# 2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

The 2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his sixteenth season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's third season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 24–10, 14–4 in AAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Conference women's tournament for the second year in a row, where they lost to Connecticut again. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Colorado State in the first round before losing to UCLA in the second round.

## Media

All Bulls games will air on Bullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and Bullscast. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2015* 6:00 pm | No. 20 | Jacksonville Preseason WNIT First Round | W 74–52 | 1–0 | USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL |
| 11/15/2015* 4:00 pm | No. 20 | Drexel Preseason WNIT Second Round | W 73–58 | 2–0 | USF Sun Dome (1,790) Tampa, FL |
| 11/19/2015* 8:00 pm | No. 19 | at No. 5 Baylor Preseason WNIT semifinals | L 63–66 | 2–1 | Ferrell Center (5,717) Waco, TX |
| 11/25/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 18 | Butler | W 87–77 | 3–1 | USF Sun Dome (1,772) Tampa, FL |
| 11/29/2015* 2:00 pm, FS2 | No. 18 | at St. John's | L 70–74 | 3–2 | Carnesecca Arena (535) Queens, NY |
| 12/03/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 24 | Harvard | W 86–59 | 4–2 | USF Sun Dome (1,880) Tampa, FL |
| 12/06/2015* 3:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 24 | Penn State | W 101–79 | 5–2 | USF Sun Dome (1,908) Tampa, FL |
| 12/13/2015* 12:00 pm | No. 21 | Chattanooga | W 61–33 | 6–2 | USF Sun Dome (1,779) Tampa, FL |
| 12/15/2015* 9:00 pm | No. 20 | at Northern Colorado | Cancelled | Cancelled | Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, CO |
| 12/20/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 20 | Oklahoma State | W 68–46 | 7–2 | USF Sun Dome (1,912) Tampa, FL |
| 12/30/2015* 4:30 pm, SECN | No. 20 | vs. No. 8 Mississippi State SEC/AAC Challenge | L 58–68 | 7–3 | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL |
| 01/02/2016 1:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 20 | at East Carolina | W 61–59 | 8–3 (1–0) | Williams Arena (1,454) Greenville, NC |
| 01/05/2016 7:00 pm | No. 22 | UCF War on I-4 | W 108–63 | 9–3 (2–0) | USF Sun Dome (1,856) Tampa, FL |
| 01/07/2016 7:00 pm, ADN | No. 22 | SMU | W 83–56 | 10–3 (3–0) | USF Sun Dome (1,756) Tampa, FL |
| 01/10/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN | No. 22 | No. 1 Connecticut | L 59–75 | 10–4 (3–1) | USF Sun Dome (6,634) Tampa, FL |
| 01/13/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 19 | at Tulane | W 71–67 | 11–4 (4–1) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,646) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/17/2016 2:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 19 | East Carolina | W 75–54 | 12–4 (5–1) | USF Sun Dome (2,101) Tampa, FL |
| 01/20/2016 8:00 pm, ADN | No. 15 | at Memphis | L 87–88 $^{OT}$ | 12–5 (5–2) | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (684) Memphis, TN |
| 01/24/2016 2:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 15 | at UCF War on I-4 | W 88–49 | 13–5 (6–2) | CFE Arena (958) Orlando, FL |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm | No. 20 | Houston | W 73–49 | 14–5 (7–2) | USF Sun Dome (1,885) Tampa, FL |
| 01/31/2016 2:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 20 | at SMU | W 66–48 | 15–5 (8–2) | Moody Coliseum (982) Dallas, TX |
| 02/03/2016 7:00 pm | No. 19 | Cincinnati | W 82–49 | 16–5 (9–2) | USF Sun Dome (2,007) Tampa, FL |
| 02/06/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 19 | at Temple | L 66–68 | 16–6 (9–3) | Liacouras Center (1,320) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/09/2016 7:00 pm, ADN | No. 22 | Tulane | W 77–65 | 17–6 (10–3) | USF Sun Dome (2,011) Tampa, FL |
| 02/12/2016 7:00 pm, ADN | No. 22 | at Cincinnati | W 78–51 | 18–6 (11–3) | Fifth Third Arena (323) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/15/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 19 | at No. 11 Louisville | L 50–67 | 18–7 | KFC Yum! Center (7,941) Louisville, KY |
| 02/21/2016 12:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 19 | Memphis | W 97–82 | 19–7 (12–3) | USF Sun Dome (2,206) Tampa, FL |
| 02/24/2016 8:00 pm, ADN | No. 21 | at Tulsa | W 72–66 | 20–7 (13–3) | Reynolds Center (337) Tulsa, OK |
| 02/27/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 21 | Temple | W 76–62 | 21–7 (14–3) | USF Sun Dome (2,446) Tampa, FL |
| 02/29/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 20 | at No. 1 Connecticut | L 59–79 | 21–8 (14–4) | Gampel Pavilion (9,030) Storrs, CT |
| American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 20 | vs. SMU Quarterfinals | W 73–60 | 22–8 | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT |
| 03/06/2016 7:30 pm, ESPNU | No. 20 | vs. Temple Semifinals | W 64–46 | 23–8 | Mohegan Sun Arena (6,821) Uncasville, CT |
| 03/06/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 21 | vs. No. 1 Connecticut Championship Game | L 51–77 | 23–9 | Mohegan Sun Arena (7,073) Uncasville, CT |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/19/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | (6 BR) No. 21 | vs. (11 BR) No. 22 Colorado State First Round | W 48–45 | 24–9 | Pauley Pavilion (2,552) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/21/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | (6 BR) No. 21 | at (3 BR) No. 10 UCLA Second Round | L 67–72 | 24–10 | Pauley Pavilion (1,656) Los Angeles, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. BR=Bridgeport region. All times are in EST. ||||||

## Rankings

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