# 2015–16 St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball team

The 2015–16 St. Bonaventure Bonnies women's basketball team represented the St. Bonaventure University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Bonnies were coached by head coach Jim Crowley, in his sixteenth and final year in that position; Crowley left to take over the Providence Friars women's basketball team on May 10, 2016. The Bonnies are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Reilly Center. They finished the season 24–8, 12–4 in A-10 play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 women's tournament to VCU. They received an at large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Oklahoma State in the first round before falling to Oregon State in the second round.
Crowley finished his tenure at St. Bonaventure with a record of 258–231.

## 2015–16 media

All non-televised Bonnies home games aired on the A-10 Digital Network. On radio, WGWE continued to broadcast games.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/07/2015* 1:30 pm | | Edinboro | W 79–37 | | Reilly Center (2,870) Olean, NY |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 5:30 pm | | Siena Preseason WNIT First Round | W 57–40 | 1–0 | Reilly Center (1,090) Olean, NY |
| 11/15/2015* 5:00 pm | | at DePaul Preseason WNIT Second Round | L 54–77 | 1–1 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,308) Chicago, IL |
| 11/21/2015* 5:00 pm | | at Drexel Preseason WNIT Consolation round | L 46–58 | 1–2 | Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,479) Philadelphia, PA |
| 11/24/2015* 5:00 pm | | Detroit | W 84–73 | 2–2 | Reilly Center (374) Olean, NY |
| 11/29/2015* 1:00 pm | | Toledo | W 74–63 | 3–2 | Reilly Center (378) Olean, NY |
| 12/01/2015* 7:00 pm | | at Stony Brook | W 73–68 $^{2OT}$ | 4–2 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (433) Stony Brook, NY |
| 12/05/2015* 1:30 pm | | Georgetown | W 69–54 | 5–2 | Reilly Center (485) Olean, NY |
| 12/07/2015* 7:00 pm | | James Madison | W 56–45 | 6–2 | Reilly Center (518) Olean, NY |
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 pm | | Buffalo | W 59–32 | 7–2 | Reilly Center (498) Olean, NY |
| 12/12/2015* 1:30 pm | | Penn State | W 70–60 | 8–2 | Reilly Center (884) Olean, NY |
| 12/19/2015* 4:00 pm | | at Colgate | W 62–38 | 9–2 | Cotterell Court (583) Hamilton, NY |
| 12/23/2015* 12:00 pm | | Niagara | W 67–55 | 10–2 | Reilly Center (512) Olean, NY |
| 12/29/2015* 7:00 pm | | at Canisius | W 59–47 | 11–2 | Koessler Athletic Center (801) Buffalo, NY |
| Atlantic 10 regular season ||||||
| 01/03/2016 2:00 pm | | at Rhode Island | W 69–56 | 12–2 (1–0) | Ryan Center (452) Kingston, RI |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm | | Fordham | W 55–41 | 13–2 (2–0) | Reilly Center (1,344) Olean, NY |
| 01/10/2016 5:00 pm, ASN | | Massachusetts | W 66–41 | 14–2 (3–0) | Reilly Center (1,057) Olean, NY |
| 01/13/2016 7:00 pm | | at Davidson | W 59–47 | 15–2 (4–0) | John M. Belk Arena (387) Davidson, NC |
| 01/16/2016 1:00 pm | | George Mason | W 70–55 | 16–2 (5–0) | Reilly Center (1,221) Olean, NY |
| 01/20/2016 7:00 pm | | at Dayton | W 59–54 | 17–2 (6–0) | UD Arena (2,514) Dayton, OH |
| 01/23/2016 7:00 pm | | at Duquesne | L 62–74 | 17–3 (6–1) | Palumbo Center (652) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm | | Saint Joseph's | W 65–51 | 18–3 (7–1) | Reilly Center (955) Olean, NY |
| 01/31/2016 12:30 pm, ASN | | Richmond | W 66–43 | 19–3 (8–1) | Reilly Center (2,011) Olean, NY |
| 02/03/2016 7:00 pm | | at VCU | L 47–52 | 19–4 (8–2) | Siegel Center Richmond, VA |
| 02/10/2016 7:00 pm | | Saint Louis | W 80–59 | 20–4 (9–2) | Reilly Center (987) Olean, NY |
| 02/13/2016 2:00 pm | | at Massachusetts | L 60–69 | 20–5 (9–3) | Mullins Center (374) Amherst, MA |
| 02/17/2016 7:00 pm | | George Washington | W 69–67 $^{OT}$ | 21–5 (10–3) | Reilly Center (897) Olean, NY |
| 02/20/2016 1:00 pm | | at La Salle | W 70–63 | 22–5 (11–3) | Tom Gola Arena (536) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/24/2016 7:00 pm | | at Fordham | L 68–77 | 22–6 (11–4) | Rose Hill Gymnasium (785) Bronx, NY |
| 02/28/2016 1:00 pm | | Duquesne | W 60–48 | 23–6 (12–4) | Reilly Center (1,370) Olean, NY |
| Atlantic 10 Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2016 2:00 pm, ASN | | vs. VCU Quarterfinals | L 50–59 | 23–7 | Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 7:30 pm, ESPN2 | (10 D) | vs. (7 D) Oklahoma State First Round | W 65–54 | 24–7 | Gill Coliseum (4,702) Corvallis, OR |
| 03/20/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | (10 D) | at (2 D) No. 6 Oregon State Second Round | L 40–69 | 24–8 | Gill Coliseum (6,074) Corvallis, OR |
| *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 |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |