2015–16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's basketball 2015–16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 6 2 33–2 16–0 Muffet McGraw 29th Carol Owens Beth Cunningham Niele Ivey Edmund P. Joyce Center ACC tournament champions ACC regular season champions Junkanoo Jam Freeport Division champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2015–16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by twenty-ninth year head coach Muffet McGraw, play their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center and were third year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season with 33–2, 16–0 in ACC play to win both of the ACC Regular Season and Tournament. They earn an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeat North Carolina A&T and Indiana in both the first and second rounds before losing to Stanford in the sweet sixteen, which ended 5 straight Final Four appearances. Roster w 2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish y y w Arike Ogunbowale 2 y G 5 8 FR Milwaukee, WI Divine Savior Holy Angels w Marina Mabrey y 3 G 5 11 FR Belmar, NJ Manasquan w Brianna Turner 11 y F 6 3 SO Pearland, TX Manvel w Taya Reimer 12 F 6 4 JR y Fishers, IN Hamilton Southeastern w Mychael Johnson 14 G 5 7 SO Huntington, WV Huntington St. Joseph w Lindsay Allen 15 y G 5 8 JR Michelleville, MD St. John's College w Ali Patberg 20 G 5 10 FR y Columbus, IN Columbus North w Kristina Nelson 21 F 6 4 SO y Buford, GA Buford w Madison Cable 22 F 5 10 SR y Mt. Lebanon, PA Mt. Lebanon w Michaela Mabrey 23 G 5 10 SR Belmar, NJ Manasquan w Hannah Huffman 24 G 5 9 SR Diablo, CA Carondelet w Kathryn Westbeld y 33 F 6 2 SO Kettering, OH Ketting Fairmount w Diamond Thompson 35 C 6 5 JR Wheaton, IL Wheaton Warrenville South Muffet McGraw (Saint Joseph's) Carol Owens (Northern Illinois) Beth Cunningham (Notre Dame) Niele Ivey (Notre Dame) http://www.und.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/nd-w-baskbl-mtt.html Media All Notre Dame games will air on WHPZ Pulse 96.9 FM. Games are streamed online live. 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 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 N/A Coaches 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes Schedule 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2015 YES yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002649; color:white;"|Exhibition 11/07/2015 1:00 pm yes 3 Wayne State Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 101–52 8,088 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002649; color:white;"| Regular season 11/15/2015 1:00 pm yes 3 Bucknell Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 85–54 1–0 8,948 11/18/2015 7:00 pm yes 3 Toledo Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN ESPN3 74–39 2–0 8,474 11/21/2015 3:00 pm yes yes 3 South Dakota State Frost Arena Brookings, SD ESPN3 75–64 3–0 5,532 11/23/2015 8:00 pm yes yes 3 Valparaiso Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN ESPN3 110–54 4–0 1,371 11/27/2015 3:15 pm yes yes 3 Denver St. Georges High School Grand Bahama Island Junkanoo Jam Freeport Division semifinals 94–52 5–0 375 11/28/2015 3:15 pm yes yes 3 UCLA St. Georges High School Grand Bahama Island Junkanoo Jam Freeport Division championship 92–84 OT 6–0 683 12/02/2015 7:00 pm yes 3 Ohio State 10 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge ESPN3 75–72 7–0 8,609 12/05/2015 5:15 pm yes yes 3 Connecticut 1 Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT Jimmy V Classic/Rivalry ESPN 81–91 7–1 10,167 12/09/2015 7:00 pm yes 3 DePaul 18 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN ESPN3 95–90 8–1 8,207 12/12/2015 12:00 pm yes yes 3 TCU University Recreation Center Fort Worth, TX FSN 88–72 9–1 1,628 12/21/2015 7:00 pm yes yes 3 Saint Joseph's Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA 91–55 10–1 3,411 12/28/2015 7:00 pm yes 3 Oregon State 10 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN ESPN3 62–61 11–1 8,860 12/30/2015 7:00 pm 3 Georgia Tech Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 85–76 12–1 (1–0) 9,149 01/03/2016 3:00 pm yes 3 Pittsburgh Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA RSN 65–55 13–1 (2–0) 3,610 01/07/2016 7:00 pm yes 3 Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA 74–46 14–1 (3–0) 3,394 01/10/2016 1:00 pm 3 North Carolina Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN ESPN2 88–54 15–1 (4–0) 8,942 01/14/2016 7:00 pm yes 3 Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA 63–50 16–1 (5–0) 1,179 01/18/2016 7:00 pm yes 3 Tennessee 18 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN ESPN2 79–66 17–1 8,961 01/21/2016 7:00 pm 3 Syracuse Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN ESPN3 90–62 18–1 (6–0) 8,312 01/24/2016 1:00 pm 3 Virginia Tech Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 80–41 19–1 (7–0) 8,958 01/28/2016 7:00 pm yes 3 Georgia Tech Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA RSN 54–42 20–1 (8–0) 1,908 02/01/2016 7:00 pm yes 3 Duke Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPN2 68–61 21–1 (9–0) 5,159 02/04/2016 7:00 pm 3 NC State Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN ESPN3 82–46 22–1 (10–0) 8,835 02/07/2016 2:00 pm yes 3 Louisville 13 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ESPN2 66–61 23–1 (11–0) 13,837 02/14/2016 1:00 pm 3 Miami (FL) 19 Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN RSN 90–69 24–1 (12–0) 9,149 02/18/2016 7:00 pm yes 2 Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC 86–52 25–1 (13–0) 692 02/22/2016 7:00 pm yes 2 Florida State 12 Donald L. Tucker Civic Center Tallahassee, FL ESPN2 73–66 26–1 (14–0) 5,319 02/25/2016 7:00 pm 2 Clemson Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 71–52 27–1 (15–0) 8,378 02/27/2016 1:00 pm 2 Boston College Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN 70–48 28–1 (16–0) 9,149 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002649; color:white;"| ACC Women's Tournament 03/04/2016 2:00 pm yes 2 Duke Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Quarterfinals RSN 83–54 29–1 3,148 03/05/2016 12:00 pm yes 2 Miami (FL) 21 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Semifinals ESPNU 78–67 30–1   03/06/2016 12:30 pm yes 2 Syracuse 17 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Championship Game ESPN 68–57 31–1 5,017 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002649; color:white;"| NCAA Women's Tournament 03/19/2016 6:30 pm yes 2 1 L North Carolina A&T 16 L Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN First round ESPN2 95–61 32–1 6,310 03/21/2016 6:30 pm yes 2 1 L Indiana 9 L Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN Second round ESPN2 87–70 33–1 5,750 03/25/2016 9:30 pm yes yes 2 1 L Stanford 13 4 L Rupp Arena Lexington, KY Sweet Sixteen ESPN 84–90 33–2 8,509 AP Poll Eastern L Lexington Region Source http://www.und.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/nd-w-baskbl-sched.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111014001727/http://www.und.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/nd-w-baskbl-sched.html dead October 14, 2011 2015–16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball schedule Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2015-10-15 See also 2015–16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team References Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball seasons Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame Fighting Irish