2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season


The 2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015 and ended with the 2016 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 4–8, 2016 in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.
This was the 65th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 27th under its current name of "West Coast Conference". The conference was founded in 1952 as the California Basketball Association, became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989.

Pre-season

The Pre-season poll was announced at the conferences media day in October 2016.

2015–16 West Coast Men's Preseason All-West Conference Team

College Sports Madness Preseason All-West Conference Team

First Team
Second Team
Third Team
Fourth Team
The AP Poll does not do a post-season rankings. As a result, their last rankings are Week 19. The Coaches Poll does a post-season poll and the end of the NCAA Tournament.

Non-Conference games

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

Conference tournament

Postseason

NCAA Tournament">2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">NCAA Tournament

NIT">2016 National Invitation Tournament">NIT

SeedBracketSchoolFirst RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals

CBI">2016 College Basketball Invitational">CBI

SchoolFirst RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals Game 1Finals Game 2Finals Game 3

CiT">2016 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament">CiT

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

The WCC player of the week awards are given each Monday.
College Madness WCC player of the Week Awards are given every Sunday.
To Be Determined after the season begins.

All-Americans

Conference Awards

The voting body for all conference awards is league coaches, with voting taking place at the end of the regular season.

Individual Honors

Second-Team All-Conference

Honorable Mention

All-Freshman