2015–16 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team represented Monmouth University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by fifth year head coach King Rice, played their home games at the Multipurpose Activity Center and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). They finished the season 28–8, 17–3 in MAAC play to win the MAAC regular season championship. They defeated Rider and Fairfield to advance to the championship game of the MAAC tournament where they lost to Iona. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. As one of the last four teams left out of the NCAA tournament, they received a #1 seed in the NIT where they defeated Bucknell in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to George Washington.

2015–16 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball
MAAC regular season champions
NIT, Second Round
ConferenceMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Record28–8 (17–3 MAAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMultipurpose Activity Center
2015–16 MAAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Monmouth173 .850288  .778
Iona164 .8002211  .667
Siena137 .6502113  .618
Fairfield128 .6001914  .576
Saint Peter's128 .6001416  .467
Manhattan911 .4501318  .419
Canisius812 .4001419  .424
Rider812 .4001320  .394
Quinnipiac614 .300921  .300
Niagara515 .250725  .219
Marist416 .200723  .233
2016 MAAC tournament winner

This season is best known for Monmouth defeating five power conference opponents (UCLA, Notre Dame, USC, Georgetown, and Rutgers) and for the Hawks receiving votes in the AP poll for the first time ever.

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