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.

2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 21
Record24–10 (14–4 The American)
Head coach
Associate head coachJeff Osterman
Assistant coaches
  • Michele Woods-Baxter
  • Desma Thomas Bateast
Home arenaUSF Sun Dome
Seasons
2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UConn 18 0   1.000 38 0   1.000
No. 21 South Florida 14 4   .778 24 10   .706
Temple 13 5   .722 23 12   .657
Memphis 12 6   .667 18 13   .581
Tulane 11 7   .611 23 12   .657
Tulsa 8 10   .444 12 19   .387
SMU 7 11   .389 13 18   .419
East Carolina 6 12   .333 13 19   .406
Cincinnati 4 14   .222 8 22   .267
UCF 4 14   .222 7 23   .233
Houston 2 16   .111 6 24   .200
American Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

Media

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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.

Roster

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2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Micah Kroll 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Tampa Catholic Tampa, FL
G 4 Neena Pacholke 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Freedom Tampa, FL
G 5 Tremaine McCullough 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Edgewater Orlando, FL
G 10 Courtney Williams 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Charlton County Folkston, GA
G/F 11 Ariadna Pujol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr GEM Mataró, Spain
F 12 Maria Jesperson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So None Hojbjerg, Denmark
G 13 Laura Marcos Canedo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Colegio Champagnat Salamanca, Spain
F 14 Paige Cashin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Newark Newark, OH
G 20 Laura Ferreira 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So None Lisbon, Portugal
G 22 Laia Flores 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Institut Municipal Biada Mataró, Spain
G 23 Shalethia Stringfield 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr Potters House Christian Academy Jacksonville, FL
F 24 Alisia Jenkins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Statesboro Statesboro, GA
C 32 Nancy Warioba 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Tigoi Girls HS
Blinn College
Kisumu, Kenya
F 33 Kitija Laksa 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Rigas Francu Licejs Riga, Latvia
C 45 Katelyn Weber 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Hall Little Rock, AR
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 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[2] 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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Final
AP 20 19 18 24т 21 20 20 20 22 19 15 20 19 22 19 21 20 21 21 N/A
Coaches 19 17 17 23 20 19 17 17 18 16 15 18 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 22
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Women's Basketball".
  2. ^ "Bulls game at Northern Colorado Cancelled". USF Bulls Athletics. Retrieved December 16, 2015.