2015–16_Princeton_Tigers_women's_basketball_team

2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball
2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball
DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Ivy League
Record	23–6 (12–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Courtney Banghart (9th season);
Assistant coaches	Milena Flores; Chessie Jackson; Megan Griffith;
Home arena	Jadwin Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

The 2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by ninth year head coach Courtney Banghart, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League.

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During the DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic championship game on November 28, senior guard Michelle Miller became the 23rd Princeton women's basketball player to surpass the 1,000-point mark.^[1] In the February 7 game against Harvard, senior forward and team co-captain Alex Wheatley scored her 1,000th career point.^[2]

Princeton finished the regular season with a 23–5 overall record and 12–2 in the Ivy League. Their only two conference losses came against Pennsylvania, who won the season-ending championship game.^[3] The Tigers were an at-large selection to the NCAA tournament, notably becoming the first-ever Ivy League team to earn an at-large bid in either the men's or women's NCAA Tournament.^[4] However, they lost in the first round to West Virginia.^[5]

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 13, 2015* 7:00 pm		American	W 72–34	1–0	Jadwin Gymnasium (864) Princeton, NJ
Nov 15, 2015* 2:00 pm		Duquesne	W 94–66	2–0	Jadwin Gymnasium (578) Princeton, NJ
Nov 19, 2015* 7:00 pm, FS2		at Seton Hall	L 64–71	2–1	Walsh Gymnasium (1,130) South Orange, NJ
Nov 24, 2015* 7:00 pm		at Rider	W 78–59	3–1	Alumni Gymnasium (478) Lawrenceville, NJ
Nov 27, 2015* 10:00 am		vs. UC Irvine DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic semifinals	W 83–42	4–1	Gersten Pavilion (471) Los Angeles, CA
Nov 28, 2015* 6:30 pm		vs. Seattle DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic championship	W 85–48	5–1	Gersten Pavilion (367) Los Angeles, CA
Dec 6, 2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN2		Michigan	W 74–57	6–1	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,851) Princeton, NJ
Dec 9, 2015* 7:00 pm		Monmouth	W 81–70	7–1	Jadwin Gymnasium (468) Princeton, NJ
Dec 12, 2015* 3:00 pm		Pittsburgh	W 61–47	8–1	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,002) Princeton, NJ
Dec 14, 2015* 7:00 pm		Fordham	W 55–44	9–1	Jadwin Gymnasium (559) Princeton, NJ
Dec 18, 2015* 7:00 pm		at No. 10 Ohio State	L 70–90	9–2	Value City Arena (4,639) Columbus, OH
Dec 20, 2015* 2:00 pm		at Dayton	L 81–85	9–3	UD Arena (2,385) Dayton, OH
Dec 29, 2015* 7:00 pm		at Marist	W 77–44	10–3	McCann Arena (1,358) Poughkeepsie, NY
Jan 3, 2016* 2:00 pm		Hampton	W 79–55	11–3	Jadwin Gymnasium (775) Princeton, NJ
Ivy League regular season
Jan 9, 2016 1:00 pm		at Penn	L 48–50	11–4 (0–1)	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
Jan 29, 2016 7:00 pm		Brown	W 72–53	12–4 (1–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,819) Princeton, NJ
Jan 30, 2016 6:00 pm		Yale	W 65–50	13–4 (2–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (2,109) Princeton, NJ
Feb 5, 2016 7:00 pm		at Dartmouth	W 85–48	14–4 (3–1)	Leede Arena (719) Hanover, NH
Feb 7, 2016 12:00 pm, ASN		at Harvard	W 92–83 ^OT	15–4 (4–1)	Lavietes Pavilion (661) Cambridge, MA
Feb 12, 2016 7:00 pm		Cornell	W 71–51	16–4 (5–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (933) Princeton, NJ
Feb 13, 2016 6:00 pm		Columbia	W 86–54	17–4 (6–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,682) Princeton, NJ
Feb 19, 2016 7:00 pm		at Yale	W 94–81	18–4 (7–1)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (212) New Haven, CT
Feb 20, 2016 7:00 pm		at Brown	W 83–57	19–4 (8–1)	Pizzitola Sports Center (258) Providence, RI
Feb 26, 2016 7:00 pm		at Columbia	W 77–48	20–4 (9–1)	Levien Gymnasium (490) New York, NY
Feb 27, 2016 6:00 pm		at Cornell	W 94–57	21–4 (10–1)	Newman Arena (850) Ithaca, NY
Mar 4, 2016 7:00 pm		Harvard	W 79–69	22–4 (11–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,234) Princeton, NJ
Mar 5, 2016 7:30 pm		Dartmouth	W 68–42	23–4 (12–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,057) Princeton, NJ
Mar 8, 2016 5:30 pm		Penn	L 60–62	23–5 (12–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,278) Princeton, NJ
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 18, 2016* 12:00 pm, ESPN2	(11 SF)	vs. (6 SF) West Virginia First Round	L 65–74	23–6	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Eastern Time. ^[6]

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2015–16 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Penn†	13	–	1	.929	24	–	5	.828
Princeton	12	–	2	.857	23	–	6	.793
Harvard	9	–	5	.643	14	–	14	.500
Dartmouth	7	–	7	.500	12	–	18	.400
Cornell	6	–	8	.429	14	–	14	.500
Yale	5	–	9	.357	14	–	17	.452
Brown	3	–	11	.214	15	–	13	.536
Columbia	1	–	13	.071	12	–	17	.414


† Ivy League winner As of March 19, 2016 Rankings from AP Poll