2015–16 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team represented University of Michigan during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by fourth year head coach Kim Barnes Arico, played their home games at the Crisler Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Iowa. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament defeated Wright State, Bucknell and San Diego in the first, second and third rounds, Temple in the quarterfinals before losing to Florida Gulf Coast in the semifinals.

2015–16 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball
WNIT, Semifinals
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	21–14 (9–9 B1G)
Head coach	Kim Barnes Arico (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Melanie Moore Megan Duffy Joy McCorvey
Home arena	Crisler Center

2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Maryland†	16	–	2		.889			31	–	4		.886
No. 9 Ohio State	15	–	3		.833			26	–	8		.765
No. 16 Michigan State	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Indiana	12	–	6		.667			21	–	12		.636
Minnesota	11	–	7		.611			20	–	12		.625
Purdue	10	–	8		.556			20	–	12		.625
Michigan	9	–	9		.500			21	–	14		.600
Nebraska	9	–	9		.500			18	–	13		.581
Iowa	8	–	10		.444			19	–	14		.576
Rutgers	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Penn State	6	–	12		.333			12	–	19		.387
Northwestern	4	–	14		.222			18	–	17		.514
Wisconsin	3	–	15		.167			7	–	22		.241
Illinois	2	–	16		.111			9	–	21		.300
† 2016 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 31, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2015–16 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Madison Ristovski 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr University Liggett Sterling Heights, MI G 2 Siera Thompson (C) 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Serra Gardena, CA G 3 Katelynn Flaherty 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Metuchen Point Pleasant, NJ G 4 Hallie Wangler 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Shrine Catholic Royal Oak, MI G 10 Nicole Munger 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Central Bucks West Doylestown, PA G 11 Jillian Dunston 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Academy of the Holy Cross Germantown, MD C 12 Terra Stapleton 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Fairland Proctorville, OH G 20 Danielle Williams (C) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr St. Mary's Phoenix, AZ F 21 Sam Trammel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Eastview Minnetonka, MN G/F 23 Maria Backman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Cardinal Spellman Bronx, NY F 24 Emoni Jackson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Long Beach Polytechnic Pasadena, CA C 30 Hallie Thome 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Chagrin Falls Chagrin Falls, OH F 32 Kelsey Mitchell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Inkster Detroit, MI G 34 Boogie Brozoski 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Long Island Lutheran Cambria Heights, NY	Head coach Kim Barnes Arico (Montclair State) Assistant coach(es) Melanie Moore (Siena) Megan Duffy (Notre Dame) Joy McCorvey (St. John's) 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
11/08/2015* 2:00 pm		Ferris State	W 109–39		Crisler Center (1,240) Ann Arbor, MI
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015* 12:00 pm		Binghamton	W 90–62	1–0	Crisler Center (1,906) Ann Arbor, MI
11/15/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Detroit	W 88–61	2–0	Calihan Hall (1,313) Detroit, MI
11/19/2015* 7:00 pm		Xavier	W 92–54	3–0	Crisler Center (2,613) Ann Arbor, MI
11/23/2015* 7:00 pm		USC Upstate	W 119–61	4–0	Crisler Center (1,589) Ann Arbor, MI
11/27/2015* 7:00 pm		Hartford	W 83–47	5–0	Crisler Center (2,004) Ann Arbor, MI
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm		Oral Roberts	W 61–44	6–0	Crisler Center (1,809) Ann Arbor, MI
12/03/2015* 7:00 pm		Pittsburgh ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 82–45	7–0	Crisler Center (1,737) Ann Arbor, MI
12/06/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN2		at Princeton	L 57–74	7–1	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,851) Princeton, NJ
12/13/2015* 2:00 pm, BTN		No. 20 UCLA	L 77–86	7–2	Crisler Center (2,834) Ann Arbor, MI
12/19/2015* 2:30 pm		Miami (OH)	W 97–55	8–2	Crisler Center (2,396) Ann Arbor, MI
12/23/2015* 3:30 pm, ESPN3		at Eastern Michigan	L 63–64	8–3	Convocation Center (1,757) Ypsilanti, MI
Big Ten regular season
12/31/2015 1:00 pm		Purdue	L 63–65	8–4 (0–1)	Crisler Center (3,159) Ann Arbor, MI
01/03/2016 12:30 pm, BTN		at Indiana	L 69–77 OT	8–5 (0–2)	Assembly Hall (3,602) Bloomington, IN
01/07/2016 7:00 pm		Iowa	W 82–75	9–5 (1–2)	Crisler Center (1,889) Ann Arbor, MI
01/10/2016 3:00 pm		at Minnesota	W 93–86	10–5 (2–2)	Williams Arena (3,243) Minneapolis, MN
01/14/2016 6:00 pm, BTN		No. 8 Maryland	L 67–74	10–6 (2–3)	Crisler Center (1,752) Ann Arbor, MI
01/17/2016 2:00 pm		at Penn State	W 91–87	11–6 (2–4)	Bryce Jordan Center (9,124) University Park, PA
01/21/2016 6:00 pm, BTN		No. 7 Ohio State Rivalry	L 93–97	11–7 (3–4)	Crisler Center (2,093) Ann Arbor, MI
01/24/2016 2:00 pm		Nebraska	L 81–93	11–8 (3–5)	Crisler Center (3,082) Ann Arbor, MI
01/28/2016 8:00 pm		at Iowa	L 69–85	11–9 (3–6)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,780) Iowa City, IA
01/31/2016 12:30 pm, BTN		Minnesota	W 92–76	12–9 (4–6)	Crisler Center (2,778) Ann Arbor, MI
02/03/2016 7:00 pm		at No. 17 Michigan State Rivalry	L 64–85	12–10 (4–7)	Breslin Center (8,003) East Lansing, MI
02/07/2016 2:00 pm		Illinois	W 96–83	13–10 (5–7)	Crisler Center (2,509) Ann Arbor, MI
02/11/2016 7:00 pm		Wisconsin	W 82–65	14–10 (6–7)	Crisler Center (1,777) Ann Arbor, MI
02/14/2016 2:00 pm		at Purdue	W 68–61	15–10 (7–7)	Mackey Arena (6,427) West Lafayette, IN
02/17/2016 7:00 pm		at No. 6 Maryland	L 56–76	15–11 (7–8)	Xfinity Center (5,100) College Park, MD
02/20/2016 12:00 pm, BTN		Penn State	W 78–73	16–11 (8–8)	Crisler Center (2,920) Ann Arbor, MI
02/23/2016 6:30 pm, BTN		at Northwestern	W 70–65	17–11 (9–8)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,140) Evanston, IL
02/28/2016 2:00 pm, BTN		at Rutgers	L 50–72	17–12 (9–9)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (3,505) Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 12:00 pm, BTN		vs. Iowa Second Round	L 85–97	17–13	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
WNIT
03/16/2016* 7:00 pm		Wright State First Round	W 81–53	18–13	Crisler Center (658) Ann Arbor, MI
03/19/2016* 2:00 pm		Bucknell Second Round	W 95–72	19–13	Crisler Center (938) Ann Arbor, MI
03/22/2016* 7:00 pm		San Diego Third Round	W 78–51	20–13	Crisler Center (1,000) Ann Arbor, MI
03/28/2016* 7:00 pm		Temple Quarterfinals	W 77–76	21–13	Crisler Center (1,457) Ann Arbor, MI
03/31/2016* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Florida Gulf Coast Semifinals	L 62–71	21–14	Alico Arena (4,633) Fort Myers, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2015–16 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team