# 2015–16 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hoosiers, led by second year head coach Teri Moren, play their home games at the Assembly Hall and are members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament to Northwestern. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, which was their first trip since 2002. They defeated Georgia in the first round before losing to Notre Dame in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/08/2015* 2:00 pm | | Slippery Rock | W 98–33 | | Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 12:00 pm | | Tennessee State Preseason WNIT first round | W 88–56 | 1–0 | Assembly Hall (1,874) Bloomington, IN |
| 11/17/2015* 7:00 pm | | No. 24 Chattanooga Preseason WNIT Second Round | W 54–43 | 2–0 | Assembly Hall (1,960) Bloomington, IN |
| 11/19/2015* 8:00 pm | | at DePaul Preseason WNIT Semifinals | L 69–84 | 2–1 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,924) Chicago, IL |
| 11/24/2015* 7:00 pm | | at IPFW | W 79–72 | 3–1 | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (954) Fort Wayne, IN |
| 11/27/2015* 3:30 pm | | vs. Ohio Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals | L 56–63 | 3–2 | Memorial Gymansium (2,447) Nashville, TN |
| 11/28/2015* 1:00 pm | | vs. Austin Peay Thanksgiving Tournament 3rd place game | W 90–58 | 4–2 | Memorial Gymansium Nashville, TN |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | | Georgia Tech ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 69–60 | 5–2 | Assembly Hall (2,222) Bloomington, IN |
| 12/08/2015* 7:05 pm, ESPN3 | | at Indiana State | W 53–50 | 6–2 | Hulman Center (2,340) Terre Haute, IN |
| 12/11/2015* 7:00 pm | | Samford | W 65–56 $^{OT}$ | 7–2 | Assembly Hall (3,088) Bloomington, IN |
| 12/20/2015* 7:15 pm | | vs. No. 23 Miami (FL) Florida Sunshine Classic | L 75–89 | 7–3 | Worden Arena (1,367) Winter Haven, FL |
| 12/21/2015* 7:15 pm | | vs. West Virginia Florida Sunshine Classic | L 65–75 | 7–4 | Worden Arena (573) Winter Haven, FL |
| 12/28/2015* 7:00 pm | | Yale | W 76–60 | 8–4 | Assembly Hall (3,642) Bloomington, IN |
| Big Ten regular Season ||||||
| 12/31/2015 3:00 pm | | at Wisconsin | L 69–73 | 8–5 (0–1) | Kohl Center (4,410) Madison, WI |
| 01/03/2016 12:30 pm, BTN | | Michigan | W 77–69 $^{OT}$ | 9–5 (1–1) | Assembly Hall (3,602) Bloomington, IN |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm | | at No. 5 Ohio State | L 70–97 | 9–6 (1–2) | Value City Arena (4,420) Columbus, OH |
| 01/10/2016 2:00 pm | | at Purdue Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup | L 53–63 | 9–7 (1–3) | Mackey Arena (8,519) West Lafayette, IN |
| 01/13/2016 7:00 pm | | No. 18 Michigan State | W 81–65 | 10–7 (2–3) | Assembly Hall (2,507) Bloomington, IN |
| 01/17/2016 3:00 pm | | at Minnesota | L 76–78 | 10–8 (2–4) | Williams Arena (4,337) Minneapolis, MN |
| 01/20/2016 7:00 pm | | Illinois | W 68–66 | 11–8 (3–4) | Assembly Hall (2,202) Bloomington, IN |
| 01/24/2016 5:00 pm, BTN | | at Northwestern | W 91–84 | 12–8 (4–4) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,642) Evanston, IL |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm | | Rutgers | W 64–48 | 13–8 (5–4) | Assembly Hall (2,496) Bloomington, IN |
| 01/30/2016 2:00 pm | | at No. 5 Maryland | L 63–86 | 13–9 (5–5) | Xfinity Center (6,230) College Park, MD |
| 02/04/2016 7:00 pm, BTN | | Iowa | W 79–74 | 14–9 (6–5) | Assembly Hall (2,421) Bloomington, IN |
| 02/07/2016 2:00 pm | | Nebraska | W 59–47 | 15–9 (7–5) | Assembly Hall (3,370) Bloomington, IN |
| 02/10/2016 8:00 pm | | at Illinois | W 80–69 | 16–9 (8–5) | State Farm Center (1,622) Champaign, IL |
| 02/14/2016 2:00 pm | | Wisconsin | W 67–57 | 17–9 (9–5) | Assembly Hall (3,362) Bloomington, IN |
| 02/18/2016 7:00 pm | | Minnesota | W 93–79 | 18–9 (10–5) | Assembly Hall (2,530) Bloomington, IN |
| 02/21/2016 3:00 pm | | at Iowa | L 73–76 | 18–10 (10–6) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,838) Iowa City, IA |
| 02/24/2016 8:00 pm | | at Nebraska | W 79–68 | 19–10 (11–6) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,376) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/27/2016 4:00 pm, BTN | | Penn State | W 76–55 | 20–10 (12–6) | Assembly Hall (5,246) Bloomington, IN |
| Big Ten Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2016 2:30 pm, BTN | (4) | vs. (12) Northwestern Quarterfinals | L 73–79 | 20–11 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/19/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | (9 L) | vs. (8 L) Georgia First Round | W 62–58 | 21–11 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,310) South Bend, IN |
| 03/21/2016* 6:30 pm, ESPN2 | (9 L) | at (1 L) No. 2 Notre Dame Second Round | L 70–87 | 21–12 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,750) South Bend, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking Movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final |
| AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | NR | RV | NR | NR | N/A |
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | NR | NR | RV |