2015–16 Missouri Tigers women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Missouri Tigers women's basketball team represents the University of Missouri in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers were led by sixth year head coach Robin Pingeton. They play their games at Mizzou Arena and are members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 22–10, 8–8 in SEC play to finish in a 3 way tie for seventh place. They lost in the second round of the SEC Women's Tournament to Auburn. They received an at-large to the NCAA Women's Tournament, which was their first trip since 2006 where they defeated BYU in the first round before losing to Texas in the second round.
2015–16 Missouri Tigers women's basketball | |
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Saint Mary's Classic champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Second Round | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
2015–16 record | 22–10 (8–8 SEC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Mizzou Arena |
2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 South Carolina † | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 33 | – | 2 | .943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Mississippi State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 28 | – | 8 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Texas A&M | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Kentucky | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Florida | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 22 | – | 14 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 SEC Tournament winner As of March 27, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll |
Roster
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Jenny Putnam (St. Ambrose)
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/04/2015* 7:00 pm |
Southwest Baptist | W 96–54 | Mizzou Arena (1,094) Columbia, MO | ||||||||
11/09/2015* 7:00 pm |
Quincy | W 97–54 | Mizzou Arena (1,103) Columbia, MO | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/13/2015* 7:05 pm, ESPN3 |
at Missouri State | W 71–55 | 1–0 |
JQH Arena (4,878) Springfield, MO | |||||||
11/16/2015* 7:00 pm |
Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 85–34 | 2–0 |
Mizzou Arena (1,116) Columbia, MO | |||||||
11/18/2015* 7:05 pm, ESPN3 |
at Wichita State | W 57–37 | 3–0 |
Charles Koch Arena (1,479) Wichita, KS | |||||||
11/22/2015* 7:00 pm, SECN |
Wake Forest | W 94–81 | 4–0 |
Mizzou Arena (2,538) Columbia, MO | |||||||
11/24/2015* 7:00 pm |
SIU Edwardsville | W 75–46 | 5–0 |
Mizzou Arena (2,228) Columbia, MO | |||||||
11/27/2015* 2:00 pm |
vs. Northeastern Saint Mary's Classic |
W 69–56 | 6–0 |
McKeon Pavilion (175) Moraga, CA | |||||||
11/28/2015* 4:00 pm |
at Saint Mary's Saint Mary's Classic |
W 95–78 | 7–0 |
McKeon Pavilion (485) Moraga, CA | |||||||
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm |
Southeast Missouri State | W 74–32 | 8–0 |
Mizzou Arena (2,061) Columbia, MO | |||||||
12/07/2015* 7:00 pm |
Loyola Marymount | W 80–48 | 9–0 |
Mizzou Arena (3,832) Columbia, MO | |||||||
12/12/2015* 2:30 pm, P12N |
at Colorado | W 79–75 | 10–0 |
Coors Events Center (1,828) Boulder, CO | |||||||
12/20/2015* 2:00 pm |
Lamar | W 91–57 | 11–0 |
Mizzou Arena (3,358) Columbia, MO | |||||||
12/21/2015* 7:00 pm |
No. 25 | Texas State | W 82–56 | 12–0 |
Mizzou Arena (3,844) Columbia, MO | ||||||
12/29/2015* 5:30 pm |
No. 23 | Charlotte | W 88–71 | 13–0 |
Mizzou Arena (6,154) Columbia, MO | ||||||
SEC regular season | |||||||||||
01/04/2016 6:00 pm, SECN |
No. 20 | No. 12 Tennessee | L 54–71 | 13–1 (0–1) |
Mizzou Arena (7,989) Columbia, MO | ||||||
01/06/2016 6:00 pm |
No. 20 | at Georgia | W 54–48 | 14–1 (1–1) |
Stegeman Coliseum (1,935) Athens, GA | ||||||
01/10/2016 11:00 am, SECN |
No. 20 | at No. 2 South Carolina | L 58–83 | 14–2 (1–2) |
Colonial Life Arena (15,934) Columbia, SC | ||||||
01/14/2016 7:00 pm |
No. 24 | No. 7 Mississippi State | W 66–54 | 15–2 (2–2) |
Mizzou Arena (3,461) Columbia, MO | ||||||
01/17/2016 2:00 pm, SECN |
No. 24 | at Arkansas | L 52–64 | 15–3 (2–3) |
Bud Walton Arena (4,160) Fayetteville, AR | ||||||
01/21/2016 7:00 pm |
No. 23 | at No. 15 Texas A&M | L 77–81 | 15–4 (2–4) |
Reed Arena (3,844) College Station, TX | ||||||
01/24/2016 1:00 pm, SECN |
No. 23 | No. 22 Florida | W 79–64 | 16–4 (3–4) |
Mizzou Arena (5,941) Columbia, MO | ||||||
01/28/2016 7:00 pm |
No. 22 | LSU | W 52–46 | 17–4 (4–4) |
Mizzou Arena (3,397) Columbia, MO | ||||||
01/31/2016 4:00 pm, SECN |
No. 22 | at Ole Miss | W 60–46 | 18–4 (5–4) |
The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,686) Oxford, MS | ||||||
02/04/2016 7:00 pm |
No. 21 | Georgia | L 50–65 | 18–5 (5–5) |
Mizzou Arena (4,086) Columbia, MO | ||||||
02/07/2016 2:00 pm |
No. 21 | at No. 11 Mississippi State | L 42–52 | 18–6 (5–6) |
Humphrey Coliseum (4,521) Starkville, MS | ||||||
02/11/2016 7:00 pm |
Alabama | W 63–52 | 19–6 (6–6) |
Mizzou Arena (3,028) Columbia, MO | |||||||
02/14/2016 2:00 pm |
Arkansas | W 69–48 | 20–6 (7–6) |
Mizzou Arena (4,766) Columbia, MO | |||||||
02/21/2016 2:00 pm |
at Auburn | W 69–55 | 21–6 (8–6) |
Auburn Arena (2,522) Auburn, AL | |||||||
02/26/2016 6:00 pm, SECN |
No. 24 | at No. 15 Kentucky | L 69–79 | 21–7 (8–7) |
Memorial Coliseum (6,496) Lexington, KY | ||||||
02/28/2016 1:00 pm, SECN |
No. 24 | Vanderbilt | L 52–56 | 21–8 (8–8) |
Mizzou Arena (5,998) Columbia, MO | ||||||
SEC Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/03/2016 11:00 am, SECN |
vs. Auburn Second Round |
L 45–47 | 21–9 |
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL | |||||||
NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/19/2016* 5:45 pm, ESPN2 |
(10 B) | vs. (7 B) BYU First Round |
W 78–69 | 22–9 |
Frank Erwin Center (2,566) Austin, TX | ||||||
03/21/2016* 8:15 pm, ESPN2 |
(10 B) | at (2 B) No. 7 Texas Second Round |
L 55–73 | 22–10 |
Frank Erwin Center (2,345) Austin, TX | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Central 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 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | RV | RV | 24 | RV | NR | NR | N/A |
Coaches | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 21 | RV | RV | 24 | RV | NR | NR | NR |
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Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
(RV) | Received Votes |