# 2015–16 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team

The 2015–16 New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team represented the University of New Orleans during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Privateers were led by fifth year head coach Mark Slessinger and played their home games at Lakefront Arena. They were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 10–20, 6–12 to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place Southland play. They lost to Southeastern Louisiana in the first round of the Southland tournament.

## Preseason

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

## Schedule

Source
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Out of Conference |||||
| 11/14/2015* 1:00 pm | at Bowling Green | L 61–79 | 0–1 | Stroh Center (1,592) Bowling Green, OH |
| 11/16/2015* 6:00 pm | at Duquesne | L 75–95 | 0–2 | Palumbo Center (1,016) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11/19/2015* 7:45 pm | Pensacola Christian | W 94–57 | 1–2 | Lakefront Arena (580) New Orleans, LA |
| 11/25/2015* 7:00 pm | at Bradley | W 64–51 | 2–2 | Carver Arena (5,379) Peoria, IL |
| 11/28/2015* 7:00 pm, BTN | at Northwestern | L 63–90 | 2–3 | Welsh–Ryan Arena (6,015) Evanston, IL |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | at Tulane | L 62–64 | 2–4 | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,581) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/05/2015* 2:00 pm | at Ball State | L 52–66 | 2–5 | John E. Worthen Arena (2,528) Muncie, IN |
| 12/12/2015* 6:15 pm | Williams Baptist College | W 83–66 | 3–5 | Lakefront Arena (487) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/16/2015* 6:00 pm | at UMass | L 95–103 $^{OT}$ | 3–6 | William D. Mullins Memorial Center (4,273) Amherst, MA |
| 12/21/2015* 7:00 pm | at Louisiana–Lafayette | L 69–79 | 3–7 | CajunDome (3,401) Lafayette, LA |
| 12/29/2015* 5:30 pm | Blue Mountain College | W 94–61 | 4–7 | Lakefront Arena (412) New Orleans, LA |
| Conference Games |||||
| 01/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Lamar | W 68–64 | 5–7 (1–0) | Montagne Center (1,731) Beaumont, TX |
| 01/9/2016 4:30 pm | at Sam Houston State | L 70–73 | 5–8 (1–1) | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (580) Huntsville, TX |
| 01/11/2016 7:00 pm | Incarnate Word | L 68–71 | 5–9 (1–2) | Lakefront Arena (481) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/16/2016 6:45 pm | Houston Baptist | L 69–73 | 5–10 (1–3) | Lakefront Arena (1,066) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/18/2016 7:00 pm | Stephen F. Austin | L 58–82 | 5–11 (1–4) | Lakefront Arena (684) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/23/2016 7:00 pm | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 76–87 | 5–12 (1–5) | American Bank Center (1,708) Corpus Christi, TX |
| 01/25/2016 7:00 pm | Central Arkansas | W 94–83 | 6–12 (2–5) | Lakefront Arena (414) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/30/2015 6:15 pm | McNeese State | W 76–64 | 7–12 (3–5) | Lakefront Arena (1,108) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/01/2016 7:00 pm | Nicholls State | W 74–53 | 8–12 (4–5) | Lakefront Arena (468) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/06/2016 4:00 pm | at Central Arkansas | L 77–112 | 8–13 (4–6) | Farris Center (2,192) Conway, AR |
| 02/11/2016 7:00 pm | at McNeese State | L 76–87 | 8–14 (4–7) | Burton Coliseum (302) Lake Charles, LA |
| 02/15/2016 7:00 pm | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 57–65 | 8–15 (4–8) | Lakefront Arena (332) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/20/2016 3:00 pm | at Northwestern State | W 102–99 | 9–15 (5–8) | Prather Coliseum (1,928) Natchitoches, LA |
| 02/23/2016 7:00 pm | at Southeastern Louisiana | L 81–93 | 9–16 (5–9) | University Center (734) Hammond, LA |
| 02/27/2016 4:00 pm | at Abilene Christian | L 84–87 | 9–17 (5–10) | Moody Coliseum (1,987) Abilene, TX |
| 02/29/2016 6:30 pm | at Nicholls State | L 76–80 | 9–18 (5–11) | Stopher Gym (782) Thibodaux, LA |
| 03/03/2016 7:45 pm | Southeastern Louisiana | L 60–61 | 9–19 (5–12) | Lakefront Arena (684) New Orleans, LA |
| 03/05/2016 6:15 pm | Northwestern State | W 97–86 | 10–19 (6–12) | Lakefront Arena (866) New Orleans, LA |
| Southland tournament |||||
| 03/09/2016 5:00 pm | vs. Southeastern Louisiana First round | L 74–84 | 10–20 | Merrell Center (1,077) Katy, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |||||