The 2015–16 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hurricanes were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They were led by fifth year head coach Jim Larrañaga and played their home games at the BankUnited Center on the university's campus in Coral Gables, Florida. They finished the season 27–8, 13–5 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Virginia. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Buffalo and Wichita State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to eventual national champion Villanova.
Previous season
The Hurricanes finished the season 25–13, 10–8 in ACC play to finish to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated North Carolina Central, Alabama, Richmond and Clemson to advanced to the NIT championship game where they lost to Stanford.
Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Deandre Burnett 1 G 6'2" 191 RS Freshman Miami Gardens, FL Transferred to Ole Miss Joe Thomas 2 F 6'7" 235 RS Senior Miami, FL Graduated Mike Fernandez 11 G 6'1" 189 Sophomore Coral Gables, FL Walk on; didn't return Manu Lecomte 20 G 5'9" 159 Sophomore Brussels, Belgium Transferred to Baylor Omar Sherman 22 F 6'8" 220 Freshman Duncanville, TX Transferred to Louisiana Tech
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Rashad Muhammad 1 G 6'6" 170 Junior Las Vegas, NV San Jose State
2015 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style="background:#005030; color:white;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#005030; color:white;"| Non-conference Regular Season
!colspan=12 style="background:#005030; color:white;"| ACC Regular Season
!colspan=12 style="background:#005030;"| ACC tournament
!colspan=12 style="background:#005030;"| NCAA tournament
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Post Final AP RV RV 15 21 17 15 13 13 12 8 15 15 17 12 11 12 7 11 10 N/A Coaches RV RV 19 21 20 19 16 15 11 9 14 13 15 11 10 11 7 11 11 8
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