# 2015–16 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sooners were led by Sherri Coale in her twentieth season. The team played its home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 women's tournament, where they lost to Baylor. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Purdue in the first round before losing to Kentucky in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/04/2015* 7:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 17 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | W 111–73 | | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 7:00 pm, FCSC | No. 17 | Winthrop | W 78–48 | 1–0 | Lloyd Noble Center (3,713) Norman, OK |
| 11/16/2015* 7:00 pm, FCSC | No. 17 | North Texas | L 57–61 | 1–1 | Lloyd Noble Center (3,829) Norman, OK |
| 11/19/2015* 6:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 17 | BYU | W 73–47 | 2–1 | Lloyd Noble Center (3,849) Norman, OK |
| 11/22/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 17 | at Bradley | W 79–46 | 3–1 | Renaissance Coliseum (778) Peoria, IL |
| 11/26/2015* 3:15 pm | No. 21 | vs. Utah Junkanoo Jam Reef Division | W 70–55 | 4–1 | Grand Lucayan Resort (353) Freeport, BAH |
| 11/28/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 21 | vs. Boston College Junkanoo Jam Reef Division | W 76–61 | 5–1 | Grand Lucayan Resort (495) Freeport, BAH |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 21 | Little Rock | W 65–52 | 6–1 | Lloyd Noble Center (3,747) Norman, OK |
| 12/06/2015* 5:30 pm, P12N | No. 21 | at Washington | W 71–68 | 7–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,580) Seattle, WA |
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 17 | at Tulsa | W 75–62 | 8–1 | Reynolds Center (1,770) Tulsa, OK |
| 12/13/2015* 2:00 pm, FSOK | No. 17 | UTSA | W 80–41 | 9–1 | Lloyd Noble Center (4,086) Norman, OK |
| 12/20/2015* 4:00 pm, FS1 | No. 17 | vs. No. 18 Texas A&M Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | L 68–74 | 9–2 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (2,403) Oklahoma City, OK |
| Big 12 Regular Season ||||||
| 12/30/2015 7:00 pm, FSOK | No. 18 | Kansas | W 67–44 | 10–2 (1–0) | Lloyd Noble Center (5,328) Norman, OK |
| 01/03/2016 3:30 pm, FS1 | No. 18 | at No. 4 Baylor | L 68–78 | 11–2 (1–1) | Ferrell Center (7,434) Waco, TX |
| 01/06/2016 7:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 17 | at TCU | W 78–65 | 11–3 (2–1) | Schollmaier Arena (2,227) Fort Worth, TX |
| 01/10/2016 1:00 pm, FSOK | No. 17 | Kansas State | W 68–58 | 12–3 (3–1) | Lloyd Noble Center (4,637) Norman, OK |
| 01/16/2016 12:00 pm, FSN | No. 14 | at Oklahoma State Bedlam Series | L 42–73 | 12–4 (3–2) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,990) Stillwater, OK |
| 01/20/2016 10:30 am, FSOK | No. 19 | Texas Tech | W 92–53 | 13–4 (4–2) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| 01/23/2016 11:00 am, FSN | No. 19 | at No. 6 Texas | L 76–83 | 13–5 (4–3) | Frank Erwin Center (4,096) Austin, TX |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm, FSOK+ | No. 21 | No. 24 West Virginia | W 57–54 | 14–5 (5–3) | Lloyd Noble Center (4,182) Norman, OK |
| 01/30/2016 1:00 pm, FSN | No. 21 | at Iowa State | W 77–71 | 15–5 (6–3) | Hilton Coliseum (11,249) Ames, IA |
| 02/03/2016 7:00 pm, FSOK+ | No. 20 | No. 25 Oklahoma State Bedlam Series | L 69–71 | 15–6 (6–4) | Lloyd Noble Center (5,137) Norman, OK |
| 02/06/2016 2:00 pm, FSOK | No. 20 | TCU | W 77–64 | 16–6 (7–4) | Lloyd Noble Center (4,322) Norman, OK |
| 02/09/2016 7:00 pm | No. 21 | at Kansas State | L 71–87 | 16–7 (7–5) | Bramlage Coliseum (3,954) Manhattan, KS |
| 02/14/2016 1:30 pm, FS1 | No. 21 | No. 6 Texas | W 74–56 | 17–7 (8–5) | Lloyd Noble Center (4,853) Norman, OK |
| 02/17/2016 6:00 pm | No. 20 | West Virginia | L 55–63 | 17–8 (8–6) | WVU Coliseum (2,001) Morgantown, WV |
| 02/20/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 20 | at Kansas | W 72–66 | 18–8 (9–6) | Allen Fieldhouse (4,737) Lawrence, KS |
| 02/22/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 23 | at No. 4 Baylor | L 70–78 | 18–9 (9–7) | Lloyd Noble Center (5,277) Norman, OK |
| 02/27/2016 2:00 pm, FSOK+ | No. 23 | Iowa State | W 85–54 | 19–9 (10–7) | Lloyd Noble Center (5,192) Norman, OK |
| 03/01/2016 6:30 pm | No. 24 | at Texas Tech | W 70–60 | 20–9 (11–7) | United Supermarkets Arena (3,116) Lubbock, TX |
| Big 12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2016 11:00 am, FSN | No. 24 | vs. Oklahoma State Quarterfinals | W 61–43 | 21–9 | Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK |
| 03/06/2016 1:30 pm, FS1 | No. 24 | vs. No. 4 Baylor Semifinals | L 57–84 | 21–10 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,591) Oklahoma City, OK |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/19/2016* 12:30 pm, ESPN2 | (6 L) No. 24 | vs. (11 L) Purdue First Round | W 61–45 | 22–10 | Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY |
| 03/21/2016* 5:30 pm, ESPN2 | (6 L) No. 24 | at (3 L) No. 12 Kentucky Second Round | L 58–79 | 22–11 | Memorial Coliseum (3,056) Lexington, KY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
x- Sooner Sports Television (SSTV) is aired locally on Fox Sports. However the contract allows games to air on various affiliates. Those affiliates are FSSW, FSSW+, FSOK, FSOK+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific.

## Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
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| (RV) | Received Votes |