2015–16 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul Blue Demons Wordmark.gif 200 Big East Conference Big East 17 20 27–9 16–2 Doug Bruno 30th Candis Blankson Bart Brooks Jill M. Pizzotti McGrath-Phillips Arena Big East Regular Season Champions NCAA Women's Tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2015–16 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons, led by thirtieth year head coach Doug Bruno, played their home games at the McGrath-Phillips Arena. They were members of the new Big East Conference. They finished the season 27–9, 16–2 in Big East play to win the Big East regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East women's tournament, where they lost to St. John's. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they defeated James Madison in the first round, Louisville in the second round before losing to Oregon State in the sweet sixteen. Previous season The Blue Devils finished the 2014–15 season 27–8, 15–3 in Big East play to share the regular season title with Seton Hall. They also won the Big East tournament to earn an automatic trip to the 2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Notre Dame in the second round. Roster w 2015 DePaul Blue Demons y y w Ashton Millender 1 G 5 8 SO Glenwood, IL Marian Catholic w Meri Bennett-Swanson 4 F 6 3 SO yes Vernon Hills, IL Vernon Hills w Amarah Coleman 10 G 5 11 SO Bolingbrook, IL Homewood-Flossmoor w Chanise Jenkins 13 G 5 5 SR Chicago, IL Whitney Young w Jessica January 14 G 5 7 JR Richfield, MN Richfield w Elri Liebenberg 15 F 6 5 FR yes Rustenburg, South Africa Bergsig Academy w Brooke Schulte 22 G 5 9 JR Germantown, IL Mater Dei w Centrese McGee 23 G 5 7 SR Calumet City, IL Thornton Fractional North w Tanita Allen 24 G 5 10 FR Chicago, IL Whitney Young w Megan Podkowa 30 GF 6 2 SR Glenwood, IL Trinity w Jacqui Grant 34 F 6 3 JR Park Ridge, IL Maine South w Mart'e Grays 35 F 6 2 SO Detroit, MI Martin Luther King Jr. w Brandi Harvey-Carr 44 F 6 4 JR Camden, NJ Leap Academy w Meghan Waldron 45 G 5 11 FR yes Wheaton, IL Wheaton Warrenville South Doug Bruno (DePaul) Jill M. Pizzotti (Southeast Missouri State) Candis Blankson (DePaul) Bart Brooks (Dickinson State) http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/depa-w-baskbl-mtt.html October 31, 2015 Schedule yes 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00438c; color:#F10041;"| Exhibition November 2, 2015 7:00 pm yes St. Xavier McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 370 135–64 November 7, 2015 3:30 pm yes Lewis University McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 1,230 87–67 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00438c; color:#F10041;"| Non-conference regular season November 13, 2015 7:00 pm yes Southern Illinois McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL Preseason WNIT First Round 2,753 105–61 1–0 November 15, 2015 4:00 pm yes St. Bonaventure McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL Preseason WNIT Second Round 2,308 77–54 2–0 November 19, 2015 7:00 pm yes Indiana McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL Preseason WNIT Semifinals 1,924 84–69 3–0 November 22, 2015 2:00 pm yes yes Baylor 5 Ferrell Center Waco, TX Preseason WNIT Championship Game 5,637 CBSSN 72–86 3–1 November 24, 2015 7:00 pm yes Chicago State McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 1,989 88–42 4–1 November 27, 2015 7:00 pm yes Colgate McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 2,115 96–46 5–1 December 2, 2015 6:30 pm yes 23 Connecticut 1 McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 4,001 FS1 70–86 5–2 December 5, 2015 7:00 pm yes 23 Illinois State McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 2,422 89–41 6–2 December 9, 2015 6:00 pm yes yes 18 Notre Dame 3 Edmund P. Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 8,207 ESPN3 90–95 6–3 December 12, 2015 2:00 pm yes yes 18 Texas A&M 15 Reed Arena College Station, TX 3,721 SECN 80–66 7–3 December 15, 2015 7:00 pm yes yes 16 South Dakota State Frost Arena Brookings, SD 1,621 79–88 7–4 December 19, 2015 5:00 pm yes yes 16 Northwestern 12 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 1,744 77–64 8–4 December 21, 2015 12:00 pm yes 17 Loyola-Chicago McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 2,153 75–88 8–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00438c; color:#F10041;"| Conference regular season December 29, 2015 7:00 pm 25 Marquette McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 2,206 BEDN/CSNCH+ 91–86 9–5 (1–0) January 3, 2016 4:00 pm yes 25 St. John's Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY 660 CBSSN 71–61 10–5 (2–0) January 5, 2016 6:00 pm yes 24 Seton Hall 25 Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ 851 FS2 86–74 11–5 (3–0) January 8, 2016 7:00 pm 24 Georgetown McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 2,201 BEDN/CSNCH+ 75–53 12–5 (4–0) January 10, 2016 3:00 pm 24 Villanova McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 2,044 CBSSN 60–64 12–6 (4–1) January 15, 2016 6:00 pm yes Butler Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN 1,320 FS1 61–54 13–6 (5–1) January 17, 2016 1:00 pm yes Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH 1,384 BEDN 70–53 14–6 (6–1) January 22, 2016 7:00 pm 24 Creighton McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 2,042 BEDN 81–63 15–6 (7–1) January 24, 2016 2:00 pm 24 Providence McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 2,022 BEDN 96–50 16–6 (8–1) January 29, 2016 12:00 pm 23 Seton Hall McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 3,001 BEDN/CSNCH 74–83 16–7 (8–2) January 31, 2016 12:00 pm 23 St. John's McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 2,812 FS2 77–71 17–7 (9–2) February 5, 2016 6:00 pm yes Villanova The Pavilion Villanova, PA 641 BEDN 75–47 18–7 (10–2) February 7, 2016 11:00 am yes Georgetown McDonough Gymnasium Washington, D.C. 438 BEDN 80–66 19–7 (11–2) February 12, 2016 7:00 pm 23 Xavier McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 2,352 BEDN 82–52 20–7 (12–2) February 14, 2016 2:00 pm 23 Butler McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL 2,409 BEDN/CSNCH 102–63 21–7 (13–2) February 19, 2016 6:00 pm yes 21 Providence Alumni Hall Providence, RI 211 BEDN 91–68 22–7 (14–2) February 21, 2016 1:00 pm yes 21 Creighton D. J. Sokol Arena Omaha, NE 1,255 FS1 78–52 23–7 (15–2) February 27, 2016 5:00 pm yes 19 Marquette Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI 2,039 BEDN 98–65 24–7 (16–2) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00438c; color:#F10041;"| Big East Women's Tournament March 6, 2016 6:00 pm 18 Butler McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL Quarterfinals   FS2 65–52 25–7 March 7, 2016 5:30 pm 18 St. John's McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL Semifinals 2,131 FS1 66–75 25–8 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00438c; color:#F10041;"| NCAA Women's Tournament March 18, 2016 11:00 am yes yes 20 6 D James Madison 11 D KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY First Round   ESPN2 97–67 26–8 March 20, 2016 1:30 pm yes yes 20 6 D Louisville 8 3 D KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Second Round 7,515 ESPN2 73–72 27–8 March 26, 2016 5:00 pm yes yes 20 6 D Oregon State 6 2 D American Airlines Center Dallas, TX Sweet Sixteen 7,109 ESPN 71–83 27–9 AP Poll Central Time D Dallas Region Source:http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/depa-w-baskbl-sched.html 2015-16 DePaul Women's Basketball Schedule 2015-10-31 2014-11-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20141124161524/http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/depa-w-baskbl-sched.html dead Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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