2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

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2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
Nebraska Cornhuskers logo.svg
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2015–16 record18–13 (9–9 B1G)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Britney Brown
  • Ashley Ford
  • Amy Stephens
Home arenaPinnacle Bank Arena
Seasons
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Maryland† 16 – 2   .889 31 – 4   .886
No. 9 Ohio State 15 – 3   .833 26 – 8   .765
No. 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 Hometown
G 4 Kyndal Clark 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Drake
Webb City 		Webb City, MO
G 5 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Carondelet Martinez, CA
G 11 Esther Ramacieri 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Dawson College
Felix Leclerc 		Repentigny, QE, CAN
G 12 Emily Wood 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Salina Central Salina, KS
F 22 Allie Havers 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Mattawan Paw Paw, MI
G 24 Maddie Simon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Pius X Lincoln, NE
F 31 Anya Kalenta 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Vincennes/Broward College
General Secondary #21 		Minsk, Belarus
F 32 Jessica Shepard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Fremont Fremont, NE
G 33 Rachel Theriot 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Midpark Middleburg Heights, OH
G 34 Jasmine Cincore 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Briarcrest Christian School Arlington, TN
F 43 Rachel Blackburn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Leavenworth Leavenworth, KS
C 50 Darrien Washington 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Skyline Oakland, CA
F 52 Alicia Ostrander 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr 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 		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 		W 88–47  3–0
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,984)
Lincoln, NE
11/23/2015*
7:00 pm 		W 89–38  4–0
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,748)
Lincoln, NE
11/28/2015*
12:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3 		at No. 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 No. 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 		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 No. 14 Northwestern L 62–85  9–4 (0–2)
 Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,249)
Evanston, IL
01/07/2016
6:00 pm, BTN 		at No. 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)
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (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 		No. 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 No. 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		 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 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[]

  1. ^ "Women's basketball coach Connie Yori abruptly resigned Tuesday after 14 seasons at Nebraska following an alleged investigation into how she treated her players". usnews.com/. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  2. ^ "2015-16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball Schedule". Nebraska Cornhuskers Athletics.
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