# 2015–16 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The team's head coach is Melanie Balcomb, in her fourteenth season at Vanderbilt. The team played their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee, as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 18–14, 5–11 in SEC play to finish in eleventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to Mississippi State.
On April 27, it was announced that Melanie Balcomb has resigned her position. She finished at Vanderbilt with a 14-year record of 310–149.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/07/2015* 3:00 pm | Clayton State | W 96–32 | | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/15/2015* 2:00 pm | Mississippi Valley State | W 89–39 | 1–0 | Memorial Gymnasium (2,264) Nashville, TN |
| 11/18/2015* 6:00 pm | at Dayton | L 56–81 | 1–1 | UD Arena (1,637) Dayton, OH |
| 11/21/2015* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Green Bay | L 56–58 | 1–2 | Kress Events Center (2,351) Green Bay, WI |
| 11/23/2015* 11:30 am | Presbyterian | W 56–38 | 2–2 | Memorial Gymnasium (5,351) Nashville, TN |
| 11/27/2015* 12:00 pm | Austin Peay Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals | W 73–56 | 3–2 | Memorial Gymnasium (2,447) Nashville, TN |
| 11/28/2015* 2:30 pm | Ohio Thanksgiving Tournament championship | W 62–59 | 4–2 | Memorial Gymnasium (2,462) Nashville, TN |
| 11/30/2015* 8:00 pm, SECN | Air Force | W 86–29 | 5–2 | Memorial Gymnasium (2,213) Nashville, TN |
| 12/03/2015* 6:00 pm | at Drexel | W 74–64 | 6–2 | Daskalakis Athletic Center (539) Philadelphia, PA |
| 12/05/2015* 1:00 pm | East Tennessee State | W 65–39 | 7–2 | Memorial Gymnasium (2,264) Nashville, TN |
| 12/10/2015* 7:00 pm | Troy | W 97–43 | 8–2 | Memorial Gymnasium (2,528) Nashville, TN |
| 12/21/2015* 12:00 pm | Tennessee–Martin | W 64–61 | 9–2 | Memorial Gymnasium (2,574) Nashville, TN |
| 12/29/2015* 3:00 pm | vs. New Mexico State Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals | W 71–45 | 10–2 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (832) Bronx, NY |
| 12/30/2015* 2:30 pm | at Fordham Fordham Holiday Classic championship | W 53–40 | 11–2 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (622) Bronx, NY |
| SEC regular season ||||||
| 01/03/2016 2:00 pm | at Ole Miss | L 52–55 | 11–3 (0–1) | Tad Smith Coliseum (1,283) Oxford, MS |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm, SECN | No. 2 South Carolina | L 61–71 | 11–4 (0–2) | Memorial Gymnasium (2,547) Nashville, TN |
| 01/10/2016 2:00 pm | at Alabama | W 54–48 | 12–4 (1–2) | Foster Auditorium (3,023) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 01/14/2016 7:00 pm | LSU | W 58–42 | 13–4 (2–2) | Memorial Gymnasium (2,332) Nashville, TN |
| 01/21/2016 6:00 pm, SECN | at No. 18 Tennessee Rivalry | L 49–58 | 13–5 (2–3) | Thompson–Boling Arena (11,159) Knoxville, TN |
| 01/25/2016 6:00 pm, SECN | Alabama | W 67–52 | 14–5 (3–3) | Memorial Gymnasium (2,961) Nashville, TN |
| 01/28/2016 6:00 pm | at No. 12 Kentucky | W 71–69 | 15–5 (4–3) | Memorial Coliseum (5,193) Lexington, KY |
| 01/31/2016 2:00 pm | Georgia | L 58–64 | 15–6 (4–4) | Memorial Gymnasium (3,111) Nashville, TN |
| 02/04/2016 6:00 pm | at Auburn | L 45–53 | 15–7 (4–5) | Auburn Arena (2,176) Auburn, AL |
| 02/08/2016 6:00 pm | at Arkansas | L 56–57 | 15–8 (4–6) | Bud Walton Arena (1,946) Fayetteville, AR |
| 02/11/2016 8:00 pm, SECN | No. 25 Tennessee Rivalry | L 51–69 | 15–9 (4–7) | Memorial Gymnasium (4,980) Nashville, TN |
| 02/14/2016 3:00 pm, SECN | No. 18 Kentucky | L 55–71 | 15–10 (4–8) | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN |
| 02/18/2016 6:00 pm | at No. 22 Florida | L 67–79 | 15–11 (4–9) | O'Connell Center (1,439) Gainesville, FL |
| 02/21/2016 4:00 pm, SECN | No. 12 Texas A&M | L 63–75 | 15–12 (4–10) | Memorial Gymnasium (2,975) Nashville, TN |
| 02/25/2016 7:00 pm, SECN | No. 16 Mississippi State | L 61–66 | 15–13 (4–11) | Memorial Gymnasium (2,466) Nashville, TN |
| 02/28/2016 1:00 pm, SECN | at No. 24 Missouri | W 56–52 | 16–13 (5–11) | Mizzou Arena (5,998) Columbia, MO |
| SEC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2016 12:30 pm, SECN | vs. Ole Miss First Round | W 74–59 | 17–13 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL |
| 03/03/2016 7:30 pm, SECN | vs. Georgia Second Round | W 54–49 $^{OT}$ | 18–13 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (3,094) Jacksonville, FL |
| 03/04/2016 7:30 pm, SECN | vs. No. 16 Mississippi State Quarterfinals | L 46–63 | 18–14 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (4,214) Jacksonville, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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