 After a rough start, the 2015–2016 Hoosiers finished the season 27–8 overall and 15–3 in the Big Ten to win the Big Ten regular season title outright.They received the #1 seed in the 2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, where they made an early quarterfinals exit.As Big Ten Conference Champions, the Hoosiers received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and beat Chattanooga and Kentucky to advance to the Sweet 16 for the third time in five years; however, they fell to North Carolina in the next round.