# 2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented University of Nebraska–Lincoln during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, led by 14th year head coach Connie Yori, played their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 18–13, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Rutgers. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Northern Iowa in the first round.
On April 5, 2016, Connie Yori resigned following an alleged investigation into how she treated her players. She finished at Nebraska with a 14-year record of 280–166.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 08/04/2015* 5:00 am | at Frankston Lady Blues | L 72–81 | | Frankston Basketball Centre Frankston, Australia |
| 08/05/2015* 3:30 am | at Dandenong Rangers | L 41–72 | | Dandenong Stadium Melbourne, Australia |
| 08/06/2015* 4:30 am | at Cairns Dolphins | L 73–79 | | Cairns Basketball Stadium Cairns, Australia |
| 08/10/2015* | at Sydney Heat | W 76–56 | | Sydney, Australia |
| 11/01/2015* 2:00 pm | Nebraska–Kearney | W 92–54 | | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,900) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/08/2015* 2:00 pm | Winona State | W 96–66 | | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,926) Lincoln, NE |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2015* 11:30 am | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 96–46 | 1–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,953) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/16/2015* 7:00 pm | North Florida | W 91–46 | 2–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,475) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/21/2015* 2:00 pm | North Carolina Central | W 88–47 | 3–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,984) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/23/2015* 7:00 pm | Southern | W 89–38 | 4–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,748) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/28/2015* 12:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3 | at No. 1 Connecticut | L 46–88 | 4–1 | XL Center (10,113) Hartford, CT |
| 12/03/2015* 7:00 pm | NC State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 88–67 | 5–1 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,151) Lincoln, NE |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm | Creighton | W 65–63 | 6–1 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,056) Lincoln, NE |
| 12/08/2015* 7:00 pm | Evansville | W 85–40 | 7–1 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,614) Lincoln, NE |
| 12/12/2015* 7:00 pm, P12N | at No. 22 California | L 80–87 $^{OT}$ | 7–2 | Haas Pavilion (4,406) Berkeley, CA |
| 12/19/2015* 4:00 pm | Northern Arizona | W 90–67 | 8–2 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,775) Lincoln, NE |
| 12/21/2015* 7:00 pm | Arkansas State | W 79–71 | 9–2 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,991) Lincoln, NE |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2015 1:00 pm | Iowa | L 68–74 | 9–3 (0–1) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,329) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/03/2016 1:30 pm, BTN | at No. 14 Northwestern | L 62–85 | 9–4 (0–2) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,249) Evanston, IL |
| 01/07/2016 6:00 pm, BTN | at No. 8 Maryland | L 50–89 | 9–5 (0–3) | Xfinity Center (4,112) College Park, MD |
| 01/10/2016 2:00 pm | Illinois | W 73–57 | 10–5 (1–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,222) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/13/2016 6:00 pm | at Penn State | W 83–78 | 11–5 (2–3) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,745) University Park, PA |
| 01/16/2016 5:30 pm, BTN | Rutgers | W 65–54 | 12–5 (3–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,622) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/20/2016 6:00 pm | at Purdue | W 62–61 | 13–5 (4–3) | Mackey Arena (6,041) West Lafayette, IN |
| 01/24/2016 1:00 pm | at Michigan | W 93–81 | 14–5 (5–3) | Crisler Center (3,082) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm | Wisconsin | W 75–62 | 15–5 (6–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,349) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/30/2016 1:00 pm | at Rutgers | L 56–66 | 15–6 (6–4) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,815) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/02/2016 7:00 pm, BTN | Penn State | W 87–69 | 16–6 (7–4) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,486) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/07/2016 1:00 pm | at Indiana | L 47–59 | 16–7 (7–5) | Assembly Hall (3,370) Bloomington, IN |
| 02/11/2016 7:00 pm | at Minnesota | L 73–110 | 16–8 (7–6) | Williams Arena (3,945) Minneapolis, MN |
| 02/14/2016 3:00 pm, BTN | No. 17 Michigan State | W 73–66 | 17–8 (8–6) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (8,338) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/18/2016 5:00 pm, BTN | at No. 5 Ohio State | L 70–96 | 17–9 (8–7) | Value City Arena (5,243) Columbus, OH |
| 02/21/2016 2:00 pm, BTN | Purdue | L 50–68 | 17–10 (8–8) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,671) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/24/2016 7:00 pm | Indiana | L 68–79 | 17–11 (8–9) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,376) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/28/2016 3:00 pm, BTN | Northwestern | W 76–67 | 18–11 (9–9) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,596) Lincoln, NE |
| Big Ten Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2016 5:30 pm, BTN | vs. Rutgers Second Round | L 63–66 | 18–12 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/17/2016* 7:00 pm | Northern Iowa First Round | L 62–64 | 18–13 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (2,942) Lincoln, NE |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
Source

## Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |