2015–16 Florida Gators women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 Florida Gators Florida Gators wordmark.svg 250 Southeastern Conference SEC 25 22–9 10–6 Amanda Butler 9th Bill Ferrara Shimmy Gray-Miller Murriel Page O'Connell Center Omni Hotels Classic champions NCAA women's tournament first round The 2015–16 Florida Gators women's basketball team represented the University of Florida in basketball during the 2015–16 women's college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by ninth-year head coach Amanda Butler, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. They finished the season 22–9, 10–6 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament to Kentucky. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they were upset by Albany in the first round. Previous season The Gators finish the season 13–17, 5–11 in SEC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost to Auburn in the first round of the 2015 SEC women's basketball tournament. Roster 2015 Florida Gators w white white #0021A5 #FF4A00 w Ronni Williams 1 GF 6 0 Jr Daytona Beach, Florida w Isis Young 2 G 5 7 Fr y Berlin, New Jersey w January Miller 3 G 5 8 Sr Orlando, Florida w Carlie Needles 4 G 5 6 Sr y Highlands Ranch, Colorado w Dyandria Anderson 11 G 5 10 So Viera, Florida w Cassie Peoples 13 G 5 6 Sr y San Antonio, Texas w Viktorija Dimaite 15 C 6 4 Sr y Panevėžys, Lithuania w Simone Westbrook 20 G 5 8 Jr Chandler, Arizona w Eleanna Christinaki 21 G/F 5 11 Fr Paralimni, Greece w Brooke Copeland 23 F 6 2 So Cleveland, Tennessee w Tyshara Fleming 24 C 6 4 Jr Virginia Beach, Virginia w Carla Batchelor 32 G 5 10 Sr Germantown, Maryland w Haley Lorenzen 44 F 6 3 So Iowa City, Iowa http://floridagators.com/roster.aspx?path=basketball-women& 2015-08-28 Amanda Butler (9th year) Bill Ferrara (1st year) Shimmy Gray-Miller (1st year) Murriel Page (6th year) Coaches NamePositionCollegeGraduating year Amanda Butler Head coach University of Florida 1995 Bill Ferrara Assistant coach University of Florida 2003 Shimmy Gray-Miller Assistant coach University of Michigan 2000 Murriel Page Assistant coach University of Florida 1998 Serena Wilson Director of basketball operations University of Florida 2008 Shellie Greenman Program coordinator Emory and Henry College 1988 Ryan Gensler Video coordinator Providence College 2011 Tyler Stuart Strength & conditioning coordinator Anderson University 2007 John "JB" Barrett Athletic trainer Mississippi State University 1997 Judy Traveis Academic advisor University of Florida 1993 Schedule and results yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#0021A5; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season November 13, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes yes Temple Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA 91–97 1,453 0–1 November 16, 2015 5:30 p.m. yes Florida State 6 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL Rivalry SECN 82–72 2,009 1–1 November 21, 2015 4:00 p.m. yes Kennesaw State O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 84–57 1,129 2–1 November 24, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes Savannah State O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 99–34 1,062 3–1 November 27, 2015 7:30 p.m. yes yes Ball State Coors Events Center Boulder, CO Omni Hotels Classic semifinals 85–78 538 4–1 November 28, 2015 9:30 p.m. yes yes Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, CO Omni Hotels Classic championship 83–61 1,666 5–1 December 1, 2015 8:00 p.m. yes yes South Alabama Mitchell Center Mobile, AL 72–60 804 6–1 December 7, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes Arkansas State O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 76–72 1,035 7–1 December 10, 2015 8:00 p.m. yes yes Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI BTN 91–75 3,019 8–1 December 13, 2015 2:00 p.m. yes Robert Morris O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 79–52 1,017 9–1 December 20, 2015 2:30 p.m. yes Saint Francis (PA) O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL Gator Holiday Classic semifinals 122–65 1,107 10–1 December 21, 2015 2:30 p.m. yes NC State O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL Gator Holiday Classic championship 79–72 1,053 11–1 December 30, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes yes UCF Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL SEC/AAC Challenge SECN 93–79 2,044 12–1 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#0021A5; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC regular season January 3, 2016 1:00 p.m. Mississippi State 8 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL SECN 70–76 1,378 12–2 (0–1) January 7, 2016 7:30 p.m. yes Tennessee 12 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN SECN 74–66 9,774 13–2 (1–1) January 10, 2016 2:00 p.m. yes Ole Miss The Pavilion at Ole Miss Oxford, MS SECN 85–65 2,468 14–2 (2–1) January 14, 2016 7:00 p.m. 20 Georgia O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 61–71 1,912 14–3 (2–2) January 17, 2016 7:00 p.m. 20 LSU O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 53–45 1,819 15–3 (3–2) January 21, 2016 7:00 p.m. 22 Alabama O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 80–72 1,305 16–3 (4–2) January 24, 2016 2:00 p.m. yes 22 Missouri 23 Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO SECN 64–79 5,941 16–4 (4–3) January 28, 2016 8:00 p.m. yes Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR 71–66 OT 1,576 17–4 (5–3) January 31, 2016 1:00 p.m. Kentucky 12 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL SECN 85–79 3,231 18–4 (6–3) February 4, 2016 7:00 p.m. 22 Texas A&M 12 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 83–81 1,404 19–4 (7–3) February 11, 2016 7:00 p.m. yes 16 South Carolina 2 Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC 71–86 13,324 19–5 (7–4) February 14, 2016 2:00 p.m. yes 16 Auburn Auburn Arena Auburn, AL SECN 58–80 2,760 19–6 (7–5) February 18, 2016 7:00 p.m. 22 Vanderbilt O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 79–67 1,439 20–6 (8–5) February 21, 2016 1:00 p.m. yes 22 Georgia Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA SECN 63–74 3,733 20–7 (8–6) February 25, 2016 8:30 p.m. yes LSU Maravich Center Baton Rouge, LA SECN 82–56 2,731 21–7 (9–6) February 28, 2016 2:00 p.m. Auburn O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL 56–49 4,019 22–7 (10–6) |- !colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#0021A5"|SEC Women's Tournament March 4, 2016 2:30 pm yes 25 Kentucky 13 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL Quarterfinals SECN 69–92 4,703 22–8 |- !colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#0021A5"|NCAA Women's Tournament March 18, 2016 12:00 pm yes yes 25 SF 5 Albany SF 12 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY First Round ESPN2 59–61 2,445 22–9 Eastern Time AP Poll SF Sioux Falls Region Source:Schedule 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 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 20 22 RV 22 16 22 RV 25 25 25 N/A Coaches NR RV NR RV RV RV RV RV RV 21 23 RV 22 19 25 RV 24 25 24 RV + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes See also 2015–16 Florida Gators men's basketball team References Category:Florida Gators women's basketball seasons Florida Florida Florida Gators Florida Gators