# 2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sun Devils, led by nineteenth year head coach Charli Turner Thorne, played their games at the Wells Fargo Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to share the Pac-12 regular season title with Oregon State. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament to California. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated New Mexico State in the first round before getting upset by Tennessee in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/15/2015* 3:30 pm, P12N | No. 15 | No. 18 Kentucky | L 64–68 $^{OT}$ | 0–1 | Wells Fargo Arena (4,543) Tempe, AZ |
| 11/21/2015* 12:00 pm | No. 18 | at SMU | W 64–57 | 1–1 | Moody Coliseum (302) Dallas, TX |
| 11/27/2015* 5:30 pm | No. 16 | vs. No. 2 South Carolina Rainbow Wahine Showdown | L 58–60 | 1–2 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| 11/28/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 16 | at Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine Showdown | W 75–49 | 2–2 | Stan Sheriff Center (2,152) Honolulu, HI |
| 11/29/2015* 5:30 pm | No. 16 | vs. Cal State Bakersfield Rainbow Wahine Showdown | W 60–47 | 3–2 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| 12/05/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 17 | VCU ASU Classic semifinals | L 48–57 | 3–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (1,430) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/06/2015* 12:00 pm | No. 17 | Columbia ASU Classic 3rd place game | W 70–49 | 4–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (1,283) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/12/2015* 11:00 am | No. 24 | at No. 19 Syracuse | W 61–54 | 5–3 | Carrier Dome (526) Syracuse, NY |
| 12/14/2015* 4:00 pm | No. 21 | at Hartford | W 60–29 | 6–3 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,822) Hartford, CT |
| 12/19/2015* 3:00 pm | No. 21 | Marquette | W 90–80 | 7–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (1,439) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/21/2015* 3:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 22 | No. 10 Florida State | W 68–56 | 8–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (1,783) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/28/2015* 3:00 pm | No. 17 | Cal State Northridge | W 69–46 | 9–3 | Wells Fargo Arena (1,460) Tempe, AZ |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2016 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 17 | No. 19 California | W 57–49 | 10–3 (1–0) | Wells Fargo Arena (1,460) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/04/2016 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 14 | No. 9 Stanford | W 49–31 | 11–3 (2–0) | Wells Fargo Arena (1,708) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/08/2016 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 14 | at Washington | W 68–61 | 12–3 (3–0) | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,767) Seattle, WA |
| 01/10/2016 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 14 | at Washington State | W 63–45 | 13–3 (4–0) | Beasley Coliseum (713) Pullman, WA |
| 01/15/2016 11:00 am | No. 10 | Colorado | W 64–37 | 14–3 (5–0) | Wells Fargo Arena (4,139) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/17/2016 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | Utah | W 80–60 | 15–3 (6–0) | Wells Fargo Arena (1,510) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/22/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | Arizona State Farm Territorial Cup Series | W 61–48 | 16–3 (7–0) | Wells Fargo Arena (3,455) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/24/2016 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | at Arizona State Farm Territorial Cup Series | W 62–47 | 17–3 (8–0) | McKale Center (1,483) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/29/2016 9:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | at Oregon | W 63–58 | 18–3 (9–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (1,988) Eugene, OR |
| 02/01/2016 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 8 | at No. 9 Oregon State | L 44–67 | 18–4 (9–1) | Gill Coliseum (4,427) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/05/2016 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | No. 14 UCLA | W 65–61 | 19–4 (10–1) | Wells Fargo Arena (3,095) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/07/2016 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | USC | W 69–68 | 20–4 (11–1) | Wells Fargo Arena (1,564) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/12/2016 8:00 pm | No. 9 | at California | W 64–49 | 21–4 (12–1) | Haas Pavilion (1,417) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/14/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at No. 13 Stanford | W 63–61 $^{OT}$ | 22–4 (13–1) | Maples Pavilion (3,250) Stanford, CA |
| 02/19/2016 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | Washington State | W 61–39 | 23–4 (14–1) | Wells Fargo Arena (2,851) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/21/2016 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | Washington | W 77–57 | 24–4 (15–1) | Wells Fargo Arena (3,244) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/26/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at USC | W 50–45 | 25–4 (16–1) | Galen Center (486) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/28/2016 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at No. 14 UCLA | L 61–74 | 25–5 (16–2) | Pauley Pavilion (6,972) Los Angeles, CA |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2016 12:30 pm, P12N | (2) No. 10 | vs. (10) California Quarterfinals | L 64–75 | 25–6 | KeyArena (3,747) Seattle, WA |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 4:30 pm, ESPN2 | (2 SF) No. 11 | (15 SF) New Mexico State First Round | W 74–52 | 26–6 | Wells Fargo Arena (3,134) Tempe, AZ |
| 03/20/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN | (2 SF) No. 11 | (7 SF) Tennessee Second Round | L 64–75 | 26–7 | Wells Fargo Arena (2,957) Tempe, AZ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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