# 2015–16 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Gary Blair, who was in his thirteenth season at Texas A&M. The team played their home games at the Reed Arena in College Station, Texas and will play in its fourth season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 22–10, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament to Tennessee. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Missouri State in the first round before losing to Florida State in the second round.

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |

## Schedule and Results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 13 | Texas Wesleyan | W 92–40 | | Reed Arena (3,034) College Station, TX |
| Non-conference games ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 6:00 pm | No. 13 | Texas State | W 87–50 | 1–0 | Reed Arena (3,575) College Station, TX |
| 11/15/2015* 4:00 pm | No. 13 | Southern | W 88–47 | 2–0 | Reed Arena (3,611) College Station, TX |
| 11/18/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 12 | at No. 14 Duke | W 72–66 $^{OT}$ | 3–0 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,708) Durham, NC |
| 11/21/2015* 12:30 pm | No. 12 | TCU | W 82–78 | 4–0 | Reed Arena (4,013) College Station, TX |
| 11/27/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 10 | vs. No. 16 California South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | W 75–58 | 5–0 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| 11/28/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 10 | vs. No. 11 Ohio State South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | L 80–95 | 5–1 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| 12/04/2015* 9:00 pm | No. 12 | vs. Hawaiʻi Tom Weston Invitational | W 82–41 | 6–1 | George Q. Cannon Activities Center (150) Laie, HI |
| 12/05/2015* 6:00 pm | No. 12 | vs. BYU Tom Weston Invitational | L 64–72 | 6–2 | George Q. Cannon Activities Center (269) Laie, HI |
| 12/07/2015* 11:00 am, SECN | No. 15 | SMU | W 67–55 | 7–2 | Reed Arena (8,004) College Station, TX |
| 12/12/2015* 2:00 pm, SECN | No. 15 | No. 18 DePaul | L 66–80 | 7–3 | Reed Arena (3,721) College Station, TX |
| 12/20/2015* 4:00 pm, FS1 | No. 18 | vs. No. 17 Oklahoma Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | W 74–68 | 8–3 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (2,403) Oklahoma City, OK |
| 12/22/2015* 12:00 pm, SECN | No. 16 | Little Rock | W 69–39 | 9–3 | Reed Arena (3,852) College Station, TX |
| 12/29/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 16 | Prairie View A&M | W 88–30 | 10–3 | Reed Arena (4,124) College Station, TX |
| Conference Games ||||||
| 01/03/2016 4:00 pm, SECN | No. 16 | Georgia | W 73–62 | 11–3 (1–0) | Reed Arena (5,027) College Station, TX |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm, SECN | No. 13 | at Arkansas | L 61–67 | 11–4 (1–1) | Bud Walton Arena (1,494) Fayetteville, AR |
| 01/10/2016 3:00 pm, SECN | No. 13 | at LSU | W 53–35 | 12–4 (2–1) | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (3,774) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 01/14/2016 7:00 pm | No. 15 | Ole Miss | W 81–58 | 13–4 (3–1) | Reed Arena (4,033) College Station, TX |
| 01/17/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 15 | at No. 2 South Carolina | L 58–59 | 13–5 (3–2) | Colonial Life Arena (15,406) Columbia, SC |
| 01/21/2016 7:00 pm | No. 13 | No. 23 Missouri | W 81–77 $^{OT}$ | 14–5 (4–2) | Reed Arena (3,844) College Station, TX |
| 01/28/2016 6:00 pm | No. 10 | at Alabama | W 59–56 | 15–5 (5–2) | Foster Auditorium (2,366) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 01/31/2016 5:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 10 | No. 2 South Carolina | L 63–70 | 15–6 (5–3) | Reed Arena (8,511) College Station, TX |
| 02/04/2016 6:00 pm | No. 12 | at No. 22 Florida | L 81–83 | 15–7 (5–4) | O'Connell Center (1,404) Gainesville, FL |
| 02/07/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN | No. 12 | No. 23 Tennessee | W 76–71 $^{OT}$ | 16–7 (6–4) | Reed Arena (4,791) College Station, TX |
| 02/11/2016 6:00 pm, SECN | No. 15 | No. 11 Mississippi State | W 64–58 | 17–7 (7–4) | Reed Arena (5,645) College Station, TX |
| 02/15/2016 6:00 pm, SECN | No. 12 | at Ole Miss | W 62–48 | 18–7 (8–4) | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,691) Oxford, MS |
| 02/18/2016 8:00 pm, SECN | No. 12 | LSU | W 68–54 | 19–7 (9–4) | Reed Arena (4,797) College Station, TX |
| 02/21/2016 4:00 pm, SECN | No. 12 | at Vanderbilt | W 75–63 | 20–7 (10–4) | Memorial Gymnasium (2,975) Nashville, TN |
| 02/25/2016 6:30 pm, SECN | No. 11 | at Auburn | W 57–49 | 21–7 (11–4) | Auburn Arena (3,651) Auburn, AL |
| 02/28/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN | No. 11 | No. 15 Kentucky | L 58–71 | 21–8 (11–5) | Reed Arena (7,133) College Station, TX |
| SEC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2016 5:00 pm, SECN | No. 15 | vs. Tennessee Quarterfinals | L 60–70 | 21–9 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (4,214) Jacksonville, FL |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/19/2016* 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | (4 D) No. 18 | (13 D) Missouri State First Round | W 74–65 | 22–9 | Reed Arena (4,040) College Station, TX |
| 03/21/2016* 5:30 pm, ESPN2 | (4 D) No. 18 | (5 D) No. 17 Florida State Second Round | L 56–74 | 22–10 | Reed Arena (4,013) College Station, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. D=Dallas Region. All times are in Central Time. ||||||