2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 Louisville Cardinals Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg 250 Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 14 8 26–8 15–1 Jeff Walz 9th Stephanie Norman Sam Purcell Samantha Williams KFC Yum! Center NCAA tournament second round The 2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by ninth-year head coach Jeff Walz, played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center and were in their second year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 15–1 in ACC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC women's tournament, where they lost to Syracuse. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Central Arkansas in the first round before losing to DePaul in the second round. Roster 2015 Louisville Cardinals y y w w Erin DeGrate 1 F 6 4 FR Waco, Texas La Vega w Myisha Hines-Allen 2 F 6 2 SO Montclair, New Jersey Montclair y w Sam Fuehring 3 F 6 3 SO Wanaque, New Jersey Immaculate Conception w Mariya Moore 4 F 6 0 SO Hercules, California Salesian w Taja Cole 5 G 5 7 FR Richmond, Virginia Salesian w Arica Carter 11 G 5 8 SO Long Beach, California Lloyd C. Bird w Cortnee Walton 13 F 6 3 JR y Surprise, Arizona St. Mary's w Brianna Jones 22 G 5 9 FR North Babylon, New York North Babylon w Asia Durr 25 y G 5 10 FR Douglasville, Georgia St. Pius X Catholic w Sydney Brackemyre 31 F 6 1 FR y Wilmington, Ohio Clinton Massie School Jeff Walz (Northern Kentucky) Stephanie Norman (Arizona State) Sam Purcell (Auburn) Samantha Williams (Auburn)http://www.gocards.com/roster.aspx?path=wbball& 2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster Media Select Cardinals games were broadcast on WHAS. Some of the games were on the ACC RSN. Additional ACC games aired on ESPN3. All Cardinals basketball games aired on Learfield Sports on WKRD 790 AM or WVKY 101.7 FM, depending on conflicts with Louisville and Kentucky football and men's basketball games. Schedule yes 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#D81E05;"| Regular season 11/15/2015 2:00 pm yes 8 California KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN3 71–75 0–1 16,524 11/21/2015 3:30 pm yes yes 16 WKU E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY FCS 69–71 0–2 3,176 11/27/2015 5:00 pm yes yes 22 Marist Germain Arena Eastero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals 65–53 1–2 1,257 11/28/2015 7:30 pm yes yes 22 Purdue Germain Arena Eastero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals 60–62 1–3 1,407 11/29/2015 5:00 pm yes yes 22 Dayton Germain Arena Eastero, FL Gulf Coast Showcase 3rd place game 66–79 1–4   12/03/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Michigan State 19 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge ESPN2 85–78 2–4 5,721 12/05/2015 4:00 pm yes Valparaiso KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 75–42 3–4 8,274 12/10/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Kentucky 8 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY The Battle for the Bluegrass SECN 54–72 3–5 14,425 12/13/2015 2:00 pm yes IUPUI KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 70–61 4–5 8,686 12/15/2015 7:00 pm yes Dartmouth KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 94–42 5–5 7,971 12/18/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Tennessee Tech Eblen Center Cookeville, TN 76–54 6–5 943 12/20/2015 2:00 pm yes yes College of Charleston TD Arena Charleston, SC 71–67 7–5 517 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes Tennessee–Martin KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY 88–66 8–5 8,690 01/01/2016 4:00 pm Florida State 15 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPNU 79–69 9–5 (1–0) 9,126 01/03/2016 2:00 pm yes Georgia Tech Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA ESPN3 78–65 10–5 (2–0) 1,982 01/07/2016 7:00 pm Virginia Tech KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN3 56–45 11–5 (3–0) 7,891 01/10/2016 1:00 pm Duke 18 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN3 65–48 12–5 (4–0) 11,342 01/14/2016 7:00 pm yes 23 Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA 59–41 13–5 (5–0) 2,880 01/17/2016 2:00 pm yes 23 NC State Broughton HS Raleigh, NC 92–90 14–5 (6–0) 2,313 01/25/2016 7:00 pm yes 14 Syracuse Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY RSN 71–53 15–5 (7–0) 549 01/28/2016 7:00 pm 14 Clemson KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN3 75–33 16–5 (8–0) 8,379 01/31/2016 1:00 pm 14 Wake Forest KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY RSN 78–54 17–5 (9–0) 9,673 02/04/2016 7:00 pm yes 13 North Carolina Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC ESPN3 78–60 18–5 (10–0) 2,176 02/07/2016 2:00 pm 13 Notre Dame 3 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN2 61–66 18–6 (10–1) 13,837 02/11/2016 7:00 pm yes 12 Pittsburgh Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA ESPN3 84–61 19–6 (11–1) 806 02/15/2016 9:00 pm yes 11 South Florida 19 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN2 67–50 20–6 7,941 02/18/2016 7:00 pm 11 Virginia KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN3 74–59 21–6 (12–1) 8,736 02/21/2016 1:00 pm yes 11 Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA 55–45 22–6 (13–1) 1,454 02/27/2016 7:00 pm yes 10 Miami (FL) 17 BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ESPN3 79–51 23–6 (14–1) 1,378 02/28/2016 12:30 pm 10 Pittsburgh KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY RSN 65–36 24–6 (15–1) 11,641 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000;"| ACC Women's Tournament 03/04/2016 6:00 pm yes 7 Georgia Tech Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Quarterfinals RSN 60–50 25–6   03/05/2016 2:30 pm yes 7 Syracuse 17 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Semifinals ESPNU 75–80 25–7 5,871 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#000000;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/18/2016 2:30 pm yes 8 3 D Central Arkansas 14 D KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY First Round ESPN2 87–60 26–7 5,823 03/20/2016 2:30 pm yes 8 3 D DePaul 20 6 D KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY Second Round ESPN2 72–73 26–8 7,515 AP Poll Eastern D Dallas Region Source http://www.gocards.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball 2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball schedule Louisville Cardinals 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 8 16 22 NR RV NR NR NR RV 23 17 14 13 12 11 10 7 8 8 N/A Coaches 8 16 RV NR NR NR NR NR RV 22 17 14 13 12 11 10 6 8 8 14 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received votes See also Louisville Cardinals women's basketball 2015–16 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team References Category:Louisville Cardinals women's basketball seasons Louisville Louisville Louisville Cardinals women's basketball, 2015-16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball, 2015-16 Category:2015 in Louisville, Kentucky Category:2016 in Louisville, Kentucky Category:Long stubs with short prose