2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Cornhuskers logo.svg Big Ten Conference B1G 18–13 9–9 Connie Yori 14th Britney Brown Ashley Ford Amy Stephens Pinnacle Bank Arena WNIT First Round The 2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented University of Nebraska–Lincoln during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, led by 14th year head coach Connie Yori, played their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 18–13, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Rutgers. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Northern Iowa in the first round. On April 5, 2016, Connie Yori resigned following an alleged investigation into how she treated her players.http://www.dailypress.com/sports/colleges/acc-all-access-blog/dp-spt-dennis-wolff-fired-after-five-seasons-as-virginia-tech-s-women-s-basketball-coach-20160322-post.html Women's basketball coach Connie Yori abruptly resigned Tuesday after 14 seasons at Nebraska following an alleged investigation into how she treated her players usnews.com/ 2016-04-05 She finished at Nebraska with a 14-year record of 280–166. Roster w 2015 Nebraska Cornhuskers y y w Kyndal Clark n 4 G 5 7 Sr Webb City, MO DrakeWebb City w Natalie Romeo y 5 G 5 7 So Martinez, CA Carondelet w Esther Ramacieri n 11 G 5 8 Jr Repentigny, QE, CAN Dawson CollegeFelix Leclerc w Emily Wood n 12 G 5 5 So Salina, KS Salina Central w Allie Havers n 22 F 6 5 Jr Paw Paw, MI Mattawan w Maddie Simon n 24 G 6 2 Fr Lincoln, NE Pius X w Anya Kalenta n 31 F 6 3 Sr Minsk, Belarus Vincennes/Broward CollegeGeneral Secondary #21 w Jessica Shepard n 32 F 6 4 Fr Fremont, NE Fremont w Rachel Theriot n 33 G 6 0 Sr Middleburg Heights, OH Midpark w Jasmine Cincore n 34 G 5 8 So Arlington, TN Briarcrest Christian School w Rachel Blackburn n 43 F 6 3 Fr Leavenworth, KS Leavenworth w Darrien Washington n 50 C 6 2 Fr y Oakland, CA Skyline w Alicia Ostrander n 52 F 6 3 Sr Gordon, NE Gordon-Rushville Connie Yori (Creighton) Britney Brown (Oklahoma)Ashley Ford (Nebraska)Amy Stephens(Nebraska) http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?spid=25&spsid=32&db_oem_id=100 Schedule yes 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background: #E11D38; color: #ffffff"| Exhibition 08/04/2015 5:00 am yes yes Frankston Lady Blues Frankston Basketball Centre Frankston, Australia 72–81 08/05/2015 3:30 am yes yes Dandenong Rangers Dandenong Stadium Melbourne, Australia 41–72 08/06/2015 4:30 am yes yes Cairns Dolphins Cairns Basketball Stadium Cairns, Australia 73–79 08/10/2015 yes yes Sydney Heat Sydney, Australia 76–56 11/01/2015 2:00 pm yes Nebraska–Kearney Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 4,900 92–54 11/08/2015 2:00 pm yes Winona State Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 4,926 96–66 |- !colspan=9 style="background: #E11D38; color: #ffffff"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2015 11:30 am yes Arkansas–Pine Bluff Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 4,953 96–46 1–0 11/16/2015 7:00 pm yes North Florida Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 4,475 91–46 2–0 11/21/2015 2:00 pm yes North Carolina Central Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 4,984 88–47 3–0 11/23/2015 7:00 pm yes Southern Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 4,748 89–38 4–0 11/28/2015 12:00 pm yes yes Connecticut 1 XL Center Hartford, CT 10,113 SNY/ESPN3 46–88 4–1 12/03/2015 7:00 pm yes NC State Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 5,151 88–67 5–1 12/06/2015 2:00 pm yes Creighton Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 6,056 65–63 6–1 12/08/2015 7:00 pm yes Evansville Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 4,614 85–40 7–1 12/12/2015 7:00 pm yes yes California 22 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 4,406 P12N 80–87 OT 7–2 12/19/2015 4:00 pm yes Northern Arizona Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 4,775 90–67 8–2 12/21/2015 7:00 pm yes Arkansas State Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 4,991 79–71 9–2 |- !colspan=9 style="background: #E11D38; color: #ffffff"| Big Ten regular season 12/31/2015 1:00 pm Iowa Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 7,329 68–74 9–3 (0–1) 01/03/2016 1:30 pm yes Northwestern 14 Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 1,249 BTN 62–85 9–4 (0–2) 01/07/2016 6:00 pm yes Maryland 8 Xfinity Center College Park, MD 4,112 BTN 50–89 9–5 (0–3) 01/10/2016 2:00 pm Illinois Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 6,222 73–57 10–5 (1–3) 01/13/2016 6:00 pm yes Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA 2,745 83–78 11–5 (2–3) 01/16/2016 5:30 pm Rutgers Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 5,622 BTN 65–54 12–5 (3–3) 01/20/2016 6:00 pm yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN 6,041 62–61 13–5 (4–3) 01/24/2016 1:00 pm yes Michigan Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI 3,082 93–81 14–5 (5–3) 01/27/2016 7:00 pm Wisconsin Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 5,349 75–62 15–5 (6–3) 01/30/2016 1:00 pm yes Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ 2,815 56–66 15–6 (6–4) 02/02/2016 7:00 pm Penn State Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 4,486 BTN 87–69 16–6 (7–4) 02/07/2016 1:00 pm yes Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN 3,370 47–59 16–7 (7–5) 02/11/2016 7:00 pm yes Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 3,945 73–110 16–8 (7–6) 02/14/2016 3:00 pm Michigan State 17 Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 8,338 BTN 73–66 17–8 (8–6) 02/18/2016 5:00 pm yes Ohio State 5 Value City Arena Columbus, OH 5,243 BTN 70–96 17–9 (8–7) 02/21/2016 2:00 pm Purdue Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 5,671 BTN 50–68 17–10 (8–8) 02/24/2016 7:00 pm Indiana Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 5,376 68–79 17–11 (8–9) 02/28/2016 3:00 pm Northwestern Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE 6,596 BTN 76–67 18–11 (9–9) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#E11D38; color:#ffffff;"| Big Ten Women's Tournament 03/03/2016 5:30 pm yes Rutgers Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Second Round   BTN 63–66 18–12 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#E11D38; color:#ffffff;"| WNIT 03/17/2016 7:00 pm yes Northern Iowa Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE First Round 2,942 62–64 18–13 AP Poll Central Time Source http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=31&SPID=25 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714225107/http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=31&SPID=25 dead July 14, 2014 2015-16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball Schedule Nebraska Cornhuskers Athletics 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 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes See also 2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team References Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball seasons Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska