2015–16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team will represent University of Notre Dame during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by twenty-ninth year head coach Muffet McGraw, play their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center and were third year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season with 33–2, 16–0 in ACC play to win both of the ACC Regular Season and Tournament. They earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeat North Carolina A&T and Indiana in both the first and second rounds before losing to Stanford in the sweet sixteen, which ended 5 straight Final Four appearances.
| 2015–16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball | |
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NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 6 |
| AP | No. 2 |
| 2015–16 record | 33–2 (16–0 ACC) |
| Head coach | Muffet McGraw (29th season) |
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| Home arena | Edmund P. Joyce Center |
| 2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster
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Muffet McGraw (Saint Joseph's)
Carol Owens (Northern Illinois)
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Media
All Notre Dame games will air on WHPZ Pulse 96.9 FM. Games are streamed online live.
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 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | N/A |
| Coaches | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Increase in ranking | ||
| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week | ||
| (RV) | Received Votes |
Schedule
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| 11/07/2015* 1:00 PM |
No. 3 | Wayne State | W 101–52 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,088) South Bend, IN | |||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| 11/15/2015* 1:00 PM |
No. 3 | Bucknell | W 85–54 | 1–0 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,948) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 11/18/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 3 | Toledo | W 74–39 | 2–0 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,474) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 11/21/2015* 3:00 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 3 | at South Dakota State | W 75–64 | 3–0 |
Frost Arena (5,532) Brookings, SD | ||||||
| 11/23/2015* 8:00 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 3 | at Valparaiso | W 110–54 | 4–0 |
Athletics–Recreation Center (1,371) Valparaiso, IN | ||||||
| 11/27/2015* 3:15 PM |
No. 3 | vs. Denver Junkanoo Jam Freeport Division semifinals |
W 94–52 | 5–0 |
St. Georges High School (375) Grand Bahama Island | ||||||
| 11/28/2015* 3:15 PM |
No. 3 | vs. UCLA Junkanoo Jam Freeport Division championship |
W 92–84 OT | 6–0 |
St. Georges High School (683) Grand Bahama Island | ||||||
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 3 | No. 10 Ohio State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge |
W 75–72 | 7–0 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,609) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 12/05/2015* 5:15 PM, ESPN |
No. 3 | at No. 1 Connecticut Jimmy V Classic/Rivalry |
L 81–91 | 7–1 |
Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT | ||||||
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 3 | No. 18 DePaul | W 95–90 | 8–1 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,207) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 12/12/2015* 12:00 PM, FSN |
No. 3 | at TCU | W 88–72 | 9–1 |
University Recreation Center (1,628) Fort Worth, TX | ||||||
| 12/21/2015* 7:00 PM |
No. 3 | at Saint Joseph's | W 91–55 | 10–1 |
Hagan Arena (3,411) Philadelphia, PA | ||||||
| 12/28/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 3 | No. 10 Oregon State | W 62–61 | 11–1 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,860) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 12/30/2015 7:00 PM |
No. 3 | Georgia Tech | W 85–76 | 12–1 (1–0) |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 01/03/2016 3:00 PM, RSN |
No. 3 | at Pittsburgh | W 65–55 | 13–1 (2–0) |
Peterson Events Center (3,610) Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
| 01/07/2016 7:00 PM |
No. 3 | at Virginia | W 74–46 | 14–1 (3–0) |
John Paul Jones Arena (3,394) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
| 01/10/2016 1:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 3 | North Carolina | W 88–54 | 15–1 (4–0) |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,942) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 01/14/2016 7:00 PM |
No. 3 | at Boston College | W 63–50 | 16–1 (5–0) |
Conte Forum (1,179) Chestnut Hill, MA | ||||||
| 01/18/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 3 | No. 18 Tennessee | W 79–66 | 17–1 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,961) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 01/21/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 3 | Syracuse | W 90–62 | 18–1 (6–0) |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,312) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 01/24/2016 1:00 PM |
No. 3 | Virginia Tech | W 80–41 | 19–1 (7–0) |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,958) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 01/28/2016 7:00 PM, RSN |
No. 3 | at Georgia Tech | W 54–42 | 20–1 (8–0) |
Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,908) Atlanta, GA | ||||||
| 02/01/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 3 | at Duke | W 68–61 | 21–1 (9–0) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,159) Durham, NC | ||||||
| 02/04/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
No. 3 | NC State | W 82–46 | 22–1 (10–0) |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,835) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 02/07/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 3 | at No. 13 Louisville | W 66–61 | 23–1 (11–0) |
KFC Yum! Center (13,837) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| 02/14/2016 1:00 PM, RSN |
No. 3 | No. 19 Miami (FL) | W 90–69 | 24–1 (12–0) |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 02/18/2016 7:00 PM |
No. 2 | at Wake Forest | W 86–52 | 25–1 (13–0) |
LJVM Coliseum (692) Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
| 02/22/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 2 | at No. 12 Florida State | W 73–66 | 26–1 (14–0) |
Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (5,319) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
| 02/25/2016 7:00 PM |
No. 2 | Clemson | W 71–52 | 27–1 (15–0) |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,378) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 02/27/2016 1:00 PM |
No. 2 | Boston College | W 70–48 | 28–1 (16–0) |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| ACC Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/04/2016 2:00 PM, RSN |
No. 2 | vs. Duke Quarterfinals |
W 83–54 | 29–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum (3,148) Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| 03/05/2016 12:00 PM, ESPNU |
No. 2 | vs. No. 21 Miami (FL) Semifinals |
W 78–67 | 30–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| 03/06/2016 12:30 PM, ESPN |
No. 2 | vs. No. 17 Syracuse Championship Game |
W 68–57 | 31–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum (5,017) Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/19/2016* 6:30 PM, ESPN2 |
(1 L) No. 2 | (16 L) North Carolina A&T First round |
W 95–61 | 32–1 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,310) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 03/21/2016* 6:30 PM, ESPN2 |
(1 L) No. 2 | (9 L) Indiana Second round |
W 87–70 | 33–1 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,750) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| 03/25/2016* 9:30 PM, ESPN |
(1 L) No. 2 | vs. (4 L) No. 13 Stanford Sweet Sixteen |
L 84–90 | 33–2 |
Rupp Arena (8,509) Lexington, KY | ||||||
Source[1]
References
- "2015–16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball schedule". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
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