2015–16 Hampton Pirates basketball team

2015–16 Hampton Pirates men's basketball
MEAC regular season
and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record21–11 (13–3 MEAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Darryl Sharp
  • Akeem Miskdeen
  • DeMarco Johnson
Home arenaHampton Convocation Center
2015–16 MEAC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Hampton 13 3   .813 21 11   .656
South Carolina State 12 4   .750 19 15   .559
Norfolk State 12 4   .750 17 17   .500
Bethune–Cookman 10 6   .625 14 18   .438
Savannah State 9 7   .563 16 16   .500
North Carolina Central 7 9   .438 13 19   .406
North Carolina A&T 7 9   .438 10 22   .313
Md. Eastern Shore 7 9   .438 10 22   .313
Howard 6 10   .375 12 20   .375
Morgan State 6 10   .375 9 22   .290
Coppin State 6 10   .375 9 22   .290
Delaware State 5 11   .313 7 25   .219
Florida A&M* 4 12   .250 8 21   .276
2016 MEAC tournament winner
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
As of March 18, 2016

The 2015–16 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team represented Hampton University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates, led by seventh year head coach Edward Joyner, played their home games at the Hampton Convocation Center and were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 13–3 in MEAC play to win the MEAC regular season championship. They defeated Morgan State, Savannah State, and South Carolina State to be champions of the MEAC tournament. They earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Virginia.