2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball

NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 8
2015–16 record	26–8 (15–1 ACC)
Head coach	Jeff Walz (9th year)
Assistant coach	Stephanie Norman
Assistant coach	Sam Purcell
Assistant coach	Samantha Williams
Home arena	KFC Yum! Center

2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#2 Notre Dame †	16	–	0	1.000	33	–	2	.943
#8 Louisville	15	–	1	.938	26	–	8	.765
#14 Syracuse	13	–	3	.813	30	–	8	.789
#17 Florida State	13	–	3	.813	25	–	8	.758
#19 Miami (FL)	10	–	6	.625	24	–	9	.727
NC State	10	–	6	.625	20	–	11	.645
Duke	8	–	8	.500	20	–	12	.625
Georgia Tech	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Virginia	6	–	10	.375	18	–	16	.529
Wake Forest	6	–	10	.375	17	–	16	.515
Virginia Tech	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
North Carolina	4	–	12	.250	14	–	18	.438
Pittsburgh	4	–	12	.250	13	–	18	.419
Boston College	2	–	14	.125	15	–	16	.484
Clemson	0	–	16	.000	4	–	26	.133


† 2016 ACC Tournament winner As of April 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team will represent the University of Louisville during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by ninth-year head coach Jeff Walz, play their home games at the KFC Yum! Center and were in their second year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 15–1 in ACC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Syracuse. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Central Arkansas in the first round before losing to DePaul in the second round.

Roster

2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
3.5 !F	1	DeGrate, ErinErin DeGrate	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	1.0 !Fr	La Vega	Waco, Texas
3.5 !F	2	Hines-Allen, MyishaMyisha Hines-Allen	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	2.0 !So	Montclair	Montclair, New Jersey
3.5 !F	3	Fuehring, SamSam Fuehring	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	2.0 !So	Immaculate Conception	Wanaque, New Jersey
3.5 !F	4	Moore, MariyaMariya Moore	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	2.0 !So	Salesian	Hercules, California
1.5 !G	5	Cole, TajaTaja Cole	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	1.0 !Fr	Salesian	Richmond, Virginia
1.5 !G	11	Carter, AricaArica Carter	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.0 !So	Lloyd C. Bird	Long Beach, California
3.5 !F	13	Walton, CortneeCortnee Walton	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	St. Mary's	Surprise, Arizona
1.5 !G	22	Jones, BriannaBrianna Jones	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	1.0 !Fr	North Babylon	North Babylon, New York
1.5 !G	25	Durr, AsiaAsia Durr	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.0 !Fr	St. Pius X Catholic	Douglasville, Georgia
3.5 !F	31	Brackemyre, SydneySydney Brackemyre	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Clinton Massie School	Wilmington, Ohio

Head coach

Jeff Walz (Northern Kentucky)

Assistant coach(es)

Stephanie Norman (Arizona State)
Sam Purcell (Auburn)
Samantha Williams (Auburn)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Media

Once again select Cardinals games will be broadcast on WHAS. Some of the games will be on the ACC RSN. Additional ACC games will air on ESPN3.

All Cardinals basketball games will air on Learfield Sports on WKRD 790 AM or WVKY 101.7 FM, depending on conflicts with Louisville and Kentucky football and men's basketball games.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015* 2:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 8	California	L 71–75	0–1	KFC Yum! Center (16,524) Louisville, KY
11/21/2015* 3:30 PM, FCS	No. 16	at WKU	L 69–71	0–2	E. A. Diddle Arena (3,176) Bowling Green, KY
11/27/2015* 5:00 PM	No. 22	vs. Marist Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	W 65–53	1–2	Germain Arena (1,257) Eastero, FL
11/28/2015* 7:30 PM	No. 22	vs. Purdue Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals	L 60–62	1–3	Germain Arena (1,407) Eastero, FL
11/29/2015* 5:00 PM	No. 22	vs. Dayton Gulf Coast Showcase 3rd place game	L 66–79	1–4	Germain Arena Eastero, FL
12/03/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN2		at No. 19 Michigan State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 85–78	2–4	Breslin Center (5,721) East Lansing, MI
12/05/2015* 4:00 PM		Valparaiso	W 75–42	3–4	KFC Yum! Center (8,274) Louisville, KY
12/10/2015* 7:00 PM, SECN		at No. 8 Kentucky The Battle for the Bluegrass	L 54–72	3–5	Rupp Arena (14,425) Lexington, KY
12/13/2015* 2:00 PM		IUPUI	W 70–61	4–5	KFC Yum! Center (8,686) Louisville, KY
12/15/2015* 7:00 PM		Dartmouth	W 94–42	5–5	KFC Yum! Center (7,971) Louisville, KY
12/18/2015* 7:00 PM		at Tennessee Tech	W 76–54	6–5	Eblen Center (943) Cookeville, TN
12/20/2015* 2:00 PM		at College of Charleston	W 71–67	7–5	TD Arena (517) Charleston, SC
12/28/2015* 7:00 PM		Tennessee–Martin	W 88–66	8–5	KFC Yum! Center (8,690) Louisville, KY
ACC regular season
01/01/2016 4:00 PM, ESPNU		No. 15 Florida State	W 79–69	9–5 (1–0)	KFC Yum! Center (9,126) Louisville, KY
01/03/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3		at Georgia Tech	W 78–65	10–5 (2–0)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,982) Atlanta, GA
01/07/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Virginia Tech	W 56–45	11–5 (3–0)	KFC Yum! Center (7,891) Louisville, KY
01/10/2016 1:00 PM, ESPN3		No. 18 Duke	W 65–48	12–5 (4–0)	KFC Yum! Center (11,342) Louisville, KY
01/14/2016 7:00 PM	No. 23	at Virginia	W 59–41	13–5 (5–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,880) Charlottesville, VA
01/17/2016 2:00 PM	No. 23	at NC State	W 92–90	14–5 (6–0)	Broughton HS (2,313) Raleigh, NC
01/25/2016 7:00 PM, RSN	No. 14	at Syracuse	W 71–53	15–5 (7–0)	Carrier Dome (549) Syracuse, NY
01/28/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 14	Clemson	W 75–33	16–5 (8–0)	KFC Yum! Center (8,379) Louisville, KY
01/31/2016 1:00 PM, RSN	No. 14	Wake Forest	W 78–54	17–5 (9–0)	KFC Yum! Center (9,673) Louisville, KY
02/04/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 13	at North Carolina	W 78–60	18–5 (10–0)	Carmichael Arena (2,176) Chapel Hill, NC
02/07/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 13	No. 3 Notre Dame	L 61–66	18–6 (10–1)	KFC Yum! Center (13,837) Louisville, KY
02/11/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 12	at Pittsburgh	W 84–61	19–6 (11–1)	Peterson Events Center (806) Pittsburgh, PA
02/15/2016* 9:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 11	No. 19 South Florida	W 67–50	20–6	KFC Yum! Center (7,941) Louisville, KY
02/18/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 11	Virginia	W 74–59	21–6 (12–1)	KFC Yum! Center (8,736) Louisville, KY
02/21/2016 1:00 PM	No. 11	at Boston College	W 55–45	22–6 (13–1)	Conte Forum (1,454) Chestnut Hill, MA
02/27/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 10	at No. 17 Miami (FL)	W 79–51	23–6 (14–1)	BankUnited Center (1,378) Coral Gables, FL
02/28/2016 12:30 PM, RSN	No. 10	Pittsburgh	W 65–36	24–6 (15–1)	KFC Yum! Center (11,641) Louisville, KY
ACC Women's Tournament
03/04/2016 6:00 PM, RSN	No. 7	vs. Georgia Tech Quarterfinals	W 60–50	25–6	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
03/05/2016 2:30 PM, ESPNU	No. 7	vs. No. 17 Syracuse Semifinals	L 75–80	25–7	Greensboro Coliseum (5,871) Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2016* 2:30 PM, ESPN2	(3 D) No. 8	(14 D) Central Arkansas First Round	W 87–60	26–7	KFC Yum! Center (5,823) Louisville, KY
03/20/2016* 2:30 PM, ESPN2	(3 D) No. 8	(6 D) No. 20 DePaul Second Round	L 72–73	26–8	KFC Yum! Center (7,515) Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. D=Dallas Region. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[2]

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	8	16	22	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	23	17	14	13	12	11	10	7	8	8	N/A
Coaches	8	16	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	22	17	14	13	12	11	10	6	8	8	14

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

↑ http://www.gocards.com/roster.aspx?path=wbball&
↑ "2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball schedule". Louisville Cardinals.

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Venues	Freedom Hall (1975–2010) KFC Yum! Center (2010–present)

Culture & lore	Cardinal Bird

People	Head coaches

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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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2015–16 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

Roster

Media

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References