2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team
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 Oregon State. They received an at-large bid of 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.
2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball | |
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NCAA Tournament, Final Four | |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 8 |
2015–16 record | 26–11 (11–7 Pac-12) |
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Home arena | Alaska Airlines Arena |
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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 |
Roster
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Adia Barnes (Arizona)
Roster |
Schedule
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 |
References
- "Women's Basketball - Schedule - University of Washington Official Athletics Site". Gohuskies.Com. Retrieved 2015-07-09.