2015 – 16 Northern Kentucky Norse men 's basketball team represented Northern Kentucky University ( NKU ) during the 2015 – 16 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Norse , led by first head coach John Brannen , played their home games at BB&T Arena and were first year members of the Horizon League . Due to their transition to Division I , the Norse were ineligible to participate in NCAA-operated postseason play , specifically the NCAA tournament and NIT , and will remain ineligible for those tournaments until the 2016 – 17 season . They finished the season 9 – 21 , 5 – 13 in Horizon League play to finish in eighth place . They lost in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament to Milwaukee
Horizon League Tournament
2016 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
2015–16 Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball team