# 2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by ninth-year head coach Jeff Walz, played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center and were in their second year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 15–1 in ACC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC women's tournament, where they lost to Syracuse. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Central Arkansas in the first round before losing to DePaul in the second round.

## Media

Once again select Cardinals games will be broadcast on WHAS. Some of the games will be on the ACC RSN. Additional ACC games will air on ESPN3.
All Cardinals basketball games will air on Learfield Sports on WKRD 790 AM or WVKY 101.7 FM, depending on conflicts with Louisville and Kentucky football and men's basketball games.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/15/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 8 | California | L 71–75 | 0–1 | KFC Yum! Center (16,524) Louisville, KY |
| 11/21/2015* 3:30 pm, FCS | No. 16 | at WKU | L 69–71 | 0–2 | E. A. Diddle Arena (3,176) Bowling Green, KY |
| 11/27/2015* 5:00 pm | No. 22 | vs. Marist Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals | W 65–53 | 1–2 | Germain Arena (1,257) Eastero, FL |
| 11/28/2015* 7:30 pm | No. 22 | vs. Purdue Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals | L 60–62 | 1–3 | Germain Arena (1,407) Eastero, FL |
| 11/29/2015* 5:00 pm | No. 22 | vs. Dayton Gulf Coast Showcase 3rd place game | L 66–79 | 1–4 | Germain Arena Eastero, FL |
| 12/03/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 19 Michigan State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 85–78 | 2–4 | Breslin Center (5,721) East Lansing, MI |
| 12/05/2015* 4:00 pm | | Valparaiso | W 75–42 | 3–4 | KFC Yum! Center (8,274) Louisville, KY |
| 12/10/2015* 7:00 pm, SECN | | at No. 8 Kentucky The Battle for the Bluegrass | L 54–72 | 3–5 | Rupp Arena (14,425) Lexington, KY |
| 12/13/2015* 2:00 pm | | IUPUI | W 70–61 | 4–5 | KFC Yum! Center (8,686) Louisville, KY |
| 12/15/2015* 7:00 pm | | Dartmouth | W 94–42 | 5–5 | KFC Yum! Center (7,971) Louisville, KY |
| 12/18/2015* 7:00 pm | | at Tennessee Tech | W 76–54 | 6–5 | Eblen Center (943) Cookeville, TN |
| 12/20/2015* 2:00 pm | | at College of Charleston | W 71–67 | 7–5 | TD Arena (517) Charleston, SC |
| 12/28/2015* 7:00 pm | | Tennessee–Martin | W 88–66 | 8–5 | KFC Yum! Center (8,690) Louisville, KY |
| 01/01/2016 4:00 pm, ESPNU | | No. 15 Florida State | W 79–69 | 9–5 (1–0) | KFC Yum! Center (9,126) Louisville, KY |
| 01/03/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Georgia Tech | W 78–65 | 10–5 (2–0) | Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,982) Atlanta, GA |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Virginia Tech | W 56–45 | 11–5 (3–0) | KFC Yum! Center (7,891) Louisville, KY |
| 01/10/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | No. 18 Duke | W 65–48 | 12–5 (4–0) | KFC Yum! Center (11,342) Louisville, KY |
| 01/14/2016 7:00 pm | No. 23 | at Virginia | W 59–41 | 13–5 (5–0) | John Paul Jones Arena (2,880) Charlottesville, VA |
| 01/17/2016 2:00 pm | No. 23 | at NC State | W 92–90 | 14–5 (6–0) | Broughton HS (2,313) Raleigh, NC |
| 01/25/2016 7:00 pm, RSN | No. 14 | at Syracuse | W 71–53 | 15–5 (7–0) | Carrier Dome (549) Syracuse, NY |
| 01/28/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 14 | Clemson | W 75–33 | 16–5 (8–0) | KFC Yum! Center (8,379) Louisville, KY |
| 01/31/2016 1:00 pm, RSN | No. 14 | Wake Forest | W 78–54 | 17–5 (9–0) | KFC Yum! Center (9,673) Louisville, KY |
| 02/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 13 | at North Carolina | W 78–60 | 18–5 (10–0) | Carmichael Arena (2,176) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 02/07/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 13 | No. 3 Notre Dame | L 61–66 | 18–6 (10–1) | KFC Yum! Center (13,837) Louisville, KY |
| 02/11/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 12 | at Pittsburgh | W 84–61 | 19–6 (11–1) | Peterson Events Center (806) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 02/15/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 11 | No. 19 South Florida | W 67–50 | 20–6 | KFC Yum! Center (7,941) Louisville, KY |
| 02/18/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 11 | Virginia | W 74–59 | 21–6 (12–1) | KFC Yum! Center (8,736) Louisville, KY |
| 02/21/2016 1:00 pm | No. 11 | at Boston College | W 55–45 | 22–6 (13–1) | Conte Forum (1,454) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 02/27/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 10 | at No. 17 Miami (FL) | W 79–51 | 23–6 (14–1) | BankUnited Center (1,378) Coral Gables, FL |
| 02/28/2016 12:30 pm, RSN | No. 10 | Pittsburgh | W 65–36 | 24–6 (15–1) | KFC Yum! Center (11,641) Louisville, KY |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2016 6:00 pm, RSN | No. 7 | vs. Georgia Tech Quarterfinals | W 60–50 | 25–6 | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
| 03/05/2016 2:30 pm, ESPNU | No. 7 | vs. No. 17 Syracuse Semifinals | L 75–80 | 25–7 | Greensboro Coliseum (5,871) Greensboro, NC |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 2:30 pm, ESPN2 | (3 D) No. 8 | (14 D) Central Arkansas First Round | W 87–60 | 26–7 | KFC Yum! Center (5,823) Louisville, KY |
| 03/20/2016* 2:30 pm, ESPN2 | (3 D) No. 8 | (6 D) No. 20 DePaul Second Round | L 72–73 | 26–8 | KFC Yum! Center (7,515) Louisville, KY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. D=Dallas Region. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
Source

## Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |