# 2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This season was head coach Ron Cottrell's twenty-fifth season at HBU. The Huskies played their home games at the Sharp Gymnasium. They were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 17–17, 10–8 in Southland play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Southeastern Louisiana to advance to the semifinals of the Southland tournament where they lost to Stephen F. Austin. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to UNC Greensboro.

## Media

All Houston Baptist games will be broadcast online live by the Legacy Sports Network (LSN). LSN will also provide online video for every non-televised Huskies home game. However HBU games can air on ESPN3 as part of the Southland Conference TV packages.

## Preseason

The Huskies finished ninth in both the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll and the Sports Information Director's Poll.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season |||||
| 11/13/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at New Mexico State | L 69–91 | 0–1 | Pan American Center (5,130) Las Cruces, NM |
| 11/16/2015* 7:00 pm | Crowley's Ridge | W 102–62 | 1–1 | Sharp Gymnasium (848) Houston, TX |
| 11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | at TCU Cancún Challenge | L 63–90 | 1–2 | Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (3,233) Fort Worth, TX |
| 11/21/2015* 7:30 pm | at Illinois State Cancún Challenge | L 56–72 | 1–3 | Redbird Arena (4,100) Normal, IL |
| 11/24/2015* 2:00 pm | vs. South Dakota State Cancún Challenge | L 68–92 | 1–4 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún |
| 11/25/2015* 11:30 am | vs. Rider Cancún Challenge | L 56–67 | 1–5 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún |
| 12/02/2015* 7:30 pm | Rice | W 77–73 | 2–5 | Sharp Gymnasium (887) Houston, TX |
| 12/05/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPNU | at Michigan | L 57-82 | 2-6 | Crisler Center (11,399) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 12/12/2015* 7:00 pm | Arlington Baptist | W 110–53 | 3–6 | Sharp Gymnasium (542) Houston, TX |
| 12/15/2015* 7:30 pm | UC Riverside | W 72–59 | 4–6 | Sharp Gymnasium (532) Houston, TX |
| 12/19/2015* 1:30 pm | at Arizona State | L 79–98 | 4–7 | Wells Fargo Arena (4,573) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/29/2015* 7:00 pm | Ecclesia | W 101–47 | 5–7 | Sharp Gymnasium (501) Houston, TX |
| 01/02/2016 3:00 pm | at Northwestern State | W 99–73 | 6–7 (1–0) | Prather Coliseum (1,218) Natchitoches, LA |
| 01/05/2016 7:00 pm | McNeese State | W 82–73 | 7–7 (2–0) | Sharp Gymnasium (657) Houston, TX |
| 01/09/2016 7:00 pm | Southeastern Louisiana | W 77–58 | 8–7 (3–0) | Sharp Gymnasium (621) Houston, TX |
| 01/13/2016 7:00 pm | Nicholls State | W 78–69 | 9–7 (4–0) | Sharp Gymnasium (517) Houston, TX |
| 01/16/2016 6:30 pm, ESPN3 | at New Orleans | W 73–69 | 10–7 (5–0) | Lakefront Arena (1,066) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/19/2016 7:00 pm | at Central Arkansas | W 72–61 | 11–7 (6–0) | Farris Center Conway, AR |
| 01/23/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Lamar | W 92–79 | 12–7 (7–0) | Montagne Center (2,312) Beaumont, TX |
| 01/25/2016* 7:00 pm | Hillsdale Free Will Baptist | W 109–84 | 13–7 | Sharp Gymnasium (683) Houston, TX |
| 01/30/2016 7:00 pm | Sam Houston State | W 70–69 | 14–7 (8–0) | Sharp Gymnasium (1,075) Houston, TX |
| 02/02/2016 7:00 pm | at Abilene Christian | L 72–79 | 14–8 (8–1) | Moody Coliseum (1,226) Abilene, TX |
| 02/06/2016 7:00 pm | Stephen F. Austin | L 66–72 | 14–9 (8–2) | Sharp Gymnasium (1,082) Houston, TX |
| 02/08/2016 8:00 pm, ASN | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 76–83 | 14–10 (8–3) | American Bank Center (1,038) Corpus Christi, TX |
| 02/13/2016 7:00 pm | at Sam Houston State | L 68–80 | 14–11 (8–4) | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,172) Huntsville, TX |
| 02/15/2016 7:00 pm | Lamar | W 79–78 | 15–11 (9–4) | Sharp Gymnasium (703) Houston, TX |
| 02/18/2016 7:00 pm | Abilene Christian | W 73–71 | 16–11 (10–4) | Sharp Gymnasium (827) Houston, TX |
| 02/22/2016 7:00 pm | Incarnate Word | L 91–97 | 16–12 (10–5) | Sharp Gymnasium (818) Houston, TX |
| 02/27/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Stephen F. Austin | L 54–82 | 16–13 (10–6) | William R. Johnson Coliseum (6,012) Nacogdoches, TX |
| 03/03/2016 7:30 pm | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 71–81 | 16–14 (10–7) | Sharp Gymnasium (957) Houston, TX |
| 03/05/2016 4:00 pm | at Incarnate Word | L 86–97 | 16–15 (10–8) | McDermott Center (1,058) San Antonio, TX |
| Southland tournament |||||
| 03/10/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | vs. Southeastern Louisiana Quarterfinals | W 73–68 | 17–15 | Merrell Center (1,298) Katy, TX |
| 03/11/2016 5:00 pm | vs. Stephen F. Austin Semifinals | L 68–104 | 17–16 | Merrell Center (3,019) Katy, TX |
| CBI |||||
| 03/16/2016* 6:00 pm | at UNC Greensboro First round | L 65–69 | 17–17 | Greensboro Coliseum (1,031) Greensboro, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. |||||