2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

The 2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented University of California, Berkeley during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by fifth year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, played their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 4–14 in Pac-12 play to finish in tenth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament, where they lost to UCLA. They missed the postseason for the first time since 2005.

2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	15–17 (4–14 Pac-12)
Head coach	Lindsay Gottlieb (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Charmin Smith Jeff Cammon Kai Felton
Home arena	Haas Pavilion
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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

2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Asha Thomas 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Bishop O'Dowd Oakland, CA G 2 Breanna Cavanaugh 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Blair Academy Hackettstown, NJ F 3 Mikayla Cowling 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Saint Mary's College (HS) Benicia, CA C 5 Chen Yue 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Fr Tsinghua University Beijing, China F 12 Penina Davidson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Rangitoto College Auckland, New Zealand F 20 MeAne Mosley 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Saint Mary's College (HS) Oakland, CA F 24 Courtney Range 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Jr Manteca Manteca, CA F 31 Kristine Anigwe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Desert Vista Phoenix, AZ G 33 Gabby Green 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Saint Mary's College (HS) Oakland, CA F 44 KC Waters 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Bishop O'Dowd San Ramon, CA	Head coach Lindsay Gottlieb (Brown) Assistant coach(es) Charmin Smith (Stanford) Jeff Cammon (Alcorn State) Kai Felton (Randolph–Macon) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2015-07-20

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 8, 2015* 2:00 pm		Westmont	W 91–39		Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 13, 2015* 5:00 pm		at Austin Peay	W 67–58	1–0	Dunn Center (657) Clarksville, TN
November 15, 2015* 11:00 am, ESPN3		at No. 8 Louisville	W 75–71	2–0	KFC Yum! Center (16,524) Louisville, KY
November 20, 2015* 11:30 am	No. 21	UC Riverside	W 64–58	3–0	Haas Pavilion (3,556) Berkeley, CA
November 22, 2015* 2:00 pm	No. 21	Cal Poly	W 82–57	4–0	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
November 27, 2015* 12:00 pm	No. 16	vs. No. 10 Texas A&M South Point Shootout	L 58–75	4–1	South Point Arena  Enterprise, NV
November 28, 2015* 2:15 pm	No. 16	vs. Liberty South Point Shootout	W 77–72	5–1	South Point Arena  Enterprise, NV
December 5, 2015* 2:00 pm	No. 18	Saint Mary's Cal Classic Semifinal	L 63–64	5–2	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
December 6, 2015* 1:00 pm	No. 18	Sacramento State Cal Classic 3rd place game	W 117–99	6–2	Haas Pavilion (612) Berkeley, CA
December 12, 2015* 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 22	Nebraska	W 87–80 OT	7–2	Haas Pavilion (4,406) Berkeley, CA
December 21, 2015* 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	No. 19 UCLA	W 108–104 2OT	8–2	Haas Pavilion (2,482) Berkeley, CA
December 30, 2015* 7:00 pm	No. 19	Cal State Northridge	W 106–44	9–2	Haas Pavilion (1,683) Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 Regular Season
January 2, 2016 4:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	at No. 17 Arizona State	L 49–57	9–3 (0–1)	Wells Fargo Arena (1,460) Tempe, AZ
January 4, 2016 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	at Arizona	L 52–57	9–4 (0–2)	McKale Center (728) Tucson, AZ
January 8, 2016 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	Colorado	W 64–35	10–4 (1–2)	Haas Pavilion (1,173) Berkeley, CA
January 10, 2016 2:00 pm	No. 21	Utah	L 79–84	10–5 (1–3)	Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
January 15, 2016 8:00 pm, P12N		at No. 12 Oregon State	L 48–70	10–6 (1–4)	Gill Coliseum (2,891) Corvallis, OR
January 17, 2016 2:00 pm		at Oregon	L 59–69	10–7 (1–5)	Matthew Knight Arena (1,770) Eugene, OR
January 22, 2016 6:00 pm, P12N		at No. 20 UCLA	L 56–75	10–8 (1–6)	Pauley Pavilion (1,790) Los Angeles, CA
January 24, 2016 2:00 pm, P12N		at USC	L 47–61	10–9 (1–7)	Galen Center (1,476) Los Angeles, CA
January 29, 2016 6:00 pm, P12N		Washington State	W 74–71	11–9 (2–7)	Haas Pavilion (1,178) Berkeley, CA
January 31, 2016 2:00 pm, P12N		No. 25 Washington	L 65–75	11–10 (2–8)	Haas Pavilion (2,132) Berkeley, CA
February 2, 2016 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 15 Stanford	L 46–53	11–11 (2–9)	Maples Pavilion (3,268) Stanford, CA
February 5, 2016 7:00 pm, P12N		No. 15 Stanford	L 55–60	11–12 (2–10)	Haas Pavilion (5,632) Berkeley, CA
February 12, 2016 7:00 pm		No. 9 Arizona State	L 49–64	11–13 (2–11)	Haas Pavilion (1,417) Berkeley, CA
February 14, 2016 12:00 pm, P12N		Arizona	W 75–56	12–13 (3–11)	Haas Pavilion (1,311) Berkeley, CA
February 19, 2016 5:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	L 66–72	12–14 (3–12)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,713) Salt Lake City, UT
February 21, 2016 11:00 am, P12N		at Colorado	L 57–78	12–15 (3–13)	Coors Events Center (3,919) Boulder, CO
February 26, 2016 7:00 pm		Oregon	W 65–54	13–15 (4–13)	Haas Pavilion (1,543) Berkeley, CA
February 28, 2016 11:00 am, P12N		No. 7 Oregon State	L 44–54	13–16 (4–14)	Haas Pavilion (2,036) Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
March 3, 2016 11:30 am, P12N	(10)	vs. (7) Utah First Round	W 66–63 OT	14–16	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
March 4, 2016 11:30 am, P12N	(10)	vs. (2) No. 10 Arizona State Quarterfinals	W 75–64	15–16	KeyArena (3,747) Seattle, WA
March 5, 2016 6:00 pm, P12N	(10)	vs. (3) No. 12 UCLA Semifinals	L 67–73 OT	15–17	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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	RV	21	16т	18	22	21т	21	19	21	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	RV	21	15	17	21	20	18	18	RV	RV	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 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

References

1. "W Basketball - Schedule - California Golden Bears - University of California Official Athletic Site". calbears.com.