2015–16 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 Syracuse Orange Syracuse Orange logo.svg 100px Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 14 3 30–8 13–3 Quentin Hillsman 9th Vonn Read Tammi Reiss Cedric Solice Carrier Dome South Point Thanksgiving Shootout champions NCAA tournament Runner-Up The 2015–16 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Orange, led by ninth-year head coach Quentin Hillsman, were third-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and played their home games at the Carrier Dome. Syracuse finished its regular season with a 23–6 overall record, matching the program record for most regular season wins. The Orange earned their highest finish as a member of the ACC, with a school-record 13 conference victories, and earned a third-seed spot and first-round bye in the conference tournament.Women's Hoops Earns Third Seed Syracuse also received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, and advanced to the program's first-ever championship game, before losing 82–51 to Connecticut.UConn Defeats Syracuse in the NCAA Title Game Previous season The Orange finished the 2014–15 season 22–10, 11–5 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC women's tournament to Wake Forest. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Nebraska in the first round before losing to South Carolina in the second round. Roster w 2015 Syracuse Orange y y w Alexis Peterson n 1 G 5 7 Jr Columbus, OH Northland w Julia Chandler n 3 F 6 2 Fr Toronto, ON Northern Secondary w Maggie Morrison n 4 G 5 8 Sr y Millersville, MD Archbishop Spalding w Jade Phillips n 5 G 5 11 Fr Raleigh, NC Southeast Raleigh w Isabella Slim n 10 F 6 0 Jr Amsterdam, Netherlands CTO Amsterdam w Cornelia Fondren n 11 G 5 8 Sr Memphis, TN Overton w Brianna Butler y 13 G 5 11 Sr King of Prussia, PA Nazareth Regional w Savannah Crocetti n 14 G 5 7 Fr Rochester, NY Irondequoit w Brittney Sykes n 20 G 5 9 Jr y Newark, NJ University w Danielle Minott n 21 G 5 8 So Miami, FL Miami Country Day w Taylor Ford n 22 F 6 0 Sr Bronx, NY Nazareth Regional w Brandi Fowler n 24 G 5 4 Fr Syracuse, NY Corcoran w Davida Dale n 33 G 5 9 Fr Providence, RI St. Andrew's w Abby Grant n 34 G 5 9 Fr Suwanee, GA St. Francis w Briana Day n 50 C 6 4 Jr Raleigh, NC Millbrook w Bria Day n 55 F 6 4 Jr Raleigh, NC Millbrook Quentin Hillsman (St. Mary's (MD)) Vonn Read (Clark Atlanta) Tammi Reiss (Virginia) Cedric Solice (Charleston Southern) http://cuse.com/roster.aspx?path=wbasket& Schedule http://cuse.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbasket Syracuse University Athletics cuse.com 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"|Non-conference regular season 11/13/2015 5:00 pm yes yes 23 Rhode Island Ryan Center Kingston, RI 57–54 1–0 1,196 11/20/2015 7:00 pm yes yes 25 Tennessee 4 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN 55–57 1–1 10,007 11/23/2015 7:00 pm yes 23 Morgan State Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 90–61 2–1 451 11/27/2015 9:45 pm yes yes 23 Washington South Point Arena Enterprise, NV South Point Thanksgiving Shootout 66–62 3–1   11/28/2015 7:30 pm yes yes 23 Fordham South Point Arena Enterprise, NV South Point Thanksgiving Shootout 76–54 4–1   12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes yes 20 Maryland 5 Xfinity Center College Park, MD ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge BTN 64–82 4–2 3,964 12/06/2015 2:00 pm yes 20 Stony Brook Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY TWCSC 64–49 5–2 219 12/09/2015 7:00 pm yes 19 Coppin State Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY TWCSC 88–56 6–2 335 12/12/2015 1:00 pm yes 19 Arizona State 24 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPN3 54–61 6–3 526 12/21/2015 7:00 pm yes Jacksonville Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY TWCSC 65–49 7–3 404 12/29/2015 7:00 pm yes Drexel Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPN3 83–62 8–3 567 12/30/2015 7:00 pm yes Howard Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 97–48 9–3 464 01/01/2016 12:00 pm yes Texas–Rio Grande Valley Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 91–32 10–3 442 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| ACC regular season 01/03/2016 1:00 pm Duke 12 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPNU 86–50 11–3 (1–0) 1,585 01/07/2016 7:00 pm yes North Carolina Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC ESPN3 73–77 11–4 (1–1) 1,724 01/10/2016 2:00 pm Virginia Tech Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY TWCSC 60–39 12–4 (2–1) 1,961 01/14/2016 7:00 pm Pittsburgh Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPN3 71–48 13–4 (3–1) 424 01/17/2016 2:00 pm yes Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC 91–65 14–4 (4–1) 529 01/21/2016 7:00 pm yes Notre Dame 3 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN ESPN3 62–90 14–5 (4–2) 8,312 01/25/2016 7:00 pm Louisville 14 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY RSN 53–71 14–6 (4–3) 549 01/27/2016 7:00 pm Boston College Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY TWCSC 62–61 15–6 (5–3) 375 02/01/2016 7:00 pm yes Miami (FL) 16 BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL RSN 57–51 16–6 (6–3) 745 02/04/2016 7:00 pm Clemson Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY TWCSC 83–62 17–6 (7–3) 407 02/07/2016 2:00 pm Georgia Tech Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY ESPN3 71–52 18–6 (8–3) 1,490 02/11/2016 7:00 pm yes Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA RSN 91–57 19–6 (9–3) 3,081 02/14/2016 2:00 pm yes NC State Broughton HS Raleigh, NC 55–52 20–6 (10–3) 2,811 02/18/2016 7:00 pm 23 Florida State 10 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY RSN 83–73 21–6 (11–3) 1,535 02/21/2016 3:00 pm yes 23 Pittsburgh Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA RSN 70–56 22–6 (12–3) 4,151 02/25/2016 7:00 pm yes 18 Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA 71–55 23–6 (13–3) 718 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| ACC Women's Tournament 03/04/2016 8:00 pm yes 17 NC State Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Quarterfinals RSN 80–61 24–6 5,034 03/05/2016 2:30 pm yes 17 Louisville 7 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Semifinals ESPNU 80–75 25–6 5,871 03/06/2016 12:30 pm yes 17 Notre Dame 2 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Championship Game ESPN 57–68 25–7 5,017 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/18/2016 2:30 pm yes 14 4 SF Army 13 SF Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY First Round ESPN2 73–56 26–7 2,445 03/20/2016 12:00 pm yes 14 4 SF Albany 12 SF Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Second Round ESPN2 76–59 27–7 3,842 03/25/2016 7:00 pm yes yes 14 4 SF South Carolina 3 1 SF Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, SD Sweet Sixteen ESPN 80–72 28–7 4,610 03/27/2016 3:30 pm yes yes 14 4 SF Tennessee 7 SF Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, SD Elite Eight ESPN 89–67 29–7 4,055 04/03/2016 8:30 pm yes yes 14 4 SF Washington 7 L Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Final Four ESPN2 80–59 30–7 15,227 04/05/2016 8:30 pm yes yes 14 4 SF Connecticut 1 1 B Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Championship Game ESPN 51–82 30–8 14,514 AP Poll Eastern SF Sioux Falls Region 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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