The 2015–16 Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by fifth year head coach Paul Lusk, played their home games at JQH Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 8–10 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Drake in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Evansville.
Previous season The Bears finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in MVC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley tournament to Southern Illinois.
Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Ron Mvouika 10 G/F 6'6" 201 Senior Paris, France Graduated Marcus Marshall 11 G 6'3" 190 Junior Saint Paul, MN Transferred to Nevada Cameron Maes 12 G 6'4" 200 Freshman Springfield, MO Left the team Gavin Thurman 20 F 6'7" 226 Junior Wichita, KS Transferred to Newman Christian Kirk 42 F 6'8" 218 Senior Springfield, MO Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Dequon Miller 4 G 5'11" 165 Junior Charleston, WV Junior college transfer from Motlow State Community College
Incoming recruits
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#800000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#800000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley tournament
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