2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team
2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball | |
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Pac-12 Regular Season Co-Champions | |
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round | |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
AP | No. 11 |
2015–16 record | 26–7 (16–2 Pac-12) |
Head coach | Charli Turner Thorne (19th year) |
Assistant coach | Amanda Levens |
Assistant coach | Meg Sanders |
Assistant coach | Jackie Moore |
Home arena | Wells Fargo Arena |
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#6 Oregon State † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 32 | – | 5 | .865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#11 Arizona State | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#13 Stanford | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#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 |
The 2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sun Devils, led by nineteenth year head coach Charli Turner Thorne, played their games at the Wells Fargo Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to share the Pac-12 regular season title with Oregon State. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to California. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated New Mexico State in the first round before getting upset by Tennessee in the second round.
Roster
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Charli Turner Thorne (Stanford)
Amanda Levens (Arizona State)
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Schedule
Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/15/2015* 3:30 PM, P12N |
No. 15 | No. 18 Kentucky | L 64–68 OT | 0–1 |
Wells Fargo Arena (4,543) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
11/21/2015* 12:00 PM |
No. 18 | at SMU | W 64–57 | 1–1 |
Moody Coliseum (302) Dallas, TX | ||||||
11/27/2015* 5:30 PM |
No. 16 | vs. No. 2 South Carolina Rainbow Wahine Showdown |
L 58–60 | 1–2 |
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | ||||||
11/28/2015* 7:00 PM |
No. 16 | at Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine Showdown |
W 75–49 | 2–2 |
Stan Sheriff Center (2,152) Honolulu, HI | ||||||
11/29/2015* 5:30 PM |
No. 16 | vs. Cal State Bakersfield Rainbow Wahine Showdown |
W 60–47 | 3–2 |
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | ||||||
12/05/2015* 2:00 PM |
No. 17 | VCU ASU Classic semifinals |
L 48–57 | 3–3 |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,430) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
12/06/2015* 12:00 PM |
No. 17 | Columbia ASU Classic 3rd place game |
W 70–49 | 4–3 |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,283) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
12/12/2015* 11:00 AM |
No. 24 | at No. 19 Syracuse | W 61–54 | 5–3 |
Carrier Dome (526) Syracuse, NY | ||||||
12/14/2015* 4:00 PM |
No. 21 | at Hartford | W 60–29 | 6–3 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,822) Hartford, CT | ||||||
12/19/2015* 3:00 PM |
No. 21 | Marquette | W 90–80 | 7–3 |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,439) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
12/21/2015* 3:00 PM, ESPNU |
No. 22 | No. 10 Florida State | W 68–56 | 8–3 |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,783) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
12/28/2015* 3:00 PM |
No. 17 | Cal State Northridge | W 69–46 | 9–3 |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,460) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
Pac-12 regular season | |||||||||||
01/02/2016 5:00 PM, P12N |
No. 17 | No. 19 California | W 57–49 | 10–3 (1–0) |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,460) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
01/04/2016 6:00 PM, P12N |
No. 14 | No. 9 Stanford | W 49–31 | 11–3 (2–0) |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,708) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
01/08/2016 8:00 PM, P12N |
No. 14 | at Washington | W 68–61 | 12–3 (3–0) |
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,767) Seattle, WA | ||||||
01/10/2016 1:00 PM, P12N |
No. 14 | at Washington State | W 63–45 | 13–3 (4–0) |
Beasley Coliseum (713) Pullman, WA | ||||||
01/15/2016 11:00 AM |
No. 10 | Colorado | W 64–37 | 14–3 (5–0) |
Wells Fargo Arena (4,139) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
01/17/2016 12:00 PM, P12N |
No. 10 | Utah | W 80–60 | 15–3 (6–0) |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,510) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
01/22/2016 7:00 PM, P12N |
No. 8 | Arizona State Farm Territorial Cup Series |
W 61–48 | 16–3 (7–0) |
Wells Fargo Arena (3,455) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
01/24/2016 5:00 PM, P12N |
No. 8 | at Arizona State Farm Territorial Cup Series |
W 62–47 | 17–3 (8–0) |
McKale Center (1,483) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
01/29/2016 9:00 PM, P12N |
No. 8 | at Oregon | W 63–58 | 18–3 (9–0) |
Matthew Knight Arena (1,988) Eugene, OR | ||||||
02/01/2016 9:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 8 | at No. 9 Oregon State | L 44–67 | 18–4 (9–1) |
Gill Coliseum (4,427) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
02/05/2016 6:00 PM, P12N |
No. 8 | No. 14 UCLA | W 65–61 | 19–4 (10–1) |
Wells Fargo Arena (3,095) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
02/07/2016 2:00 PM, P12N |
No. 8 | USC | W 69–68 | 20–4 (11–1) |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,564) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
02/12/2016 8:00 PM |
No. 9 | at California | W 64–49 | 21–4 (12–1) |
Haas Pavilion (1,417) Berkeley, CA | ||||||
02/14/2016 7:00 PM, P12N |
No. 9 | at No. 13 Stanford | W 63–61 OT | 22–4 (13–1) |
Maples Pavilion (3,250) Stanford, CA | ||||||
02/19/2016 6:00 PM, P12N |
No. 9 | Washington State | W 61–39 | 23–4 (14–1) |
Wells Fargo Arena (2,851) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
02/21/2016 12:00 PM, P12N |
No. 9 | Washington | W 77–57 | 24–4 (15–1) |
Wells Fargo Arena (3,244) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
02/26/2016 7:00 PM, P12N |
No. 9 | at USC | W 50–45 | 25–4 (16–1) |
Galen Center (486) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
02/28/2016 12:00 PM, P12N |
No. 9 | at No. 14 UCLA | L 61–74 | 25–5 (16–2) |
Pauley Pavilion (6,972) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
Pac-12 Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/04/2016 12:30 PM, P12N |
No. 10 | vs. California Quarterfinals |
L 64–75 | 25–6 |
KeyArena (3,747) Seattle, WA | ||||||
NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/18/2016* 4:30 PM, ESPN2 |
(2 SF) No. 11 | (15 SF) New Mexico State First Round |
W 74–52 | 26–6 |
Wells Fargo Arena (3,134) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
03/20/2016* 6:00 PM, ESPN |
(2 SF) No. 11 | (7 SF) Tennessee Second Round |
L 64–75 | 26–7 |
Wells Fargo Arena (2,957) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. 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 | 15 | 18 | 16т | 17 | 24 | 21т | 22 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | N/A |
Coaches | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
(RV) | Received Votes |
See also
2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team