2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team

2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball
DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	Ivy League
2015–16 record	23–6 (12–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Courtney Banghart (9th year)
Assistant coach	Milena Flores
Assistant coach	Chessie Jackson
Assistant coach	Megan Griffith
Home arena	Jadwin Gymnasium

2015–16 Ivy League women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Penn†	13	–	1		.929			24	–	5		.828
Princeton	12	–	2		.857			23	–	6		.793
Harvard	9	–	5		.643			14	–	14		.500
Dartmouth	7	–	7		.500			12	–	18		.400
Cornell	6	–	8		.429			14	–	14		.500
Yale	5	–	9		.357			14	–	17		.452
Brown	3	–	11		.214			15	–	13		.536
Columbia	1	–	13		.071			12	–	17		.414
† Ivy League winner As of March 19, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by ninth year head coach Courtney Banghart, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League.

During the DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic championship game on November 28, senior guard Michelle Miller became the 23rd Princeton women's basketball player to surpass the 1,000-point mark.^[1] In the February 7 game against Harvard, senior forward and team co-captain Alex Wheatley scored her 1,000th career point.^[2]

Princeton finished the regular season with a 23-5 overall overall record and 12-2 in the Ivy League. Their only two conference losses came against Pennsylvania, who won the season-ending championship game.^[3] The Tigers were an at-large selection to the NCAA Tournament, notably becoming the first-ever Ivy League team to earn an at-large bid in either the men's or women's NCAA Tournament.^[4] However, they lost in the first round to West Virginia.^[5]

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2014-15 season at 31–1, 14–0 to win the Ivy League regular season title to earn an automatic trip to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, which they lost to Maryland in the second round. The Tigers' No. 13 ranking in both the Associated Press Top-25 and USA Today Coaches polls were the highest in conference history. Princeton's No. 8 seed was the best an Ivy program has ever earned, and the Tigers' first round win over Green Bay was just the second NCAA victory for an Ivy team, joining No. 16 Harvard's upset over No. 1 Stanford in 1998.

Roster

2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Home town G 14 Berntsen, AmandaAmanda Berntsen 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Chatham, New Jersey G 2 Brown, TaylorTaylor Brown 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Woodstock, Georgia G/F 5 Davis, CarolineCaroline Davis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Newark, Delaware G 24 Holland, KenyaKenya Holland 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Stafford, Virginia G 23 Ismail, QaleaQalea Ismail 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Bel Air, Maryland G/F 20 Jordan, SydneySydney Jordan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Manassas, Virginia G 34 Miller, MichelleMichelle Miller 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Pasadena, California G 0 Muhammad, ClaudiaClaudia Muhammad 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Charlotte, North Carolina G 10 Reid, JordanJordan Reid 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr DeWitt, Michigan F 44 Reyneke, JackieJackie Reyneke 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Saddle River, New Jersey F 45 Robinson, LeslieLeslie Robinson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Corvallis, Oregon G 25 Rush, GabrielleGabrielle Rush 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Hinsdale, Illinois G 13 Smith, VanessaVanessa Smith 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Twinsburg, Ohio F 15 Tarakchian, AnnieAnnie Tarakchian (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr West Hills, California G 32 Weledji, TiaTia Weledji 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Overland Park, Kansas F 21 Wheatley, AlexAlex Wheatley (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Holland, Pennsylvania F 22 Williams, TaylorTaylor Williams (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Warren, Ohio	Head coach Courtney Banghart (Dartmouth) Assistant coach(es) Milena Flores (Stanford) Chessie Jackson (Williams) Megan Griffith (Columbia) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 30, 2015

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
Nov 13, 2015* 7:00 pm		American	W 72–34	1–0	Jadwin Gymnasium (864) Princeton, NJ
Nov 15, 2015* 2:00 pm		Duquesne	W 94–66	2–0	Jadwin Gymnasium (578) Princeton, NJ
Nov 19, 2015* 7:00 pm, FS2		at Seton Hall	L 64–71	2–1	Walsh Gymnasium (1,130) South Orange, NJ
Nov 24, 2015* 7:00 pm		at Rider	W 78–59	3–1	Alumni Gymnasium (478) Lawrenceville, NJ
Nov 27, 2015* 10:00 am		vs. UC Irvine DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic semifinals	W 83–42	4–1	Gersten Pavilion (471) Los Angeles, CA
Nov 28, 2015* 6:30 pm		vs. Seattle DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic championship	W 85–48	5–1	Gersten Pavilion (367) Los Angeles, CA
Dec 6, 2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN2		Michigan	W 74–57	6–1	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,851) Princeton, NJ
Dec 9, 2015* 7:00 pm		Monmouth	W 81–70	7–1	Jadwin Gymnasium (468) Princeton, NJ
Dec 12, 2015* 3:00 pm		Pittsburgh	W 61–47	8–1	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,002) Princeton, NJ
Dec 14, 2015* 7:00 pm		Fordham	W 55–44	9–1	Jadwin Gymnasium (559) Princeton, NJ
Dec 18, 2015* 7:00 pm		at #10 Ohio State	L 70–90	9–2	Value City Arena (4,639) Columbus, OH
Dec 20, 2015* 2:00 pm		at Dayton	L 81–85	9–3	UD Arena (2,385) Dayton, OH
Dec 29, 2015* 7:00 pm		at Marist	W 77–44	10–3	McCann Arena (1,358) Poughkeepsie, NY
Jan 3, 2016* 2:00 pm		Hampton	W 79–55	11–3	Jadwin Gymnasium (775) Princeton, NJ
Ivy League regular season
Jan 9, 2016 1:00 pm		at Penn	L 48–50	11–4 (0–1)	Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
Jan 29, 2016 7:00 pm		Brown	W 72–53	12–4 (1–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,819) Princeton, NJ
Jan 30, 2016 6:00 pm		Yale	W 65–50	13–4 (2–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (2,109) Princeton, NJ
Feb 5, 2016 7:00 pm		at Dartmouth	W 85–48	14–4 (3–1)	Leede Arena (719) Hanover, NH
Feb 7, 2016 12:00 pm, ASN		at Harvard	W 92–83 ^OT	15–4 (4–1)	Lavietes Pavilion (661) Cambridge, MA
Feb 12, 2016 7:00 pm		Cornell	W 71–51	16–4 (5–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (933) Princeton, NJ
Feb 13, 2016 6:00 pm		Columbia	W 86–54	17–4 (6–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,682) Princeton, NJ
Feb 19, 2016 7:00 pm		at Yale	W 94–81	18–4 (7–1)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (212) New Haven, CT
Feb 20, 2016 7:00 pm		at Brown	W 83–57	19–4 (8–1)	Pizzitola Sports Center (258) Providence, RI
Feb 26, 2016 7:00 pm		at Columbia	W 77–48	20–4 (9–1)	Levien Gymnasium (490) New York, NY
Feb 27, 2016 6:00 pm		at Cornell	W 94–57	21–4 (10–1)	Newman Arena (850) Ithaca, NY
Mar 4, 2016 7:00 pm		Harvard	W 79–69	22–4 (11–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,234) Princeton, NJ
Mar 5, 2016 7:30 pm		Dartmouth	W 68–42	23–4 (12–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,057) Princeton, NJ
Mar 8, 2016 5:30 pm		Penn	L 60–62	23–5 (12–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,278) Princeton, NJ
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 18, 2016* 12:00 PM, ESPN2	(11 SF)	vs. (6 SF) West Virginia First Round	L 65–74	23–6	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Eastern Time. [6]

Rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes.

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	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV
Coaches	25	24т	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

See also

• 2015–16 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

References

1. Miller Nets 1,000th Point; Women's Basketball Powers Past Seattle, 85-48
2. Princeton Outlasts Harvard In OT As Wheatley Reaches 1,000, Miller Gets 28
3. Penn Escapes by Women's Basketball, 62-60, Wins Ivy League Title
4. Creme, Charlie (March 14, 2016). "Creme: Women's committee got bracket right". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
5. Princeton Falls To West Virginia In NCAA Tournament 74-65
6. 2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball schedule