2015–16 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2015–16 Texas Longhorns Texas Longhorns logo.svg Big 12 Conference Big 12 7 7 31–5 15–3 Karen Aston 4th Travis Mays George Washington Tina Thompson Frank Erwin Center NCAA tournament Elite Eight The 2015–16 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2015–16 college basketball season. It was head coach Karen Aston's fourth season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. They finished the season 31–5, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Baylor. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Alabama State and Missouri in the first and second rounds, and UCLA in the sweet sixteen, before last year's sweet sixteen rematch with Connecticut in the elite eight. 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 12 11 8 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 8 8 6 7 7 N/A Coaches 11 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 6 6 6 5 7 8 7 7 7 7 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received votes 2015–16 media Television and radio information Most University of Texas home games were shown on the Longhorn Network, with national telecasts on the Big 12 Conference's television partners. On the radio, women's basketball games aired on KTXX-HD4 "105.3 The Bat", with select games on KTXX-FM 104.9. This was the first year that radio broadcasts had moved from KVET (1300 AM/103.1 FM). Roster 2015 Texas Longhorns women y yes w Empress Davenport 1 G 5 7 SR Duncanville, TX Duncanville w Celina Rodrigo 2 G 5 8 SR y Marietta, GA Hillgrove w Jordan Hosey 5 F 6 1 FR Pearland, TX Manvel w Lashann Higgs 10 G 5 9 FR Round Rock, TX Cedar Ridge w Brooke McCarty 11 G 5 4 SO League City, TX Clear Springs w Emily Johnson 13 G 5 11 JR Georgetown, TX GeorgetownColorado State w Christina Aborowa 14 F 6 4 FR Ondo, Nigeria Neumann-Goretti w Brianna Taylor 20 G 5 9 JR Houston, TX Spring Dekaney w Nekia Jones 21 F 5 11 SO Beaumont, TX Ozen w Tasia Forman 22 G 5 4 SO Duncanville, TX Duncanville w Ariel Atkins 24 G 5 11 SO Duncanville, TX Duncanville w Khaléann Caron-Goudreau 30 F 6 2 SO Gatineau, QE IMG AcademyVanderbilt yes w Brady Sanders 32 G 5 11 SR y Joshua, TX Godley w Sara Hattis 33 F 6 4 JR Rio Rancho, NM Cleveland w Imani Boyette y 34 C 6 7 SR Los Angeles, CA Windward w Diani Akigbogun 35 F 6 1 SO Aurora, CO Regis Jesuit w Kelsey Lang 40 C 6 5 JR The Woodlands, TX The Woodlands Karen Aston (University of Arkansas at Little Rock) Travis Mays (Texas) George Washington (Abilene Christian) Tina Thompson (USC) http://www.texassports.com/roster.aspx?path=wbball 2015-06-07 Schedule http://www.texassports.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball 2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2015 7:00 pm yes 12 UTSA Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 90–53 2,596 1–0 11/18/2015 11:00 am yes 11 Northwestern State Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 86–33 7,582 2–0 11/21/2015 2:00 pm yes yes 11 Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 70–47 821 3–0 11/25/2015 7:00 pm yes 8 Hampton Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 79–52 2,507 4–0 11/29/2015 1:30 pm yes yes 8 Tennessee 4 Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN ESPN 64–53 10,204 5–0 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes 6 Mississippi State 9 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 53–47 2,887 6–0 12/06/2015 2:00 pm yes yes 6 Little Rock Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR 66–56 1,642 7–0 12/13/2015 12:00 pm yes 5 Stanford 14 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN 77–69 3,942 8–0 12/16/2015 7:00 pm yes 5 Canisius Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 92–62 2,370 9–0 12/20/2015 1:30 pm yes yes 5 Arkansas Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge FS1 61–50   10–0 12/27/2015 2:00 pm yes 5 Sam Houston State Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 83–49 3,123 11–0 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big 12 regular season 12/30/2015 6:00 pm yes 5 West Virginia WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV 65–54 4,153 12–0 1–0 01/02/2016 7:00 pm 5 Texas Tech Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 86–62 3,668 13–0 2–0 01/06/2016 7:00 pm 4 Iowa State Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 75–54 2,836 14–0 3–0 01/09/2016 5:00 pm yes 4 Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK 78–48 3,290 15–0 4–0 01/13/2016 7:00 pm yes 4 Kansas Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS ESPN3 75–38 1,903 16–0 5–0 01/17/2016 2:00 pm 4 Baylor 6 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX ESPN2 67–80 8,996 16–1 5–1 01/20/2016 7:00 pm yes 6 TCU Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX 65–58 2,792 17–1 6–1 01/23/2016 11:00 am 6 Oklahoma 19 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX FSN 83–76 4,096 18–1 7–1 01/27/2016 7:00 pm 6 Kansas Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 70–46 3,126 19–1 8–1 01/30/2016 7:00 pm 6 Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS ESPN3 66–51 4,846 20–1 9–1 02/06/2016 1:30 pm yes 6 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA FS2 65–49 11,261 21–1 10–1 02/10/2016 7:00 pm 6 Oklahoma State 20 Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 70–55 2,638 22–1 11–1 02/14/2016 1:30 pm yes 6 Oklahoma 21 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK FS1 56–74 4,853 22–2 11–2 02/17/2016 7:00 pm 8 Kansas State Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 58–51 3,036 23–2 12–2 02/21/2016 12:00 pm 8 West Virginia Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX FSN 73–50 4,143 24–2 13–2 02/24/2016 6:30 pm yes 8 Texas Tech United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX 76–55 3,555 25–2 14–2 02/27/2016 7:00 pm 8 TCU Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX LHN 71–58 4,069 26–2 15–2 02/29/2016 8:00 pm yes 6 Baylor 4 Ferrell Center Waco, TX FS1 48–74 10,284 26–3 15–3 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2016 Big 12 women's basketball tournament 03/05/2016 6:00 pm yes 6 Kansas Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK Quarterfinals FSN 66–50 3,863 27–3 03/06/2016 4:00 pm yes 6 West Virginia Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK Semifinals FS1 67–51 4,591 28–3 03/07/2016 8:00 pm yes 7 Baylor 4 Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK Championship Game FS1 63–79 3,859 28–4 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA women's tournament 03/19/2016 8:00 pm yes 7 2 B Alabama State 15 B Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX First Round ESPN2 86–42 2,645 29–4 03/21/2016 8:15 pm yes 7 2 B Missouri 10 B Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX Second Round ESPN2 73–55 2,345 30–4 03/26/2016 12:30 pm yes yes 7 2 B UCLA 10 3 B Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT Sweet Sixteen ESPN 72–64 8,898 31–4 03/28/2016 6:00 pm yes yes 7 2 B Connecticut 1 1 B Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT Elite Eight ESPN 65–86 9,088 31–5 Central Time B Bridgeport Region See also Texas Longhorns women's basketball 2015–16 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team References 2 Category:Texas Longhorns women's basketball seasons Texas Texas Texas Longhorns Texas Longhorns