2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference Big Ten Conference
2015–16 record 1813 (99 B1G)
Head coach Connie Yori (14th year)
Assistant coach Britney Brown
Assistant coach Ashley Ford
Assistant coach Amy Stephens
Home arena Pinnacle Bank Arena
2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#5 Maryland 16 2   .889     31 4   .886
#9 Ohio State 15 3   .833     26 8   .765
#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

The 2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team will represent University of Nebraska–Lincoln during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, led by 14th year head coach Connie Yori, play their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 18–13, 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 Rutgers. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Northern Iowa in the first round.

On April 5, 2016, Connie Yori resigns following an alleged investigation into how she treated her players.[1] She finished at Nebraska with a 14 year record of 280–166.

Roster

2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town
G 4 Clark, KyndalKyndal Clark 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Drake
Webb City
Webb City, MO
G 5 Romeo, NatalieNatalie Romeo 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Carondelet Martinez, CA
G 11 Ramacieri, EstherEsther Ramacieri 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Dawson College
Felix Leclerc
Repentigny, QE, CAN
G 12 Wood, EmilyEmily Wood 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Salina Central Salina, KS
F 22 Havers, AllieAllie Havers 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Mattawan Paw Paw, MI
G 24 Simon, MaddieMaddie Simon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Pius X Lincoln, NE
F 31 Kalenta, AnyaAnya Kalenta 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Vincennes/Broward College
General Secondary #21
Minsk, Belarus
F 32 Shepard, JessicaJessica Shepard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Fremont Fremont, NE
G 33 Theriot, RachelRachel Theriot 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Midpark Middleburg Heights, OH
G 34 Cincore, JasmineJasmine Cincore 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Briarcrest Christian School Arlington, TN
F 43 Blackburn, RachelRachel Blackburn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Leavenworth Leavenworth, KS
C 50 Washington, DarrienDarrien Washington 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Skyline Oakland, CA
F 52 Ostrander, AliciaAlicia Ostrander 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Gordon-Rushville Gordon, NE
Head coach

Connie Yori (Creighton)

Assistant coach(es)

Britney Brown (Oklahoma)
Ashley Ford (Nebraska)
Amy Stephens(Nebraska)


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

Roster

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition

08/04/2015*
5:00 AM
at Frankston Lady Blues L 72–81 
Frankston Basketball Centre 
Frankston, Australia

08/05/2015*
3:30 AM
at Dandenong Rangers L 41–72 
Dandenong Stadium 
Melbourne, Australia

08/06/2015*
4:30 AM
at Cairns Dolphins L 73–79 
Cairns Basketball Stadium 
Cairns, Australia

08/10/2015*
at Sydney Heat W 76–56 
 
Sydney, Australia

11/01/2015*
2:00 PM
Nebraska–Kearney W 92–54 
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,900)
Lincoln, NE

11/08/2015*
2:00 PM
Winona State W 96–66 
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,926)
Lincoln, NE
Non-conference regular season

11/14/2015*
11:30 AM
Arkansas–Pine Bluff W 96–46  1–0
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,953)
Lincoln, NE

11/16/2015*
7:00 PM
North Florida W 91–46  2–0
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,475)
Lincoln, NE

11/21/2015*
2:00 PM
North Carolina Central W 88–47  3–0
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,984)
Lincoln, NE

11/23/2015*
7:00 PM
Southern W 89–38  4–0
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,748)
Lincoln, NE

11/28/2015*
12:00 PM, SNY/ESPN3
at #1 Connecticut L 46–88  4–1
XL Center (10,113)
Hartford, CT

12/03/2015*
7:00 PM
NC State
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 88–67  5–1
Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,151)
Lincoln, NE

12/06/2015*
2:00 PM
Creighton W 65–63  6–1
Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,056)
Lincoln, NE

12/08/2015*
7:00 PM
Evansville W 85–40  7–1
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,614)
Lincoln, NE

12/12/2015*
7:00 PM, P12N
at #22 California L 80–87 OT 7–2
Haas Pavilion (4,406)
Berkeley, CA

12/19/2015*
4:00 PM
Northern Arizona W 90–67  8–2
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,775)
Lincoln, NE

12/21/2015*
7:00 PM
Arkansas State W 79–71  9–2
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,991)
Lincoln, NE
Big Ten regular season

12/31/2015
1:00 PM
Iowa L 68–74  9–3 (0–1)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,329)
Lincoln, NE

01/03/2016
1:30 PM, BTN
at #14 Northwestern L 62–85  9–4 (0–2)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,249)
Evanston, IL

01/07/2016
6:00 PM, BTN
at #8 Maryland L 50–89  9–5 (0–3)
Xfinity Center (4,112)
College Park, MD

01/10/2016
2:00 PM
Illinois W 73–57  10–5 (1–3)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,222)
Lincoln, NE

01/13/2016
6:00 PM
at Penn State W 83–78  11–5 (2–3)
Bryce Jordan Center (2,745)
University Park, PA

01/16/2016
5:30 PM, BTN
Rutgers W 65–54  12–5 (3–3)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,622)
Lincoln, NE

01/20/2016
6:00 PM
at Purdue W 62–61  13–5 (4–3)
Mackey Arena (6,041)
West Lafayette, IN

01/24/2016
1:00 PM
at Michigan W 93–81  14–5 (5–3)
Crisler Center (3,082)
Ann Arbor, MI

01/27/2016
7:00 PM
Wisconsin W 75–62  15–5 (6–3)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,349)
Lincoln, NE

01/30/2016
1:00 PM
at Rutgers L 56–66  15–6 (6–4)
The RAC (2,815)
Piscataway, NJ

02/02/2016
7:00 PM, BTN
Penn State W 87–69  16–6 (7–4)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,486)
Lincoln, NE

02/07/2016
1:00 PM
at Indiana L 47–59  16–7 (7–5)
Assembly Hall (3,370)
Bloomington, IN

02/11/2016
7:00 PM
at Minnesota L 73–110  16–8 (7–6)
Williams Arena (3,945)
Minneapolis, MN

02/14/2016
3:00 PM, BTN
#17 Michigan State W 73–66  17–8 (8–6)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (8,338)
Lincoln, NE

02/18/2016
5:00 PM, BTN
at #5 Ohio State L 70–96  17–9 (8–7)
Value City Arena (5,243)
Columbus, OH

02/21/2016
2:00 PM, BTN
Purdue L 50–68  17–10 (8–8)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,671)
Lincoln, NE

02/24/2016
7:00 PM
Indiana L 68–79  17–11 (8–9)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,376)
Lincoln, NE

02/28/2016
3:00 PM, BTN
Northwestern W 76–67  18–11 (9–9)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,596)
Lincoln, NE
Big Ten Women's Tournament

03/03/2016
5:30 PM, BTN
vs. Rutgers
Second Round
L 63–66  18–12
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
WNIT

03/17/2016*
7:00 PM
Northern Iowa
First Round
L 62–64  18–13
Pinnacle Bank Arena (2,942)
Lincoln, NE
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[2]

Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season
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Final
AP NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team

References

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