2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball
NCAA Tournament Lexington Regional Champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
Record26–11 (11–7 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaAlaska Airlines Arena
Seasons
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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

2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F/C 0 Chantel Osahor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Saint Mary's Phoenix, AZ
F 1 Hannah Johnson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Bishop Alemany Los Angeles, CA
F 3 Talia Walton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Federal Way Federal Way, WA
G 10 Kelsey Plum 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr La Jolla Country Day Poway, CA
F/C 11 Mathilde Gilling 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Rungsted Gymnasium Rungsted Kyst, Denmark
F/C 13 Katie Collier 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Seattle Christian Covington, WA
G/F 14 Heather Corral 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Prairie Vancouver, WA
G/F 15 Khalia Lark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Mater Dei Irvine, CA
G 20 Kelli Kingma 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Henry M. Jackson Mill Creek, WA
G 21 Brianna Ruiz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Del Oro Sacramento, CA
G 22 Alexus Atchley 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Yorba Linda Yorba Linda, CA
C 34 Deja Strother 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Inglemoor Kenmore, WA
G 42 Mackenzie Wieburg 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Issaquah Sammamish, WA
Head coach

Mike Neighbors (Arkansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Adia Barnes (Arizona)
Fred Castro (Oklahoma)
Morgan Valley (Connecticut)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2015-07-02

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
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

Regular Season Polls
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
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
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

2015–16 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "Women's Basketball - Schedule - University of Washington Official Athletics Site". Gohuskies.Com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.