# 2015–16 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2015–16 college basketball season. It was head coach Karen Aston's fourth season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. They finished the season 31–5, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Baylor. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Alabama State and Missouri in the first and second rounds, UCLA in the sweet sixteen before last year's sweet sixteen rematch to Connecticut 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 |

## 2015–16 media
### Television and radio information

Most University of Texas home games were shown on the Longhorn Network, with national telecasts on the Big 12 Conference's television partners. On the radio, women's basketball games aired on KTXX-HD4 "105.3 The Bat", with select games on KTXX-FM 104.9. This was the first year that radio broadcasts had moved from KVET (1300 AM/103.1 FM).

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2015* 7:00 pm, LHN | No. 12 | UTSA | W 90–53 | 1–0 | Frank Erwin Center (2,596) Austin, TX |
| 11/18/2015* 11:00 am, LHN | No. 11 | Northwestern State | W 86–33 | 2–0 | Frank Erwin Center (7,582) Austin, TX |
| 11/21/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 11 | at Rice | W 70–47 | 3–0 | Tudor Fieldhouse (821) Houston, TX |
| 11/25/2015* 7:00 pm, LHN | No. 8 | Hampton | W 79–52 | 4–0 | Frank Erwin Center (2,507) Austin, TX |
| 11/29/2015* 1:30 pm, ESPN | No. 8 | at No. 4 Tennessee | W 64–53 | 5–0 | Thompson–Boling Arena (10,204) Knoxville, TN |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm, LHN | No. 6 | No. 9 Mississippi State | W 53–47 | 6–0 | Frank Erwin Center (2,887) Austin, TX |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 6 | at Little Rock | W 66–56 | 7–0 | Jack Stephens Center (1,642) Little Rock, AR |
| 12/13/2015* 12:00 pm, ESPN | No. 5 | No. 14 Stanford | W 77–69 | 8–0 | Frank Erwin Center (3,942) Austin, TX |
| 12/16/2015* 7:00 pm, LHN | No. 5 | Canisius | W 92–62 | 9–0 | Frank Erwin Center (2,370) Austin, TX |
| 12/20/2015* 1:30 pm, FS1 | No. 5 | vs. Arkansas Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | W 61–50 | 10–0 | Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK |
| 12/27/2015* 2:00 pm, LHN | No. 5 | Sam Houston State | W 83–49 | 11–0 | Frank Erwin Center (3,123) Austin, TX |
| Big 12 regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2015 6:00 pm | No. 5 | at West Virginia | W 65–54 | 12–0 (1–0) | WVU Coliseum (4,153) Morgantown, WV |
| 01/02/2016 7:00 pm, LHN | No. 5 | Texas Tech | W 86–62 | 13–0 (2–0) | Frank Erwin Center (3,668) Austin, TX |
| 01/06/2016 7:00 pm, LHN | No. 4 | Iowa State | W 75–54 | 14–0 (3–0) | Frank Erwin Center (2,836) Austin, TX |
| 01/09/2016 5:00 pm | No. 4 | at Oklahoma State | W 78–48 | 15–0 (4–0) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,290) Stillwater, OK |
| 01/13/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 4 | at Kansas | W 75–38 | 16–0 (5–0) | Allen Fieldhouse (1,903) Lawrence, KS |
| 01/17/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 4 | No. 6 Baylor | L 67–80 | 16–1 (5–1) | Frank Erwin Center (8,996) Austin, TX |
| 01/20/2016 7:00 pm | No. 6 | at TCU | W 65–58 | 17–1 (6–1) | Schollmaier Arena (2,792) Fort Worth, TX |
| 01/23/2016 11:00 am, FSN | No. 6 | No. 19 Oklahoma | W 83–76 | 18–1 (7–1) | Frank Erwin Center (4,096) Austin, TX |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm, LHN | No. 6 | Kansas | W 70–46 | 19–1 (8–1) | Frank Erwin Center (3,126) Austin, TX |
| 01/30/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 6 | Kansas State | W 66–51 | 20–1 (9–1) | Bramlage Coliseum (4,846) Manhattan, KS |
| 02/06/2016 1:30 pm, FS2 | No. 6 | at Iowa State | W 65–49 | 21–1 (10–1) | Hilton Coliseum (11,261) Ames, IA |
| 02/10/2016 7:00 pm, LHN | No. 6 | No. 20 Oklahoma State | W 70–55 | 22–1 (11–1) | Frank Erwin Center (2,638) Austin, TX |
| 02/14/2016 1:30 pm, FS1 | No. 6 | at No. 21 Oklahoma | L 56–74 | 22–2 (11–2) | Lloyd Noble Center (4,853) Norman, OK |
| 02/17/2016 7:00 pm, LHN | No. 8 | Kansas State | W 58–51 | 23–2 (12–2) | Frank Erwin Center (3,036) Austin, TX |
| 02/21/2016 12:00 pm, FSN | No. 8 | West Virginia | W 73–50 | 24–2 (13–2) | Frank Erwin Center (4,143) Austin, TX |
| 02/24/2016 6:30 pm | No. 8 | at Texas Tech | W 76–55 | 25–2 (14–2) | United Supermarkets Arena (3,555) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/27/2016 7:00 pm, LHN | No. 8 | TCU | W 71–58 | 26–2 (15–2) | Frank Erwin Center (4,069) Austin, TX |
| 02/29/2016 8:00 pm, FS1 | No. 6 | at No. 4 Baylor | L 48–74 | 26–3 (15–3) | Ferrell Center (10,284) Waco, TX |
| 2016 Big 12 women's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2016 6:00 pm, FSN | No. 6 | vs. Kansas Quarterfinals | W 66–50 | 27–3 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,863) Oklahoma City, OK |
| 03/06/2016 4:00 pm, FS1 | No. 6 | vs. West Virginia Semifinals | W 67–51 | 28–3 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,591) Oklahoma City, OK |
| 03/07/2016 8:00 pm, FS1 | No. 7 | vs. No. 4 Baylor Championship Game | L 63–79 | 28–4 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,859) Oklahoma City, OK |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| 03/19/2016* 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | (2 B) No. 7 | (15 B) Alabama State First Round | W 86–42 | 29–4 | Frank Erwin Center (2,645) Austin, TX |
| 03/21/2016* 8:15 pm, ESPN2 | (2 B) No. 7 | (10 B) Missouri Second Round | W 73–55 | 30–4 | Frank Erwin Center (2,345) Austin, TX |
| 03/26/2016* 12:30 pm, ESPN | (2 B) No. 7 | vs. (3 B) No. 10 UCLA Sweet Sixteen | W 72–64 | 31–4 | Webster Bank Arena (8,898) Bridgeport, CT |
| 03/28/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN | (2 B) No. 7 | vs. (1 B) No. 1 Connecticut Elite Eight | L 65–86 | 31–5 | Webster Bank Arena (9,088) Bridgeport, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Central Time. ||||||