# 2015–16 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Oregon Ducks women's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ducks, led by second year head coach Kelly Graves, played their games at the Matthew Knight Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Arizona. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Long Beach State, Fresno State and Utah in the first, second and third rounds, UTEP in the quarterfinals before losing to South Dakota in the semifinals.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/11/2015* 6:00 pm | | Warner Pacific | W 99–46 | | Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/15/2015* 9:30 am | | at No. 21 North Carolina | W 79–77 | 1–0 | Carmichael Arena (2,036) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 11/19/2015* 6:00 pm | | Hampton | W 86–51 | 2–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (956) Eugene, OR |
| 11/22/2015* 12:00 pm | | UC Santa Barbara | W 79–51 | 3–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,468) Eugene, OR |
| 11/24/2015* 6:00 pm | | Clemson | W 69–56 | 4–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,188) Eugene, OR |
| 11/28/2015* 2:00 pm | | North Dakota | W 77–51 | 5–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,141) Eugene, OR |
| 11/30/2015* 8:00 pm, P12N | | San Jose State | W 104–74 | 6–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,066) Eugene, OR |
| 12/05/2015* 2:00 pm | | Utah Valley | W 79–68 | 7–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,033) Eugene, OR |
| 12/12/2015* 2:00 pm | | Portland | W 93–52 | 8–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,737) Eugene, OR |
| 12/15/2015* 5:00 pm | | UC Riverside | W 95–81 | 9–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,481) Eugene, OR |
| 12/17/2015* 6:00 pm | | Portland State | W 122–59 | 10–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,258) Eugene, OR |
| 12/28/2015* 6:00 pm | | Seattle | W 82–62 | 11–0 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,923) Eugene, OR |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2016 2:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 21 UCLA | L 69–80 | 11–1 (0–1) | Pauley Pavilion (1,443) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/04/2016 5:00 pm, P12N | | at USC | L 67–75 | 11–2 (0–2) | Galen Center (565) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/08/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 11 Oregon State Civil War | L 33–60 | 11–3 (0–3) | Gill Coliseum (4,462) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/10/2016 12:00 pm, P12N | | No. 11 Oregon State Civil War | L 45–59 | 11–4 (0–4) | Matthew Knight Arena (2,806) Eugene, OR |
| 01/17/2016 2:00 pm, P12N | | No. 11 Stanford | L 62–64 | 11–5 (0–5) | Matthew Knight Arena (2,030) Eugene, OR |
| 01/17/2016 2:00 pm | | California | W 69–59 | 12–5 (1–5) | Matthew Knight Arena (1,770) Eugene, OR |
| 01/22/2016 5:00 pm, P12N | | at Colorado | W 59–46 | 13–5 (2–5) | Coors Events Center (3,818) Boulder, CO |
| 01/24/2016 1:00 pm, P12N | | at Utah | W 77–65 | 14–5 (3–5) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (864) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/29/2016 8:00 pm, P12N | | No. 8 Arizona State | L 58–63 | 14–6 (3–6) | Matthew Knight Arena (1,988) Eugene, OR |
| 01/31/2016 12:00 pm, P12N | | Arizona | W 76–54 | 15–6 (4–6) | Matthew Knight Arena (2,301) Eugene, OR |
| 02/05/2016 8:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington State | W 73–48 | 16–6 (5–6) | Beasley Coliseum (784) Pullman, WA |
| 02/07/2016 12:00 pm | | at No. 24 Washington | W 75–63 | 17–6 (6–6) | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,974) Seattle, WA |
| 02/12/2016 6:00 pm | | Utah | W 69–58 | 18–6 (7–6) | Matthew Knight Arena (1,889) Eugene, OR |
| 02/14/2016 4:00 pm, P12N | | Colorado | W 77–70 | 19–6 (8–6) | Matthew Knight Arena (2,032) Eugene, OR |
| 02/19/2016 6:00 pm, P12N | | No. 12 UCLA | L 72–77 | 19–7 (8–7) | Matthew Knight Arena (2,166) Eugene, OR |
| 02/21/2016 2:00 pm | | USC | W 69–60 | 20–7 (9–7) | Matthew Knight Arena (2,425) Eugene, OR |
| 02/26/2016 6:00 pm | | at California | L 54–65 | 20–8 (9–8) | Haas Pavilion (1,543) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/28/2016 11:00 am, P12N | | at No. 13 Stanford | L 42–69 | 20–9 (9–9) | Maples Pavilion (4,082) Stanford, CA |
| 2016 Pac-12 Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2016 2:00 pm, P12N | (6) | vs. (11) Arizona First Round | L 68–74 | 20–10 | KeyArena (3,059) Seattle, WA |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/17/2016* 6:00 pm | | Long Beach State First Round | W 84–76 | 21–10 | Matthew Knight Arena (870) Eugene, OR |
| 03/21/2016* 6:00 pm | | Fresno State Second Round | W 84–59 | 22–10 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,142) Eugene, OR |
| 03/23/2016* 6:00 pm | | Utah Third Round | W 73–63 | 23–10 | Matthew Knight Arena (1,165) Eugene, OR |
| 03/28/2016* 6:00 pm | | at UTEP Quarterfinals | W 71–67 | 24–10 | Don Haskins Center (9,055) El Paso, TX |
| 03/30/2016* 5:00 pm | | at South Dakota Semifinals | L 54–88 | 24–11 | DakotaDome (5,080) Vermillion, SD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific 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 |