2015–16 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team represented Stony Brook University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seawolves were led by the eleventh-year head coach Steve Pikiell and played their home games at Island Federal Credit Union Arena. They were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 14–2 in America East play to win the regular-season championship. They defeated UMBC, Hartford, and Vermont to become champions of the America East tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid goes the NCAA tournament, their first in school history. As a #13 seed, the Seawolves fell to Kentucky in the first round.

2015–16 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball
America East regular season
and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record26–7 (14–2 America East)
Head coach
  • Steve Pikiell (11th season)
Assistant coachJay Young
Lamar Chapman
Dan Rickard
Home arenaIsland Federal Credit Union Arena
2015–16 America East Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Stony Brook142 .875267  .788
Albany133 .813249  .727
Vermont115 .6882314  .622
New Hampshire115 .6882013  .606
UMass Lowell*79 .4381118  .379
Binghamton511 .313822  .267
Hartford412 .2501023  .303
Maine412 .250822  .267
UMBC313 .188725  .219
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.
2016 America East tournament winner

On March 20, it was announced that head coach Steve Pikiell would leave the school to accept the job as the new head coach for Rutgers. He finished at Stony Brook with an eleven-year record of 192–157.

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