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The 2015–16 SEC men's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play will start in early January 2016 and will conclude in March, after which all 14 member teams will participate in the 2016 SEC Tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, with the tournament champion being guaranteed selection to the 2016 NCAA Tournament. ==Preseason== On March 15, 2015, Anthony Grant was fired from Alabama. On April 5, 2015, ESPN reported that Avery Johnson had verbally agreed to become the new head basketball coach at the University of Alabama, replacing Grant. The following day, the university officially announced Johnson's hiring. On March 21, 2015 Rick Ray was fired by Mississippi State.〔http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12530618/rick-ray-fired-mississippi-state-bulldogs-basketball-coach〕 On March 24, 2015, Ben Howland was hired as the 20th head coach of Mississippi State replacing Ray.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=209979194 )〕 On March 27, 2015, Tennessee fired Donnie Tyndall after the NCAA notified Tennessee officials of possible NCAA violations at Southern Miss. The violations centered around improper financial aid for two players, as well as academic problems with junior college transfers.〔 According to a copy of Tyndall's termination letter, Tyndall had lied to Tennessee officials about the extent of the violations on several occasions, and had also deleted several emails from an old email account even though he was aware he would have been questioned about activity on that account by the NCAA.〔(Termination letter at Tennessee )〕 At a press conference announcing Tyndall's firing, athletics director Dave Hart said that he would have never hired Tyndall had the true extent of the violations at Southern Miss been known.〔 Texas head coach Rick Barnes was named Tyndall's replacement. On April 30, 2015, Billy Donovan agreed to a $30 million, multi-year deal to coach the Oklahoma City Thunder, replacing Scott Brooks who previously coached the Thunder for seven seasons. On May 7, 2015, Louisiana Tech head coach Mike White was named as Donovan's replacement. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015–16 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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