2015–16 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team

The 2015–16 Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seminoles were led by fourteenth year head coach Leonard Hamilton and played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Seminoles finished the season 20–14, 8–10 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They defeated Boston College in the first round of the ACC tournament to advance to the second round where they lost to Virginia Tech. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Davidson in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to Valparaiso.

Previous season
Florida State finished the 2014–15 season 17–16, 8–10 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament to top-seeded Virginia. The Seminoles missed the postseason for the first time since 2005.

Recruits

 * 2015 recruiting class


 * 2016 recruiting class

Schedule
Florida State was picked to finish sixth in the ACC while Xavier Rathan-Mayes was named to the preseason All-ACC team.

!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| ACC regular season

!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| ACC tournament

!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| National Invitation tournament

Watchlists

 * Bob Cousy Award
 * Xavier Rathan-Mayes


 * Lute Olson Award
 * Xavier Rathan-Mayes


 * Wooden Award
 * Xavier Rathan-Mayes


 * Wayman Tisdale Award
 * Dwayne Bacon
 * Malik Beasley

Honors

 * ACC Player of the Week
 * Dwayne Bacon (rookie)
 * Malik Beasley (rookie)
 * Freshman of the Week
 * Dwayne Bacon

All-ACC

 * Honorable Mention
 * Malik Beasley
 * Freshman Team
 * Dwayne Bacon
 * Malik Beasley

All-Americans

 * Freshman Team
 * Dwayne Bacon
 * Malik Beasley

NBA draft
One player was selected in the 2016 NBA draft.

Media
Florida State basketball is broadcast on the Florida State University Seminoles Radio Network.