2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

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.

2015–16 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2015–16 record	18–13 (9–9 B1G)
Head coach	Connie Yori (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Britney Brown Ashley Ford Amy Stephens
Home arena	Pinnacle Bank Arena

2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	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

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 Natalie Romeo 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-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 Injured Current redshirt 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 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		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 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.