2015–16 Bucknell Bison women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Lafayette Leopards women's basketball team represented Bucknell University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bison, led by fifth year head coach Aaron Roussell, played their home games at Sojka Pavilion and were members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 25–8, 17–1 in Patriot League play to share the Patriot League regular season title with Army. They advanced to the semifinals of the Patriot League Women's Tournament where they lost to Loyola (MD). As champs of the Patriot League who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament they defeated Akron in the first round before losing to Michigan in the second round.
2015–16 Bucknell Bison women's basketball | |
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Patriot League Regular Season Co-Champions | |
WNIT, Second Round | |
Conference | Patriot League |
2015–16 record | 25–8 (17–1 Patriot) |
Head coach | Aaron Roussell (4th season) |
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Home arena | Sojka Pavilion |
2015–16 Patriot League women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 29 | – | 3 | .906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 6 | – | 23 | .207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 3 | – | 27 | .100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 Patriot League Tournament winner As of March 19, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll |
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Schedule
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/13/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Cleveland State | W 59–57 | 1–0 |
Wolstein Center (297) Cleveland, OH | |||||||
11/15/2015* 1:00 PM |
at No. 3 Notre Dame | L 54–85 | 1–1 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,948) South Bend, IN | |||||||
11/18/2015* 7:00 PM |
Binghamton | W 76–46 | 2–1 |
Sojka Pavilion (347) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
11/18/2015* 7:00 PM |
at Manhattan | W 61–56 | 3–1 |
Draddy Gymnasium (688) Riverdale, NY | |||||||
11/24/2015* 4:30 PM |
Mount St. Mary's | W 71–45 | 4–1 |
Sojka Pavilion (389) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
11/29/2015* 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Canisius | L 56–61 | 4–2 |
Koessler Athletic Center (606) Buffalo, NY | |||||||
12/02/2015* 4:30 PM |
Youngstown State | L 47–55 | 4–3 |
Sojka Pavilion (421) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
12/04/2015* 7:00 PM |
Fairleigh Dickinson | W 72–62 | 5–3 |
Sojka Pavilion (401) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
12/08/2015* 7:00 PM |
at UMBC | L 52–65 | 5–4 |
Retriever Activities Center (612) Catonsville, MD | |||||||
12/20/2015* 2:00 PM |
Delaware | W 80–51 | 6–4 |
Sojka Pavilion (496) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
12/22/2015* 12:00 PM |
at Morgan State | L 50–64 | 6–5 |
Talmadge L. Hill Field House (105) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
Patriot League regular season | |||||||||||
12/30/2015 7:00 PM |
at Navy | W 51–41 | 7–5 (1–0) |
Alumni Hall (578) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
01/02/2016 2:00 PM |
Army | W 79–69 | 8–5 (2–0) |
Sojka Pavilion (507) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
01/06/2016 7:00 PM |
at American | W 66–60 | 9–5 (3–0) |
Bender Arena (165) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
01/09/2016 1:00 PM |
at Holy Cross | W 58–51 | 10–5 (4–0) |
Hart Center (1,063) Worcester, MA | |||||||
01/13/2016 7:00 PM |
Lehigh | W 80–77 OT | 11–5 (5–0) |
Sojka Pavilion (527) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
01/16/2016 4:00 PM |
at Colgate | W 71–51 | 12–5 (6–0) |
Cotterell Court (494) Hamilton, NY | |||||||
01/20/2016 7:00 PM |
Loyola (MD) | W 71–64 | 13–5 (7–0) |
Sojka Pavilion (454) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
01/23/2016 4:00 PM |
Boston University | W 74–56 | 14–5 (8–0) |
Sojka Pavilion (415) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
01/30/2016 1:00 PM |
at Army | L 63–68 | 14–6 (8–1) |
Christl Arena (1,185) West Point, NY | |||||||
02/03/2016 7:00 PM |
American | W 60–54 OT | 15–6 (9–1) |
Sojka Pavilion (523) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
02/06/2016 12:00 PM |
Holy Cross | W 74–64 | 16–6 (10–1) |
Sojka Pavilion (677) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
02/10/2016 7:00 PM |
at Lehigh | W 67–54 | 17–6 (11–1) |
Stabler Arena (626) Bethlehem, PA | |||||||
02/13/2016 2:00 PM |
Colgate | W 79–60 | 18–6 (12–1) |
Sojka Pavilion (596) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
02/17/2016 7:00 PM |
at Loyola (MD) | W 64–42 | 19–6 (13–1) |
Reitz Arena (514) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
02/20/2016 2:00 PM |
at Boston University | W 72–59 | 20–6 (14–1) |
Case Gym (256) Boston, MA | |||||||
02/24/2016 7:00 PM |
Lafayette | W 69–55 | 21–6 (15–1) |
Sojka Pavilion (314) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
02/27/2016 7:00 PM |
Navy | W 64–52 | 22–6 (16–1) |
Sojka Pavilion (716) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
03/02/2016 6:00 PM, ASN |
at Lafayette | W 68–59 | 23–6 (17–1) |
Kirby Sports Center (476) Easton, PA | |||||||
Patriot League Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/07/2016 7:00 PM |
American Quarterfinals |
W 73–65 | 24–6 |
Sojka Pavilion (661) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
03/11/2016 7:30 PM |
Loyola (MD) Semifinals |
L 53–65 | 24–7 |
Sojka Pavilion (768) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
WNIT | |||||||||||
03/17/2016* 7:00 PM |
at Akron First Round |
W 74–70 | 25–7 |
James A. Rhodes Arena (343) Akron, OH | |||||||
03/19/2016* 2:00 PM |
at Michigan Second Round |
L 72–95 | 25–8 |
Crisler Center (938) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |