2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball

NCAA Women's Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
2015–16 record	26–11 (11–7 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Neighbors (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Adia Barnes
Assistant coach	Fred Castro
Assistant coach	Morgan Valley
Home arena	Alaska Airlines Arena

2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Oregon State †	16	–	2	.889	32	–	5	.865
#11 Arizona State	16	–	2	.889	26	–	7	.788
#13 Stanford	14	–	4	.778	27	–	8	.771
#10 UCLA	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
Washington	11	–	7	.611	26	–	11	.703
Oregon	9	–	9	.500	24	–	11	.686
Utah	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
USC	6	–	12	.333	19	–	13	.594
Washington State	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467
California	4	–	14	.222	15	–	17	.469
Arizona	3	–	15	.167	13	–	19	.406
Colorado	2	–	16	.111	7	–	23	.233


† 2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of April 3, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team will represent University of Washington during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by third year head coach Mike Neighbors, play their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena and were a 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 Oregon State. They received an at-large bid of 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 school history. They lost to Syracuse in the final four.

Roster

2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
4.5 !F/C	0	Osahor, ChantelChantel Osahor	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	Saint Mary's	Phoenix, AZ
3.5 !F	1	Johnson, HannahHannah Johnson	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Bishop Alemany	Los Angeles, CA
3.5 !F	3	Walton, TaliaTalia Walton	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Federal Way	Federal Way, WA
1.5 !G	10	Plum, KelseyKelsey Plum	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.0 !Jr	La Jolla Country Day	Poway, CA
4.5 !F/C	11	Gilling, MathildeMathilde Gilling	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	4.0 !Sr	Rungsted Gymnasium	Rungsted Kyst, Denmark
4.5 !F/C	13	Collier, KatieKatie Collier	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Seattle Christian	Covington, WA
2.5 !G/F	14	Corral, HeatherHeather Corral	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Prairie	Vancouver, WA
2.5 !G/F	15	Lark, KhaliaKhalia Lark	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	2.0 !So	Mater Dei	Irvine, CA
1.5 !G	20	Kingma, KelliKelli Kingma	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.0 !So	Henry M. Jackson	Mill Creek, WA
1.5 !G	21	Ruiz, BriannaBrianna Ruiz	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	2.5 !RS So	Del Oro	Sacramento, CA
1.5 !G	22	Atchley, AlexusAlexus Atchley	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	4.0 !Sr	Yorba Linda	Yorba Linda, CA
5.0 !C	34	Strother, DejaDeja Strother	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	1.0 !Fr	Inglemoor	Kenmore, WA
1.5 !G	42	Wieburg, MackenzieMackenzie Wieburg	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.0 !So	Issaquah	Sammamish, WA

Head coach

Mike Neighbors (Arkansas)

Assistant coach(es)

Adia Barnes (Arizona)
Fred Castro (Oklahoma)
Morgan Valley (Connecticut)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2015-07-02

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/02/2015* 7:00 PM		Concordia (Oregon)	W 92–46		Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
11/08/2015* 2:00 PM		Warner Pacific	W 88–44		Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 2:00 PM		Santa Clara	W 100–55	1–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,868) Seattle, WA
11/18/2015* 7:00 PM		Seattle	W 96–55	2–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,160) Seattle, WA
11/20/2015* 7:00 PM		at Fresno State	W 89–79	3–0	Save Mart Center (2,983) Fresno, CA
11/23/2015* 7:00 PM		San Diego State	W 80–51	4–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (504) Seattle, WA
11/27/2015* 6:45 PM		vs. No. 23 Syracuse South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	L 62–66	4–1	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
11/28/2015* 6:45 PM		vs. Texas Tech South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 77–73	5–1	South Point Arena (144) Enterprise, NV
12/02/2015* 7:00 PM		Portland	W 83–65	6–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,173) Seattle, WA
12/06/2015* 3:30 PM, P12N		No. 21 Oklahoma	L 68–71	6–2	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,580) Seattle, WA
12/12/2015* 6:00 PM, ESPN3		at South Dakota	W 77–64	7–2	DakotaDome (2,235) Vermillion, SD
12/18/2015* 7:00 PM		UC Riverside	W 78–43	8–2	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,174) Seattle, WA
12/21/2015* 7:00 PM		Weber State	W 69–56	9–2	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,550) Seattle, WA
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2015 8:00 PM, P12N		at Washington State	W 79–64	10–2 (1–0)	Beasley Coliseum (837) Pullman, WA
01/02/2016 12:00 PM, P12N		at Colorado	W 76–74	11–2 (2–0)	Coors Events Center (2,107) Boulder, CO
01/04/2016 5:00 PM, P12N		at Utah	L 83–88	11–3 (2–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (884) Salt Lake City, UT
01/08/2016 7:00 PM, P12N		No. 14 Arizona State	L 61–68	11–4 (2–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,767) Seattle, WA
01/10/2016 2:00 PM, P12N		Arizona	W 63–47	12–4 (3–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,913) Seattle, WA
01/15/2016 6:00 PM, P12N		No. 17 UCLA	W 64–56	13–4 (4–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,547) Seattle, WA
01/17/2016 2:00 PM, P12N		No. 25 USC	W 69–60	14–4 (5–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,790) Seattle, WA
01/23/2015 2:00 PM, P12N		Washington State	W 69–63	15–4 (6–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (3,157) Seattle, WA
01/29/2016 8:00 PM, P12N	No. 25	at No. 16 Stanford	L 53–69	15–5 (6–3)	Maples Pavilion (2,858) Stanford, CA
01/31/2016 2:00 PM, P12N	No. 25	at California	W 75–65	16–5 (7–3)	Haas Pavilion (2,132) Berkeley, CA
02/05/2016 6:00 PM, P12N	No. 24	No. 9 Oregon State	L 53–61	16–6 (7–4)	Alaska Airlines Arena (3,813) Seattle, WA
02/07/2016 12:00 PM	No. 24	Oregon	L 63–75	16–7 (7–5)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,974) Seattle, WA
02/12/2016 7:00 PM		at USC	W 61–53	17–7 (8–5)	Galen Center (565) Los Angeles, CA
02/14/2016 11:00 AM, ESPNU		at No. 14 UCLA	L 59–63	17–8 (8–6)	Pauley Pavilion (1,609) Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2016 6:00 PM		at Arizona	W 74–52	18–8 (9–6)	McKale Center (1,243) Tucson, AZ
02/21/2016 11:00 AM, P12N		at No. 9 Arizona State	L 57–77	18–9 (9–7)	Wells Fargo Arena (3,244) Tempe, AZ
02/25/2016 7:00 PM		Utah	W 73–60	19–9 (10–7)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,733) Seattle, WA
02/27/2016 1:00 PM, P12N		Colorado	W 68–47	20–9 (11–7)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,376) Seattle, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 8:30 PM, P12N		vs. Colorado First Round	W 67–51	21–9	KeyArena (3,680) Seattle, WA
03/04/2016 8:30 PM, P12N		vs. No. 11 Stanford Quarterfinals	W 73–65	22–9	KeyArena (5,789) Seattle, WA
03/05/2016 8:30 PM, P12N		vs. No. 8 Oregon State Semifinals	L 55–57	22–10	KeyArena (6,543) Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/19/2016* 1:00 PM, ESPN2	(7 L)	vs. (10 L) Penn First Round	W 65–53	23–10	Xfinity Center (5,374) College Park, MD
03/21/2016* 3:30 PM, ESPN2	(7 L)	at (2 L) No. 5 Maryland Second Round	W 74–65	24–10	Xfinity Center (4,396) College Park, MD
03/25/2016* 4:00 PM, ESPN2	(7 L)	vs. (3 L) No. 12 Kentucky Sweet Sixteen	W 85–72	25–10	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
03/27/2016* 10:00 AM, ESPN	(7 L)	vs. (4 L) No. 13 Stanford Elite Eight	W 85–76	26–10	Rupp Arena (3,349) Lexington, KY
04/03/2016* 5:30 PM, ESPN2	(7 L)	vs. (4 SF) No. 14 Syracuse Final Four	L 59–80	26–11	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (15,227) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	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

References

↑ "Women's Basketball - Schedule - University of Washington Official Athletics Site". Gohuskies.Com. Retrieved 2015-07-09.

Washington Huskies women's basketball

Venues	Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion (1974–present)

Culture & lore	History Harry the Husky "Bow Down to Washington"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References