The 2015–16 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Orange, led by ninth-year head coach Quentin Hillsman, were third-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and played their home games at the Carrier Dome.
Syracuse finished its regular season with a 23–6 overall record, matching the program record for most regular season wins. The Orange earned their highest finish as a member of the ACC, with a school-record 13 conference victories, and earned a third-seed spot and first-round bye in the conference tournament.Women's Hoops Earns Third Seed Syracuse also received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament, and advanced to the program's first-ever championship game, before losing 82–51 to Connecticut.UConn Defeats Syracuse in the NCAA Title Game
Previous season The Orange finished the 2014–15 season 22–10, 11–5 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC women's tournament to Wake Forest. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Nebraska in the first round before losing to South Carolina in the second round.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"|Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| ACC regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| ACC Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes.Poll Pre-season Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP 23 25 23 20 19 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR RV 23 18 17 14 14 N/A Coaches RV RV RV 25 25 RV RV RV RV 25 RV 24 RV 23 22 18 18 17 15 15 3
See also 2015–16 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team
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