2015 – 16 Mercer Bears men 's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2015 – 16 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Bears , led by eighth year head coach Bob Hoffman , played their home games at Hawkins Arena on the university 's Macon , Georgia campus and were second year members of the Southern Conference . They finished the season 19 – 15 , 8 – 10 in SoCon play to finish in seventh place . They defeated The Citadel in the first round of the SoCon Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to East Tennessee State . They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Coastal Carolina
SoCon Tournament
2016 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2015–16 Mercer Bears men's basketball team