2015–16 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee MT Logomark.svg 150 Conference USA C-USA 24–9 15–3 Rick Insell 11th Kim Brewton Tom Hodges Shalon Pillow Murphy Center C-USA Tournament Champions NCAA Women's Tournament first round The 2015–16 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Raiders, led by eleventh-year head coach Rick Insell, played their home games at the Murphy Center and were second year members of Conference USA. They finished the season 24–9, 15–3 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place. They won the Conference USA Women's Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they lost in the first round to Florida State. Roster w 2015 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders y y w Alex Johnson n 00 F 6 0 FR y Murfreesboro, Tennessee Blackman HS w Abbey Sissom n 5 G 5 8 SO Woodbury, Tennessee Cannon County HS w Jess Louro n 11 G 5 10 FR Wall, New Jersey St. Rose HS w Brea Edwards n 12 G/F 5 10 SR Rockford, Illinois Central Arizona College w Jordan Majors n 13 F 6 0 FR Nashville, Tennessee Martin Luther King HS w Katie Collier n 14 G 5 9 FR Knoxville, Tennessee Webb School of Knoxville w Ty Petty n 20 G 5 7 JR Murfreesboro, Tennessee Riverdale HS w Alex Smith n 22 F 6 4 FR Bronx, New York Murray Bergtraum HS w Gabby Lyon n 23 F 6 0 SO Johnson City, Tennessee Science Hill HS w Rebecca Reuter n 24 F 6 2 SO Cleveland, Tennessee Bradley Central HS w TiAnna Porter n 31 F 6 2 SR y Paris, Tennessee Pittsburgh w Caroline Warden n 32 G 5 7 SR Gainesboro, Tennessee Jackson County HS w Olivia Jones n 34 G/F 5 10 JR Murfreesboro, Tennessee Riverdale HS Rick Insell (Middle Tennessee) Kim Brewton (Liberty) Tom Hodges (Tennessee Tech) Shalon Pillow (Tennessee) http://www.goblueraiders.com/roster.aspx?path=wbball Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received votes Schedule http://www.goblueraiders.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball Middle Tennessee 2015-2016 Women's Basketball Schedule GoBlueRaiders.com 2015-11-03 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#00407A; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition 11/04/2015 6:30 pm yes Coastal Georgia Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 2,200 106–41 11/09/2015 6:30 pm yes Martin Methodist Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 2,500 85–53 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#00407A; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 6:30 pm yes Virginia Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 5,613 MT10 66–70 0–1 11/19/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Central Michigan McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI 1,483 59–81 0–2 11/22/2015 1:00 pm yes Ole Miss Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 6,605 FSN 84–75 1–2 11/27/2015 4:00 pm yes yes Alabama Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV Nugget Classic   46–64 1–3 11/28/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Nevada Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV Nugget Classic 964 90–46 2–3 11/30/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Austin Peay Dunn Center Clarksville, TN 385 86–55 3–3 12/06/2015 1:00 pm yes yes Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH 962 62–53 4–3 12/13/2015 2:00 pm yes Kentucky 8 Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 5,190 52–68 4–4 12/17/2015 11:00 am yes Missouri State Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 11,411 70–54 5–4 12/20/2015 2:00 pm yes Tennessee Tech Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 4,925 69–53 6–4 12/29/2015 6:00 pm yes yes Ohio Convocation Center Athens, OH 921 49–72 6–5 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#00407A; color:#FFFFFF;"| Conference USA regular season 01/03/2016 2:00 pm UAB Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,911 68–40 7–5 (1–0) 01/07/2016 8:05 pm yes UTEP Don Haskins Center El Paso, TX 1,255 73–84 7–6 (1–1) 01/09/2016 2:00 pm yes UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX 303 74–63 8–6 (2–1) 01/14/2016 6:30 pm Charlotte Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,698 72–67 9–6 (3–1) 01/16/2016 6:00 pm Old Dominion Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,758 MT10 58–61 9–7 (3–2) 01/21/2016 7:00 pm yes North Texas The Super Pit Denton, TX 746 76–52 10–7 (4–2) 01/23/2016 2:00 pm yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 549 61–60 11–7 (5–2) 01/28/2016 6:00 pm Marshall Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,958 65–54 12–7 (6–2) 01/30/2016 5:00 pm WKU Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 5,125 FSN 83–75 13–7 (7–2) 02/04/2016 6:00 pm yes Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 612 83–73 14–7 (8–2) 02/06/2016 1:00 pm yes FIU FIU Arena Miami, FL 324 85–62 15–7 (9–2) 02/11/2016 6:30 pm Louisiana Tech Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,316 MT10 68–57 16–7 (10–2) 02/13/2016 5:00 pm Southern Miss Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 5,229 MT10 74–44 17–7 (11–2) 02/21/2016 12:00 pm yes UAB Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL 278 ASN 77–72 OT 18–7 (12–2) 02/25/2016 8:00 pm yes WKU E. 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Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY 1,423 FSN 51–62 18–8 (12–3) 02/27/2016 12:00 pm yes Marshall Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV 876 79–73 19–8 (13–3) 03/03/2016 6:30 pm Florida Atlantic Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 4,203 71–65 20–8 (14–3) 03/05/2016 2:00 pm FIU Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 3,707 77–55 21–8 (15–3) |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#00407A; color:#FFFFFF;"| Conference USA Women's Tournament 03/10/2016 5:00 pm yes Rice Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL Quarterfinals   ASN 74–54 22–8 03/11/2016 12:30 pm yes Marshall Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL Semifinals   CBSSN 69–41 23–8 03/12/2016 7:00 pm yes Old Dominion Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL Championship Game   CBSSN 70–54 24–8 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#00407A; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/19/2016 12:30 pm yes yes 12 D Florida State 17 5 D Reed Arena College Station, TX First Round   ESPN2 55–72 24–9 AP Poll Central Time D Dallas Region See also 2015–16 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team References Category:Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball seasons Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders