# 2015–16 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team

The 2015–16 St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Storm, led by fourth-year head coach Joe Tartamella, played their games at Carnesecca Arena and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 11–7 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. They won the Big East tournament title for the first time since 1988 and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Auburn in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 8:00 pm | | at UCLA | L 58–73 | 0–1 | Pauley Pavilion (6,674) Los Angeles, CA |
| 11/15/2015* 5:00 pm | | at UC Irvine | W 85–63 | 1–1 | Bren Events Center (331) Irvine, CA |
| 11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | | at Rutgers | W 69–62 | 2–1 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,226) Piscataway, NJ |
| 11/22/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Marist | W 61–47 | 3–1 | Carnesecca Arena (611) Queens, NY |
| 11/29/2015* 2:00 pm, FS2 | | No. 18 South Florida | W 74–70 | 3–2 | Carnesecca Arena (535) Queens, NY |
| 12/03/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Sacred Heart | W 67–54 | 4–2 | Carnesecca Arena (781) Queens, NY |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Kansas | W 86–71 | 6–1 | Allen Fieldhouse (2,476) Lawrence, KS |
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Yale | W 69–56 | 7–1 | Carnesecca Arena (5,602) Queens, NY |
| 12/13/2015* 2:00 pm | | at UCF | W 70–42 | 8–1 | CFE Arena (1,328) Orlando, FL |
| 12/19/2015* 4:30 pm | No. 25 | at Duquesne | L 57–76 | 8–2 | Palumbo Center (402) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 12/22/2015* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Fairfield | W 73–54 | 9–2 | Carnesecca Arena (408) Queens, NY |
| Big East regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2015 7:00 pm, FS2 | | at Creighton | W 66–55 | 10–2 (1–0) | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,563) Omaha, NE |
| 12/31/2015 1:00 pm, BEDN | | at Providence | W 80–61 | 11–2 (2–0) | Alumni Hall (257) Providence, RI |
| 01/03/2016 5:00 pm, CBSSN | | No. 25 DePaul | L 61–71 | 11–3 (2–1) | Carnesecca Arena (660) Queens, NY |
| 01/05/2016 7:00 pm, BEDN | | Marquette | W 81–77 $^{OT}$ | 12–3 (3–1) | Carnesecca Arena (448) Queens, NY |
| 01/09/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN | | No. 25 Seton Hall | W 71–69 | 13–3 (4–1) | Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY |
| 01/15/2016 12:00 pm, BEDN | | at Georgetown | W 65–60 | 14–3 (5–1) | McDonough Gymnasium (733) Washington, D.C. |
| 01/17/2016 1:00 pm, BEDN | | at Villanova | L 54–58 | 14–4 (5–2) | The Pavilion (1,059) Villanova, PA |
| 01/22/2016 7:00 pm, BEDN | | Butler | W 68–41 | 15–4 (6–2) | Carnesecca Arena (805) Queens, NY |
| 01/24/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN | | Xavier | W 57–41 | 16–4 (7–2) | Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY |
| 01/29/2016 8:00 pm, BEDN | | at Marquette | L 64–67 | 16–5 (7–3) | Al McGuire Center (1,131) Milwaukee, WI |
| 01/31/2016 1:00 pm, FS2 | | at No. 23 DePaul | L 71–77 | 16–6 (7–4) | Phillips-McGrath Arena (2,812) Chicago, IL |
| 02/07/2016 1:30 pm, FS1 | | at Seton Hall | W 72–64 | 17–6 (8–4) | Walsh Gymnasium (1,697) South Orange, NJ |
| 02/12/2016 8:00 pm, FS1 | | Villanova | L 59–71 | 17–7 (8–5) | Carnesecca Arena (2,951) Queens, NY |
| 02/14/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN | | Georgetown | W 63–55 | 18–7 (9–5) | Carnesecca Arena (3,120) Queens, NY |
| 02/19/2016 7:00 pm, BEDN | | at Xavier | W 69–56 | 19–7 (10–5) | Cintas Center (1,694) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/21/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN | | at Butler | L 58–62 | 19–8 (10–6) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (545) Indianapolis, IN |
| 02/26/2016 11:00 am, BEDN | | Providence | W 69–54 | 20–8 (11–6) | Carnesecca Arena (5,227) Queens, NY |
| 02/28/2016 3:00 pm, FS2 | | Creighton | L 57–64 | 20–9 (11–7) | Carnesecca Arena (1,242) Queens, NY |
| Big East Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2016 9:30 pm, FS2 | | vs. Georgetown Quarterfinals | W 65–52 | 21–9 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,234) Chicago, IL |
| 03/07/2016 6:30 pm, FS1 | | at No. 18 DePaul Semifinals | W 75–66 | 22–9 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,131) Chicago, IL |
| 03/08/2016 8:00 pm, FS1 | | vs. Creighton Championship Game | W 50–37 | 23–9 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,620) Chicago, IL |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 7:30 pm, ESPN2 | (8 D) | vs. (9 D) Auburn First Round | L 57–68 | 23–10 | Ferrell Center (4,990) Waco, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. D=Dallas Region. All times are in Eastern 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 |