2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Final Four
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 8
2015–16 record 2611 (117 Pac-12)
Head coach Mike Neighbors (3rd year)
Assistant coach Adia Barnes
Assistant coach Fred Castro
Assistant coach Morgan Valley
Home arena Alaska Airlines Arena
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#6 Oregon State 16 2   .889     32 5   .865
#11 Arizona State 16 2   .889     26 7   .788
#13 Stanford 14 4   .778     27 8   .771
#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 will represent University of Washington during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by third year head coach Mike Neighbors, play their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena and were a 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 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 Home town
F/C 0 Osahor, ChantelChantel Osahor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Saint Mary's Phoenix, AZ
F 1 Johnson, HannahHannah Johnson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Bishop Alemany Los Angeles, CA
F 3 Walton, TaliaTalia Walton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Federal Way Federal Way, WA
G 10 Plum, KelseyKelsey Plum 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr La Jolla Country Day Poway, CA
F/C 11 Gilling, MathildeMathilde Gilling 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Rungsted Gymnasium Rungsted Kyst, Denmark
F/C 13 Collier, KatieKatie Collier 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Seattle Christian Covington, WA
G/F 14 Corral, HeatherHeather Corral 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Prairie Vancouver, WA
G/F 15 Lark, KhaliaKhalia Lark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Mater Dei Irvine, CA
G 20 Kingma, KelliKelli Kingma 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Henry M. Jackson Mill Creek, WA
G 21 Ruiz, BriannaBrianna Ruiz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Del Oro Sacramento, CA
G 22 Atchley, AlexusAlexus Atchley 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Yorba Linda Yorba Linda, CA
C 34 Strother, DejaDeja Strother 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Inglemoor Kenmore, WA
G 42 Wieburg, MackenzieMackenzie 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 (Oregon) 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
vs. Colorado
First Round
W 67–51  21–9
KeyArena (3,680)
Seattle, WA

03/04/2016
8:30 PM, P12N
vs. No. 11 Stanford
Quarterfinals
W 73–65  22–9
KeyArena (5,789)
Seattle, WA

03/05/2016
8:30 PM, P12N
vs. 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

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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

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