2015–16 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team will represent University of Michigan during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by fourth year head coach Kim Barnes Arico, play their home games at the Crisler Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Iowa. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament defeated Wright State, Bucknell and San Diego in the first, second and third rounds, Temple in the quarterfinals before losing to Florida Gulf Coast in the semifinals.

2015–16 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball
WNIT, Semifinals
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record21–14 (9–9 B1G)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCrisler Center
Seasons
2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Maryland 16 2   .889 31 4   .886
No. 9 Ohio State 15 3   .833 26 8   .765
No. 16 Michigan State 13 5   .722 25 9   .735
Indiana 12 6   .667 21 12   .636
Minnesota 11 7   .611 20 12   .625
Purdue 10 8   .556 20 12   .625
Michigan 9 9   .500 21 14   .600
Nebraska 9 9   .500 18 13   .581
Iowa 8 10   .444 19 14   .576
Rutgers 8 10   .444 19 15   .559
Penn State 6 12   .333 12 19   .387
Northwestern 4 14   .222 18 17   .514
Wisconsin 3 15   .167 7 22   .241
Illinois 2 16   .111 9 21   .300
2016 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 31, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

Roster edit

2015–16 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Madison Ristovski 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr University Liggett Sterling Heights, MI
G 2 Siera Thompson (C) 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Serra Gardena, CA
G 3 Katelynn Flaherty 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Metuchen Point Pleasant, NJ
G 4 Hallie Wangler 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Shrine Catholic Royal Oak, MI
G 10 Nicole Munger 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Central Bucks West Doylestown, PA
G 11 Jillian Dunston 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Academy of the Holy Cross Germantown, MD
C 12 Terra Stapleton 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Fairland Proctorville, OH
G 20 Danielle Williams (C) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr St. Mary's Phoenix, AZ
F 21 Sam Trammel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Eastview Minnetonka, MN
G/F 23 Maria Backman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Cardinal Spellman Bronx, NY
F 24 Emoni Jackson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Long Beach Polytechnic Pasadena, CA
C 30 Hallie Thome 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Chagrin Falls Chagrin Falls, OH
F 32 Kelsey Mitchell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Inkster Detroit, MI
G 34 Boogie Brozoski 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Long Island Lutheran Cambria Heights, NY
Head coach

Kim Barnes Arico (Montclair State)

Assistant coach(es)

Melanie Moore (Siena)
Megan Duffy (Notre Dame)
Joy McCorvey (St. John's)


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

Roster

Schedule edit

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2015*
2:00 pm
Ferris State W 109–39 
Crisler Center (1,240)
Ann Arbor, MI
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2015*
12:00 pm
Binghamton W 90–62  1–0
Crisler Center (1,906)
Ann Arbor, MI
11/15/2015*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Detroit W 88–61  2–0
Calihan Hall (1,313)
Detroit, MI
11/19/2015*
7:00 pm
Xavier W 92–54  3–0
Crisler Center (2,613)
Ann Arbor, MI
11/23/2015*
7:00 pm
USC Upstate W 119–61  4–0
Crisler Center (1,589)
Ann Arbor, MI
11/27/2015*
7:00 pm
Hartford W 83–47  5–0
Crisler Center (2,004)
Ann Arbor, MI
11/29/2015*
2:00 pm
Oral Roberts W 61–44  6–0
Crisler Center (1,809)
Ann Arbor, MI
12/03/2015*
7:00 pm
Pittsburgh
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 82–45  7–0
Crisler Center (1,737)
Ann Arbor, MI
12/06/2015*
4:00 pm, ESPN2
at Princeton L 57–74  7–1
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,851)
Princeton, NJ
12/13/2015*
2:00 pm, BTN
No. 20 UCLA L 77–86  7–2
Crisler Center (2,834)
Ann Arbor, MI
12/19/2015*
2:30 pm
Miami (OH) W 97–55  8–2
Crisler Center (2,396)
Ann Arbor, MI
12/23/2015*
3:30 pm, ESPN3
at Eastern Michigan L 63–64  8–3
Convocation Center (1,757)
Ypsilanti, MI
Big Ten regular season
12/31/2015
1:00 pm
Purdue L 63–65  8–4 (0–1)
Crisler Center (3,159)
Ann Arbor, MI
01/03/2016
12:30 pm, BTN
at Indiana L 69–77 OT 8–5 (0–2)
Assembly Hall (3,602)
Bloomington, IN
01/07/2016
7:00 pm
Iowa W 82–75  9–5 (1–2)
Crisler Center (1,889)
Ann Arbor, MI
01/10/2016
3:00 pm
at Minnesota W 93–86  10–5 (2–2)
Williams Arena (3,243)
Minneapolis, MN
01/14/2016
6:00 pm, BTN
No. 8 Maryland L 67–74  10–6 (2–3)
Crisler Center (1,752)
Ann Arbor, MI
01/17/2016
2:00 pm
at Penn State W 91–87  11–6 (2–4)
Bryce Jordan Center (9,124)
University Park, PA
01/21/2016
6:00 pm, BTN
No. 7 Ohio State
Rivalry
L 93–97  11–7 (3–4)
Crisler Center (2,093)
Ann Arbor, MI
01/24/2016
2:00 pm
Nebraska L 81–93  11–8 (3–5)
Crisler Center (3,082)
Ann Arbor, MI
01/28/2016
8:00 pm
at Iowa L 69–85  11–9 (3–6)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,780)
Iowa City, IA
01/31/2016
12:30 pm, BTN
Minnesota W 92–76  12–9 (4–6)
Crisler Center (2,778)
Ann Arbor, MI
02/03/2016
7:00 pm
at No. 17 Michigan State
Rivalry
L 64–85  12–10 (4–7)
Breslin Center (8,003)
East Lansing, MI
02/07/2016
2:00 pm
Illinois W 96–83  13–10 (5–7)
Crisler Center (2,509)
Ann Arbor, MI
02/11/2016
7:00 pm
Wisconsin W 82–65  14–10 (6–7)
Crisler Center (1,777)
Ann Arbor, MI
02/14/2016
2:00 pm
at Purdue W 68–61  15–10 (7–7)
Mackey Arena (6,427)
West Lafayette, IN
02/17/2016
7:00 pm
at No. 6 Maryland L 56–76  15–11 (7–8)
Xfinity Center (5,100)
College Park, MD
02/20/2016
12:00 pm, BTN
Penn State W 78–73  16–11 (8–8)
Crisler Center (2,920)
Ann Arbor, MI
02/23/2016
6:30 pm, BTN
at Northwestern W 70–65  17–11 (9–8)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,140)
Evanston, IL
02/28/2016
2:00 pm, BTN
at Rutgers L 50–72  17–12 (9–9)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (3,505)
Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/03/2016
12:00 pm, BTN
vs. Iowa
Second Round
L 85–97  17–13
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
WNIT
03/16/2016*
7:00 pm
Wright State
First Round
W 81–53  18–13
Crisler Center (658)
Ann Arbor, MI
03/19/2016*
2:00 pm
Bucknell
Second Round
W 95–72  19–13
Crisler Center (938)
Ann Arbor, MI
03/22/2016*
7:00 pm
San Diego
Third Round
W 78–51  20–13
Crisler Center (1,000)
Ann Arbor, MI
03/28/2016*
7:00 pm
Temple
Quarterfinals
W 77–76  21–13
Crisler Center (1,457)
Ann Arbor, MI
03/31/2016*
8:00 pm, ESPN3
at Florida Gulf Coast
Semifinals
L 62–71  21–14
Alico Arena (4,633)
Fort Myers, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2015-16 Michigan Women's Basketball Schedule". www.MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016.