# 2015–16 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team represented Rutgers University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Scarlet Knights, led by twenty-first year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, better known as The RAC, as second year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 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 Ohio State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Georgetown in the first round before losing to Virginia in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 5:00 pm | at Saint Joseph's | W 78–65 | 1–0 | Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA |
| 11/16/2015* 7:00 pm, FS2 | at Seton Hall | L 49–77 | 1–1 | Walsh Gymnasium (1,628) South Orange, NJ |
| 11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | St. John's | L 62–69 | 1–2 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,226) Piscataway, NJ |
| 11/22/2015* 2:00 pm | Temple | W 61–51 | 2–2 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,725) Piscataway, NJ |
| 11/26/2015* 3:15 pm | vs. Tulane Paradise Jam tournament Island Division | W 75–51 | 3–2 | Sports and Fitness Center (488) Saint Thomas, USVI |
| 11/27/2015* 3:15 pm | vs. Virginia Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division | W 60–48 | 4–2 | Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI |
| 11/28/2015* 3:15 pm | vs. Green Bay Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division | W 54–43 | 5–2 | Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI |
| 12/03/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at No. 13 Florida State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 43–65 | 5–3 | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,699) Tallahassee, FL |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm | Arkansas | W 60–40 | 6–3 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,810) Piscataway, NJ |
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 pm | Iona | W 58–33 | 7–3 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,599) Piscataway, NJ |
| 12/13/2015* 4:00 pm | Savannah State | W 65–26 | 8–3 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,645) Piscataway, NJ |
| 12/19/2015* 2:00 pm, BTN | LSU | W 69–57 | 9–3 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,254) Piscataway, NJ |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2015 1:00 pm | Minnesota | W 66–55 | 10–3 (1–0) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,057) Piscataway, NJ |
| 01/04/2016 8:00 pm, BTN | at Iowa | L 65–69 | 10–4 (1–1) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,959) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm | Wisconsin | W 61–41 | 11–4 (2–1) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,873) Piscataway, NJ |
| 01/10/2016 2:00 pm | at No. 5 Ohio State | L 78–90 | 11–5 (2–2) | Value City Arena (6,081) Columbus, OH |
| 01/13/2016 7:00 pm | Illinois | W 67–54 | 12–5 (3–2) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,829) Piscataway, NJ |
| 01/16/2016 6:30 pm, BTN | at Nebraska | L 54–65 | 12–6 (3–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,622) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/19/2016 6:00 pm, BTN | at No. 21 Michigan State | L 48–59 | 12–7 (3–4) | Breslin Center (4,911) East Lansing, MI |
| 01/24/2016 3:00 pm | No. 7 Ohio State | L 58–67 | 12–8 (3–5) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,510) Piscataway, NJ |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm | at Indiana | L 48–64 | 12–9 (3–6) | Assembly Hall (2,496) Bloomington, IN |
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm | Nebraska | W 66–56 | 13–9 (4–6) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,815) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/04/2016 8:00 pm | at Minnesota | L 72–85 | 13–10 (4–7) | Williams Arena (2,754) Minneapolis, MN |
| 02/07/2016 2:00 pm | at Penn State | W 74–62 | 14–10 (5–7) | Bryce Jordan Center (3,677) University Park, PA |
| 02/10/2016 7:00 pm | Northwestern | W 61–59 | 15–10 (6–7) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (3,177) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/13/2016 6:00 pm, BTN | at Illinois | W 63–56 | 16–10 (7–7) | State Farm Center (2,450) Champaign, IL |
| 02/18/2016 7:00 pm | No. 25 Michigan State | L 67–70 | 16–11 (7–8) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,156) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/21/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 6 Maryland | L 59–73 | 16–12 (7–9) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (3,755) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/25/2016 6:30 pm, BTN | at Purdue | L 68–75 $^{OT}$ | 16–13 (7–10) | Mackey Arena (5,821) West Lafayette, IN |
| 02/28/2016 2:00 pm, BTN | Michigan | W 72–50 | 17–13 (8–10) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (3,505) Piscataway, NJ |
| Big Ten Women's tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2016 6:30 pm, BTN | vs. Nebraska Second Round | W 66–63 | 18–13 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/04/2016 6:30 pm, BTN | vs. No. 9 Ohio State Quarterfinals | L 58–73 | 18–14 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/17/2016* 7:00 pm | Georgetown First Round | W 57–55 | 19–14 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (453) Piscataway, NJ |
| 03/20/2016* 2:00 pm | Virginia Second Round | L 55–71 | 19–15 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (597) Piscataway, NJ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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