# 2015–16 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Arizona during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by eighth-year head coach Niya Butts, played their games at the McKale Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 3–15 in Pac-12 play to finish in eleventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament where they lost to UCLA.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/10/2015* 7:00 pm | | Eastern New Mexico | W 71–37 | | McKale Center (1,003) Tucson, AZ |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2015* 10:00 am, ESPN3 | | at Toledo | W 62–59 | 1–0 | Savage Arena (3,713) Toledo, OH |
| 11/18/2015* 7:00 pm | | Howard | W 65–28 | 2–0 | McKale Center (778) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/21/2015* 3:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at San Diego | L 54–59 | 2–1 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (714) San Diego, CA |
| 11/23/2015* 11:00 am | | Kansas | W 67–52 | 3–1 | McKale Center (6,652) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/27/2015* 12:00 pm | | at North Texas | W 51–44 | 4–1 | The Super Pit (961) Denton, TX |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | | New Mexico State | W 68–64 | 5–1 | McKale Center (741) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/05/2015* 1:00 pm | | Pacific | W 69–56 | 6–1 | McKale Center (765) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/10/2015* 7:00 pm | | Louisiana Tech | W 77–67 | 7–1 | McKale Center (827) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/19/2015* 2:30 pm | | vs. SMU Puerto Rico Classic | L 46–58 | 7–2 | Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR |
| 12/20/2015* 12:30 pm | | vs. Florida Gulf Coast Puerto Rico Classic | L 55–57 | 7–3 | Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR |
| 12/21/2015* 2:30 pm | | vs. Gardner–Webb Puerto Rico Classic | W 79–60 | 8–3 | Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez Trujillo Alto, PR |
| 12/29/2015* 2:00 pm | | George Mason | W 68–60 $^{OT}$ | 9–3 | McKale Center (990) Tucson, AZ |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2016 3:00 pm, P12N | | No. 11 Stanford | L 34–59 | 9–4 (0–1) | McKale Center (1,491) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/04/2016 8:00 pm, P12N | | No. 21 California | W 57–52 | 10–4 (1–1) | McKale Center (728) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/08/2016 8:00 pm | | at Washington State | L 46–67 | 10–5 (1–2) | Beasley Coliseum (756) Pullman, WA |
| 01/10/2016 3:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington | L 47–63 | 10–6 (1–3) | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,913) Seattle, WA |
| 01/15/2016 7:00 pm | | Utah | L 55–60 | 10–7 (1–4) | McKale Center (1,022) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/17/2016 2:00 pm, P12N | | Colorado | W 63–52 | 11–7 (2–4) | McKale Center (967) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/22/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 8 Arizona State State Farm Territorial Cup Series | L 48–61 | 11–8 (2–5) | Wells Fargo Arena (3,455) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/24/2016 5:00 pm, P12N | | No. 8 Arizona State State Farm Territorial Cup Series | L 47–62 | 11–9 (2–6) | McKale Center (1,483) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/29/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 9 Oregon State | L 43–71 | 11–10 (2–7) | Gill Coliseum (3,402) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/31/2016 1:00 pm, P12N | | at Oregon | L 54–76 | 11–11 (2–8) | Matthew Knight Arena (2,301) Eugene, OR |
| 02/05/2016 8:00 pm, P12N | | USC | L 57–67 | 11–12 (2–9) | McKale Center (1,030) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/07/2016 1:00 pm | | No. 14 UCLA | L 39–73 | 11–13 (2–10) | McKale Center (843) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/12/2016 8:30 pm, P12N | | at No. 13 Stanford | L 58–82 | 11–14 (2–11) | Maples Pavilion (3,404) Stanford, CA |
| 02/14/2016 1:00 pm, P12N | | at California | L 56–75 | 11–15 (2–12) | Haas Pavilion (1,311) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/19/2016 7:00 pm | | Washington | L 52–74 | 11–16 (2–13) | McKale Center (1,243) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/21/2016 1:00 pm | | Washington State | L 61–62 | 11–17 (2–14) | McKale Center (1,225) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/26/2016 9:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 14 UCLA | L 53–80 | 11–18 (2–15) | Pauley Pavilion (1,641) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/28/2016 3:00 pm | | at USC | W 63–56 | 12–18 (3–15) | Galen Center (3,433) Los Angeles, CA |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2016 3:00 pm, P12N | (11) | vs. (6) Oregon First Round | W 74–68 | 13–18 | KeyArena (3,059) Seattle, WA |
| 03/04/2016 3:00 pm, P12N | (11) | vs. (3) UCLA Quarterfinals | L 51–72 | 13–19 | KeyArena (3,747) Seattle, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||