2015–16 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team represented Colorado State University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Rams, led by fourth year head coach Ryun Williams, played their home games at Moby Arena and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 31–2, 18–0 in Mountain West play to win the regular season championship. They also won the Mountain West women's tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to South Florida in the first round.

2015–16 Colorado State Rams women's basketball
Navy Classic Champions Mountain West Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 22
Record	31–2 (18–0 Mountain West)
Head coach	Ryun Williams (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Tim Moser Brooke Atkinson Rebecca Alvidrez
Home arena	Moby Arena

2015–16 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 22 Colorado State †	18	–	0		1.000			31	–	2		.939
Fresno State	15	–	3		.833			22	–	12		.647
Boise State	12	–	6		.667			19	–	11		.633
San Jose State	11	–	7		.611			13	–	17		.433
UNLV	9	–	9		.500			18	–	14		.563
New Mexico	9	–	9		.500			17	–	15		.531
Utah State	8	–	10		.444			14	–	17		.452
Wyoming	6	–	12		.333			13	–	16		.448
San Diego State	6	–	12		.333			12	–	19		.387
Nevada	4	–	14		.222			5	–	25		.167
Air Force	1	–	17		.056			1	–	29		.033
† 2016 MWC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2015–16 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Stine Aistgulen 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Langhaugen Videregaende Bergen, Norway F 3 Keyora Wharry 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Edison Fresno City Fresno, CA F 4 Emilie Hesseldal 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Aabyhøj/Horsholm 79ers Eckerd College Aarhus, Denmark G 5 Sofie Tryggedsson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Aabyhøj Aarhus, Denmark G 10 Hannah Tvrdy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Seward Nebraska Seward, NE G/F 12 Callie Kasier 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Broomfield Broomfield, CO G 13 Ellen Nystrom 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Luleå Gymnasieskola BLuleå, Sweden G 14 Jamie Patrick 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Hutchinson Hutchinson, KS F 15 Veronika Mirkovic 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Sandagymnasiet Nässjö, Sweden G 20 Kincso Kelemen 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Szekely Miko Kollegium Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania G/F 21 Myanne Hamm 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Poudre Fort Collins, CO F 22 Elin Gustavsson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Sandagymnasiet Ängelholm, Sweden G 23 Taylor Ely 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Norman Norman, OK F 24 Amanda Kantzy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Luleå Basketball Club Vällingby, Sweden F 34 Alana Arias 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Liberty Christian Palm Beach State Porto Alegre, Brazil	Head coach Ryun Williams (South Dakota) Assistant coach(es) Tim Moser (CSU Pueblo) Brooke Atkinson (Wichita State) Rebecca Alvidrez (Montana State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2015* 7:00 pm		USC Aiken	W 77–43		Moby Arena (895) Fort Collins, CO
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm		Western State (Colorado)	W 84–42	1–0	Moby Arena (1,173) Fort Collins, CO
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm		Incarnate Word	W 60–37	2–0	Moby Arena (688) Fort Collins, CO
11/21/2015* 7:00 pm		BYU	W 61–55	3–0	Moby Arena (1,057) Fort Collins, CO
11/24/2015* 5:00 pm		at Penn	L 48–49	3–1	Palestra (393) Philadelphia, PA
11/27/2015* 1:30 pm		vs. Morgan State Navy Classic semifinals	W 54–36	4–1	Alumni Hall (607) Annapolis, MD
11/28/2015* 4:00 pm		at Navy Navy Classic championship	W 82–73 2OT	5–1	Alumni Hall (317) Annapolis, MD
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm		Colorado Rivalry	W 64–63	6–1	Moby Arena (2,049) Fort Collins, CO
12/08/2015* 7:00 pm, CET		at Northern Colorado Rivalry	W 62–46	7–1	Bank of Colorado Arena (907) Greeley, CO
12/10/2015* 7:00 pm		Montana	W 75–44	8–1	Moby Arena (1,127) Fort Collins, CO
12/13/2015* 7:00 pm		Oklahoma Panhandle State	W 90–45	9–1	Moby Arena (972) Fort Collins, CO
12/20/2015* 4:00 pm		at Denver	W 74–46	10–1	Magness Arena (495) Denver, CO
Mountain West regular season
01/02/2016 2:00 pm		Boise State	W 68–64	11–1 (1–0)	Moby Arena (1,776) Fort Collins, CO
01/06/2016 8:00 pm		at UNLV	W 64–56	12–1 (2–0)	Cox Pavilion (842) Paradise, NV
01/09/2016 2:00 pm		San Jose State	W 76–54	13–1 (3–0)	Moby Arena (1,612) Fort Collins, CO
01/13/2016 7:30 pm		at San Diego State	W 60–57	14–1 (4–0)	Viejas Arena (255) San Diego, CA
01/16/2016 2:00 pm		at Utah State	W 69–49	15–1 (5–0)	Smith Spectrum (577) Logan, UT
01/20/2016 7:00 pm		Air Force	W 71–47	16–1 (6–0)	Moby Arena (1,225) Fort Collins, CO
01/27/2016 8:00 pm		at San Jose State	W 80–78	17–1 (7–0)	Event Center Arena (492) San Jose, CA
01/30/2016 2:00 pm		Wyoming Border War	W 63–42	18–1 (8–0)	Moby Arena (2,837) Fort Collins, CO
02/03/2016 7:00 pm		San Diego State	W 70–54	19–1 (9–0)	Moby Arena (1,005) Fort Collins, CO
02/06/2016 5:00 pm		at Nevada	W 64–37	20–1 (10–0)	Lawlor Events Center (819) Reno, NV
02/10/2016 7:00 pm		at Boise State	W 83–51	21–1 (11–0)	Taco Bell Arena (1,545) Boise, ID
02/13/2016 2:00 pm		UNLV	W 83–52	22–1 (12–0)	Moby Arena (2,353) Fort Collins, CO
02/17/2016 7:00 pm		Utah State	W 91–64	23–1 (13–0)	Moby Arena (1,505) Fort Collins, CO
02/20/2016 2:00 pm		at Wyoming Border War	W 62–57	24–1 (14–0)	Arena-Auditorium (3,269) Laramie, WY
02/24/2016 7:00 pm	No. 25	at New Mexico	W 49–48	25–1 (15–0)	The Pit (6,107) Albuquerque, NM
02/27/2016 2:00 pm	No. 25	Nevada	W 74–56	26–1 (16–0)	Moby Arena (2,376) Fort Collins, CO
03/01/2016 7:00 pm	No. 22	Fresno State	W 68–55	27–1 (17–0)	Moby Arena (2,114) Fort Collins, CO
03/04/2016 7:00 pm	No. 22	at Air Force	W 81–48	28–1 (18–0)	Clune Arena (717) Colorado Springs, CO
Mountain West Women's Tournament
03/08/2016 1:00 pm	(1) No. 22	vs. (9) San Diego State Quarterfinals	W 53–41	29–1	Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, NV
03/09/2016 7:30 pm	(1) No. 22	vs. (4) New Mexico Semifinals	W 60–42	30–1	Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, NV
03/11/2016 1:00 pm	(1) No. 22	vs. (2) Fresno State Championship Game	W 55–54	31–1	Thomas & Mack Center (3,219) Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/19/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	(11 B) No. 22	vs. (6 B) No. 21 South Florida First Round	L 45–48	31–2	Pauley Pavilion (2,552) Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport region. All times are in Mountain 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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	22т	22	22	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	25	23	22	22	RV

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

• 2015–16 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team