2015–16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Joanne P. McCallie entering her 9th season. The team played its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 8–8 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC women's tournament to Notre Dame. They missed the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1994 and they were also not invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament for the first time in 21 years due to a limited roster.[1]

2015–16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record20–12 (8–8 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Al Brown
  • Rene Haynes
  • Hernando Planells
Home arenaCameron Indoor Stadium
Seasons
2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame 16 0   1.000 33 2   .943
No. 8 Louisville 15 1   .938 26 8   .765
No. 14 Syracuse 13 3   .813 30 8   .789
No. 17 Florida State 13 3   .813 25 8   .758
No. 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

2015–16 media

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All Blue Devils games aired on the Blue Devil IMG Sports Network. WDNC once again acted as the main station for the Blue Devils IMG Sports Network games with Steve Barnes providing the play-by-play and Morgan Patrick acting as analyst.

Roster

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2015–16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Haley Gorecki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr William Fremd Palatine, IL
G 3 Ángela Salvadores 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Marista San Jose León, Spain
G 4 Lexie Brown (I)   5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr North Gwinnett
Maryland
Suwanee, GA
G/F 11 Azurá Stevens 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So Cary Raleigh, NC
G 12 Mercedes Riggs 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Timpanogos
Salt Lake CC
Lindon, UT
G 13 Crystal Primm 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Oxbridge Academy West Palm Beach, FL
G/F 14 Faith Suggs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Homewood Flossmoor Flossmoor, IL
G 15 Kyra Lambert 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Samuel Clemens Cibolo, TX
F/C 21 Kendall Cooper 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr St. Anthony Carson, CA
F 22 Oderah Chidom 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Bishop O'Dowd Oakland, CA
G 23 Rebecca Greenwell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Owensboro Catholic Owensboro, KY
F/C 30 Amber Henson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Walter L. Sickles Tampa, FL
F/C 34 Lyneé Belton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr The Bullis School Clinton, MD
F/C 35 Erin Mathias 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Fox Chapel Area Pittsburgh, PA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 14 Pfeiffer W 113–36 
 29  Stevens   9  Stevens   8  Lambert  Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
11/08/2015*
1:00 pm
No. 14 Saint Leo W 116–33 
 26  Greenwell   11  Tied   6  Lambert  Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015*
8:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 14 at Penn W 59–50  1–0
 15  Stevens   9  Chidom   3  Lambert  The Palestra (2,587)
Philadelphia, PA
11/15/2015*
6:00 pm
No. 14 Winthrop W 78–50  2–0
 18  Stevens   14  Stevens   4  Tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,582)
Durham, NC
11/18/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 14 No. 12 Texas A&M L 66–72 OT 2–1
 22  Greenwell   16  Stevens   4  Lambert  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,708)
Durham, NC
11/22/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 14 Army W 72–61  3–1
 32  Stevens   14  Stevens   5  Salvadores  Cameron Indoor Stadium (6,147)
Durham, NC
11/26/2015*
1:30 pm
No. 15 vs. Idaho
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
W 74–68  4–1
 22  Stevens   12  Stevens   6  Salvadores  Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133)
Cancún, Mexico
11/27/2015*
1:30 pm
No. 15 vs. Iowa State
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
W 86–48  5–1
 15  Greenwell   11  Chidom   5  Gorecki  Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133)
Cancún, Mexico
11/28/2015*
1:30 pm
No. 15 vs. Texas State
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division
W 85–34  6–1
 19  Stevens   7  Greenwell   9  Salvadores  Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133)
Cancún, Mexico
12/03/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 14 Minnesota
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 84–64  7–1
 26  Stevens   11  Stevens   8  Salvadores  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,617)
Durham, NC
12/06/2015*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 14 at No. 2 South Carolina L 55–66  7–2
 16  Lambert   9  Stevens   2  3 tied  Colonial Life Arena (16,429)
Columbia, SC
12/14/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 13 Massachusetts W 70–46  8–2
 24  Stevens   10  Stevens   5  Greenwell  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,602)
Durham, NC
12/17/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 13 Liberty W 79–41  9–2
 26  Greenwell   8  Greenwell   8  Salvadores  Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,003)
Durham, NC
12/20/2015*
7:00 pm, SECN
No. 13 at No. 8 Kentucky L 61–71  9–3
 17  Stevens   7  Chidom   2  3 tied  Rupp Arena (17,150)
Lexington, KY
12/29/2015*
7:00 pm
No. 12 Western Carolina W 84–47  10–3
 21  Stevens   10  Stevens   4  Lambert  Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,023)
Durham, NC
12/31/2015*
2:00 pm
No. 12 UNC Wilmington W 78–56  11–3
 23  Greenwell   9  Greenwell   6  Salvadores  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,844)
Durham, NC
ACC Regular Season
01/03/2016
1:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 12 at Syracuse L 50–86  11–4 (0–1)
 12  Stevens   12  Stevens   4  Lambert  Carrier Dome (1,585)
Syracuse, NY
01/07/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 18 Wake Forest W 95–68  12–4 (1–1)
 23  Stevens   9  Greenwell   5  Salvadores  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,937)
Durham, NC
01/10/2016
1:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 18 at Louisville L 48–65  12–5 (1–2)
 14  Greenwell   11  Chidom   3  Salvadores  KFC Yum! Center (11,342)
Louisville, KY
01/14/2016
7:00 pm, RSN
No. 22 NC State L 62–65  12–6 (1–3)
 21  Stevens   11  Stevens   2  3 tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,830)
Durham, NC
01/17/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 22 Boston College W 71–51  13–6 (2–3)
 23  Greenwell   14  Stevens   7  Lambert  Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,983)
Durham, NC
01/21/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Clemson W 72–43  14–6 (3–3)
 33  Stevens   7  Stevens   4  Tied  Jervey Athletic Center (494)
Clemson, SC
01/24/2016
3:00 pm, RSN
North Carolina W 71–55  15–6 (4–3)
 26  Stevens   16  Henson   4  Lambert  Cameron Indoor Stadium (7,622)
Durham, NC
01/28/2016
7:00 pm, RSN
at Pittsburgh W 70–48  16–6 (5–3)
 26  Stevens   9  Stevens   4  Tied  Peterson Events Center (1,204)
Pittsburgh, PA
02/01/2016
6:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 3 Notre Dame L 61–68  16–7 (5–4)
 14  Stevens   9  Tied   3  Henson  Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,159)
Durham, NC
02/04/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Virginia W 67–52  17–7 (6–4)
 25  Greenwell   12  Greenwell   4  Tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,506)
Durham, NC
02/07/2016
1:00 pm, RSN
at No. 16 Miami (FL) L 53–61  17–8 (6–5)
 18  Chidom   7  Greenwell   3  Salvadores  BankUnited Center (1,293)
Coral Gables, FL
02/11/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 10 Florida State L 53–69  17–9 (6–6)
 13  Salvadores   7  Salvadores   1  6 tied  Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,536)
Durham, NC
02/14/2016
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Wake Forest L 58–64  17–10 (6–7)
 18  Chidom   8  Suggs   6  Salvadores  LJVM Coliseum (1,458)
Winston-Salem, NC
02/18/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Virginia Tech W 66–62  18–10 (7–7)
 16  Chidom   11  Chidom   4  Tied  Cassell Coliseum (1,264)
Blacksburg, VA
02/21/2016
2:00 pm
Georgia Tech L 59–64  18–11 (7–8)
 19  Salvadores   9  Henson   3  Henson  Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,845)
Durham, NC
02/28/2016
3:00 pm, ESPN3
at North Carolina W 93–57  19–11 (8–8)
 27  Greenwell   10  Tied   7  Lanbert  Carmichael Arena (4,762)
Durham, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016
2:00 pm, RSN
vs. Virginia
Second Round
W 57–53  20–11
 20  Chidom   15  Stevens   3  Salvadores  Greensboro Coliseum (2,114)
Greensboro, NC
03/04/2016
2:00 pm, RSN
vs. No. 2 Notre Dame
Quarterfinals
L 54–83  20–12
 19  Stevens   10  Stevens   3  Salvadores  Greensboro Coliseum (3,148)
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[2]

Rankings

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2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
AP 14 14 15 14 13 13 13 12 18 22 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A
Coaches 12 9 12 13 11 11 12 12 16 19 RV RV RV RV NR NR NR RV RV NR
Legend
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(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Duke women’s basketball not in NCAA Tournament for 1st time in 21 years" in WNCN.com
  2. ^ "2015-16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball Schedule". Duke Athletics. Retrieved October 19, 2015.