2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by ninth-year head coach Jeff Walz, played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center and were in their second year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 15–1 in ACC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC women's tournament, where they lost to Syracuse. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Central Arkansas in the first round before losing to DePaul in the second round.

2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 8
Record	26–8 (15–1 ACC)
Head coach	Jeff Walz (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Stephanie Norman Sam Purcell Samantha Williams
Home arena	KFC Yum! Center

2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame †	16	–	0		1.000			33	–	2		.943
No. 8 Louisville	15	–	1		.938			26	–	8		.765
No. 14 Syracuse	13	–	3		.813			30	–	8		.789
No. 17 Florida State	13	–	3		.813			25	–	8		.758
No. 19 Miami (FL)	10	–	6		.625			24	–	9		.727
NC State	10	–	6		.625			20	–	11		.645
Duke	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Georgia Tech	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Virginia	6	–	10		.375			18	–	16		.529
Wake Forest	6	–	10		.375			17	–	16		.515
Virginia Tech	5	–	11		.313			18	–	14		.563
North Carolina	4	–	12		.250			14	–	18		.438
Pittsburgh	4	–	12		.250			13	–	18		.419
Boston College	2	–	14		.125			15	–	16		.484
Clemson	0	–	16		.000			4	–	26		.133
† 2016 ACC tournament winner As of April 5, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Erin DeGrate 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr La Vega Waco, Texas F 2 Myisha Hines-Allen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Montclair Montclair, New Jersey F 3 Sam Fuehring 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Immaculate Conception Wanaque, New Jersey F 4 Mariya Moore 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Salesian Hercules, California G 5 Taja Cole 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Salesian Richmond, Virginia G 11 Arica Carter 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Lloyd C. Bird Long Beach, California F 13 Cortnee Walton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr St. Mary's Surprise, Arizona G 22 Brianna Jones 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr North Babylon North Babylon, New York G 25 Asia Durr 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr St. Pius X Catholic Douglasville, Georgia F 31 Sydney Brackemyre 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Clinton Massie School Wilmington, Ohio	Head coach Jeff Walz (Northern Kentucky) Assistant coach(es) Stephanie Norman (Arizona State) Sam Purcell (Auburn) Samantha Williams (Auburn) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Media

Once again select Cardinals games will be broadcast on WHAS. Some of the games will be on the ACC RSN. Additional ACC games will air on ESPN3.

All Cardinals basketball games will air on Learfield Sports on WKRD 790 AM or WVKY 101.7 FM, depending on conflicts with Louisville and Kentucky football and men's basketball games.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
11/15/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 8	California	L 71–75	0–1	KFC Yum! Center (16,524) Louisville, KY
11/21/2015* 3:30 pm, FCS	No. 16	at WKU	L 69–71	0–2	E. A. Diddle Arena (3,176) Bowling Green, KY
11/27/2015* 5:00 pm	No. 22	vs. Marist Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	W 65–53	1–2	Germain Arena (1,257) Eastero, FL
11/28/2015* 7:30 pm	No. 22	vs. Purdue Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals	L 60–62	1–3	Germain Arena (1,407) Eastero, FL
11/29/2015* 5:00 pm	No. 22	vs. Dayton Gulf Coast Showcase 3rd place game	L 66–79	1–4	Germain Arena  Eastero, FL
12/03/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 19 Michigan State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 85–78	2–4	Breslin Center (5,721) East Lansing, MI
12/05/2015* 4:00 pm		Valparaiso	W 75–42	3–4	KFC Yum! Center (8,274) Louisville, KY
12/10/2015* 7:00 pm, SECN		at No. 8 Kentucky The Battle for the Bluegrass	L 54–72	3–5	Rupp Arena (14,425) Lexington, KY
12/13/2015* 2:00 pm		IUPUI	W 70–61	4–5	KFC Yum! Center (8,686) Louisville, KY
12/15/2015* 7:00 pm		Dartmouth	W 94–42	5–5	KFC Yum! Center (7,971) Louisville, KY
12/18/2015* 7:00 pm		at Tennessee Tech	W 76–54	6–5	Eblen Center (943) Cookeville, TN
12/20/2015* 2:00 pm		at College of Charleston	W 71–67	7–5	TD Arena (517) Charleston, SC
12/28/2015* 7:00 pm		Tennessee–Martin	W 88–66	8–5	KFC Yum! Center (8,690) Louisville, KY
01/01/2016 4:00 pm, ESPNU		No. 15 Florida State	W 79–69	9–5 (1–0)	KFC Yum! Center (9,126) Louisville, KY
01/03/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Georgia Tech	W 78–65	10–5 (2–0)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,982) Atlanta, GA
01/07/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Virginia Tech	W 56–45	11–5 (3–0)	KFC Yum! Center (7,891) Louisville, KY
01/10/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3		No. 18 Duke	W 65–48	12–5 (4–0)	KFC Yum! Center (11,342) Louisville, KY
01/14/2016 7:00 pm	No. 23	at Virginia	W 59–41	13–5 (5–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,880) Charlottesville, VA
01/17/2016 2:00 pm	No. 23	at NC State	W 92–90	14–5 (6–0)	Broughton HS (2,313) Raleigh, NC
01/25/2016 7:00 pm, RSN	No. 14	at Syracuse	W 71–53	15–5 (7–0)	Carrier Dome (549) Syracuse, NY
01/28/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 14	Clemson	W 75–33	16–5 (8–0)	KFC Yum! Center (8,379) Louisville, KY
01/31/2016 1:00 pm, RSN	No. 14	Wake Forest	W 78–54	17–5 (9–0)	KFC Yum! Center (9,673) Louisville, KY
02/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 13	at North Carolina	W 78–60	18–5 (10–0)	Carmichael Arena (2,176) Chapel Hill, NC
02/07/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 13	No. 3 Notre Dame	L 61–66	18–6 (10–1)	KFC Yum! Center (13,837) Louisville, KY
02/11/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 12	at Pittsburgh	W 84–61	19–6 (11–1)	Peterson Events Center (806) Pittsburgh, PA
02/15/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 11	No. 19 South Florida	W 67–50	20–6	KFC Yum! Center (7,941) Louisville, KY
02/18/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 11	Virginia	W 74–59	21–6 (12–1)	KFC Yum! Center (8,736) Louisville, KY
02/21/2016 1:00 pm	No. 11	at Boston College	W 55–45	22–6 (13–1)	Conte Forum (1,454) Chestnut Hill, MA
02/27/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 10	at No. 17 Miami (FL)	W 79–51	23–6 (14–1)	BankUnited Center (1,378) Coral Gables, FL
02/28/2016 12:30 pm, RSN	No. 10	Pittsburgh	W 65–36	24–6 (15–1)	KFC Yum! Center (11,641) Louisville, KY
ACC Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 6:00 pm, RSN	No. 7	vs. Georgia Tech Quarterfinals	W 60–50	25–6	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
03/05/2016 2:30 pm, ESPNU	No. 7	vs. No. 17 Syracuse Semifinals	L 75–80	25–7	Greensboro Coliseum (5,871) Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 2:30 pm, ESPN2	(3 D) No. 8	(14 D) Central Arkansas First Round	W 87–60	26–7	KFC Yum! Center (5,823) Louisville, KY
03/20/2016* 2:30 pm, ESPN2	(3 D) No. 8	(6 D) No. 20 DePaul Second Round	L 72–73	26–8	KFC Yum! Center (7,515) Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. D=Dallas Region. All times are in Eastern.

Source

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	8	16	22	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	23	17	14	13	12	11	10	7	8	8	N/A
Coaches	8	16	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	22	17	14	13	12	11	10	6	8	8	14

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
• 2015–16 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team