2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 Washington Huskies Washington Huskies logo.svg Pac-12 Conference Pac-12 8 26–11 11–7 Mike Neighbors 3rd Adia Barnes Fred Castro Morgan Valley Alaska Airlines Arena NCAA Tournament Lexington Regional Champions NCAA tournament Final Four The 2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team represented the University of Washington during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by third-year head coach Mike Neighbors, played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–11, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament, where they lost to Oregon State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Penn and Maryland in the first and second rounds, Kentucky in the Sweet Sixteen, and Pac-12 member Stanford in the Elite Eight to reach the Final Four for the first time in school history. They lost to Syracuse in the Final Four. Roster w 2015 Washington Huskies y y w Chantel Osahor 0 F/C 6 2 JR Phoenix, AZ Saint Mary's w Hannah Johnson 1 F 6 1 FR y Los Angeles, CA Bishop Alemany w Talia Walton 3 F 6 2 SR y Federal Way, WA Federal Way w Kelsey Plum y 10 G 5 9 JR Poway, CA La Jolla Country Day w Mathilde Gilling 11 F/C 6 3 SR Rungsted Kyst, Denmark Rungsted Gymnasium w Katie Collier 13 F/C 6 3 JR y Covington, WA Seattle Christian w Heather Corral 14 G/F 6 1 JR y Vancouver, WA Prairie w Khalia Lark 15 G/F 6 0 SO Irvine, CA Mater Dei w Kelli Kingma 20 G 5 8 SO Mill Creek, WA Henry M. Jackson w Brianna Ruiz 21 G 5 10 SO y Sacramento, CA Del Oro w Alexus Atchley 22 G 5 9 SR Yorba Linda, CA Yorba Linda w Deja Strother 34 C 6 5 FR Kenmore, WA Inglemoor w Mackenzie Wieburg 42 G 5 9 SO Sammamish, WA Issaquah Mike Neighbors (Arkansas) Adia Barnes (Arizona)Fred Castro (Oklahoma)Morgan Valley (Connecticut) http://www.gohuskies.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=749598&SPID=126629&DB_OEM_ID=30200&Q_SEASON=2015 2015-07-02 Schedule http://www.gohuskies.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30200&SPID=126629&SPSID=777910&DB_OEM_ID=30200 Women's Basketball - Schedule - University of Washington Official Athletics Site Gohuskies.Com 2015-07-09 July 10, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150710070131/http://www.gohuskies.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30200&SPID=126629&SPSID=777910&DB_OEM_ID=30200 dead yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#363c74; color:#e8d3a2;" | Exhibition 11/02/2015 7:00 pm yes Concordia (OR) Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA   92–46 11/08/2015 2:00 pm yes Warner Pacific Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA   88–44 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#363c74; color:#e8d3a2;"| Non-conference regular season 11/14/2015 2:00 pm yes Santa Clara Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 1,868 100–55 1–0 11/18/2015 7:00 pm yes Seattle Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 1,160 96–55 2–0 11/20/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Fresno State Save Mart Center Fresno, CA 2,983 89–79 3–0 11/23/2015 7:00 pm yes San Diego State Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 504 80–51 4–0 11/27/2015 6:45 pm yes yes Syracuse 23 South Point Arena Enterprise, NV South Point Thanksgiving Shootout   62–66 4–1 11/28/2015 6:45 pm yes yes Texas Tech South Point Arena Enterprise, NV South Point Thanksgiving Shootout 144 77–73 5–1 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes Portland Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 1,173 83–65 6–1 12/06/2015 3:30 pm yes Oklahoma 21 Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 1,580 P12N 68–71 6–2 12/12/2015 6:00 pm yes yes South Dakota DakotaDome Vermillion, SD 2,235 ESPN3 77–64 7–2 12/18/2015 7:00 pm yes UC Riverside Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 1,174 78–43 8–2 12/21/2015 7:00 pm yes Weber State Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 1,550 69–56 9–2 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#363c74; color:#e8d3a2;"| Pac-12 regular season 12/29/2015 8:00 pm yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA 837 P12N 79–64 10–2 (1–0) 01/02/2016 12:00 pm yes Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, CO 2,107 P12N 76–74 11–2 (2–0) 01/04/2016 5:00 pm yes Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT 884 P12N 83–88 11–3 (2–1) 01/08/2016 7:00 pm Arizona State 14 Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 1,767 P12N 61–68 11–4 (2–2) 01/10/2016 2:00 pm Arizona Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 2,913 P12N 63–47 12–4 (3–2) 01/15/2016 6:00 pm UCLA 17 Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 1,547 P12N 64–56 13–4 (4–2) 01/17/2016 2:00 pm USC 25 Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 1,790 P12N 69–60 14–4 (5–2) 01/23/2015 2:00 pm Washington State Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 3,157 P12N 69–63 15–4 (6–2) 01/29/2016 8:00 pm yes 25 Stanford 16 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 2,858 P12N 53–69 15–5 (6–3) 01/31/2016 2:00 pm yes 25 California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 2,132 P12N 75–65 16–5 (7–3) 02/05/2016 6:00 pm 24 Oregon State 9 Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 3,813 P12N 53–61 16–6 (7–4) 02/07/2016 12:00 pm 24 Oregon Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 1,974 63–75 16–7 (7–5) 02/12/2016 7:00 pm yes USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA 565 61–53 17–7 (8–5) 02/14/2016 11:00 am yes UCLA 14 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 1,609 ESPNU 59–63 17–8 (8–6) 02/19/2016 6:00 pm yes Arizona McKale Center Tucson, AZ 1,243 74–52 18–8 (9–6) 02/21/2016 11:00 am yes Arizona State 9 Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ 3,244 P12N 57–77 18–9 (9–7) 02/25/2016 7:00 pm Utah Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 1,733 73–60 19–9 (10–7) 02/27/2016 1:00 pm Colorado Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA 2,376 P12N 68–47 20–9 (11–7) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#363c74;" | Pac-12 Women's Tournament 03/03/2016 8:30 pm yes 5 Colorado 12 KeyArena Seattle, WA First Round 3,680 P12N 67–51 21–9 03/04/2016 8:30 pm yes 5 Stanford 4 11 KeyArena Seattle, WA Quarterfinals 5,789 P12N 73–65 22–9 03/05/2016 8:30 pm 5 yes Oregon State 1 8 KeyArena Seattle, WA Semifinals 6,543 P12N 55–57 22–10 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#363c74;" | NCAA Women's Tournament 03/19/2016 1:00 pm yes yes 7 L Penn 10 L Xfinity Center College Park, MD First Round 5,374 ESPN2 65–53 23–10 03/21/2016 3:30 pm yes yes 7 L Maryland 5 2 L Xfinity Center College Park, MD Second Round 4,396 ESPN2 74–65 24–10 03/25/2016 4:00 pm yes yes 7 L Kentucky 12 3 L Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Sweet Sixteen   ESPN2 85–72 25–10 03/27/2016 10:00 am yes yes 7 L Stanford 13 4 L Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Elite Eight 3,349 ESPN 85–76 26–10 04/03/2016 5:30 pm yes yes 7 L Syracuse 14 4 SF Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Final Four 15,227 ESPN2 59–80 26–11 AP Poll Pacific Time L Lexington Region 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 NR NR NR RV NR RV NR RV 25 24 RV RV RV NR RV RV N/A Coaches RV NR RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR 8 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received votes See also 2015–16 Washington Huskies men's basketball team References Washington Category:Washington Huskies women's basketball seasons Washington Category:NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Washington Washington Washington