2015–16 Utah Utes women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Utah Utes women's basketball team will represent the University of Utah during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Utes, were led by their first year head coach Lynne Roberts. They will play their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah and were a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to California. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Montana State and Gonzaga in the first and second rounds before losing to Pac-12 member Oregon in the third round.
2015–16 Utah Utes women's basketball | |
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WNIT, Third Round | |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
2015–16 record | 18–15 (8–10 Pac–12) |
Head coach | Lynne Roberts (1st season) |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Jon M. Huntsman Center |
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Oregon State † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 32 | – | 5 | .865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Arizona State | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Stanford | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 UCLA | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 26 | – | 11 | .703 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of April 3, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll |
Roster
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Lynne Roberts (Seattle Pacific)
Gavin Petersen (Hawaiʻi)
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/06/2015* 7:00 PM |
Fort Lewis | W 77–69 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (348) Salt Lake City, UT | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/13/2015* 4:45 PM |
South Dakota | W 66–59 | 1–0 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (844) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
11/17/2015* 7:00 PM |
Lamar | W 71–67 | 2–0 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (543) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
11/20/2015* 7:00 PM |
George Mason | W 74–62 | 3–0 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (792) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
11/26/2015* 2:15 PM |
vs. No. 21 Oklahoma Junkanoo Jam Reef Division |
L 55–70 | 3–1 |
Grand Lucayan Resort (353) Freeport, BAH | |||||||
11/27/2015* 6:00 PM |
vs. Boston College Junkanoo Jam Reef Division |
L 51–76 | 3–2 |
Grand Lucayan Resort (453) Freeport, BAH | |||||||
12/03/2015* 7:00 PM |
Cal State Northridge | W 97–56 | 4–2 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (908) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
12/09/2015* 7:00 PM |
Creighton | W 74–58 | 5–2 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (805) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
12/12/2015* 2:00 PM, BYUtv |
at BYU Deseret First Duel |
L 59–73 | 5–3 |
Marriott Center (1,183) Provo, UT | |||||||
12/19/2015* 7:00 PM |
Fresno State | W 78–63 | 6–3 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (726) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
12/22/2015* 1:00 PM, MW Net |
at Utah State | W 64–61 | 7–3 |
Smith Spectrum (354) Logan, UT | |||||||
12/29/2015* 7:00 PM |
UC Davis | W 88–58 | 8–3 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (885) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
Pac-12 regular season | |||||||||||
01/02/2015 5:00 PM, P12N |
Washington State | W 73–71 | 9–3 (1–0) |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,151) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
01/04/2015 6:00 PM, P12N |
Washington | W 88–83 | 10–3 (2–0) |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (884) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
01/08/2015 8:00 PM |
at No. 9 Stanford | L 52–72 | 10–4 (2–1) |
Maples Pavilion (4,030) Stanford, CA | |||||||
01/10/2015 3:00 PM |
at No. 21 California | W 84–79 | 11–4 (3–1) |
Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA | |||||||
01/15/2015 7:00 PM |
at Arizona | W 60–55 | 12–4 (4–1) |
McKale Center (1,022) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
01/17/2015 12:00 PM, P12N |
at No. 10 Arizona State | L 60–80 | 12–5 (4–2) |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,510) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
01/22/2015 8:00 PM, P12N |
No. 11 Oregon State | L 53–62 | 12–6 (4–3) |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,761) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
01/24/2015 2:00 PM, P12N |
Oregon | L 65–77 | 12–7 (4–4) |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (864) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
01/29/2015 7:00 PM, P12N |
USC | L 59–70 | 12–8 (4–5) |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,621) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
01/31/2015 2:00 PM |
No. 15 UCLA | L 63–69 | 12–9 (4–6) |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (957) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
02/04/2015 6:00 PM, P12N |
Colorado | W 71–55 | 13–9 (5–6) |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,054) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
02/07/2015 12:00 PM, P12N |
at Colorado | W 76–68 | 14–9 (6–6) |
Coors Events Center (1,785) Boulder, CO | |||||||
02/12/2015 7:00 PM |
at Oregon | L 58–69 | 14–10 (6–7) |
Matthew Knight Arena (1,889) Eugene, OR | |||||||
02/14/2015 2:00 PM |
at No. 8 Oregon State | L 53–72 | 14–11 (6–8) |
Gill Coliseum (4,278) Corvallis, OR | |||||||
02/19/2015 6:00 PM, P12N |
California | W 72–66 | 15–11 (7–8) |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,713) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
02/21/2015 2:00 PM, P12N |
No. 15 Stanford | L 54–72 | 15–12 (7–9) |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (983) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
02/25/2015 8:00 PM |
at Washington | L 60–73 | 15–13 (7–10) |
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,733) Seattle, WA | |||||||
02/27/2015 12:00 PM, P12N |
at Washington State | W 75–69 | 16–13 (8–10) |
Beasley Coliseum (788) Pullman, WA | |||||||
Pac-12 Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/03/2016 12:30 PM, P12N |
(7) | vs. (10) California First Round |
L 63–66 OT | 16–14 |
KeyArena Seattle, WA | ||||||
WNIT | |||||||||||
03/18/2016* 7:00 PM |
Montana State First Round |
W 95–61 | 17–14 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,239) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
03/21/2016* 7:00 PM, TheW.tv |
at Gonzaga Second Round |
W 92–77 | 18–14 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (3,000) Spokane, WA | |||||||
03/23/2016* 7:00 PM |
at Oregon Third Round |
L 63–73 | 18–15 |
Matthew Knight Arena (1,165) Eugene, OR | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. |
Rankings
2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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 |
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AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | N/A |
Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
(RV) | Received Votes |
References
- "The Official Athletic Site of the University of Utah - Women's Basketball". utahutes.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.