2015–16 Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas at Little Rock during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Trojans, led by first-year head coach Chris Beard, played their home games at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock, Arkansas and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 30–5, 17–3 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season championship. They defeated Louisiana–Lafayette and Louisiana–Monroe to win the Sun Belt tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In the Tournament as a No. 12 seed, they defeated Purdue in the first round before losing in the second round to Iowa State.

2015–16 Little Rock Trojans men's basketball
Sun Belt regular season champions
Sun Belt tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Second Round
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record30–5 (17–3 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaJack Stephens Center
2015–16 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Little Rock173 .850305  .857
Louisiana–Monroe155 .7502014  .588
Texas–Arlington137 .6502411  .686
Louisiana–Lafayette128 .6001915  .559
Georgia Southern1010 .5001417  .452
Georgia State911 .4501614  .533
Texas State812 .4001516  .484
South Alabama812 .4001419  .424
Arkansas State713 .3501120  .355
Appalachian State713 .350922  .290
Troy416 .200922  .290
2016 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner

This was the first season in which the school used "Little Rock" as its athletic brand; previously, it had alternately used "Arkansas–Little Rock" and "UALR".

Following the season, first-year head coach Chris Beard left the school to accept the head coaching position at Texas Tech. On March 31, 2016, the school hired Wes Flanigan as head coach.

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