2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

The 2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his sixteenth season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's third season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 24–10, 14–4 in AAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Conference women's tournament for the second year in a row, where they lost to Connecticut again. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Colorado State in the first round before losing to UCLA in the second round.

2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
AP	No. 21
Record	24–10 (14–4 The American)
Head coach	Jose Fernandez (16th season)
Associate head coach	Jeff Osterman
Assistant coaches	Michele Woods-Baxter Desma Thomas Bateast
Home arena	USF Sun Dome

2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	18	–	0		1.000			38	–	0		1.000
No. 21 South Florida	14	–	4		.778			24	–	10		.706
Temple	13	–	5		.722			23	–	12		.657
Memphis	12	–	6		.667			18	–	13		.581
Tulane	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
Tulsa	8	–	10		.444			12	–	19		.387
SMU	7	–	11		.389			13	–	18		.419
East Carolina	6	–	12		.333			13	–	19		.406
Cincinnati	4	–	14		.222			8	–	22		.267
UCF	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
Houston	2	–	16		.111			6	–	24		.200
† American Tournament winner As of April 5, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Media

All Bulls games will air on Bullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and Bullscast. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2015–16 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Micah Kroll 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Tampa Catholic Tampa, FL G 4 Neena Pacholke 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Freedom Tampa, FL G 5 Tremaine McCullough 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Edgewater Orlando, FL G 10 Courtney Williams 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Charlton County Folkston, GA G/F 11 Ariadna Pujol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr GEM Mataró, Spain F 12 Maria Jesperson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So None Hojbjerg, Denmark G 13 Laura Marcos Canedo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Colegio Champagnat Salamanca, Spain F 14 Paige Cashin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Newark Newark, OH G 20 Laura Ferreira 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So None Lisbon, Portugal G 22 Laia Flores 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Institut Municipal Biada Mataró, Spain G 23 Shalethia Stringfield 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr Potters House Christian Academy Jacksonville, FL F 24 Alisia Jenkins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Statesboro Statesboro, GA C 32 Nancy Warioba 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Tigoi Girls HS Blinn College Kisumu, Kenya F 33 Kitija Laksa 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Rigas Francu Licejs Riga, Latvia C 45 Katelyn Weber 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Hall Little Rock, AR	Head coach Jose Fernandez (Miami-Dade Kendall) Assistant coach(es) Jeff Osterman (Siena) Michele Woods-Baxter (St. John Fisher College) Desma Thomas Bateast (Miami (FL)) 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
Regular season
11/13/2015* 6:00 pm	No. 20	Jacksonville Preseason WNIT First Round	W 74–52	1–0	USF Sun Dome  Tampa, FL
11/15/2015* 4:00 pm	No. 20	Drexel Preseason WNIT Second Round	W 73–58	2–0	USF Sun Dome (1,790) Tampa, FL
11/19/2015* 8:00 pm	No. 19	at No. 5 Baylor Preseason WNIT semifinals	L 63–66	2–1	Ferrell Center (5,717) Waco, TX
11/25/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 18	Butler	W 87–77	3–1	USF Sun Dome (1,772) Tampa, FL
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm, FS2	No. 18	at St. John's	L 70–74	3–2	Carnesecca Arena (535) Queens, NY
12/03/2015* 7:00 pm	No. 24	Harvard	W 86–59	4–2	USF Sun Dome (1,880) Tampa, FL
12/06/2015* 3:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 24	Penn State	W 101–79	5–2	USF Sun Dome (1,908) Tampa, FL
12/13/2015* 12:00 pm	No. 21	Chattanooga	W 61–33	6–2	USF Sun Dome (1,779) Tampa, FL
12/15/2015* 9:00 pm	No. 20	at Northern Colorado	Cancelled		Bank of Colorado Arena  Greeley, CO
12/20/2015* 2:00 pm	No. 20	Oklahoma State	W 68–46	7–2	USF Sun Dome (1,912) Tampa, FL
12/30/2015* 4:30 pm, SECN	No. 20	vs. No. 8 Mississippi State SEC/AAC Challenge	L 58–68	7–3	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena  Jacksonville, FL
01/02/2016 1:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 20	at East Carolina	W 61–59	8–3 (1–0)	Williams Arena (1,454) Greenville, NC
01/05/2016 7:00 pm	No. 22	UCF War on I-4	W 108–63	9–3 (2–0)	USF Sun Dome (1,856) Tampa, FL
01/07/2016 7:00 pm, ADN	No. 22	SMU	W 83–56	10–3 (3–0)	USF Sun Dome (1,756) Tampa, FL
01/10/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN	No. 22	No. 1 Connecticut	L 59–75	10–4 (3–1)	USF Sun Dome (6,634) Tampa, FL
01/13/2016 8:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 19	at Tulane	W 71–67	11–4 (4–1)	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,646) New Orleans, LA
01/17/2016 2:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 19	East Carolina	W 75–54	12–4 (5–1)	USF Sun Dome (2,101) Tampa, FL
01/20/2016 8:00 pm, ADN	No. 15	at Memphis	L 87–88 OT	12–5 (5–2)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (684) Memphis, TN
01/24/2016 2:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 15	at UCF War on I-4	W 88–49	13–5 (6–2)	CFE Arena (958) Orlando, FL
01/27/2016 7:00 pm	No. 20	Houston	W 73–49	14–5 (7–2)	USF Sun Dome (1,885) Tampa, FL
01/31/2016 2:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 20	at SMU	W 66–48	15–5 (8–2)	Moody Coliseum (982) Dallas, TX
02/03/2016 7:00 pm	No. 19	Cincinnati	W 82–49	16–5 (9–2)	USF Sun Dome (2,007) Tampa, FL
02/06/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 19	at Temple	L 66–68	16–6 (9–3)	Liacouras Center (1,320) Philadelphia, PA
02/09/2016 7:00 pm, ADN	No. 22	Tulane	W 77–65	17–6 (10–3)	USF Sun Dome (2,011) Tampa, FL
02/12/2016 7:00 pm, ADN	No. 22	at Cincinnati	W 78–51	18–6 (11–3)	Fifth Third Arena (323) Cincinnati, OH
02/15/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 19	at No. 11 Louisville	L 50–67	18–7	KFC Yum! Center (7,941) Louisville, KY
02/21/2016 12:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 19	Memphis	W 97–82	19–7 (12–3)	USF Sun Dome (2,206) Tampa, FL
02/24/2016 8:00 pm, ADN	No. 21	at Tulsa	W 72–66	20–7 (13–3)	Reynolds Center (337) Tulsa, OK
02/27/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 21	Temple	W 76–62	21–7 (14–3)	USF Sun Dome (2,446) Tampa, FL
02/29/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 20	at No. 1 Connecticut	L 59–79	21–8 (14–4)	Gampel Pavilion (9,030) Storrs, CT
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/05/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 20	vs. SMU Quarterfinals	W 73–60	22–8	Mohegan Sun Arena  Uncasville, CT
03/06/2016 7:30 pm, ESPNU	No. 20	vs. Temple Semifinals	W 64–46	23–8	Mohegan Sun Arena (6,821) Uncasville, CT
03/06/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 21	vs. No. 1 Connecticut Championship Game	L 51–77	23–9	Mohegan Sun Arena (7,073) Uncasville, CT
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/19/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN2	(6 BR) No. 21	vs. (11 BR) No. 22 Colorado State First Round	W 48–45	24–9	Pauley Pavilion (2,552) Los Angeles, CA
03/21/2016* 9:00 pm, ESPN2	(6 BR) No. 21	at (3 BR) No. 10 UCLA Second Round	L 67–72	24–10	Pauley Pavilion (1,656) Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. BR=Bridgeport region. All times are in EST.

Rankings

Main article: 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	20	19	18	24т	21	20	20	20	22	19	15	20	19	22	19	21	20	21	21	N/A
Coaches	19	17	17	23	20	19	17	17	18	16	15	18	17	20	20	20	20	20	20	22

Legend

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

See also

• 2015–16 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team