# 2015–16 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team represented Xavier University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Musketeers, led by fifth-year head coach Brian Neal, they played their games at the Cintas Center and were third year members of the newly reorganized Big East Conference. They finished the season 17–13, 8–10 in Big East play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big East women's tournament to Butler.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2015* 1:00 pm, FSOH | Evansville Lauren Hill Tipoff Classic | W 65–57 | 1–0 | Cintas Center (3,122) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | at Michigan | L 54–92 | 1–1 | Crisler Arena (2,613) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 11/22/2015* 2:00 pm | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 61–56 | 2–1 | Cintas Center (811) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11/25/2015* 7:00 pm | Southeastern Louisiana | W 67–27 | 3–1 | Cintas Center (652) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11/28/2015* 2:00 pm | Binghamton | W 64–55 | 4–1 | Cintas Center (610) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/03/2015* 12:00 pm | Tennessee Tech | W 64–47 | 5–1 | Cintas Center (3,216) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm | Middle Tennessee | L 53–62 | 5–2 | Cintas Center (962) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 pm | Radford | W 63–56 | 6–2 | Cintas Center (713) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/13/2015* 5:00 pm | Cincinnati | W 65–56 | 7–2 | Cintas Center (1,863) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/19/2015* 5:00 pm | Howard | W 70–47 | 8–2 | Cintas Center (1,008) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/21/2015* 1:00 pm | Kennesaw State | W 62–59 | 9–2 | Cintas Center (654) Cincinnati, OH |
| Big East regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2015 7:00 pm, BEDN | Georgetown | W 59–54 | 10–2 (1–0) | Cintas Center (911) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/31/2015 2:00 pm, BEDN | Villanova | W 74–67 $^{OT}$ | 11–2 (2–0) | Cintas Center (918) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/05/2016 7:00 pm, BEDN | at Butler | W 73–63 | 12–2 (3–0) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (387) Indianapolis, IN |
| 01/08/2016 7:00 pm, FS1 | at Creighton | L 47–74 | 12–3 (3–1) | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,214) Omaha, NE |
| 01/10/2016 1:00 pm, BEDN | at Providence | W 62–54 | 13–3 (4–1) | Alumni Hall (261) Providence, RI |
| 01/15/2016 7:00 pm, BEDN | Marquette | W 71–66 | 14–3 (5–1) | Cintas Center (1,015) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/17/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN | DePaul | L 53–70 | 14–4 (5–2) | Cintas Center (1,384) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/22/2016 7:00 pm, BEDN | at Seton Hall | L 66–82 | 14–5 (5–3) | Walsh Gymnasium (1,145) South Orange, NJ |
| 01/24/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN | at St. John's | L 41–57 | 14–6 (5–4) | Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY |
| 01/29/2016 7:00 pm, BEDN | Butler | W 55–47 | 15–6 (6–4) | Cintas Center (1,165) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/05/2016 8:00 pm, FS1 | Providence | W 72–47 | 16–6 (7–4) | Cintas Center (1,641) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/07/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN | Creighton | W 57–55 | 17–6 (8–4) | Cintas Center (828) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/12/2016 8:00 pm, BEDN | at No. 23 DePaul | L 52–82 | 17–7 (8–5) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,352) Chicago, IL |
| 02/14/2016 2:30 pm, FS2 | at Marquette | L 69–74 | 17–8 (8–6) | Al McGuire Center (1,769) Milwaukee, WI |
| 02/19/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN | St. John's | L 56–69 | 17–9 (8–7) | Cintas Center (1,694) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/21/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN | Seton Hall | L 67–72 | 17–10 (8–8) | Cintas Center (1,812) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/26/2016 9:00 pm, FS1 | at Villanova | L 55–58 | 17–11 (8–9) | The Pavilion (541) Villanova, PA |
| 02/28/2015 12:00 pm, BEDN | at Georgetown | L 51–63 | 17–12 (8–10) | McDonough Gymnasium (609) Washington, D.C. |
| Big East Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2016 5:30 pm, BEDN | vs. Butler First Round | L 47–48 | 17–13 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,741) Chicago, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||