2015 – 16 Oklahoma Sooners basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2015 – 16 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Sooners were led by Lon Kruger in his fifth season . They played their home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman , Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference . They finished the season 29 – 8 , 12 – 6 in Big 12 play to finish in third place . They defeated Iowa State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to West Virginia . They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Cal State Bakersfield , VCU , Texas A&M , and Oregon to be champions of the West Regional and earn a trip to the Final Four for the fifth time in school history . At the Final Four , they lost in the national semifinal to the eventual champion Villanova by 44 points , the largest margin in Final Four history
Big 12 Tournament
2016 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
2015–16 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team