# 2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by ninth year head coach Courtney Banghart, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League.
During the DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic championship game on November 28, senior guard Michelle Miller became the 23rd Princeton women's basketball player to surpass the 1,000-point mark. In the February 7 game against Harvard, senior forward and team co-captain Alex Wheatley scored her 1,000th career point.
Princeton finished the regular season with a 23–5 overall record and 12–2 in the Ivy League. Their only two conference losses came against Pennsylvania, who won the season-ending championship game. The Tigers were an at-large selection to the NCAA tournament, notably becoming the first-ever Ivy League team to earn an at-large bid in either the men's or women's NCAA Tournament. However, they lost in the first round to West Virginia.

## Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2014–15 season at 31–1, 14–0 to win the Ivy League regular season title to earn an automatic trip to the 2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Maryland in the second round. The Tigers' No. 13 ranking in both the Associated Press Top-25 and USA Today Coaches polls were the highest in conference history. Princeton's No. 8 seed was the best an Ivy program has ever earned, and the Tigers' first round win over Green Bay was just the second NCAA victory for an Ivy team, joining No. 16 Harvard's upset over No. 1 Stanford in 1998.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 13, 2015* 7:00 pm | | American | W 72–34 | 1–0 | Jadwin Gymnasium (864) Princeton, NJ |
| Nov 15, 2015* 2:00 pm | | Duquesne | W 94–66 | 2–0 | Jadwin Gymnasium (578) Princeton, NJ |
| Nov 19, 2015* 7:00 pm, FS2 | | at Seton Hall | L 64–71 | 2–1 | Walsh Gymnasium (1,130) South Orange, NJ |
| Nov 24, 2015* 7:00 pm | | at Rider | W 78–59 | 3–1 | Alumni Gymnasium (478) Lawrenceville, NJ |
| Nov 27, 2015* 10:00 am | | vs. UC Irvine DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic semifinals | W 83–42 | 4–1 | Gersten Pavilion (471) Los Angeles, CA |
| Nov 28, 2015* 6:30 pm | | vs. Seattle DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic championship | W 85–48 | 5–1 | Gersten Pavilion (367) Los Angeles, CA |
| Dec 6, 2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | | Michigan | W 74–57 | 6–1 | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,851) Princeton, NJ |
| Dec 9, 2015* 7:00 pm | | Monmouth | W 81–70 | 7–1 | Jadwin Gymnasium (468) Princeton, NJ |
| Dec 12, 2015* 3:00 pm | | Pittsburgh | W 61–47 | 8–1 | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,002) Princeton, NJ |
| Dec 14, 2015* 7:00 pm | | Fordham | W 55–44 | 9–1 | Jadwin Gymnasium (559) Princeton, NJ |
| Dec 18, 2015* 7:00 pm | | at No. 10 Ohio State | L 70–90 | 9–2 | Value City Arena (4,639) Columbus, OH |
| Dec 20, 2015* 2:00 pm | | at Dayton | L 81–85 | 9–3 | UD Arena (2,385) Dayton, OH |
| Dec 29, 2015* 7:00 pm | | at Marist | W 77–44 | 10–3 | McCann Arena (1,358) Poughkeepsie, NY |
| Jan 3, 2016* 2:00 pm | | Hampton | W 79–55 | 11–3 | Jadwin Gymnasium (775) Princeton, NJ |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| Jan 9, 2016 1:00 pm | | at Penn | L 48–50 | 11–4 (0–1) | Palestra Philadelphia, PA |
| Jan 29, 2016 7:00 pm | | Brown | W 72–53 | 12–4 (1–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,819) Princeton, NJ |
| Jan 30, 2016 6:00 pm | | Yale | W 65–50 | 13–4 (2–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,109) Princeton, NJ |
| Feb 5, 2016 7:00 pm | | at Dartmouth | W 85–48 | 14–4 (3–1) | Leede Arena (719) Hanover, NH |
| Feb 7, 2016 12:00 pm, ASN | | at Harvard | W 92–83 $^{OT}$ | 15–4 (4–1) | Lavietes Pavilion (661) Cambridge, MA |
| Feb 12, 2016 7:00 pm | | Cornell | W 71–51 | 16–4 (5–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium (933) Princeton, NJ |
| Feb 13, 2016 6:00 pm | | Columbia | W 86–54 | 17–4 (6–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,682) Princeton, NJ |
| Feb 19, 2016 7:00 pm | | at Yale | W 94–81 | 18–4 (7–1) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (212) New Haven, CT |
| Feb 20, 2016 7:00 pm | | at Brown | W 83–57 | 19–4 (8–1) | Pizzitola Sports Center (258) Providence, RI |
| Feb 26, 2016 7:00 pm | | at Columbia | W 77–48 | 20–4 (9–1) | Levien Gymnasium (490) New York, NY |
| Feb 27, 2016 6:00 pm | | at Cornell | W 94–57 | 21–4 (10–1) | Newman Arena (850) Ithaca, NY |
| Mar 4, 2016 7:00 pm | | Harvard | W 79–69 | 22–4 (11–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,234) Princeton, NJ |
| Mar 5, 2016 7:30 pm | | Dartmouth | W 68–42 | 23–4 (12–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,057) Princeton, NJ |
| Mar 8, 2016 5:30 pm | | Penn | L 60–62 | 23–5 (12–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,278) Princeton, NJ |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 18, 2016* 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | (11 SF) | vs. (6 SF) West Virginia First Round | L 65–74 | 23–6 | St. John Arena Columbus, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||