2015–16 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Florida State competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles were led by nineteenth year head coach Sue Semrau and played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2015–16 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball
NCAA Tournament (5 Seed), Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 17
2015–16 record	25–8 (13–3 ACC)
Head coach	Sue Semrau (19th season)
Assistant coaches	Lance White Brooke Wyckoff Danielle Atkinson
Home arena	Donald L. Tucker Center (Capacity: 12,100)

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

The Seminoles achieved their fourth straight twenty-win season and reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament in consecutive years for the first time in school history.

Previous season

Main article: 2014–15 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team

Florida State finished the 2014–15 season with a 32–5 record, 14–2 in ACC play, to finish in second place. They appeared in the finals of the ACC Tournament and reached the elite eight of the NCAA Tournament.

Roster

2015–16 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown C 2 Adut Bulgak 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Archbishop O'Leary Trinity Valley CC Edmonton, AB, Canada G 3 Emiah Bingley 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Lee's Summit West Iowa State Kansas City, MO G 4 Rachel Antoniadou 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Dandenong Rangers Ripplebrook, Victoria, Australia G 10 Leticia Romero 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr I.E.S. Joaquín Artiles Kansas State Las Palmas, Spain F 11 María Conde 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Estudiantes Madrid, Spain G 12 Brittany Brown 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Choctawhatchee Fort Walton Beach, FL F 20 Shakayla Thomas 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Sylacauga Sylacauga, AL F 23 Ivey Slaughter 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Tattnall Square Academy Macon, GA C 25 Ama Degbeon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Grunberg Grünberg, Germany G 32 Imani Wright 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Liberty-Eylau Baylor Hooks, TX C 42 Kai James 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Dwyer West Palm Beach, FL	Head coach Sue Semrau (UC San Diego) Assistant coach(es) Lance White (Texas Tech) Brooke Wyckoff (Florida State) Danielle Atkinson (Florida) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2015-10-17

Depth chart

Current team member Leticia Romero (second from front) also plays for the Spanish National Team.

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Adut Bulgak
PF	Shakayla Thomas
SF	Ivey Slaughter
SG	Leticia Romero
PG	Brittany Brown

Rankings

See also: 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	7	6	14	13	11	11	10	15	19	16	14	11	10	10	10	12	14	17	17	N/A
Coaches	7	14 т	13	14	9	10	13	13 т	15	14	13	11	9	9	9	12	10	10	10	12

Schedule

Florida State was picked to finish second in the ACC while Adut Bulgak and Leticia Romero were named to the preseason All-ACC team.[1] Adut Bulgak was named a preseason All-American.[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 8* 2:00 p.m.	No. 7	West Florida	W 99–36	0–0	17 – Tied	9 – Degbeon	7 – Romero	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, FL
Non-conference regular season
November 16* 5:30 p.m., SECN	No. 6	at Florida	L 72–82	0–1	20 – Bulgak[3]	14 – Bulgak[3]	2 – Tied[3]	O'Connell Center (2,009) Gainesville, FL
November 19* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 6	Tulane	W 78–72	1–1	26 – Thomas[4]	10 – Tied[4]	5 – Brown[4]	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,756) Tallahassee, FL
November 22* 5:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 6	UAB	W 84–44	2–1	26 – Bulgak[5]	10 – Bulgak[5]	9 – Brown[5]	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,394) Tallahassee, FL
November 24* 11:00 a.m., ESPN3	No. 14	North Florida	W 80–28	3–1	19 – Bulgak[6]	9 – Thomas[6]	6 – Slaughter[6]	Donald L. Tucker Center (3,565) Tallahassee, FL
November 27* 2:00 p.m.	No. 14	at LIU Brooklyn LIU Turkey Classic	W 78–42	4–1	20 – Bulgak[7]	9 – Bulgak[7]	7 – Brown[7]	Steinberg Wellness Center (129) Brooklyn, NY
November 28* 2:00 p.m.	No. 14	vs. Sam Houston State LIU Turkey Classic	W 94–37	5–1	24 – Brown[8]	7 – Tied[8]	10 – Romero[8]	Steinberg Wellness Center (129) Brooklyn, NY
December 3* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 13	Rutgers ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 65–43	6–1	18 – Romero[9]	5 – Bulgak[9]	4 – Tied[9]	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,699) Tallahassee, FL
December 6* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 13	Temple	W 75–47	7–1	23 – Thomas[10]	10 – Tied[10]	4 – Brown[10]	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,784) Tallahassee, FL
December 11* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 11	vs. No. 1 Connecticut Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	L 49–73	7–2	16 – Thomas[11]	11 – Bulgak[11]	2 – Tied[11]	Mohegan Sun Arena (8,157) Uncasville, CT
December 15* 6:30 p.m., ESPN3	No. 11	Mercer	W 79–36	8–2	18 – Thomas[12]	10 – Slaughter[12]	7 – Romero[12]	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,906) Tallahassee, FL
December 19* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 11	Murray State	W 101–59	9–2	21 – Tied[13]	9 – Slaughter[13]	9 – Romero[13]	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,564) Tallahassee, FL
December 21* 5:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 10	at No. 22 Arizona State	L 56–68	9–3	17 – Brown[14]	7 – Bulgak[14]	6 – Brown[14]	Wells Fargo Arena (1,783) Tempe, AZ
December 28* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 15	Jacksonville	W 77–60	10–3	23 – Thomas[15]	6 – Tied[15]	8 – Romero[15]	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,571) Tallahassee, FL
ACC regular season
January 1 4:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 15	at Louisville	L 69–79	10–4 (0–1)	22 – Bulgak[16]	8 – James[16]	7 – Brown[16]	KFC Yum! Center (9,126) Louisville, KY
January 7 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 19	Boston College	W 75–42	11–4 (1–1)	14 – Tied[17]	9 – Bulgak[17]	6 – Bingley[17]	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,665) Tallahassee, FL
January 10 4:00 p.m., RSN	No. 19	Georgia Tech	W 75–69	12–4 (2–1)	32 – Thomas[18]	14 – Thomas[18]	4 – Brown[18]	Donald L. Tucker Center (3,906) Tallahassee, FL
January 14 7:00 p.m.	No. 16	at Clemson	W 85–40	13–4 (3–1)	18 – Tied[19]	9 – Bulgak[19]	5 – Brown[19]	Jervey Athletic Center (584) Clemson, SC
January 17 2:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 16	at Pittsburgh	W 66–55	14–4 (4–1)	18 – Romero[20]	12 – Bulgak[20]	6 – Romero[20]	Peterson Events Center (2,316) Pittsburgh, PA
January 21 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 14	Virginia	W 70–48	15–4 (5–1)	20 – Thomas[21]	10 – Slaughter[21]	7 – Romero[21]	Donald L. Tucker Center (2,495) Tallahassee, FL
January 24 1:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 14	at No. 16 Miami (FL)	W 69–58	16–4 (6–1)	19 – Romero[22]	8 – Thomas[22]	6 – Romero[22]	BankUnited Center (2,313) Coral Gables, FL
January 28 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 11	at Wake Forest	W 96–55	17–4 (7–1)	22 – Brown[23]	9 – Brown[23]	11 – Brown[23]	LJVM Coliseum (670) Winston-Salem, NC
January 31 2:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 11	Virginia Tech	W 68–50	18–4 (8–1)	22 – Thomas[24]	7 – Bulgak[24]	3 – Tied[24]	Donald L. Tucker Center (3,017) Tallahassee, FL
February 7 2:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 10	Clemson	W 75–56	19–4 (9–1)	17 – Thomas[25]	7 – Tied[25]	6 – Romero[25]	Donald L. Tucker Center (3,138) Tallahassee, FL
February 11 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 10	at Duke	W 69–53	20–4 (10–1)	14 – Thomas[26]	8 – James[26]	6 – Romero[26]	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,536) Durham, NC
February 14 2:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 10	North Carolina	W 94–63	21–4 (11–1)	19 – Bulgak[27]	14 – Bulgak[27]	5 – Tied[27]	Donald L. Tucker Center (3,534) Tallahassee, FL
February 18 7:00 p.m., RSN	No. 10	at No. 23 Syracuse	L 73–83	21–5 (11–2)	23 – Bulgak[28]	12 – Brown[28]	7 – Romero[28]	Carrier Dome (1,532) Syracuse, NY
February 22 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 12	No. 2 Notre Dame	L 66–73	21–6 (11–3)	15 – Slaughter[29]	10 – Slaughter[29]	3 – Tied[29]	Donald L. Tucker Center (5,319) Tallahassee, FL
February 25 7:30 p.m.	No. 12	at NC State	W 56–52	22–6 (12–3)	19 – Thomas[30]	9 – Brown[30]	4 – Tied[30]	Broughton HS (1,656) Raleigh, NC
February 28 3:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 12	No. 17 Miami (FL)	W 70–67	23–6 (13–3)	24 – Romero[31]	6 – Slaughter[31]	4 – Romero[31]	Donald L. Tucker Center (3,945) Tallahassee, FL
ACC Women's Tournament
March 4 11:00 a.m., ACCN	No. 14 (4)	vs. No. 21 (5) Miami (FL) Quarterfinals	L 56–74	23–7	14 – Tied[32]	12 – Slaughter[32]	5 – Brown[32]	Greensboro Coliseum (3,148) Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 19* 1:30 p.m., ESPN2	(5 D) No. 17	vs. (12 D) Middle Tennessee First round	W 72–55	24–7	17 – Romero[33]	10 – Brown[33]	4 – Tied[33]	Reed Arena (-) College Station, TX
March 21* 6:30 p.m., ESPN2	(5 D) No. 17	at (4 D) No. 18 Texas A&M Second round	W 74–56	25–7	18 – Bulgak[34]	13 – Bulgak[34]	6 – Romero[34]	Reed Arena (4,013) College Station, TX
March 26* 4:00 p.m., ESPN	(5 D) No. 17	vs. (1 D) No. 4 Baylor Sweet Sixteen	L 58–78	25–8	11 – Romero[35]	9 – Tied[35]	6 – Romero[35]	American Airlines Center  Dallas, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. D=Dallas Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Awards

• ACC Sixth Player of the Year

Shakayla Thomas[37]

Watchlists

• Naismith Trophy[38]

Adut Bulgak

Leticia Romero

• Wade Trophy[39]

Adut Bulgak

Finalists

• Senior CLASS Award[40]

Adut Bulgak

Honors

• ACC Player of the Week
  • Adut Bulgak[41]
  • Shakayla Thomas[42]
• National Player of the Week
  • Shakayla Thomas[43]

All-ACC

[44][45]

• First Team
  • Shakayla Thomas
• Second Team
  • Adut Bulgak
• Defensive Team
  • Brittany Brown

All-Americans

• Second Team[46]
  • Adut Bulgak
• Honorable Mention[47]
  • Leticia Romero
  • Shakayla Thomas

WNBA Draft

One player was selected in the 2016 WNBA Draft.[48]

Round	Pick	Name	Team
1st	12	Adut Bulgak	New York Liberty

Media

All Seminoles games will air on the Seminole IMG Sports Network.[49]

References

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External links

• Official Team Website
• Media Almanac