2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky Wildcats logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference SEC 15 12 25–8 10–6 Matthew Mitchell 9th Adeniyi Amadou Camryn Whitaker Tamika Williams Memorial ColiseumRupp Arena NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Kentucky during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by ninth-year head coach Matthew Mitchell, played their home games at the Memorial Coliseum, with two games at Rupp Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 25–8, 10–6 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated UNC Asheville and Oklahoma in the first and second rounds before being upset by Washington the sweet sixteen. Roster w 2015 Kentucky Wildcats y y w Batouly Camara n 1 F 6 2 FR New York, NY Blair Academy w Ivana Jakubcova n 2 C 6 6 SR Bratislava, Slovakia Murray State (OK) w Janee Thompson n 3 PG 5 7 SR Chicago, IL Whitney Young w Maci Morris n 4 G 6 0 FR Pineville, KY Bell County w Evelyn Akhator y 13 F 6 2 JR Lagos, Nigeria Chipola College w Makenzie Cann n 22 G 6 0 SO Lawrenceburg, KY Cincinnati yes w Taylor Murray n 24 PG 5 6 FR Odenton, MD Annapolis Area Christian w Makayla Epps y 25 G 5 10 JR Lebanon, KY Marion County w Alexis Jennings n 35 F 6 2 SO Madison, AL Sparkman w Alyssa Rice n 45 C 6 3 SO Reynoldsburg, OH Reynoldsburg Matthew Mitchell (Mississippi State) Adeniyi Amadou (Syracuse) Camryn Whitaker (WKU) Tamika Williams (Connecticut) http://www.ukathletics.com/sport/w-baskbl/roster/#/2015/Players/tile done Schedule http://www.ukathletics.com/schedule-list/#/w-baskbl/2015 UK Wildcats Scores and Schedules 2015-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20150810154133/http://www.ukathletics.com/schedule-list/#/w-baskbl/2015 2015-08-10 dead yes 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#273BE2; color:white;"| Exhibition 11/08/2015 5:00 pm yes 18 Union (TN) Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 2,095 95–63 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#273BE2; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 7:00 pm yes 18 Rice Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 4,907 72–39 1–0 11/15/2015 5:30 pm yes yes 18 Arizona State 15 Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ 4,543 P12N 68–64 OT 2–0 11/18/2015 7:00 pm yes 13 Morehead State Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 4,895 112–57 3–0 11/22/2015 2:00 pm yes 13 Colorado Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 5,380 86–61 4–0 11/25/2015 12:00 pm yes 12 Eastern Michigan Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 4,988 89–67 5–0 11/29/2015 2:00 pm yes 12 Jackson State Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 5,010 92–24 6–0 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes yes 11 Northern Kentucky BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY 4,084 84–65 7–0 12/10/2015 7:00 pm yes 8 Louisville Rupp Arena Lexington, KY The Battle for the Bluegrass 14,425 SECN 72–54 8–0 12/13/2015 3:00 pm yes yes 8 Middle Tennessee Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN 5,190 68–52 9–0 12/20/2015 7:00 pm yes 8 Duke 13 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY 17,150 SECN 71–61 10–0 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes 7 Tennessee State Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 5,586 SECN 81–39 11–0 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#273BE2; color:white;"| SEC regular season 01/03/2016 3:00 pm yes 7 Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, AL 2,677 61–66 11–1 (0–1) 01/07/2016 7:00 pm 10 Alabama Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 4,792 SECN 73–48 12–1 (1–1) 01/10/2016 2:00 pm yes 10 Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA 2,681 64–53 13–1 (2–1) 01/14/2016 7:00 pm 9 South Carolina 2 Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 5,527 SECN 62–73 13–2 (2–2) 01/17/2016 1:00 pm 9 Auburn Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 6,171 SECN 54–47 14–2 (3–2) 01/21/2016 9:00 pm yes 9 Ole Miss The Pavilion at Ole Miss Oxford, MS 1,335 SECN 65–73 14–3 (3–3) 01/25/2016 7:00 pm 12 Tennessee 19 Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY Rivalry 6,188 ESPN2 64–63 15–3 (4–3) 01/28/2016 7:00 pm 12 Vanderbilt Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 5,193 69–71 15–4 (4–4) 01/31/2016 1:00 pm yes 12 Florida O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 3,231 SECN 79–85 15–5 (4–5) 02/04/2016 7:00 pm yes 18 South Carolina 2 Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 15,015 SECN 68–78 15–6 (4–6) 02/07/2016 12:00 pm 18 LSU Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 6,110 SECN 70–58 16–6 (5–6) 02/14/2016 4:00 pm yes 18 Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN   SECN 71–55 17–6 (6–6) 02/18/2016 7:00 pm yes 16 Mississippi State 14 Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS 4,355 SECN 83–60 18–6 (7–6) 02/21/2016 3:00 pm 16 Arkansas Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 7,589 SECN 77–63 19–6 (8–6) 02/26/2016 7:00 pm 15 Missouri 24 Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY 6,496 SECN 79–69 20–6 (9–6) 02/28/2016 4:00 pm yes 15 Texas A&M 11 Reed Arena College Station, TX 7,133 ESPN 71–58 21–6 (10–6) |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#273BE2"| SEC Women's Tournament 03/03/2016 2:30 pm yes 13 LSU Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL Second Round 2,245 SECN 79–71 22–6 03/03/2016 2:30 pm yes 13 Florida 25 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL Quarterfinals 4,703 SECN 92–69 23–6 03/05/2016 5:00 pm yes 13 South Carolina 3 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL Semifinals   ESPNU 63–93 23–7 |- !colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#273BE2"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/19/2016 4:00 pm yes 12 3 L UNC Asheville 14 L Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY First Round 2,701 ESPN2 85–31 24–7 03/21/2016 6:30 pm yes 12 3 L Oklahoma 24 6 L Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY Second Round 3,056 ESPN2 79–58 25–7 03/25/2016 7:00 pm yes yes 12 3 L Washington 7 L Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Sweet Sixteen   ESPN2 72–85 25–8 AP Poll Eastern Time L Lexington Region 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 18 13 12 11 8 8 7 7 10 9 9 12 18 18 16 15 13 12 12 N/A Coaches 17 13 11 10 8 8 7 7 9 9 9 12 18 18 16 14 13 13 13 15 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received votes See also 2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball References Kentucky Kentucky Category:Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball seasons Category:Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball Kentucky Wild Kentucky Wild Category:Long stubs with short prose