2015 – 16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks Men 's Basketball team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2015 – 16 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . They were led by tenth year head coach Brian Jones and played their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center . They were members of the Big Sky Conference . They finished the season 17 – 16 , 10 – 8 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place . They defeated Southern Utah and Idaho State to advance to the semifinals of the Big Sky Tournament where they lost to Weber State . They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to UC Irvine
Big Sky Tournament
2016 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2015–16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's basketball team