2015–16 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season
The 2015–16 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season was the 40th season of Atlantic 10 Conference basketball. The 2016 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Dayton, VCU, and St. Bonaventure tied for the regular season championship. Saint Joseph's won the A-10 Tournament.
As a result of winning the A-10 Tournament, Saint Joseph's earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Dayton and VCU earned at-large bids to the tournament as well.
St. Bonaventure, George Washington, and Davidson all received bids to the NIT. Fordham received a bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.
Preseason
Preseason Poll
Preseason All-Conference Teams
Regular season
Conference Matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 18 conference games: 1 game vs. 8 opponents and 2 games against 5 opponents.Conference Awards
Postseason
Atlantic 10 Tournament
- Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
NCAA tournament
| Seed | Region | School | First Four | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
| 7 | Midwest | Dayton | n/a | lost to Syracuse 51–70 | |||||
| 8 | West | Saint Joseph's | n/a | defeated Cincinnati 78–76 | lost to Oregon 64–69 | ||||
| 10 | West | VCU | n/a | defeated Oregon State 75–67 | lost to Oklahoma 81–85 | ||||
| W–L : | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 Total: 2–3 |
National Invitation Tournament
St. Bonaventure, George Washington, and Dayton earned NIT bids for the conference.| Seed | Bracket | School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| 1 | St. Bonaventure | St. Bonaventure | lost to Wagner 75-79 | ||||
| 4 | Monmouth | George Washington | defeated Hofstra 82-80 | defeated Monmouth 87–71 | defeated Florida 82-77 | defeated San Diego State 65-46 | defeated Valparaiso 76-60 |
| 5 | Valparaiso | Davidson | lost to Florida State 74-84 | ||||
| W–L : | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 Total: 5–2 |
CollegeInsider.com Tournament
Fordham earned the sole bid to the CIT for the conference.| School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| Fordham | lost to Boston 66-69 | ||||
| W–L : | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 Total: 0–1 |