The 2015–16 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented
Kansas State University
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant coll ...
in the
2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 13. The first early-season tournaments to begin were the Puerto Rico Tip-Off and the Charleston Classic. The season ended with the 2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tour ...
. Their head coach was
Bruce Weber in his fourth year at the helm of the Wildcats. The team played its home games in
Bramlage Coliseum
Fred Bramlage Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Manhattan, Kansas, with an official capacity of 11,000. It is the home to the Kansas State University men's and women's basketball teams, and used to serve as the venue for Kansas State's ...
in
Manhattan
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, its home court since 1988. They were a member of the
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. It consists of 16 full-member universities (3 private universities and 13 public universities) in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Florida ...
. They finished the season 17–16, 5–13 in Big 12 play to finish in eighth place. They defeated
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State University (informally Oklahoma State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. The university was established in 1890 under the legislation of the Morrill Act. Originally known ...
in the first round of the
Big 12 tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to
Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...
.
Preseason
The
Wildcats
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finished the previous season 15–17 record 8–10 in Big 12 Play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the
Big 12 tournament to TCU.
Departures
Incoming Transfers
Class of 2015 recruits
Roster
Schedule
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Big 12 tournament
See also
2015–16 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball team
References
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Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball seasons
Kansas State
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public inst ...
2015 in sports in Kansas
2016 in sports in Kansas