2015–16 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team

The 2015–16 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by eighth year head coach Jim Engles, played their home games at the Fleisher Center. After two seasons as the only Division I independent, they were first year members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 20–15, 8–6 in A-Sun play to finish in to finish in a three way tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-Sun tournament to Stetson. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Army, Boston University, and Texas–Arlington to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Columbia.

2015–16 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball
CIT, Semifinals
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
Record20–15 (8–6 A-Sun)
Head coach
Assistant coachBrian Kennedy
Jesse Agel
Kim Waiters
Home arenaFleisher Center (cap. 1600)
2015–16 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North Florida104 .7142212  .647
NJIT86 .5712015  .571
Jacksonville86 .5711616  .500
Florida Gulf Coast86 .5712114  .600
Kennesaw State77 .5001120  .355
Lipscomb77 .5001221  .364
Stetson*410 .2861222  .353
USC Upstate410 .2861022  .313
*ineligible for the 2016 NCAA tournament due to APR violations
2016 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner

On April 1, head coach Jim Engles resigned to become the head coach at Columbia. He finished at NJIT with an eight-year record of 111–139.

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