# 2015–16 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team represented the University at Buffalo during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, led by fourth year head coach Felisha Legette-Jack, played their home games at Alumni Arena as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They won the MAC women's tournament and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time in school history, where they lost in the first round to Ohio State.

## NCAA invitation

Buffalo finished the regular-season tied for seventh in the conference and were assigned the eight seed for the 2016 MAC women's basketball tournament. In the first round game, they beat Bowling Green 64–44, then knocked off the top-seeded Ohio 72–60. After upsetting the fifth seed Akron 88–87 in the semifinals, they face the second-seeded Central Michigan for the tournament championship. This game would be even closer, as it would go to overtime. The game was still tied with 3.4 seconds left in the game. The ball was inbounded to Stephanie Reid who dribbled around a screen and put up a shot that went off the glass, and through the net to win the game 73–71. The win gave Buffalo the first ever championship of the Mid-America Conference and their first ever invitation to the NCAA tournament.

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2015* 7:00 pm | | Clarion | W 92–62 | | Alumni Arena Amherst, NY |
| 11/07/2015* 2:00 pm | | Daemen | W 79–56 | | Alumni Arena Amherst, NY |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2015* 2:00 pm | | LIU Brooklyn | W 55–38 | 1–0 | Alumni Arena (827) Amherst, NY |
| 11/17/2015* 7:00 pm | | Canisius | W 55–40 | 2–0 | Alumni Arena (816) Amherst, NY |
| 11/21/2015* 5:00 pm | | at Massachusetts | W 56–48 | 3–0 | Mullins Center (334) Amherst, MA |
| 11/25/2015* 2:00 pm | | Cornell | W 59–41 | 4–0 | Alumni Arena (785) Amherst, NY |
| 11/28/2015* 2:30 pm | | at Central Florida UCF Thanksgiving Classic | W 66–60 | 5–0 | CFE Arena (273) Orlando, FL |
| 11/29/2015* 12:00 pm | | vs. Clemson UCF Thanksgiving Classic | W 61–51 | 6–0 | CFE Arena (101) Orlando, FL |
| 12/03/2015* 7:00 pm | | at Hofstra | L 36–79 | 6–1 | Hofstra Arena (157) Hempstead, NY |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Duquesne | L 62–79 | 6–2 | Alumni Arena (832) Amherst, NY |
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 pm | | at St. Bonaventure | L 32–59 | 6–3 | Reilly Center (498) Olean, NY |
| 12/21/2015* 7:00 pm, TWCSC | | at Niagara | W 57–48 | 7–3 | Gallagher Center (320) Lewiston, NY |
| 12/29/2015* 7:00 pm | | at Sacred Heart | W 66–53 | 8–3 | William H. Pitt Center (201) Fairfield, CT |
| MAC regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2016 2:30 pm | | at Eastern Michigan | L 56–67 | 8–4 (0–1) | Convocation Center (1,089) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 01/06/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Central Michigan | W 67–61 | 9–4 (1–1) | Alumni Arena (875) Amherst, NY |
| 01/09/2016 2:00 pm | | at Kent State | W 77–66 | 10–4 (2–1) | MAC Center (433) Kent, OH |
| 01/13/2016 7:00 pm | | at Ball State | L 63–68 | 10–5 (2–2) | John E. Worthen Arena (953) Muncie, IN |
| 01/16/2016 1:00 pm | | Akron | L 61–69 | 10–6 (2–3) | Alumni Arena (816) Amherst, NY |
| 01/20/2016 7:00 pm | | Western Michigan | L 78–92 | 10–7 (2–4) | Alumni Arena (851) Amherst, NY |
| 01/23/2016 2:00 pm | | at Miami (OH) | L 58–69 | 10–8 (2–5) | Millett Hall (350) Oxford, OH |
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm | | at Northern Illinois | L 74–76 | 10–9 (2–6) | Convocation Center (407) DeKalb, IL |
| 02/03/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Ohio | W 51–43 | 11–9 (3–6) | Alumni Arena (350) Amherst, NY |
| 02/06/2016 1:00 pm | | Ball State | L 57–59 | 11–10 (3–7) | Alumni Arena (1,618) Amherst, NY |
| 02/10/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Toledo | L 60–71 | 11–11 (3–8) | Savage Arena (3,476) Toledo, OH |
| 02/13/2016 4:30 pm | | at Bowling Green | W 63–50 | 12–11 (4–8) | Stroh Center (2,513) Bowling Green, OH |
| 02/17/2016 7:00 pm | | Eastern Michigan | L 55–70 | 12–12 (4–9) | Alumni Arena (954) Amherst, NY |
| 02/20/2016 2:30 pm | | Miami (OH) | W 58–39 | 13–12 (5–9) | Alumni Arena Amherst, NY |
| 02/24/2016 7:00 pm | | Bowling Green | W 55–52 | 14–12 (6–9) | Alumni Arena (824) Amherst, NY |
| 02/27/2016 1:00 pm | | at Ohio | W 70–58 | 15–12 (7–9) | Convocation Center (3,326) Athens, OH |
| 03/02/2016 8:00 pm, ASN/ESPN3 | | at Akron | L 49–62 | 15–13 (7–10) | James A. Rhodes Arena (529) Akron, OH |
| 03/05/2016 2:00 pm | | Kent State | W 63–47 | 16–13 (8–10) | Alumni Arena (1,678) Amherst, NY |
| MAC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2016 5:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Bowling Green First Round | W 60–44 | 17–13 | Alumni Arena (807) Amherst, NY |
| 03/09/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Ohio Quarterfinals | W 72–60 | 18–13 | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH |
| 03/11/2016 12:00 pm, TWCSOH/BCSN | | vs. Akron Semifinals | W 88–87 | 19–13 | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH |
| 03/12/2016 1:00 pm, TWCSOH/BCSN | | vs. Central Michigan Championship Game | W 73–71 $^{OT}$ | 20–13 | Quicken Loans Arena (1,322) Cleveland, OH |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 2:30 pm, ESPN2 | (14 SF) | at (3 SF) No. 9 Ohio State First Round | L 69–88 | 20–14 | St. John Arena (2,626) Columbus, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||