2015–16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Joanne P. McCallie entering her 9th season. The team played its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 8–8 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC women's tournament to Notre Dame. They missed the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1994 and they were also not invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament for the first time in 21 years due to a limited roster.^[1]

2015–16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division champion
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	20–12 (8–8 ACC)
Head coach	Joanne P. McCallie (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Al Brown Rene Haynes Hernando Planells
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	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

2015–16 media

All Blue Devils games aired on the Blue Devil IMG Sports Network. WDNC once again acted as the main station for the Blue Devils IMG Sports Network games with Steve Barnes providing the play-by-play and Morgan Patrick acting as analyst.

Roster

2015–16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Haley Gorecki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr William Fremd Palatine, IL G 3 Ángela Salvadores 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Marista San Jose León, Spain G 4 Lexie Brown (I)  5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr North Gwinnett Maryland Suwanee, GA G/F 11 Azurá Stevens 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So Cary Raleigh, NC G 12 Mercedes Riggs 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Timpanogos Salt Lake CC Lindon, UT G 13 Crystal Primm 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Oxbridge Academy West Palm Beach, FL G/F 14 Faith Suggs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Homewood Flossmoor Flossmoor, IL G 15 Kyra Lambert 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Samuel Clemens Cibolo, TX F/C 21 Kendall Cooper 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr St. Anthony Carson, CA F 22 Oderah Chidom 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Bishop O'Dowd Oakland, CA G 23 Rebecca Greenwell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Owensboro Catholic Owensboro, KY F/C 30 Amber Henson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Walter L. Sickles Tampa, FL F/C 34 Lyneé Belton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr The Bullis School Clinton, MD F/C 35 Erin Mathias 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Fox Chapel Area Pittsburgh, PA	Head coach Joanne P. McCallie (Northwestern) Assistant coach(es) Al Brown (Purdue) Rene Haynes (Michigan State) Hernando Planells (Regis) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 14	Pfeiffer	W 113–36	–	29 – Stevens	9 – Stevens	8 – Lambert	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
11/08/2015* 1:00 pm	No. 14	Saint Leo	W 116–33	–	26 – Greenwell	11 – Tied	6 – Lambert	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 8:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 14	at Penn	W 59–50	1–0	15 – Stevens	9 – Chidom	3 – Lambert	The Palestra (2,587) Philadelphia, PA
11/15/2015* 6:00 pm	No. 14	Winthrop	W 78–50	2–0	18 – Stevens	14 – Stevens	4 – Tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,582) Durham, NC
11/18/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 14	No. 12 Texas A&M	L 66–72 OT	2–1	22 – Greenwell	16 – Stevens	4 – Lambert	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,708) Durham, NC
11/22/2015* 2:00 pm	No. 14	Army	W 72–61	3–1	32 – Stevens	14 – Stevens	5 – Salvadores	Cameron Indoor Stadium (6,147) Durham, NC
11/26/2015* 1:30 pm	No. 15	vs. Idaho Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 74–68	4–1	22 – Stevens	12 – Stevens	6 – Salvadores	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
11/27/2015* 1:30 pm	No. 15	vs. Iowa State Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 86–48	5–1	15 – Greenwell	11 – Chidom	5 – Gorecki	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
11/28/2015* 1:30 pm	No. 15	vs. Texas State Cancún Challenge Mayan Division	W 85–34	6–1	19 – Stevens	7 – Greenwell	9 – Salvadores	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (133) Cancún, Mexico
12/03/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 14	Minnesota ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 84–64	7–1	26 – Stevens	11 – Stevens	8 – Salvadores	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,617) Durham, NC
12/06/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 14	at No. 2 South Carolina	L 55–66	7–2	16 – Lambert	9 – Stevens	2 – 3 tied	Colonial Life Arena (16,429) Columbia, SC
12/14/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 13	Massachusetts	W 70–46	8–2	24 – Stevens	10 – Stevens	5 – Greenwell	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,602) Durham, NC
12/17/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 13	Liberty	W 79–41	9–2	26 – Greenwell	8 – Greenwell	8 – Salvadores	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,003) Durham, NC
12/20/2015* 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 13	at No. 8 Kentucky	L 61–71	9–3	17 – Stevens	7 – Chidom	2 – 3 tied	Rupp Arena (17,150) Lexington, KY
12/29/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 12	Western Carolina	W 84–47	10–3	21 – Stevens	10 – Stevens	4 – Lambert	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,023) Durham, NC
12/31/2015* 2:00 pm	No. 12	UNC Wilmington	W 78–56	11–3	23 – Greenwell	9 – Greenwell	6 – Salvadores	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,844) Durham, NC
ACC Regular Season
01/03/2016 1:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 12	at Syracuse	L 50–86	11–4 (0–1)	12 – Stevens	12 – Stevens	4 – Lambert	Carrier Dome (1,585) Syracuse, NY
01/07/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 18	Wake Forest	W 95–68	12–4 (1–1)	23 – Stevens	9 – Greenwell	5 – Salvadores	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,937) Durham, NC
01/10/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 18	at Louisville	L 48–65	12–5 (1–2)	14 – Greenwell	11 – Chidom	3 – Salvadores	KFC Yum! Center (11,342) Louisville, KY
01/14/2016 7:00 pm, RSN	No. 22	NC State	L 62–65	12–6 (1–3)	21 – Stevens	11 – Stevens	2 – 3 tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,830) Durham, NC
01/17/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 22	Boston College	W 71–51	13–6 (2–3)	23 – Greenwell	14 – Stevens	7 – Lambert	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,983) Durham, NC
01/21/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Clemson	W 72–43	14–6 (3–3)	33 – Stevens	7 – Stevens	4 – Tied	Jervey Athletic Center (494) Clemson, SC
01/24/2016 3:00 pm, RSN		North Carolina	W 71–55	15–6 (4–3)	26 – Stevens	16 – Henson	4 – Lambert	Cameron Indoor Stadium (7,622) Durham, NC
01/28/2016 7:00 pm, RSN		at Pittsburgh	W 70–48	16–6 (5–3)	26 – Stevens	9 – Stevens	4 – Tied	Peterson Events Center (1,204) Pittsburgh, PA
02/01/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 3 Notre Dame	L 61–68	16–7 (5–4)	14 – Stevens	9 – Tied	3 – Henson	Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,159) Durham, NC
02/04/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Virginia	W 67–52	17–7 (6–4)	25 – Greenwell	12 – Greenwell	4 – Tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,506) Durham, NC
02/07/2016 1:00 pm, RSN		at No. 16 Miami (FL)	L 53–61	17–8 (6–5)	18 – Chidom	7 – Greenwell	3 – Salvadores	BankUnited Center (1,293) Coral Gables, FL
02/11/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		No. 10 Florida State	L 53–69	17–9 (6–6)	13 – Salvadores	7 – Salvadores	1 – 6 tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,536) Durham, NC
02/14/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Wake Forest	L 58–64	17–10 (6–7)	18 – Chidom	8 – Suggs	6 – Salvadores	LJVM Coliseum (1,458) Winston-Salem, NC
02/18/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Virginia Tech	W 66–62	18–10 (7–7)	16 – Chidom	11 – Chidom	4 – Tied	Cassell Coliseum (1,264) Blacksburg, VA
02/21/2016 2:00 pm		Georgia Tech	L 59–64	18–11 (7–8)	19 – Salvadores	9 – Henson	3 – Henson	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,845) Durham, NC
02/28/2016 3:00 pm, ESPN3		at North Carolina	W 93–57	19–11 (8–8)	27 – Greenwell	10 – Tied	7 – Lanbert	Carmichael Arena (4,762) Durham, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
03/03/2016 2:00 pm, RSN		vs. Virginia Second Round	W 57–53	20–11	20 – Chidom	15 – Stevens	3 – Salvadores	Greensboro Coliseum (2,114) Greensboro, NC
03/04/2016 2:00 pm, RSN		vs. No. 2 Notre Dame Quarterfinals	L 54–83	20–12	19 – Stevens	10 – Stevens	3 – Salvadores	Greensboro Coliseum (3,148) Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern 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	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	18	22	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	12	9	12	13	11	11	12	12	16	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2015–16 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

References

1. "Duke women’s basketball not in NCAA Tournament for 1st time in 21 years" in WNCN.com
2. "2015-16 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball Schedule". Duke Athletics. Retrieved October 19, 2015.