2015–16 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team

2015–16 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball
America East regular season
and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record26–7 (14–2 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jay Young (11th season)
  • Lamar Chapman
  • Dan Rickard
Home arenaIsland Federal Credit Union Arena
2015–16 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Stony Brook 14 2   .875 26 7   .788
Albany 13 3   .813 24 9   .727
Vermont 11 5   .688 23 14   .622
New Hampshire 11 5   .688 20 13   .606
UMass Lowell* 7 9   .438 11 18   .379
Binghamton 5 11   .313 8 22   .267
Hartford 4 12   .250 10 23   .303
Maine 4 12   .250 8 22   .267
UMBC 3 13   .188 7 25   .219
2016 America East tournament winner
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.

The 2015–16 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team represented Stony Brook University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seawolves were led by the eleventh-year head coach Steve Pikiell and played their home games at Island Federal Credit Union Arena. They were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 14–2 in America East play to win the regular-season championship. They defeated UMBC, Hartford, and Vermont to become champions of the America East tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid goes the NCAA tournament, their first in school history. As a #13 seed, the Seawolves fell to Kentucky in the first round.

On March 20, it was announced that head coach Steve Pikiell would leave the school to accept the job as the new head coach for Rutgers. He finished at Stony Brook with an eleven-year record of 192–157.