# 2015–16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by twenty-ninth year head coach Muffet McGraw, play their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center and were third year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season with 33–2, 16–0 in ACC play to win both of the ACC Regular Season and Tournament. They earn an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeat North Carolina A&T and Indiana in both the first and second rounds before losing to Stanford in the sweet sixteen, which ended 5 straight Final Four appearances.

## Media

All Notre Dame games will air on WHPZ Pulse 96.9 FM. Games are streamed online live.

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/07/2015* 1:00 pm | No. 3 | Wayne State | W 101–52 | | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,088) South Bend, IN |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/15/2015* 1:00 pm | No. 3 | Bucknell | W 85–54 | 1–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,948) South Bend, IN |
| 11/18/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 3 | Toledo | W 74–39 | 2–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,474) South Bend, IN |
| 11/21/2015* 3:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 3 | at South Dakota State | W 75–64 | 3–0 | Frost Arena (5,532) Brookings, SD |
| 11/23/2015* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 3 | at Valparaiso | W 110–54 | 4–0 | Athletics–Recreation Center (1,371) Valparaiso, IN |
| 11/27/2015* 3:15 pm | No. 3 | vs. Denver Junkanoo Jam Freeport Division semifinals | W 94–52 | 5–0 | St. Georges High School (375) Grand Bahama Island |
| 11/28/2015* 3:15 pm | No. 3 | vs. UCLA Junkanoo Jam Freeport Division championship | W 92–84 $^{OT}$ | 6–0 | St. Georges High School (683) Grand Bahama Island |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 3 | No. 10 Ohio State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 75–72 | 7–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,609) South Bend, IN |
| 12/05/2015* 5:15 pm, ESPN | No. 3 | at No. 1 Connecticut Jimmy V Classic/Rivalry | L 81–91 | 7–1 | Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT |
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 3 | No. 18 DePaul | W 95–90 | 8–1 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,207) South Bend, IN |
| 12/12/2015* 12:00 pm, FSN | No. 3 | at TCU | W 88–72 | 9–1 | University Recreation Center (1,628) Fort Worth, TX |
| 12/21/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 3 | at Saint Joseph's | W 91–55 | 10–1 | Hagan Arena (3,411) Philadelphia, PA |
| 12/28/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 3 | No. 10 Oregon State | W 62–61 | 11–1 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,860) South Bend, IN |
| 12/30/2015 7:00 pm | No. 3 | Georgia Tech | W 85–76 | 12–1 (1–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN |
| 01/03/2016 3:00 pm, RSN | No. 3 | at Pittsburgh | W 65–55 | 13–1 (2–0) | Peterson Events Center (3,610) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm | No. 3 | at Virginia | W 74–46 | 14–1 (3–0) | John Paul Jones Arena (3,394) Charlottesville, VA |
| 01/10/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 3 | North Carolina | W 88–54 | 15–1 (4–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,942) South Bend, IN |
| 01/14/2016 7:00 pm | No. 3 | at Boston College | W 63–50 | 16–1 (5–0) | Conte Forum (1,179) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 01/18/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 3 | No. 18 Tennessee | W 79–66 | 17–1 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,961) South Bend, IN |
| 01/21/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 3 | Syracuse | W 90–62 | 18–1 (6–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,312) South Bend, IN |
| 01/24/2016 1:00 pm | No. 3 | Virginia Tech | W 80–41 | 19–1 (7–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,958) South Bend, IN |
| 01/28/2016 7:00 pm, RSN | No. 3 | at Georgia Tech | W 54–42 | 20–1 (8–0) | Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,908) Atlanta, GA |
| 02/01/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 3 | at Duke | W 68–61 | 21–1 (9–0) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,159) Durham, NC |
| 02/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 3 | NC State | W 82–46 | 22–1 (10–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,835) South Bend, IN |
| 02/07/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 3 | at No. 13 Louisville | W 66–61 | 23–1 (11–0) | KFC Yum! Center (13,837) Louisville, KY |
| 02/14/2016 1:00 pm, RSN | No. 3 | No. 19 Miami (FL) | W 90–69 | 24–1 (12–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN |
| 02/18/2016 7:00 pm | No. 2 | at Wake Forest | W 86–52 | 25–1 (13–0) | LJVM Coliseum (692) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 02/22/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 2 | at No. 12 Florida State | W 73–66 | 26–1 (14–0) | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (5,319) Tallahassee, FL |
| 02/25/2016 7:00 pm | No. 2 | Clemson | W 71–52 | 27–1 (15–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,378) South Bend, IN |
| 02/27/2016 1:00 pm | No. 2 | Boston College | W 70–48 | 28–1 (16–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2016 2:00 pm, RSN | No. 2 | vs. Duke Quarterfinals | W 83–54 | 29–1 | Greensboro Coliseum (3,148) Greensboro, NC |
| 03/05/2016 12:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 2 | vs. No. 21 Miami (FL) Semifinals | W 78–67 | 30–1 | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
| 03/06/2016 12:30 pm, ESPN | No. 2 | vs. No. 17 Syracuse Championship Game | W 68–57 | 31–1 | Greensboro Coliseum (5,017) Greensboro, NC |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/19/2016* 6:30 pm, ESPN2 | (1 L) No. 2 | (16 L) North Carolina A&T First round | W 95–61 | 32–1 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,310) South Bend, IN |
| 03/21/2016* 6:30 pm, ESPN2 | (1 L) No. 2 | (9 L) Indiana Second round | W 87–70 | 33–1 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,750) South Bend, IN |
| 03/25/2016* 9:30 pm, ESPN | (1 L) No. 2 | vs. (4 L) No. 13 Stanford Sweet Sixteen | L 84–90 | 33–2 | Rupp Arena (8,509) Lexington, KY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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