The 2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sun Devils, led by nineteenth year head coach Charli Turner Thorne, played their games at the Wells Fargo Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to share the Pac-12 regular season title with Oregon State. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament to California. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated New Mexico State in the first round before getting upset by Tennessee in the second round.
2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball | |
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Pac-12 Regular Season Co-Champions | |
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round | |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
AP | No. 11 |
Record | 26–7 (16–2 Pac-12) |
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Home arena | Wells Fargo Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Oregon State † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 32 | – | 5 | .865 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Arizona State | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Stanford | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 UCLA | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 26 | – | 11 | .703 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of April 3, 2016 Rankings from AP Poll |
Roster
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Charli Turner Thorne (Stanford)
Amanda Levens (Arizona State)
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Schedule
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/15/2015* 3:30 pm, P12N |
No. 15 | No. 18 Kentucky | L 64–68 OT | 0–1 |
Wells Fargo Arena (4,543) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
11/21/2015* 12:00 pm |
No. 18 | at SMU | W 64–57 | 1–1 |
Moody Coliseum (302) Dallas, TX | ||||||
11/27/2015* 5:30 pm |
No. 16 | vs. No. 2 South Carolina Rainbow Wahine Showdown |
L 58–60 | 1–2 |
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | ||||||
11/28/2015* 7:00 pm |
No. 16 | at Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine Showdown |
W 75–49 | 2–2 |
Stan Sheriff Center (2,152) Honolulu, HI | ||||||
11/29/2015* 5:30 pm |
No. 16 | vs. Cal State Bakersfield Rainbow Wahine Showdown |
W 60–47 | 3–2 |
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | ||||||
12/05/2015* 2:00 pm |
No. 17 | VCU ASU Classic semifinals |
L 48–57 | 3–3 |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,430) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
12/06/2015* 12:00 pm |
No. 17 | Columbia ASU Classic 3rd place game |
W 70–49 | 4–3 |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,283) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
12/12/2015* 11:00 am |
No. 24 | at No. 19 Syracuse | W 61–54 | 5–3 |
Carrier Dome (526) Syracuse, NY | ||||||
12/14/2015* 4:00 pm |
No. 21 | at Hartford | W 60–29 | 6–3 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,822) Hartford, CT | ||||||
12/19/2015* 3:00 pm |
No. 21 | Marquette | W 90–80 | 7–3 |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,439) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
12/21/2015* 3:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 22 | No. 10 Florida State | W 68–56 | 8–3 |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,783) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
12/28/2015* 3:00 pm |
No. 17 | Cal State Northridge | W 69–46 | 9–3 |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,460) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
Pac-12 regular season | |||||||||||
01/02/2016 5:00 pm, P12N |
No. 17 | No. 19 California | W 57–49 | 10–3 (1–0) |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,460) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
01/04/2016 6:00 pm, P12N |
No. 14 | No. 9 Stanford | W 49–31 | 11–3 (2–0) |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,708) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
01/08/2016 8:00 pm, P12N |
No. 14 | at Washington | W 68–61 | 12–3 (3–0) |
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,767) Seattle, WA | ||||||
01/10/2016 1:00 pm, P12N |
No. 14 | at Washington State | W 63–45 | 13–3 (4–0) |
Beasley Coliseum (713) Pullman, WA | ||||||
01/15/2016 11:00 am |
No. 10 | Colorado | W 64–37 | 14–3 (5–0) |
Wells Fargo Arena (4,139) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
01/17/2016 12:00 pm, P12N |
No. 10 | Utah | W 80–60 | 15–3 (6–0) |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,510) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
01/22/2016 7:00 pm, P12N |
No. 8 | Arizona State Farm Territorial Cup Series |
W 61–48 | 16–3 (7–0) |
Wells Fargo Arena (3,455) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
01/24/2016 5:00 pm, P12N |
No. 8 | at Arizona State Farm Territorial Cup Series |
W 62–47 | 17–3 (8–0) |
McKale Center (1,483) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
01/29/2016 9:00 pm, P12N |
No. 8 | at Oregon | W 63–58 | 18–3 (9–0) |
Matthew Knight Arena (1,988) Eugene, OR | ||||||
02/01/2016 9:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 8 | at No. 9 Oregon State | L 44–67 | 18–4 (9–1) |
Gill Coliseum (4,427) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
02/05/2016 6:00 pm, P12N |
No. 8 | No. 14 UCLA | W 65–61 | 19–4 (10–1) |
Wells Fargo Arena (3,095) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
02/07/2016 2:00 pm, P12N |
No. 8 | USC | W 69–68 | 20–4 (11–1) |
Wells Fargo Arena (1,564) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
02/12/2016 8:00 pm |
No. 9 | at California | W 64–49 | 21–4 (12–1) |
Haas Pavilion (1,417) Berkeley, CA | ||||||
02/14/2016 7:00 pm, P12N |
No. 9 | at No. 13 Stanford | W 63–61 OT | 22–4 (13–1) |
Maples Pavilion (3,250) Stanford, CA | ||||||
02/19/2016 6:00 pm, P12N |
No. 9 | Washington State | W 61–39 | 23–4 (14–1) |
Wells Fargo Arena (2,851) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
02/21/2016 12:00 pm, P12N |
No. 9 | Washington | W 77–57 | 24–4 (15–1) |
Wells Fargo Arena (3,244) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
02/26/2016 7:00 pm, P12N |
No. 9 | at USC | W 50–45 | 25–4 (16–1) |
Galen Center (486) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
02/28/2016 12:00 pm, P12N |
No. 9 | at No. 14 UCLA | L 61–74 | 25–5 (16–2) |
Pauley Pavilion (6,972) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
Pac-12 Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/04/2016 12:30 pm, P12N |
(2) No. 10 | vs. (10) California Quarterfinals |
L 64–75 | 25–6 |
KeyArena (3,747) Seattle, WA | ||||||
NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/18/2016* 4:30 pm, ESPN2 |
(2 SF) No. 11 | (15 SF) New Mexico State First Round |
W 74–52 | 26–6 |
Wells Fargo Arena (3,134) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
03/20/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN |
(2 SF) No. 11 | (7 SF) Tennessee Second Round |
L 64–75 | 26–7 |
Wells Fargo Arena (2,957) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Mountain Time. |
Rankings
edit2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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AP | 15 | 18 | 16т | 17 | 24 | 21т | 22 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | N/A |
Coaches | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
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(RV) | Received Votes |