2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 California Golden Bears California Golden Bears logo.svg 140px Pac-12 Conference Pac-12 15–17 4–14 Lindsay Gottlieb 5th Charmin Smith Jeff Cammon Kai Felton Haas Pavilion The 2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented University of California, Berkeley during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by fifth-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, played their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 4–14 in Pac-12 play to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament, where they lost to UCLA. They missed the postseason for the first time since 2005. Roster w 2015 California Golden Bears y y w Asha Thomas 1 G 5 4 FR Oakland, CA Bishop O'Dowd w Breanna Cavanaugh 2 G 5 8 FR Hackettstown, NJ Blair Academy w Mikayla Cowling 3 F 6 2 SO Benicia, CA Saint Mary's College (HS) w Chen Yue 5 C 6 7 FR Beijing, China Tsinghua University w Penina Davidson 12 F 6 3 SO Auckland, New Zealand Rangitoto College w MeAne Mosley 20 F 5 11 FR Oakland, CA Saint Mary's College (HS) w Courtney Range 24 F 5 3 JR Manteca, CA Manteca w Kristine Anigwe y 31 F 6 4 FR Phoenix, AZ Desert Vista w Gabby Green 33 G 6 2 SO Oakland, CA Saint Mary's College (HS) w KC Waters 44 F 6 2 JR San Ramon, CA Bishop O'Dowd Lindsay Gottlieb (Brown) Charmin Smith (Stanford) Jeff Cammon (Alcorn State) Kai Felton (Randolph–Macon) http://www.calbears.com/roster.aspx?path=wbball 2015-07-20 Schedule http://www.calbears.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball W Basketball - Schedule - California Golden Bears - University of California Official Athletic Site calbears.com yes 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#010066; color:#FFCC33;"|Exhibition November 8, 2015 2:00 pm yes Westmont Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 91–39 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#010066; color:#FFCC33;"|Non-conference regular season November 13, 2015 5:00 pm yes yes Austin Peay Dunn Center Clarksville, TN 657 67–58 1–0 November 15, 2015 11:00 am yes yes Louisville 8 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 16,524 ESPN3 75–71 2–0 November 20, 2015 11:30 am yes 21 UC Riverside Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 3,556 64–58 3–0 November 22, 2015 2:00 pm yes 21 Cal Poly Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 82–57 4–0 November 27, 2015 12:00 pm yes yes 16 Texas A&M 10 South Point Arena Enterprise, NV South Point Shootout 58–75 4–1 November 28, 2015 2:15 pm yes yes 16 Liberty South Point Arena Enterprise, NV South Point Shootout 77–72 5–1 December 5, 2015 2:00 pm yes 18 Saint Mary's Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA Cal Classic Semifinal 63–64 5–2 December 6, 2015 1:00 pm yes 18 Sacramento State Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA Cal Classic 3rd place game 612 117–99 6–2 December 12, 2015 5:00 pm yes 22 Nebraska Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 4,406 P12N 87–80 OT 7–2 December 21, 2015 6:00 pm yes 21 UCLA 19 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 2,482 P12N 108–104 2OT 8–2 December 30, 2015 7:00 pm yes 19 Cal State Northridge Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 1,683 106–44 9–2 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#010066; color:#FFCC33;"|Pac-12 regular season January 2, 2016 4:00 pm yes 19 Arizona State 17 Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ 1,460 P12N 49–57 9–3 (0–1) January 4, 2016 7:00 pm yes 21 Arizona McKale Center Tucson, AZ 728 P12N 52–57 9–4 (0–2) January 8, 2016 7:00 pm 21 Colorado Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 1,173 P12N 64–35 10–4 (1–2) January 10, 2016 2:00 pm 21 Utah Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 79–84 10–5 (1–3) January 15, 2016 8:00 pm yes Oregon State 12 Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 2,891 P12N 48–70 10–6 (1–4) January 17, 2016 2:00 pm yes Oregon Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR 1,770 59–69 10–7 (1–5) January 22, 2016 6:00 pm yes UCLA 20 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 1,790 P12N 56–75 10–8 (1–6) January 24, 2016 2:00 pm yes USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA 1,476 P12N 47–61 10–9 (1–7) January 29, 2016 6:00 pm Washington State Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 1,178 P12N 74–71 11–9 (2–7) January 31, 2016 2:00 pm Washington 25 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 2,132 P12N 65–75 11–10 (2–8) February 2, 2016 7:00 pm yes Stanford 15 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 3,268 P12N 46–53 11–11 (2–9) February 5, 2016 7:00 pm Stanford 15 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 5,632 P12N 55–60 11–12 (2–10) February 12, 2016 7:00 pm Arizona State 9 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 1,417 49–64 11–13 (2–11) February 14, 2016 12:00 pm Arizona Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 1,311 P12N 75–56 12–13 (3–11) February 19, 2016 5:00 pm yes Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT 1,713 P12N 66–72 12–14 (3–12) February 21, 2016 11:00 am yes Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, CO 3,919 P12N 57–78 12–15 (3–13) February 26, 2016 7:00 pm Oregon Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 1,543 65–54 13–15 (4–13) February 28, 2016 11:00 am Oregon State 7 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 2,036 P12N 44–54 13–16 (4–14) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#010066; color:#FFCC33;"| Pac-12 Women's Tournament March 3, 2016 11:30 am yes 10 Utah 7 KeyArena Seattle, WA First Round P12N 66–63 OT 14–16 March 4, 2016 11:30 am yes 10 Arizona State 10 2 KeyArena Seattle, WA Quarterfinals 3,747 P12N 75–64 15–16 March 5, 2016 6:00 pm yes 10 UCLA 12 3 KeyArena Seattle, WA Semifinals P12N 67–73 OT 15–17 AP Poll Pacific Time 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 RV 21 16т 18 22 21т 21 19 21 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches RV 21 15 17 21 20 18 18 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received votes See also 2015–16 California Golden Bears men's basketball team References Category:California Golden Bears women's basketball seasons California Golden Bear Golden Bear