1915–16 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team
The 1915–16 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Missouri in the 1915–16 college basketball season. The team was led by second year head coach Eugene Van Gent. The captain of the team was John Wear.
Missouri finished with a 12–3 record overall and a 9–2 record in the Missouri Valley Conference. This was good enough for a 2nd place finish in the regular season conference standings.
Schedule and results
| Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Record |
| January 8* |
|
Northwest Missouri |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
W 49–25 |
1–0 |
| January 10 |
|
Washington (MO) |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
W 45–21 |
2–0 (1–0) |
| January 14 |
|
at Iowa State |
|
Ames, Iowa |
|
W 26–12 |
3–0 (2–0) |
| January 15 |
|
at Iowa State |
|
Ames, Iowa |
|
W 21–15 |
4–0 (3–0) |
| January 20* |
|
Central Methodist |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
W 44–19 |
5–0 (3–0) |
| February 9 |
|
Kansas |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
W 30–24 |
6–0 (4–0) |
| February 10 |
|
Kansas |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
W 42–20 |
7–0 (5–0) |
| February 16* |
|
Oklahoma |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
W 50–20 |
8–0 (5–0) |
| February 17* |
|
Oklahoma |
|
Columbia, Missouri |
|
L 28–29 |
8–1 (5–0) |
| February 18 |
|
at Washington (MO) |
|
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
W 23–17 |
9–1 (6–0) |
| February 19 |
|
at Washington (MO) |
|
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
W 41–19 |
10–1 (7–0) |
| February 25 |
|
at Kansas State |
|
Manhattan, Kansas |
|
L 19–27 |
10–2 (7–1) |
| February 26 |
|
at Kansas State |
|
Manhattan, Kansas |
|
W 22–10 |
11–2 (8–1) |
| February 28 |
|
at Kansas |
|
Lawrence, Kansas |
|
W 41–10 |
12–2 (9–1) |
| February 29 |
|
at Kansas |
|
Lawrence, Kansas |
|
L 19–31 |
12–3 (9–2) |
| *Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll. All times are in Central Standard Time. |
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