The 2015–16 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team represented Eastern Illinois University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by fourth-year head coach Jay Spoonhour, played their home games at Lantz Arena and were members of the West division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 13–17, 9–7 in OVC play, to finish in third place in the West division. They lost in the first round of the OVC tournament to Murray State.
Previous season The Panthers finished the 2014–15 season 18–15, 9–7 in OVC play, to finish in third place in the West division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the OVC tournament where they lost to Belmont. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Oakland in the first round before losing in the second round to Evansville.
Roster NumberNamePositionHeightWeightYearHometown 1 Demetrius McReynolds Guard 6'2" 210 Junior Louisville, KY 2 Cornell Johnson Guard 5'7" 150 Sophomore St. Louis, MO 3 Casey Teson Guard 6'2" 190 Freshman St. Charles, MO 5 A. J. Riley Guard 6'4" 225 Junior Peoria, IL 10 Luke Norman Guard 6'1" 185 Senior The Bronx, NY 11 Anthony Johnson Guard 6'4" 200 Junior Oblong, IL 12 Marshawn Blackmon Guard/forward 6'5" 200 Freshman St. Peters, MO 15 Trae Anderson Guard/forward 6'5" 235 Senior St. Louis, MO 24 Joe Kuligoski Forward 6'6" 220 RS'Senior Orland Park, IL 30 Aleksa Novaković Guard/forward 6'7" 225 Freshman Belgrade, Serbia 32 Patrick Muldoon Forward 6'7" 215 Freshman Basehor, KS 33 Luke Piotrowski Forward 6'11" 250 RS Senior Port Republic, NJ 35 Chris Olivier Forward 6'8" 245 Junior Chicago, IL 41 Lucas Jones Forward 6'8" 205 Freshman Prairie Village, KS 54 Justin Earls Forward 6'7" 220 RS Sophomore Chicago, IL 55 Aboubacar Diallo Forward 6'9" 200 Freshman Abidjan, Ivory Coast
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!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Ohio Valley tournament
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