2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

2015–16 California Golden Bears women's basketball
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

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.

Roster

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

References

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

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

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v t e California Golden Bears women's basketball
Venues	Oakland Arena (1997–1999) Haas Pavilion (1973–1997, 1999–present)
Culture & lore	History Oski "Fight for California "Big C"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References