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2015–16 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season

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2015–16 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams8
Regular season
ChampionsNorth Florida
Season MVPDallas Moore, North Florida
Tournament
ChampionsFlorida Gulf Coast
  Runners-upStetson
Finals MVPMarc-Eddy Norelia, FGCU
Atlantic Sun men's basketball seasons
2015–16 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Florida 10 4   .714 22 12   .647
NJIT 8 6   .571 20 15   .571
Jacksonville 8 6   .571 16 16   .500
Florida Gulf Coast 8 6   .571 21 14   .600
Kennesaw State 7 7   .500 11 20   .355
Lipscomb 7 7   .500 12 21   .364
Stetson* 4 10   .286 12 22   .353
USC Upstate 4 10   .286 10 22   .313
*ineligible for the 2016 NCAA tournament due to APR violations
2016 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner

The 2015–16 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season was the 38th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball.

The defending regular season and tournament champion was North Florida. It was the first season in the A-Sun for NJIT, who replaced Northern Kentucky following their departure for the Horizon League.

North Florida won their second straight regular season championship but were upset by Florida Gulf Coast in the 2016 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament semifinals. Florida Gulf Coast defeated Stetson in the Tournament title game to win their second A-Sun Tournament championship and berth in the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Postseason results

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Team Postseason tournament Seed Round Opponent Result
Florida Gulf Coast NCAA #16 First Four
First Round
#16 Fairleigh Dickinson
#1 North Carolina
W 96–65
L 67–83
North Florida NIT #7 First Round #2 Florida L 68–97
NJIT CIT N/A First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Army
Boston University
Texas–Arlington
Columbia
W 79–65
W 83–72
W 63–60
L 65–80

References

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