# 2015–16 Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Badgers, led by fifth year head coach Bobbie Kelsey, play their home games at the Kohl Center and are members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 7–22, 3–15 in Big Ten play to finish in fourteenth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Northwestern.
On March 4, Bobby Kelsey was fired. She finished a six year record at Wisconsin of 47–100.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/08/2015* 2:00 pm | Minnesota State | W 84–48 | | Kohl Center (3,199) Madison, WI |
| 11/12/2015* 7:00 pm | UW–Eau Claire | W 69–49 | | Kohl Center (3,084) Madison, WI |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2015* 2:00 pm | Louisiana Tech | W 79–65 | 1–0 | Kohl Center (3,517) Madison, WI |
| 11/18/2015* 7:00 pm | Drake | L 70–89 | 1–1 | Kohl Center (2,974) Madison, WI |
| 11/22/2015* 1:00 pm | at Dayton | L 64–87 | 1–2 | UD Arena (2,097) Dayton, OH |
| 11/27/2015* 6:00 pm | at San Diego State San Diego State Classic | W 54–52 | 2–2 | Viejas Arena San Diego, CA |
| 11/29/2015* 4:30 pm | vs. Delaware San Diego State Classic | L 57–63 $^{OT}$ | 2–3 | Viejas Arena (284) San Diego, CA |
| 12/02/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Wake Forest ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 64–51 | 3–3 | LJVM Coliseum (382) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 12/06/2015* 2:00 pm | at Marquette | L 61–77 | 3–4 | Al McGuire Center (2,043) Milwaukee, WI |
| 12/10/2015* 7:00 pm, BTN | Florida | L 75–91 | 3–5 | Kohl Center (3,019) Madison, WI |
| 12/13/2015* 2:00 pm | Green Bay | L 58–72 | 3–6 | Kohl Center (5,688) Madison, WI |
| 12/16/2015* 7:00 pm | Northern Illinois | W 89–62 | 4–6 | Kohl Center (3,124) Madison, WI |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2015 2:00 pm | Indiana | W 73–69 | 5–6 (1–0) | Kohl Center (4,410) Madison, WI |
| 01/03/2016 1:00 pm | at No. 24 Michigan State | L 67–77 | 5–7 (1–1) | Breslin Center (6,950) East Lansing, MI |
| 01/07/2016 6:00 pm | at Rutgers | L 41–61 | 5–8 (1–2) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,873) Piscataway, NJ |
| 01/10/2016 3:00 pm, BTN | Penn State | W 82–62 | 6–8 (2–2) | Kohl Center (3,470) Madison, WI |
| 01/13/2016 7:00 pm | Iowa | L 54–57 | 6–9 (2–3) | Kohl Center (3,235) Madison, WI |
| 01/17/2016 2:00 pm | at Illinois | L 65–71 | 6–10 (2–4) | State Farm Center (1,857) Champaign, IL |
| 01/20/2016 7:00 pm | No. 5 Maryland | L 65–90 | 6–11 (2–5) | Kohl Center (2,954) Madison, WI |
| 01/23/2016 11:00 am, BTN | Minnesota | L 77–84 | 6–12 (2–6) | Kohl Center (4,002) Madison, WI |
| 01/27/2016 7:00 pm | at Nebraska | L 62–75 | 6–13 (2–7) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,349) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/31/2016 3:00 pm | No. 18 Michigan State | L 54–77 | 6–14 (2–8) | Kohl Center (9,436) Madison, WI |
| 02/04/2016 6:00 pm | at Ohio State | L 61–87 | 6–15 (2–9) | Value City Arena (4,267) Columbus, OH |
| 02/08/2016 6:00 pm, BTN | Purdue | W 64–57 | 7–15 (3–9) | Kohl Center (3,149) Madison, WI |
| 02/11/2016 6:00 pm | at Michigan | L 65–82 | 7–16 (3–10) | Crisler Center (1,777) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 02/14/2016 1:00 pm | at Indiana | L 57–67 | 7–17 (3–11) | Assembly Hall (3,362) Bloomington, IN |
| 02/17/2016 7:00 pm | Illinois | L 56–76 | 7–18 (3–12) | Kohl Center (3,448) Madison, WI |
| 02/20/2016 1:00 pm, BTN | Northwestern | L 53–71 | 7–19 (3–13) | Kohl Center (3,942) Madison, WI |
| 02/25/2016 5:30 pm | at No. 6 Maryland | L 77–83 | 7–20 (3–14) | Xfinity Center (4,147) College Park, MD |
| 02/28/2016 1:00 pm | at Purdue | L 48–68 | 7–21 (3–15) | Mackey Arena (7,146) West Lafayette, IN |
| Big Ten Conference Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2016 12:30 pm, BTN | vs. Northwestern First Round | L 72–76 | 7–22 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
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