2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by eighth year head coach Joe McKeown, played their home games at the Welsh-Ryan Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 18–17, 4–14 in Big Ten play to finish in twelfth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Maryland. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to San Diego in the first round.

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=9 style="background:#431F81; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style="background:#431F81; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#431F81; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#431F81;"|Big Ten Women's Tournament

!colspan=9 style="background:#431F81;"|WNIT

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 19 20 19 15 12 12 15 14 16 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches 24 22 19 16 14 13 15 15 17 24 20 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes

See also 2015–16 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

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