2015–16 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team

The 2015–16 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team represented Stephen F. Austin State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by head coach Brad Underwood and played their home games at the William R. Johnson Coliseum. They were members of the Southland Conference. The Lumberjacks finished the season with a record of 28–6, 18–0 in Southland play to win the regular season championship. They won the Southland tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As a #14 seed, they upset #8 ranked West Virginia in the first round before losing in the final seconds to Notre Dame in the second round.

2015–16 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record0–6, 28 wins vacated (0–0 Southland, 18 wins vacated)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Boynton.
  • Stephen Gentry
  • Erik Pastrana
Home arenaWilliam R. Johnson Coliseum
(Capacity: 7,203)
2015–16 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Stephen F. Austin180 1.000286  .824
Texas A&M–CC153 .833258  .758
Sam Houston State126 .6671816  .529
Incarnate Word*126 .6671712  .586
Houston Baptist108 .5561717  .500
Southeastern Louisiana99 .5001221  .364
Abilene Christian*810 .4441318  .419
McNeese State711 .389920  .310
Central Arkansas**612 .333721  .250
New Orleans612 .3331020  .333
Nicholls State612 .3331123  .324
Northwestern State513 .278820  .286
Lamar315 .1671119  .367
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I
** Ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
2016 Southland tournament winner

On March 21, 2016, head coach Brad Underwood left the school and was named the head coach at Oklahoma State.

On May 20, 2020, following the discovery of an administrative error in certifying eligibility for student-athletes, Stephen F. Austin reached an agreement with the NCAA to vacate hundreds of wins across multiple sports from 2013 to 2019, including all 117 men's basketball wins from the 2014–15 to 2018–19 seasons.

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