The Buccaneers finished the 2015 – 16 season 24 – 12 , 14 – 4 in SoCon play to finish in to second place . They defeated Mercer and Furman to advance to the championship game of the SoCon Tournament where they lost to Chattanooga . They were invited to the inaugural Vegas 16 , which only had eight teams , where they defeated Louisiana Tech in the quarterfinals before losing to Oakland in the semifinals
SoCon Tournament
2016 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team