# 2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented University of Iowa during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by sixteenth year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games at the Carver–Hawkeye Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Maryland. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Ball State in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/08/2015* 2:00 pm | | Upper Iowa | W 95–41 | | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,614) Iowa City, IA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 6:00 pm | | North Dakota Hawkeye Challenge | W 83–61 | 1–0 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,358) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/15/2015* 1:00 pm | | Tennessee–Martin Hawkeye Challenge | W 62–56 | 2–0 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,555) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | | Western Illinois | W 96–81 $^{OT}$ | 3–0 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,543) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/22/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Northern Iowa | W 80–65 | 4–0 | McLeod Center (2,384) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 11/26/2015* 11:00 am | No. 25 | vs. Wright State Lone Star Showcase | W 83–77 | 5–0 | Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, TX |
| 11/27/2015* 1:30 pm | No. 25 | vs. No. 24 George Washington Lone Star Showcase | L 77–81 $^{2OT}$ | 5–1 | Cedar Park Center (627) Cedar Park, TX |
| 11/28/2015* 11:00 am | No. 25 | vs. Houston Lone Star Showcase | W 64–50 | 6–1 | Cedar Park Center Cedar Park, TX |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | | at Virginia ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 85–73 | 7–1 | John Paul Jones Arena (3,360) Charlottesville, VA |
| 12/06/2015* 1:00 pm | | Robert Morris | W 65–50 | 8–1 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,620) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/11/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 23 | at Iowa State Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series | L 66–69 | 8–2 | Hilton Coliseum (11,373) Ames, IA |
| 12/19/2015* 5:00 pm | | Bradley | W 60–53 | 9–2 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,051) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/22/2015* 5:00 pm | | Drake | W 89–76 | 10–2 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,430) Iowa City, IA |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2015 1:00 pm | | at Nebraska | W 74–68 | 11–2 (1–0) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,329) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/04/2016 7:00 pm, BTN | | Rutgers | W 69–65 | 12–2 (2–0) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,959) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/07/2016 6:00 pm | | at Michigan | L 75–82 | 12–3 (2–1) | Crisler Center (1,889) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 01/10/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | | No. 8 Maryland | L 56–76 | 12–4 (2–2) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,776) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/13/2016 7:00 pm | | at Wisconsin | W 57–54 | 13–4 (3–2) | Kohl Center (3,235) Madison, WI |
| 01/16/2016 3:30 pm, BTN | | at No. 18 Michigan State | L 73–80 | 13–5 (3–3) | Breslin Center (9,017) East Lansing, MI |
| 01/20/2016 7:00 pm | | Penn State | L 69–82 | 13–6 (3–4) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,873) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/24/2016 2:00 pm, BTN | | at Purdue | L 73–90 | 13–7 (3–5) | Mackey Arena (7,865) West Lafayette, IN |
| 01/28/2016 7:00 pm | | Michigan | W 85–69 | 14–7 (4–5) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,780) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/31/2016 2:00 pm | | at Northwestern | W 79–64 | 15–7 (5–5) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (2,016) Evanston, IL |
| 02/04/2016 6:00 pm, BTN | | at Indiana | L 74–79 | 15–8 (5–6) | Assembly Hall (2,421) Bloomington, IN |
| 02/07/2016 2:00 pm | | No. 17 Michigan State | L 55–62 | 15–9 (5–7) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,255) Iowa City, IA |
| 02/11/2016 7:30 pm, BTN | | No. 7 Ohio State | L 81–98 | 15–10 (5–8) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,667) Iowa City, IA |
| 02/15/2016 7:00 pm, BTN | | at Minnesota | L 76–78 | 15–11 (5–9) | Williams Arena (6,167) Minneapolis, MN |
| 02/18/2016 7:00 pm | | Purdue | W 63–55 | 16–11 (6–9) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,659) Iowa City, IA |
| 02/21/2016 2:00 pm | | Indiana | W 76–73 | 17–11 (7–9) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,838) Iowa City, IA |
| 02/24/2016 6:00 pm | | at Penn State | L 68–81 | 17–12 (7–10) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,812) University Park, PA |
| 02/27/2016 5:00 pm, BTN | | Illinois | W 61–56 | 18–12 (8–10) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,610) Iowa City, IA |
| Big Ten Conference Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2016 11:00 am, BTN | | vs. Michigan Second Round | W 97–85 | 19–12 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/04/2016 11:00 am, BTN | | vs. No. 5 Maryland Quarterfinals | L 55–75 | 19–13 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/17/2016* 7:00 pm | | Ball State First Round | L 72–77 | 19–14 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (2,039) Iowa City, IA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||