2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference American Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 22
AP No. 21
2015–16 record 24–10 (14–4 The American)
Head coach Jose Fernandez (15th season)
Associate head coach Jeff Osterman
Assistant coach Michele Woods-Baxter
Assistant coach Desma Thomas Bateast
Home arena USF Sun Dome
2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#1 Connecticut †18–0 1.000  38–0  1.000
#21 South Florida14–4 .778  24–10  .706
Temple13–5 .722  23–12  .657
Memphis12–6 .667  18–13  .581
Tulane11–7 .611  23–12  .657
Tulsa8–10 .444  12–19  .387
SMU7–11 .389  13–18  .419
East Carolina6–12 .333  13–19  .406
Cincinnati4–14 .222  8–22  .267
UCF4–14 .222  7–23  .233
Houston2–16 .111  6–24  .200
† American Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his fifteenth season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's third season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 24–10, 14–4 in AAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament for the second year in a row, where they lost to Connecticut again. They received at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament, where they defeated Colorado State in the first round before losing to UCLA in the second round.

Media

All Bulls games will air on Bullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and Bullscast. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Micah Kroll 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrTampa Catholic Tampa, FL
G 4 Neena Pacholke 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrFreedom Tampa, FL
G 5 Tremaine McCullough 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrEdgewater Orlando, FL
G 10 Courtney Williams 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrCharlton County Folkston, GA
G/F 11 Ariadna Pujol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrGEM Mataró, Spain
F 12 Maria Jesperson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoNone Hojbjerg, Denmark
G 13 Laura Marcos Canedo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrColegio Champagnat Salamanca, Spain
F 14 Paige Cashin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) JrNewark Newark, OH
G 20 Laura Ferreira 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoNone Lisbon, Portugal
G 22 Laia Flores 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoInstitut Municipal Biada Mataró, Spain
G 23 Shalethia Stringfield 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS SrPotters House Christian Academy Jacksonville, FL
F 24 Alisia Jenkins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrStatesboro Statesboro, GA
C 32 Nancy Warioba 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrTigoi Girls HS
Blinn College		 Kisumu, Kenya
F 33 Kitija Laksa 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrRigas Francu Licejs Riga, Latvia
C 45 Katelyn Weber 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) JrHall Little Rock, AR
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
11/13/2015*
6:00 PM		 No. 20 Jacksonville
Preseason WNIT First Round		 W 74–52  1–0
 USF Sun Dome 
Tampa, FL
11/15/2015*
4:00 PM		 No. 20 Drexel
Preseason WNIT Second Round		 W 73–58  2–0
 USF Sun Dome (1,790)
Tampa, FL
11/19/2015*
8:00 PM		 No. 19 at No. 5 Baylor
Preseason WNIT semifinals		 L 63–66  2–1
 Ferrell Center (5,717)
Waco, TX
11/25/2015*
7:00 PM		 No. 18 Butler W 87–77  3–1
 USF Sun Dome (1,772)
Tampa, FL
11/29/2015*
2:00 PM, FS2		 No. 18 at St. John's L 70–74  3–2
 Carnesecca Arena (535)
Queens, NY
12/03/2015*
7:00 PM		 No. 24 Harvard W 86–59  4–2
 USF Sun Dome (1,880)
Tampa, FL
12/06/2015*
3:00 PM, CBSSN		 No. 24 Penn State W 101–79  5–2
 USF Sun Dome (1,908)
Tampa, FL
12/13/2015*
12:00 PM		 No. 21 Chattanooga W 61–33  6–2
 USF Sun Dome (1,779)
Tampa, FL
12/15/2015*
9:00 PM		 No. 20 at Northern Colorado  Cancelled[2] 
Bank of Colorado Arena 
Greeley, CO
12/20/2015*
2:00 PM		 No. 20 Oklahoma State W 68–46  7–2
 USF Sun Dome (1,912)
Tampa, FL
12/30/2015*
4:30 PM, SECN		 No. 20 vs. No. 8 Mississippi State
SEC/AAC Challenge		 L 58–68  7–3
 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 
Jacksonville, FL
01/02/2016
1:00 PM, CBSSN		 No. 20 at East Carolina W 61–59  8–3 (1–0)
 Williams Arena (1,454)
Greenville, NC
01/05/2016
7:00 PM		 No. 22 UCF
War on I-4		 W 108–63  9–3 (2–0)
 USF Sun Dome (1,856)
Tampa, FL
01/07/2016
7:00 PM, ADN		 No. 22 SMU W 83–56  10–3 (3–0)
 USF Sun Dome (1,756)
Tampa, FL
01/10/2016
5:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 22 No. 1 Connecticut L 59–75  10–4 (3–1)
 USF Sun Dome (6,634)
Tampa, FL
01/13/2016
8:00 PM, ESPN3		 No. 19 at Tulane W 71–67  11–4 (4–1)
 Devlin Fieldhouse (1,646)
New Orleans, LA
01/17/2016
2:00 PM, ESPNU		 No. 19 East Carolina W 75–54  12–4 (5–1)
 USF Sun Dome (2,101)
Tampa, FL
01/20/2016
8:00 PM, ADN		 No. 15 at Memphis L 87–88 OT 12–5 (5–2)
 Elma Roane Fieldhouse (684)
Memphis, TN
01/24/2016
2:00 PM, ESPNU		 No. 15 at UCF
War on I-4		 W 88–49  13–5 (6–2)
 CFE Arena (958)
Orlando, FL
01/27/2016
7:00 PM		 No. 20 Houston W 73–49  14–5 (7–2)
 USF Sun Dome (1,885)
Tampa, FL
01/31/2016
2:00 PM, ESPNU		 No. 20 at SMU W 66–48  15–5 (8–2)
 Moody Coliseum (982)
Dallas, TX
02/03/2016
7:00 PM		 No. 19 Cincinnati W 82–49  16–5 (9–2)
 USF Sun Dome (2,007)
Tampa, FL
02/06/2016
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 No. 19 at Temple L 66–68  16–6 (9–3)
 Liacouras Center (1,320)
Philadelphia, PA
02/09/2016
7:00 PM, ADN		 No. 22 Tulane W 77–65  17–6 (10–3)
 USF Sun Dome (2,011)
Tampa, FL
02/12/2016
7:00 PM, ADN		 No. 22 at Cincinnati W 78–51  18–6 (11–3)
 Fifth Third Arena (323)
Cincinnati, OH
02/15/2016*
9:00 PM, ESPN2		 No. 19 at No. 11 Louisville L 50–67  18–7
 KFC Yum! Center (7,941)
Louisville, KY
02/21/2016
12:00 PM, ESPNU		 No. 19 Memphis W 97–82  19–7 (12–3)
 USF Sun Dome (2,206)
Tampa, FL
02/24/2016
8:00 PM, ADN		 No. 21 at Tulsa W 72–66  20–7 (13–3)
 Reynolds Center (337)
Tulsa, OK
02/27/2016
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 No. 21 Temple W 76–62  21–7 (14–3)
 USF Sun Dome (2,446)
Tampa, FL
02/29/2016
7:00 PM, ESPN2		 No. 20 at No. 1 Connecticut L 59–79  21–8 (14–4)
 Gampel Pavilion (9,030)
Storrs, CT
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/05/2016
6:00 PM, ESPN3		 No. 20 vs. SMU
Quarterfinals		 W 73–60  22–8
 Mohegan Sun Arena 
Uncasville, CT
03/06/2016
7:30 PM, ESPNU		 No. 20 vs. Temple
Semifinals		 W 64–46  23–8
 Mohegan Sun Arena (6,821)
Uncasville, CT
03/06/2016
7:00 PM, ESPN2		 No. 21 vs. No. 1 Connecticut
Championship Game		 L 51–77  23–9
 Mohegan Sun Arena (7,073)
Uncasville, CT
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/19/2016*
9:00 PM, ESPN2		 (6 BR) No. 21 vs. (11 BR) No. 22 Colorado State
First Round		 W 48–45  24–9
 Pauley Pavilion (2,552)
Los Angeles, CA
03/21/2016*
9:00 PM, ESPN2		 (6 BR) No. 21 at (3 BR) No. 10 UCLA
Second Round		 L 67–72  24–10
 Pauley Pavilion (1,656)
Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. BR=Bridgeport region.
All times are in EST.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
PollPre-
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 20 19 18 24т 21 20 20 20 22 19 15 20 19 22 19 21 20 21 21 N/A
Coaches 19 17 17 23 20 19 17 17 18 16 15 18 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 22
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gousfbulls.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=7700&SPID=2924&SPSID=36696
  2. ↑ "Bulls game at Northern Colorado Cancelled". USF Bulls Athletics. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
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