2015–16 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team

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2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame †	16	–	0		1.000			33	–	2		.943
No. 8 Louisville	15	–	1		.938			26	–	8		.765
No. 14 Syracuse	13	–	3		.813			30	–	8		.789
No. 17 Florida State	13	–	3		.813			25	–	8		.758
No. 19 Miami (FL)	10	–	6		.625			24	–	9		.727
NC State	10	–	6		.625			20	–	11		.645
Duke	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Georgia Tech	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Virginia	6	–	10		.375			18	–	16		.529
Wake Forest	6	–	10		.375			17	–	16		.515
Virginia Tech	5	–	11		.313			18	–	14		.563
North Carolina	4	–	12		.250			14	–	18		.438
Pittsburgh	4	–	12		.250			13	–	18		.419
Boston College	2	–	14		.125			15	–	16		.484
Clemson	0	–	16		.000			4	–	26		.133
† 2016 ACC tournament winner As of April 5, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team will represent Syracuse University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Orange, led by ninth year head coach Quentin Hillsman. The Orange are third year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the Carrier Dome.

Previous season

The Orange finished the 2014–15 season 22–10, 11–5 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC Women's Tournament to Wake Forest. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Nebraska in the first round before losing to South Carolina in the second round.

Roster

2015–16 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Alexis Peterson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Northland Columbus, OH F 3 Julia Chandler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Northern Secondary Toronto, ON G 4 Maggie Morrison 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Archbishop Spalding Millersville, MD G 5 Jade Phillips 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Southeast Raleigh Raleigh, NC F 10 Isabella Slim 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr CTO Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands G 11 Cornelia Fondren 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Overton Memphis, TN G 13 Brianna Butler 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Nazareth Regional King of Prussia, PA G 14 Savannah Crocetti 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Irondequoit Rochester, NY G 20 Brittney Sykes 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr University Newark, NJ G 21 Danielle Minott 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Miami Country Day Miami, FL F 22 Taylor Ford 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Nazareth Regional Bronx, NY G 24 Brandi Fowler 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Corcoran Syracuse, NY G 33 Davida Dale 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr St. Andrew's Providence, RI G 34 Abby Grant 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr St. Francis Suwanee, GA C 50 Briana Day 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Millbrook Raleigh, NC F 55 Bria Day 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Millbrook Raleigh, NC	Head coach Quentin Hillsman (St. Mary's (MD)) Assistant coach(es) Vonn Read (Clark) Tammi Reiss (Virginia) Cedric Solice (Charleston Southern) 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
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 5:00 PM	No. 23	at Rhode Island	W 57–54	1–0	Ryan Center (1,196) Kingston, RI
11/20/2015* 7:00 PM	No. 25	at No. 4 Tennessee	L 55–57	1–1	Thompson–Boling Arena (10,007) Knoxville, TN
11/23/2015* 7:00 PM	No. 23	Morgan State	W 90–61	2–1	Carrier Dome (451) Syracuse, NY
11/27/2015* 9:45 PM	No. 23	vs. Washington South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 66–62	3–1	South Point Arena  Enterprise, NV
11/28/2015* 7:30 PM	No. 23	vs. Fordham South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 76–54	4–1	South Point Arena  Enterprise, NV
12/02/2015* 7:00 PM, BTN	No. 20	at No. 5 Maryland ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 64–82	4–2	Xfinity Center (3,964) College Park, MD
12/06/2015* 2:00 PM, TWCSC	No. 20	Stony Brook	W 64–49	5–2	Carrier Dome (219) Syracuse, NY
12/09/2015* 7:00 PM, TWCSC	No. 19	Coppin State	W 88–56	6–2	Carrier Dome (335) Syracuse, NY
12/12/2015* 1:00 PM	No. 19	No. 24 Arizona State	L 54–61	6–3	Carrier Dome (526) Syracuse, NY
12/21/2015* 7:00 PM, TWCSC		Jacksonville	W 65–49	7–3	Carrier Dome (404) Syracuse, NY
12/29/2015* 7:00 PM		Drexel	W 83–62	8–3	Carrier Dome (567) Syracuse, NY
12/30/2015* 7:00 PM		Howard	W 97–48	9–3	Carrier Dome (464) Syracuse, NY
01/01/2015* 7:00 PM		Texas–Rio Grande Valley			Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
ACC regular season
01/03/2016 1:00 PM, ESPNU		No. 12 Duke			Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
01/07/2016 7:00 PM		at North Carolina			Carmichael Arena  Chapel Hill, NC
01/10/2016 2:00 PM, TWCSC		Virginia Tech			Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
01/14/2016 7:00 PM		Pittsburgh			Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
01/17/2016 2:00 PM		at Wake Forest			LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
01/21/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Notre Dame			Edmund P. Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
01/25/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Louisville			Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
01/27/2016 7:00 PM, TWCSC		Boston College			Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
02/01/2016 7:00 PM, RSN		at Miami (FL)			BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, FL
02/04/2016 7:00 PM, TWCSC		Clemson			Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
02/07/2016 2:00 PM		Georgia Tech			Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
02/11/2016 7:00 PM, RSN		at Virginia			John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
02/14/2016 2:00 PM		at NC State			Broughton HS  Raleigh, NC
02/18/2016 7:00 PM, RSN		Florida State			Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
02/21/2016 3:00 PM, ESPN3		at Pittsburgh			Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
02/25/2016 7:00 PM		at Boston College			Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Women's Tournament
03/02–06/2016		vs.			Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 1	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	Final
AP	23	25	23	20	19	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	25	25	RV	RV	RV	RV

See also

• 2015–16 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team