (8,364) Norman, OK |
| November 25, 2015* 2:00 pm | Dillard | W 80–79 | 1–3 | Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA |
| November 28, 2015* 3:00 pm, Root | Texas State | L 67–70 | 1–4 | Burton Coliseum (N/A) Lake Charles, LA |
| November 30, 2015* 6:00 pm | at Central Michigan | L 73–74 | 1–5 | McGuirk Arena (2,153) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| September 12, 2015* 7:00 pm | at Louisiana–Lafayette | L 64–97 | 1–6 | CajunDome (3,571) Lafayette, LA |
| December 12, 2015* 6:30 pm, BTN | at Indiana | L 60–105 | 1–7 | Assembly Hall (17,472) Bloomington, IN |
| December 16, 2015* 7:30 pm | LSU–Alexandria | W 77–72 | 2–7 | Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA |
| December 22, 2015* 10:00 pm, Pac-12 | at UCLA | L 53–67 | 2–8 | Pauley Pavilion (6,499) Los Angeles |
| December 29, 2015* 7:00 pm | Jarvis Christian | | | Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA |
| Southland regular season |||||
| February 1, 2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Stephen F. Austin | L 57–86 | 2–9 (0–1) | William R. Johnson Coliseum (2,284) Nacogdoches, TX |
| May 1, 2016 7:00 pm | at Houston Baptist | L 73–82 | 2–10 (0–2) | Sharp Gymnasium (657) Houston, TX |
| September 1, 2016 3:00 pm | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 68–77 | 2–11 (0–3) | Burton Coliseum (520) Lake Charles, LA |
| January 16, 2016 3:00 pm | Sam Houston State | W 72–68 | 3–11 (1–3) | Burton Coliseum (453) Lake Charles, LA |
| January 19, 2016 7:00 pm | at Abilene Christian | L 67–75 | 3–12 (1–4) | Moody Coliseum (1,619) Abilene, TX |
| January 23, 2016 3:00 pm | Northwestern State | W 75–74 | 4–12 (2–4) | Burton Coliseum (1,231) Lake Charles, LA |
| January 25, 2016 7:00 pm | Incarnate Word | W 79–76 $^{OT}$ | 5–12 (3–4) | Burton Coliseum (401) Lake Charles, LA |
| January 30, 2016 6:15 pm | at New Orleans | L 64–76 | 5–13 (3–5) | Lakefront Arena (1,108) New Orleans, LA |
| January 2, 2016 7:00 pm | at Southeastern Louisiana | L 80–82 | 5–14 (3–6) | University Center (1,030) Hammond, LA |
| June 2, 2016 3:30 pm | at Nicholls State | L 56–71 | 5–15 (3–7) | Stopher Gym (592) Thibodaux, LA |
| November 2, 2016 7:00 pm | New Orleans | W 87–76 | 6–15 (4–7) | Burton Coliseum (302) Lake Charles, LA |
| February 13, 2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Northwestern State | L 78–87 | 6–16 (4–8) | Prather Coliseum (1,837) Natchitoches, LA |
| February 15, 2016 8:00 pm, ASN | Southeastern Louisiana | L 76–79 | 6–17 (4–9) | Burton Coliseum (350) Lake Charles, LA |
| February 20, 2010 3:00 pm | Lamar | L 76–87 | 6–18 (4–10) | Burton Coliseum (1,403) Lake Charles, LA |
| February 22, 2016 7:00 pm | Central Arkansas | L 82–88 | 6–19 (4–11) | Burton Coliseum (331) Lake Charles, LA |
| February 27, 2016 3:00 pm | Nicholls State | W 71–69 $^{OT}$ | 7–19 (5–11) | Burton Coliseum (N/A) Lake Charles, LA |
| February 29, 2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Lamar | W 77–74 | 8–19 (6–11) | Montagne Center (2,143) Beaumont, TX |
| May 3, 2016 4:00 pm | at Central Arkansas | L 77–85 | 8–20 (6–12) | Farris Center (823) Conway, AR |
| Southland tournament |||||
| September 3, 2016 Nicholls State | vs. Nicholls State First round | L 90–94 $^{2OT}$ | 8–21 | Merrell Center (1,077) Katy, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |||||