# 2015–16 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team represented the University of Hartford during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawks were led by seventeenth year Women's Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Jennifer Rizzotti and played their home games in the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 11–19, 7–9 in America East play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East women's tournament to Stony Brook.
On April 15, 2016, it was announced that Rizzotti had resigned from Hartford and accepted the coaching position at George Washington. She finished at Hartford with a 17-year record of 316–200.

## Media

All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WWUH.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 7:00 pm | Cornell | W 53–50 | 1–0 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (862) West Hartford, CT |
| 11/15/2015* 7:00 pm | at Sacred Heart | W 68–67 | 2–0 | William H. Pitt Center (312) Fairfield, CT |
| 11/19/2015* 11:00 am | at Quinnipiac | L 69–71 $^{OT}$ | 2–1 | TD Bank Sports Center (1,329) Hamden, CT |
| 11/22/2015* 2:00 pm | Lafayette | W 55–50 | 3–1 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (802) West Hartford, CT |
| 11/25/2015* 12:00 pm | at Providence | L 50–69 | 3–2 | Alumni Hall (802) Providence, RI |
| 11/27/2015* 7:00 pm | at Michigan | L 47–83 | 3–3 | Crisler Center (2,004) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | Central Connecticut Rivalry | W 49–41 | 4–3 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,402) West Hartford, CT |
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 pm | at Boston College | L 28–62 | 4–4 | Conte Forum (411) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 12/12/2015* 2:00 pm | Dartmouth | L 36–43 | 4–5 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (883) West Hartford, CT |
| 12/14/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 21 Arizona State | L 29–60 | 4–6 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,822) West Hartford, CT |
| 12/22/2015* 2:00 pm | at Massachusetts | L 56–63 | 4–7 | Mullins Center (256) Amherst, MA |
| 12/30/2015* 7:00 pm | at George Washington | L 51–82 | 4–8 | Charles E. Smith Center (915) Washington, D.C. |
| 01/02/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Florida Gulf Coast | L 44–64 | 4–9 | Alico Arena (2,217) Fort Myers, FL |
| America East regular season ||||||
| 01/06/2016 7:00 pm | UMass Lowell | W 72–59 | 5–9 (1–0) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (784) West Hartford, CT |
| 01/13/2016 7:00 pm | Binghamton | L 47–53 | 5–10 (1–1) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (825) West Hartford, CT |
| 01/16/2016 2:00 pm | at Vermont | W 51–47 | 6–10 (2–1) | Patrick Gym (481) Burlington, VT |
| 01/18/2016 5:00 pm | at Stony Brook | L 35–58 | 6–11 (2–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (816) Stony Brook, NY |
| 01/21/2016 7:00 pm | UMBC | W 65–57 | 7–11 (3–2) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,012) West Hartford, CT |
| 01/24/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | New Hampshire | W 48–44 | 8–11 (4–2) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,091) West Hartford, CT |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm | at Maine | L 43–61 | 8–12 (4–3) | Cross Insurance Center (1,559) Bangor, ME |
| 01/31/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Albany | L 41–78 | 8–13 (4–4) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,516) West Hartford, CT |
| 02/03/2016 7:00 pm | at UMass Lowell | W 75–70 $^{OT}$ | 9–13 (5–4) | Costello Athletic Center (449) Lowell, MA |
| 02/08/2016 7:00 pm | Stony Brook | L 42–45 | 9–14 (5–5) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (816) West Hartford, CT |
| 02/11/2016 7:00 pm | at Binghamton | W 41–39 | 10–14 (6–5) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,266) Vestal, NY |
| 02/14/2016 2:00 pm | Vermont | W 52–50 $^{OT}$ | 11–14 (7–5) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,440) West Hartford, CT |
| 02/17/2016 7:00 pm | at UMBC | L 51–58 | 11–15 (7–6) | Retriever Activities Center (486) Catonsville, MD |
| 02/20/2016 1:00 pm | at New Hampshire | L 42–53 | 11–16 (7–7) | Lundholm Gym (384) Durham, NH |
| 02/24/2016 7:00 pm | Maine | L 44–50 | 11–17 (7–8) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,091) West Hartford, CT |
| 02/28/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Albany | L 39–84 | 11–18 (7–9) | SEFCU Arena (1,647) Albany, NY |
| America East Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2016 2:15 pm, ESPN3 | vs. Stony Brook Quarterfinals | L 42–60 | 11–19 | Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||