# 2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Mississippi State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth year head coach Vic Schaefer. They played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 28–8, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Chattanooga and Michigan State in the first and second rounds before getting dismantled by Connecticut by 60 points in the sweet sixteen, the largest defeat in Bulldogs women's basketball history.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/10/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 11 | Mississippi College | W 128–34 | | Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 5:15 pm | No. 11 | Samford | W 68–47 | 1–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (6,463) Starkville, MS |
| 11/21/2015* 1:00 pm | No. 10 | Grambling State | W 107–43 | 2–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (3,472) Starkville, MS |
| 11/24/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 8 | Mississippi Valley State | W 109–37 | 3–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (3,566) Starkville, MS |
| 11/27/2015* 6:00 pm | No. 8 | Norfolk State | W 92–34 | 4–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (3,894) Starkville, MS |
| 11/29/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 8 | Savannah State | W 92–25 | 5–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (3,672) Starkville, MS |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm, LHN | No. 9 | at No. 6 Texas | L 47–53 | 5–1 | Frank Erwin Center (2,887) Austin, TX |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 9 | Tennessee State | W 82–54 | 6–1 | Humphrey Coliseum (3,828) Starkville, MS |
| 12/13/2015* 3:00 pm | No. 9 | at Louisiana Tech | W 93–63 | 7–1 | Thomas Assembly Center (3,513) Ruston, LA |
| 12/16/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | Southern Miss | W 78–65 | 8–1 | Humphrey Coliseum (3,505) Starkville, MS |
| 12/19/2015* 10:00 am | No. 9 | vs. Florida Gulf Coast Puerto Rico Classic | W 65–60 | 9–1 | Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR |
| 12/20/2015* 12:15 pm | No. 9 | vs. Western Michigan Puerto Rico Classic | W 90–68 | 10–1 | Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez (370) Trujillo Alto, PR |
| 12/21/2015* 12:15 pm | No. 8 | vs. SMU Puerto Rico Classic | W 72–70 | 11–1 | Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR |
| 12/28/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 8 | Southeastern Louisiana | W 81–41 | 12–1 | Humphrey Coliseum (3,419) Starkville, MS |
| 12/30/2015* 3:30 pm, SECN | No. 8 | vs. No. 20 South Florida SEC/AAC Challenge | W 68–58 | 13–1 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL |
| SEC regular season ||||||
| 01/03/2016 12:00 pm, SECN | No. 8 | at Florida | W 76–70 | 14–1 (1–0) | O'Connell Center (1,378) Gainesville, FL |
| 01/07/2016 7:30 pm, SECN | No. 7 | Auburn | W 60–45 | 15–1 (2–0) | Humphrey Coliseum (4,610) Starkville, MS |
| 01/10/2016 2:00 pm | No. 7 | Arkansas | W 80–55 | 16–1 (3–0) | Humphrey Coliseum (5,712) Starkville, MS |
| 01/14/2016 7:00 pm | No. 7 | at No. 24 Missouri | L 54–66 | 16–2 (3–1) | Mizzou Arena (3,461) Columbia, MO |
| 01/18/2016 6:00 pm, SECN | No. 10 | Ole Miss | W 79–51 | 17–2 (4–1) | Humphrey Coliseum (7,128) Starkville, MS |
| 01/21/2016 6:00 pm | No. 10 | at Georgia | L 43–47 | 17–3 (4–2) | Stegeman Coliseum (1,920) Athens, GA |
| 01/24/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 10 | No. 2 South Carolina | L 51–57 | 17–4 (4–3) | Humphrey Coliseum (10,626) Starkville, MS |
| 01/28/2016 8:00 pm, SECN | No. 13 | No. 19 Tennessee | W 65–63 $^{OT}$ | 18–4 (5–3) | Humphrey Coliseum (5,710) Starkville, MS |
| 01/31/2016 2:00 pm | No. 13 | at Arkansas | W 65–55 | 19–4 (6–3) | Bud Walton Arena (5,273) Fayetteville, AR |
| 02/04/2016 8:00 pm, SECN | No. 11 | at LSU | W 71–52 | 20–4 (7–3) | Maravich Center (2,194) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/07/2016 2:00 pm | No. 11 | No. 21 Missouri | W 52–42 | 21–4 (8–3) | Humphrey Coliseum (4,521) Starkville, MS |
| 02/11/2016 6:00 pm, SECN | No. 11 | at No. 15 Texas A&M | L 58–64 | 21–5 (8–4) | Reed Arena (5,645) College Station, TX |
| 02/18/2016 6:00 pm, SECN | No. 14 | No. 16 Kentucky | L 60–83 | 21–6 (8–5) | Humphrey Coliseum (4,355) Starkville, MS |
| 02/21/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 14 | at Ole Miss | W 60–51 | 22–6 (9–5) | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (4,411) Oxford, MS |
| 02/25/2016 7:00 pm, SECN | No. 16 | at Vanderbilt | W 66–61 | 23–6 (10–5) | Memorial Gymnasium (2,466) Nashville, TN |
| 02/28/2016 2:00 pm | No. 16 | Alabama | W 61–52 | 24–6 (11–5) | Humphrey Coliseum (6,224) Starkville, MS |
| SEC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2016 7:30 pm, SECN | (3) No. 16 | vs. (11) Vanderbilt Quarterfinals | W 63–46 | 25–6 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (4,214) Jacksonville, FL |
| 03/05/2016 6:30 pm, ESPNU | (3) No. 16 | vs. (7) Tennessee Semifinals | W 58–48 | 26–6 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (5,632) Jacksonville, FL |
| 03/06/2016 1:30 pm, ESPN | (3) No. 16 | vs. (1) No. 3 South Carolina Championship Game | L 52–66 | 26–7 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (6,549) Jacksonville, FL |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 1:30 pm, ESPN2 | (5 B) No. 15 | (12 B) Chattanooga First Round | W 60–50 | 27–7 | Humphrey Coliseum (5,115) Starkville, MS |
| 03/20/2016* 1:30 pm, ESPN2 | (5 B) No. 15 | vs. (4 B) No. 16 Michigan State Second Round | W 74–72 | 28–7 | Humphrey Coliseum (7,094) Starkville, MS |
| 03/26/2016* 10:30 am, ESPN | (5 B) No. 15 | vs. (1 B) No. 1 Connecticut Sweet Sixteen | L 38–98 | 28–8 | Webster Bank Arena (8,898) Bridgeport, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
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## Rankings

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