# 2015–16 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team represented Colorado State University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Rams, led by fourth year head coach Ryun Williams, played their home games at Moby Arena and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 31–2, 18–0 in Mountain West play to win the regular season championship. They also won the Mountain West women's tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to South Florida in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2015* 7:00 pm | | USC Aiken | W 77–43 | | Moby Arena (895) Fort Collins, CO |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 7:00 pm | | Western State (Colorado) | W 84–42 | 1–0 | Moby Arena (1,173) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/17/2015* 7:00 pm | | Incarnate Word | W 60–37 | 2–0 | Moby Arena (688) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/21/2015* 7:00 pm | | BYU | W 61–55 | 3–0 | Moby Arena (1,057) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/24/2015* 5:00 pm | | at Penn | L 48–49 | 3–1 | Palestra (393) Philadelphia, PA |
| 11/27/2015* 1:30 pm | | vs. Morgan State Navy Classic semifinals | W 54–36 | 4–1 | Alumni Hall (607) Annapolis, MD |
| 11/28/2015* 4:00 pm | | at Navy Navy Classic championship | W 82–73 $^{2OT}$ | 5–1 | Alumni Hall (317) Annapolis, MD |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | | Colorado Rivalry | W 64–63 | 6–1 | Moby Arena (2,049) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/08/2015* 7:00 pm, CET | | at Northern Colorado Rivalry | W 62–46 | 7–1 | Bank of Colorado Arena (907) Greeley, CO |
| 12/10/2015* 7:00 pm | | Montana | W 75–44 | 8–1 | Moby Arena (1,127) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/13/2015* 7:00 pm | | Oklahoma Panhandle State | W 90–45 | 9–1 | Moby Arena (972) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/20/2015* 4:00 pm | | at Denver | W 74–46 | 10–1 | Magness Arena (495) Denver, CO |
| Mountain West regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2016 2:00 pm | | Boise State | W 68–64 | 11–1 (1–0) | Moby Arena (1,776) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/06/2016 8:00 pm | | at UNLV | W 64–56 | 12–1 (2–0) | Cox Pavilion (842) Paradise, NV |
| 01/09/2016 2:00 pm | | San Jose State | W 76–54 | 13–1 (3–0) | Moby Arena (1,612) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/13/2016 7:30 pm | | at San Diego State | W 60–57 | 14–1 (4–0) | Viejas Arena (255) San Diego, CA |
| 01/16/2016 2:00 pm | | at Utah State | W 69–49 | 15–1 (5–0) | Smith Spectrum (577) Logan, UT |
| 01/20/2016 7:00 pm | | Air Force | W 71–47 | 16–1 (6–0) | Moby Arena (1,225) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/27/2016 8:00 pm | | at San Jose State | W 80–78 | 17–1 (7–0) | Event Center Arena (492) San Jose, CA |
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm | | Wyoming Border War | W 63–42 | 18–1 (8–0) | Moby Arena (2,837) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/03/2016 7:00 pm | | San Diego State | W 70–54 | 19–1 (9–0) | Moby Arena (1,005) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/06/2016 5:00 pm | | at Nevada | W 64–37 | 20–1 (10–0) | Lawlor Events Center (819) Reno, NV |
| 02/10/2016 7:00 pm | | at Boise State | W 83–51 | 21–1 (11–0) | Taco Bell Arena (1,545) Boise, ID |
| 02/13/2016 2:00 pm | | UNLV | W 83–52 | 22–1 (12–0) | Moby Arena (2,353) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/17/2016 7:00 pm | | Utah State | W 91–64 | 23–1 (13–0) | Moby Arena (1,505) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/20/2016 2:00 pm | | at Wyoming Border War | W 62–57 | 24–1 (14–0) | Arena-Auditorium (3,269) Laramie, WY |
| 02/24/2016 7:00 pm | No. 25 | at New Mexico | W 49–48 | 25–1 (15–0) | The Pit (6,107) Albuquerque, NM |
| 02/27/2016 2:00 pm | No. 25 | Nevada | W 74–56 | 26–1 (16–0) | Moby Arena (2,376) Fort Collins, CO |
| 03/01/2016 7:00 pm | No. 22 | Fresno State | W 68–55 | 27–1 (17–0) | Moby Arena (2,114) Fort Collins, CO |
| 03/04/2016 7:00 pm | No. 22 | at Air Force | W 81–48 | 28–1 (18–0) | Clune Arena (717) Colorado Springs, CO |
| Mountain West Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2016 1:00 pm | (1) No. 22 | vs. (9) San Diego State Quarterfinals | W 53–41 | 29–1 | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV |
| 03/09/2016 7:30 pm | (1) No. 22 | vs. (4) New Mexico Semifinals | W 60–42 | 30–1 | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV |
| 03/11/2016 1:00 pm | (1) No. 22 | vs. (2) Fresno State Championship Game | W 55–54 | 31–1 | Thomas & Mack Center (3,219) Paradise, NV |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/19/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | (11 B) No. 22 | vs. (6 B) No. 21 South Florida First Round | L 45–48 | 31–2 | Pauley Pavilion (2,552) Los Angeles, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport region. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |