1915–16 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

1915–16 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
1915–16 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	12–3 (9–2 MVIAA)
Head coach	Eugene Van Gent;
Home arena	Rothwell Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1914–15 1916–17 →

The 1915–16 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Missouri in the 1915–16 college basketball season. The team was led by second year head coach Eugene Van Gent. The captain of the team was John Wear.

Missouri finished with a 12–3 record overall and a 9–2 record in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association. This was good enough for a 2nd-place finish in the regular season conference standings.

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
January 8*	Northwest Missouri	W 49–25	1–0	Columbia, Missouri
January 10	Washington (MO)	W 45–21	2–0 (1–0)	Columbia, Missouri
January 14	at Iowa State	W 26–12	3–0 (2–0)	Ames, Iowa
January 15	at Iowa State	W 21–15	4–0 (3–0)	Ames, Iowa
January 20*	Central Methodist	W 44–19	5–0 (3–0)	Columbia, Missouri
February 9	Kansas	W 30–24	6–0 (4–0)	Columbia, Missouri
February 10	Kansas	W 42–20	7–0 (5–0)	Columbia, Missouri
February 16*	Oklahoma	W 50–20	8–0 (5–0)	Columbia, Missouri
February 17*	Oklahoma	L 28–29	8–1 (5–0)	Columbia, Missouri
February 18	at Washington (MO)	W 23–17	9–1 (6–0)	St. Louis, Missouri
February 19	at Washington (MO)	W 41–19	10–1 (7–0)	St. Louis, Missouri
February 25	at Kansas State	L 19–27	10–2 (7–1)	Manhattan, Kansas
February 26	at Kansas State	W 22–10	11–2 (8–1)	Manhattan, Kansas
February 28	at Kansas	W 41–10	12–2 (9–1)	Lawrence, Kansas
February 29	at Kansas	L 19–31	12–3 (9–2)	Lawrence, Kansas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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References

^ "University of Missouri, Official Athletic Site of the Mizzou Tigers University of Missouri". Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008.

[1] "University of Missouri, Official Athletic Site of the Mizzou Tigers University of Missouri". Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008.

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Culture & lore	The Antlers Truman the Tiger
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
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Premo-Porretta national championships in bold