# 2015–16 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team

The 2015–16 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey for her 15th season. The team played its home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 33–4, 16–2 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They also won the Big 12 Women's Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Idaho and Auburn in the first and second rounds, Florida State in the sweet sixteen before losing to Oregon State in the elite eight.

## Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | 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 |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 5 | Texas A&M–Commerce | W 104–41 | | Ferrell Center (5,352) Waco, TX |
| 11/09/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 5 | Arkansas–Monticello | W 104–39 | | Ferrell Center (5,356) Waco, TX |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 6:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 5 | Texas–Arlington Preseason WNIT First Round | W 62–20 | 1–0 | Ferrell Center (6,804) Waco, TX |
| 11/16/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 5 | Southern Miss Preseason WNIT Second Round | W 97–42 | 2–0 | Ferrell Center (5,400) Waco, TX |
| 11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 5 | No. 19 South Florida Preseason WNIT semifinals | W 66–63 | 3–0 | Ferrell Center (5,717) Waco, TX |
| 11/22/2015* 2:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 5 | DePaul Preseason WNIT Championship | W 86–72 | 4–0 | Ferrell Center (5,637) Waco, TX |
| 11/26/2015* 1:00 pm | No. 5 | vs. Cincinnati Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division | W 72–34 | 5–0 | St. George HS Gymnasium (353) Freeport, BAH |
| 11/28/2015* 4:45 pm | No. 5 | vs. No. 20 Michigan State Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division | W 84–76 | 6–0 | St. George HS Gymnasium (684) Freeport, BAH |
| 12/02/2015* 6:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 4 | Rice | W 89–38 | 7–0 | Ferrell Center (5,615) Waco, TX |
| 12/04/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 4 | Northwestern State | W 86–44 | 8–0 | Ferrell Center (6,317) Waco, TX |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 4 | Grambling State | W 96–42 | 9–0 | Ferrell Center (5,562) Waco, TX |
| 12/13/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 4 | McNeese State | W 105–46 | 10–0 | Ferrell Center (5,625) Waco, TX |
| 12/17/2015* 7:00 pm, FCS | No. 4 | Oral Roberts | W 97–39 | 11–0 | Ferrell Center (6,189) Waco, TX |
| 12/19/2015* 6:00 pm | No. 4 | vs. No. 23 Miami (FL) Florida Sunshine Classic | W 88–81 | 12–0 | Worden Arena (1,789) Winter Haven, FL |
| 12/21/2015* 4:00 pm | No. 4 | vs. James Madison Florida Sunshine Classic | W 77–63 | 13–0 | Worden Arena (932) Winter Haven, FL |
| Big 12 regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2015 6:00 pm | No. 4 | at Oklahoma State | L 45–52 | 13–1 (0–1) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,173) Stillwater, OK |
| 01/03/2016 3:30 pm, FS1 | No. 4 | No. 18 Oklahoma | W 78–68 | 14–1 (1–1) | Ferrell Center (7,434) Waco, TX |
| 01/06/2016 7:00 pm | No. 6 | at Kansas | W 58–40 | 15–1 (2–1) | Allen Fieldhouse (2,109) Lawrence, KS |
| 01/09/2016 11:00 am, FSN | No. 6 | TCU | W 72–55 | 16–1 (3–1) | Ferrell Center (7,081) Waco, TX |
| 01/12/2016 7:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 6 | West Virginia | W 69–64 | 17–1 (4–1) | Ferrell Center (6,032) Waco, TX |
| 01/17/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 6 | at No. 4 Texas | W 80–67 | 18–1 (5–1) | Frank Erwin Center (8,996) Austin, TX |
| 01/23/2016 12:30 pm, FS1 | No. 4 | at Iowa State | W 77–61 | 19–1 (6–1) | Hilton Coliseum (11,587) Ames, IA |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm, FSSW | No. 4 | Texas Tech | W 69–43 | 20–1 (7–1) | Ferrell Center (6,327) Waco, TX |
| 01/30/2016 3:00 pm, FSN | No. 4 | at No. 24 West Virginia | W 71–61 | 21–1 (8–1) | WVU Coliseum (4,168) Morgantown, WV |
| 02/03/2016 7:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 4 | Kansas State | W 87–52 | 22–1 (9–1) | Ferrell Center (5,752) Waco, TX |
| 02/06/2016 2:00 pm, FSSW | No. 4 | Kansas | W 81–49 | 23–1 (10–1) | Ferrell Center (6,709) Waco, TX |
| 02/10/2016 7:00 pm, FSSW | No. 4 | at TCU | W 81–77 | 24–1 (11–1) | Schollmaier Arena (3,947) Fort Worth, TX |
| 02/13/2016 2:00 pm | No. 4 | at Texas Tech | W 66–36 | 25–1 (12–1) | United Supermarkets Arena (6,565) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/17/2016 7:00 pm, FSSW | No. 4 | No. 17 Oklahoma State | W 66–41 | 26–1 (13–1) | Ferrell Center (6,310) Waco, TX |
| 02/20/2016 2:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 4 | Iowa State | W 78–41 | 27–1 (14–1) | Ferrell Center (7,216) Waco, TX |
| 02/22/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 4 | at No. 23 Oklahoma | W 78–70 | 28–1 (15–1) | Lloyd Noble Center (5,277) Norman, OK |
| 02/27/2016 3:30 pm, FS2 | No. 4 | at Kansas State | W 63–52 | 29–1 (16–1) | Bramlage Coliseum (5,451) Manhattan, KS |
| 02/29/2016 8:00 pm, FS1 | No. 4 | No. 6 Texas | W 74–48 | 30–1 (17–1) | Ferrell Center (10,284) Waco, TX |
| Big 12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2016 1:30 pm, FSN | No. 4 | vs. Texas Tech Quarterfinals | W 82–51 | 31–1 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,527) Oklahoma City, OK |
| 03/06/2016 1:30 pm, FS1 | No. 4 | vs. No. 24 Oklahoma Semifinals | W 84–57 | 32–1 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,591) Oklahoma City, OK |
| 03/07/2016 8:00 pm, FS1 | No. 4 | vs. No. 7 Texas Championship Game | W 79–63 | 33–1 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,859) Oklahoma City, OK |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1 D) No. 4 | (16 D) Idaho First Round | W 89–59 | 34–1 | Ferrell Center (4,990) Waco, TX |
| 03/20/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1 D) No. 4 | (9 D) Auburn Second Round | W 84–52 | 35–1 | Ferrell Center (4,665) Waco, TX |
| 03/26/2016* 3:00 pm, ESPN | (1 D) No. 4 | vs. (5 D) No. 17 Florida State Sweet Sixteen | W 78–58 | 36–1 | American Airlines Center (7,109) Dallas, TX |
| 03/28/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN | (1 D) No. 4 | vs. (2 D) No. 6 Oregon State Elite Eight | L 57–60 | 36–2 | American Airlines Center (6,050) Dallas, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. D=Dallas Region. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
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