2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 South Florida Bulls South Florida Bulls wordmark.png 24–10 14–4 American Athletic Conference The American 22 21 Jose Fernandez 16th Jeff Osterman Michele Woods-Baxter Desma Thomas Bateast USF Sun Dome NCAA Women's Tournament second round The 2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his sixteenth season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's third season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 24–10, 14–4 in AAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Conference women's tournament for the second year in a row, where they lost to Connecticut again. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Colorado State in the first round before losing to UCLA in the second round. Media All Bulls games aired on Bullscast RadioBullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games rotated between ESPN3, AAC Digital,AAC Digital and Bullscast. Road games were typically streamed on the opponent's website, though some conference road games also appeared on ESPN3 or AAC Digital. Roster w 2015 South Florida Bulls y y w Micah Kroll n 2 G 5 8 SR Tampa, FL Tampa Catholic w Neena Pacholke n 4 G 5 7 JR Tampa, FL Freedom w Tremaine McCullough n 5 G 5 8 JR Orlando, FL Edgewater w Courtney Williams y 10 G 5 8 SR Folkston, GA Charlton County w Ariadna Pujol n 11 G/F 6 1 JR Mataró, Spain GEM w Maria Jesperson n 12 F 6 0 SO Hojbjerg, Denmark None w Laura Marcos Canedo n 13 G 5 8 JR Salamanca, Spain Colegio Champagnat w Paige Cashin n 14 F 6 4 JR Newark, OH Newark w Laura Ferreira n 20 G 5 11 SO Lisbon, Portugal None w Laia Flores n 22 G 5 7 SO Mataró, Spain Institut Municipal Biada w Shalethia Stringfield n 23 G 5 6 SR yes Jacksonville, FL Potters House Christian Academy w Alisia Jenkins n 24 F 6 1 SR Statesboro, GA Statesboro w Nancy Warioba n 32 C 6 3 JR Kisumu, Kenya Tigoi Girls HSBlinn College w Kitija Laksa y 33 F 6 0 FR Riga, Latvia Rigas Francu Licejs w Katelyn Weber n 45 C 6 5 JR Little Rock, AR Hall Jose Fernandez (Miami-Dade Kendall) Jeff Osterman (Siena) Michele Woods-Baxter (St. John Fisher College) Desma Thomas Bateast (University of Miami) http://www.gousfbulls.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=36697&DB_LANG=C&SPID=2924&SORT_ORDER=1&PRINTABLE_PAGE=&DB_OEM_ID=7700&Q_SEASON=2015 Schedule http://www.gousfbulls.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=7700&SPID=2924&SPSID=36696 Women's Basketball yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;"| Regular season 11/13/2015 6:00 pm yes 20 Jacksonville USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL Preseason WNIT First Round 74–52 1–0   11/15/2015 4:00 pm yes 20 Drexel USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL Preseason WNIT Second Round 73–58 2–0 1,790 11/19/2015 8:00 pm yes yes 19 Baylor 5 Ferrell Center Waco, TX Preseason WNIT semifinals 63–66 2–1 5,717 11/25/2015 7:00 pm yes 18 Butler USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL 87–77 3–1 1,772 11/29/2015 2:00 pm yes yes 18 St. John's Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY FS2 70–74 3–2 535 12/03/2015 7:00 pm yes 24 Harvard USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL 86–59 4–2 1,880 12/06/2015 3:00 pm yes 24 Penn State USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL CBSSN 101–79 5–2 1,908 12/13/2015 12:00 pm yes 21 Chattanooga USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL 61–33 6–2 1,779 12/15/2015 9:00 pm p yes yes 20 Northern Colorado Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO Cancelled Bulls game at Northern Colorado Cancelled USF Bulls Athletics http://www.gousfbulls.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7700&ATCLID=210588687 December 16, 2015   12/20/2015 2:00 pm yes 20 Oklahoma State USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL 68–46 7–2 1,912 12/30/2015 4:30 pm yes yes 20 Mississippi State 8 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL SEC/AAC Challenge SECN 58–68 7–3   01/02/2016 1:00 pm yes 20 East Carolina Williams Arena Greenville, NC CBSSN 61–59 8–3 (1–0) 1,454 01/05/2016 7:00 pm 22 UCF USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL War on I-4 108–63 9–3 (2–0) 1,856 01/07/2016 7:00 pm 22 SMU USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ADN 83–56 10–3 (3–0) 1,756 01/10/2016 5:00 pm 22 Connecticut 1 USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPN 59–75 10–4 (3–1) 6,634 01/13/2016 8:00 pm yes 19 Tulane Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA ESPN3 71–67 11–4 (4–1) 1,646 01/17/2016 2:00 pm 19 East Carolina USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNU 75–54 12–4 (5–1) 2,101 01/20/2016 8:00 pm yes 15 Memphis Elma Roane Fieldhouse Memphis, TN ADN 87–88 12–5 (5–2) OT 684 01/24/2016 2:00 pm yes 15 UCF CFE Arena Orlando, FL War on I-4 ESPNU 88–49 13–5 (6–2) 958 01/27/2016 7:00 pm 20 Houston USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL 73–49 14–5 (7–2) 1,885 01/31/2016 2:00 pm yes 20 SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX ESPNU 66–48 15–5 (8–2) 982 02/03/2016 7:00 pm 19 Cincinnati USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL 82–49 16–5 (9–2) 2,007 02/06/2016 2:00 pm yes 19 Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA ESPN3 66–68 16–6 (9–3) 1,320 02/09/2016 7:00 pm 22 Tulane USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ADN 77–65 17–6 (10–3) 2,011 02/12/2016 7:00 pm yes 22 Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH ADN 78–51 18–6 (11–3) 323 02/15/2016 9:00 pm yes yes 19 Louisville 11 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN2 50–67 18–7 7,941 02/21/2016 12:00 pm 19 Memphis USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPNU 97–82 19–7 (12–3) 2,206 02/24/2016 8:00 pm yes 21 Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK ADN 72–66 20–7 (13–3) 337 02/27/2016 2:00 pm 21 Temple USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL ESPN3 76–62 21–7 (14–3) 2,446 02/29/2016 7:00 pm yes 20 Connecticut 1 Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPN2 59–79 21–8 (14–4) 9,030 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#006747;"|American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament 03/05/2016 6:00 pm yes 20 SMU Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT Quarterfinals ESPN3 73–60 22–8   03/06/2016 7:30 pm yes 20 Temple Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT Semifinals ESPNU 64–46 23–8 6,821 03/06/2016 7:00 pm yes 21 Connecticut 1 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT Championship Game ESPN2 51–77 23–9 7,073 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#006747;"|NCAA Women's Tournament 03/19/2016 9:00 pm yes yes 21 6 BR Colorado State 22 11 BR Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA First Round ESPN2 48–45 24–9 2,552 03/21/2016 9:00 pm yes yes 21 6 BR UCLA 10 3 BR Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA Second Round ESPN2 67–72 24–10 1,656 EST BR Bridgeport 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 20 19 18 24т 21 20 20 20 22 19 15 20 19 22 19 21 20 21 21 N/A Coaches 19 17 17 23 20 19 17 17 18 16 15 18 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 22 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received votes See also 2015–16 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team References Category:South Florida Bulls women's basketball seasons South Florida South Florida