2015–16 Florida Gators women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Florida Gators women's basketball team represented the University of Florida in basketball during the 2015–16 women's college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by ninth-year head coach Amanda Butler, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. They finished the season 22–9, 10–6 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament to Kentucky. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they were upset by Albany in the first round.

Previous season The Gators finish the season 13–17, 5–11 in SEC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost to Auburn in the first round of the 2015 SEC women's basketball tournament.

Roster

Coaches NamePositionCollegeGraduating year Amanda Butler Head coach University of Florida 1995 Bill Ferrara Assistant coach University of Florida 2003 Shimmy Gray-Miller Assistant coach University of Michigan 2000 Murriel Page Assistant coach University of Florida 1998 Serena Wilson Director of basketball operations University of Florida 2008 Shellie Greenman Program coordinator Emory and Henry College 1988 Ryan Gensler Video coordinator Providence College 2011 Tyler Stuart Strength & conditioning coordinator Anderson University 2007 John "JB" Barrett Athletic trainer Mississippi State University 1997 Judy Traveis Academic advisor University of Florida 1993

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style="background:#0021A5; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style="background:#0021A5; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC regular season

!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#0021A5"|SEC Women's Tournament

!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#0021A5"|NCAA Women's Tournament

Source:Schedule

Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 20 22 RV 22 16 22 RV 25 25 25 N/A Coaches NR RV NR RV RV RV RV RV RV 21 23 RV 22 19 25 RV 24 25 24 RV + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes

See also 2015–16 Florida Gators men's basketball team

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