# 2015–16 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by six-year head coach Linda Lappe, play their home games at the Coors Events Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 7–23, 2–26 in Pac-12 play to finish in the last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament to Washington.
On March 7, Linda Happe resigned. She finished with a six-year record at Colorado of 105–92.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/07/2015* 7:00 pm | | USC Aiken | W 86–46 | – | Coors Events Center (363) Boulder, CO |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2015* 2:00 pm | | Loyola Marymount | W 92–81 | 1–0 | Coors Events Center (2,432) Boulder, CO |
| 11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | | Northern Colorado | W 63–41 | 2–0 | Coors Events Center (1,597) Boulder, CO |
| 11/22/2015* 12:00 pm | | at No. 13 Kentucky | L 61–86 | 2–1 | Memorial Coliseum (5,380) Lexington, KY |
| 11/27/2015* 7:30 pm | | Massachusetts Omni Hotels Classic semifinals | W 90–63 | 3–1 | Coors Events Center (1,611) Boulder, CO |
| 11/28/2015* 7:30 pm | | Florida Omni Hotels Classic championship | L 61–83 | 3–2 | Coors Events Center (1,666) Boulder, CO |
| 12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | | at Colorado State | L 63–64 | 3–3 | Moby Arena (2,049) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/06/2015* 3:00 pm | | at Long Beach State | L 42–59 | 3–4 | Walter Pyramid (692) Long Beach, CA |
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 pm | | Northern Arizona | W 90–66 | 4–4 | Coors Events Center (1,532) Boulder, CO |
| 12/12/2015* 1:30 pm, P12N | | Missouri | L 75–79 | 4–5 | Coors Events Center (1,828) Boulder, CO |
| 12/19/2015* 3:30 pm | | Presbyterian | W 72–60 | 5–5 | Coors Events Center (1,647) Boulder, CO |
| 12/21/2015* 7:00 pm | | at Wyoming | L 68–77 | 5–6 | Arena-Auditorium (2,539) Laramie, WY |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2016 1:00 pm, P12N | | Washington | L 74–76 | 5–7 (0–1) | Coors Events Center (2,107) Boulder, CO |
| 01/04/2016 8:00 pm, P12N | | Washington State | L 66–74 | 5–8 (0–2) | Coors Events Center (1,595) Boulder, CO |
| 01/08/2016 8:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 21 California | L 35–64 | 5–9 (0–3) | Haas Pavilion (1,173) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/10/2016 1:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 9 Stanford | L 56–71 | 5–10 (0–4) | Maples Pavilion (3,188) Stanford, CA |
| 01/15/2016 11:00 am | | at Arizona State | L 37–64 | 5–11 (0–5) | Wells Fargo Arena (4,139) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/15/2016 2:00 pm, P12N | | at Arizona | L 52–63 | 5–12 (0–6) | McKale Center (967) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/22/2016 6:00 pm, P12N | | Oregon | L 46–59 | 5–13 (0–7) | Coors Events Center (3,818) Boulder, CO |
| 01/24/2016 3:00 pm, P12N | | No. 11 Oregon State | L 47–61 | 5–14 (0–8) | Coors Events Center (1,711) Boulder, CO |
| 01/29/2016 7:00 pm | | No. 15 UCLA | L 64–82 | 5–15 (0–9) | Coors Events Center (2,252) Boulder, CO |
| 01/31/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | | USC | W 66–63 | 6–15 (1–9) | Coors Events Center (1,583) Boulder, CO |
| 02/04/2016 6:00 pm, P12N | | at Utah | L 55–71 | 6–16 (1–10) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,054) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/07/2016 12:00 pm, P12N | | Utah | L 68–76 | 6–17 (1–11) | Coors Events Center (1,785) Boulder, CO |
| 02/12/2016 8:30 pm, P12N | | at No. 8 Oregon State | L 50–73 | 6–18 (1–12) | Gill Coliseum (3,677) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/14/2016 5:00 pm, P12N | | at Oregon | L 70–77 | 6–19 (1–13) | Matthew Knight Arena (2,032) Eugene, OR |
| 02/19/2016 8:00 pm, P12N | | No. 15 Stanford | L 49–80 | 6–20 (1–14) | Coors Events Center (2,312) Boulder, CO |
| 02/21/2016 12:00 pm, P12N | | California | W 78–57 | 7–20 (2–14) | Coors Events Center (3,919) Boulder, CO |
| 02/25/2016 8:00 pm | | at Washington State | L 70–83 | 7–21 (2–15) | Beasley Coliseum (718) Pullman, WA |
| 02/27/2016 2:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington | L 47–68 | 7–22 (2–16) | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,376) Seattle, WA |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2016 9:30 pm, P12N | (12) | vs. (5) Washington First Round | L 51–67 | 7–23 | KeyArena (3,680) Seattle, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. 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 |