2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team
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NCAA Tournament Lexington Regional Champions | |
NCAA tournament, Final Four | |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 8 |
Record | 26–11 (11–7 Pac-12) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Alaska Airlines Arena |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Oregon State † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 32 | – | 5 | .865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Arizona State | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Stanford | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 UCLA | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 26 | – | 11 | .703 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of April 3, 2016 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team represented the University of Washington during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by third year head coach Mike Neighbors, played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–11, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon State. They received an at-large bid in the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Penn and Maryland in the first and second rounds, Kentucky in the Sweet Sixteen, and Pac-12 member Stanford in the Elite Eight to reach the Final Four for the first time in school history. They lost to Syracuse in the Final Four.
Roster
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Adia Barnes (Arizona)
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Schedule
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Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/02/2015* 7:00 pm | Concordia (OR) | W 92–46 | Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA | ||||||||
11/08/2015* 2:00 pm | Warner Pacific | W 88–44 | Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/14/2015* 2:00 pm | Santa Clara | W 100–55 | 1–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,868) Seattle, WA | |||||||
11/18/2015* 7:00 pm | Seattle | W 96–55 | 2–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,160) Seattle, WA | |||||||
11/20/2015* 7:00 pm | at Fresno State | W 89–79 | 3–0 | Save Mart Center (2,983) Fresno, CA | |||||||
11/23/2015* 7:00 pm | San Diego State | W 80–51 | 4–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (504) Seattle, WA | |||||||
11/27/2015* 6:45 pm | vs. No. 23 Syracuse South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | L 62–66 | 4–1 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV | |||||||
11/28/2015* 6:45 pm | vs. Texas Tech South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | W 77–73 | 5–1 | South Point Arena (144) Enterprise, NV | |||||||
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | Portland | W 83–65 | 6–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,173) Seattle, WA | |||||||
12/06/2015* 3:30 pm, P12N | No. 21 Oklahoma | L 68–71 | 6–2 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,580) Seattle, WA | |||||||
12/12/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at South Dakota | W 77–64 | 7–2 | DakotaDome (2,235) Vermillion, SD | |||||||
12/18/2015* 7:00 pm | UC Riverside | W 78–43 | 8–2 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,174) Seattle, WA | |||||||
12/21/2015* 7:00 pm | Weber State | W 69–56 | 9–2 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,550) Seattle, WA | |||||||
Pac-12 regular season | |||||||||||
12/29/2015 8:00 pm, P12N | at Washington State | W 79–64 | 10–2 (1–0) | Beasley Coliseum (837) Pullman, WA | |||||||
01/02/2016 12:00 pm, P12N | at Colorado | W 76–74 | 11–2 (2–0) | Coors Events Center (2,107) Boulder, CO | |||||||
01/04/2016 5:00 pm, P12N | at Utah | L 83–88 | 11–3 (2–1) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (884) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
01/08/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 14 Arizona State | L 61–68 | 11–4 (2–2) | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,767) Seattle, WA | |||||||
01/10/2016 2:00 pm, P12N | Arizona | W 63–47 | 12–4 (3–2) | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,913) Seattle, WA | |||||||
01/15/2016 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 17 UCLA | W 64–56 | 13–4 (4–2) | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,547) Seattle, WA | |||||||
01/17/2016 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 25 USC | W 69–60 | 14–4 (5–2) | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,790) Seattle, WA | |||||||
01/23/2015 2:00 pm, P12N | Washington State | W 69–63 | 15–4 (6–2) | Alaska Airlines Arena (3,157) Seattle, WA | |||||||
01/29/2016 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 25 | at No. 16 Stanford | L 53–69 | 15–5 (6–3) | Maples Pavilion (2,858) Stanford, CA | ||||||
01/31/2016 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 25 | at California | W 75–65 | 16–5 (7–3) | Haas Pavilion (2,132) Berkeley, CA | ||||||
02/05/2016 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 24 | No. 9 Oregon State | L 53–61 | 16–6 (7–4) | Alaska Airlines Arena (3,813) Seattle, WA | ||||||
02/07/2016 12:00 pm | No. 24 | Oregon | L 63–75 | 16–7 (7–5) | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,974) Seattle, WA | ||||||
02/12/2016 7:00 pm | at USC | W 61–53 | 17–7 (8–5) | Galen Center (565) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
02/14/2016 11:00 am, ESPNU | at No. 14 UCLA | L 59–63 | 17–8 (8–6) | Pauley Pavilion (1,609) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
02/19/2016 6:00 pm | at Arizona | W 74–52 | 18–8 (9–6) | McKale Center (1,243) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
02/21/2016 11:00 am, P12N | at No. 9 Arizona State | L 57–77 | 18–9 (9–7) | Wells Fargo Arena (3,244) Tempe, AZ | |||||||
02/25/2016 7:00 pm | Utah | W 73–60 | 19–9 (10–7) | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,733) Seattle, WA | |||||||
02/27/2016 1:00 pm, P12N | Colorado | W 68–47 | 20–9 (11–7) | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,376) Seattle, WA | |||||||
Pac-12 Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/03/2016 8:30 pm, P12N | (5) | vs. (12) Colorado First Round | W 67–51 | 21–9 | KeyArena (3,680) Seattle, WA | ||||||
03/04/2016 8:30 pm, P12N | (5) | vs. (4) No. 11 Stanford Quarterfinals | W 73–65 | 22–9 | KeyArena (5,789) Seattle, WA | ||||||
03/05/2016 8:30 pm, P12N | (5) | vs. (1) No. 8 Oregon State Semifinals | L 55–57 | 22–10 | KeyArena (6,543) Seattle, WA | ||||||
NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/19/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | (7 L) | vs. (10 L) Penn First Round | W 65–53 | 23–10 | Xfinity Center (5,374) College Park, MD | ||||||
03/21/2016* 3:30 pm, ESPN2 | (7 L) | at (2 L) No. 5 Maryland Second Round | W 74–65 | 24–10 | Xfinity Center (4,396) College Park, MD | ||||||
03/25/2016* 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | (7 L) | vs. (3 L) No. 12 Kentucky Sweet Sixteen | W 85–72 | 25–10 | Rupp Arena Lexington, KY | ||||||
03/27/2016* 10:00 am, ESPN | (7 L) | vs. (4 L) No. 13 Stanford Elite Eight | W 85–76 | 26–10 | Rupp Arena (3,349) Lexington, KY | ||||||
04/03/2016* 5:30 pm, ESPN2 | (7 L) | vs. (4 SF) No. 14 Syracuse Final Four | L 59–80 | 26–11 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (15,227) Indianapolis, IN | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Pacific Time. |
Rankings
2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Final |
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AP | NR | NR | RV | NR | NR | NR | RV | NR | RV | NR | RV | 25 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | NR | RV | RV | N/A |
Coaches | RV | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 8 |
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
(RV) | Received Votes |
See also
2015–16 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
References
- ^ "Women's Basketball - Schedule - University of Washington Official Athletics Site". Gohuskies.Com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.