2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team will represent 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, play 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
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 8
Record26–8 (15–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame160 1.000332  .943
No. 8 Louisville151 .938268  .765
No. 14 Syracuse133 .813308  .789
No. 17 Florida State133 .813258  .758
No. 19 Miami (FL)106 .625249  .727
NC State106 .6252011  .645
Duke88 .5002012  .625
Georgia Tech88 .5002013  .606
Virginia610 .3751816  .529
Wake Forest610 .3751716  .515
Virginia Tech511 .3131814  .563
North Carolina412 .2501418  .438
Pittsburgh412 .2501318  .419
Boston College214 .1251516  .484
Clemson016 .000426  .133
2016 ACC tournament winner
As of April 5, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 1 Erin DeGrate 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FrLa Vega Waco, Texas
F 2 Myisha Hines-Allen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoMontclair Montclair, New Jersey
F 3 Sam Fuehring 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoImmaculate Conception Wanaque, New Jersey
F 4 Mariya Moore 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoSalesian Hercules, California
G 5 Taja Cole 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrSalesian Richmond, Virginia
G 11 Arica Carter 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoLloyd C. Bird Long Beach, California
F 13 Cortnee Walton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS JrSt. Mary's Surprise, Arizona
G 22 Brianna Jones 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrNorth Babylon North Babylon, New York
G 25 Asia Durr 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrSt. Pius X Catholic Douglasville, Georgia
F 31 Sydney Brackemyre 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS FrClinton Massie School Wilmington, Ohio
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

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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[2]

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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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

References

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