2015–16 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team explained
| Sport: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2015–16 |
| Team: | Florida State Seminoles |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Coachrank: | 12 |
| Aprank: | 17 |
| Record: | 25–8 |
| Conf Record: | 13–3 |
| Head Coach: | Sue Semrau |
| Hc Year: | 19th |
| Asst Coach1: | Lance White |
| Asst Coach2: | Brooke Wyckoff |
| Asst Coach3: | Danielle Atkinson |
| Stadium: | Donald L. Tucker Center
(Capacity: 12,100) |
| Bowl: | NCAA tournament (5 Seed) |
| Bowl Result: | Sweet Sixteen |
The 2015–16 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Florida State competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles were led by nineteenth year head coach Sue Semrau and played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Seminoles achieved their fourth straight twenty-win season and reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament in consecutive years for the first time in school history.
Previous season
See main article: 2014–15 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team. Florida State finished the 2014–15 season with a 32–5 record, 14–2 in ACC play, to finish in second place. They appeared in the finals of the ACC Tournament and reached the elite eight of the NCAA Tournament.
Roster
Depth chart
Rankings
See also: 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.
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19 | Final |
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| AP | 7 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 17 | N/A |
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| Coaches | 7 | 14 т | 13 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 т | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | |
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Schedule
Florida State was picked to finish second in the ACC while Adut Bulgak and Leticia Romero were named to the preseason All-ACC team.[1] Adut Bulgak was named a preseason All-American.[2] |-!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| ACC regular season|-!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| ACC Women's Tournament|-!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| NCAA Women's Tournament[3]
Awards
- ACC Sixth Player of the Year
Shakayla Thomas[4]
Watchlists
Adut Bulgak
Leticia Romero
Adut Bulgak
Finalists
Adut Bulgak
Honors
- ACC Player of the Week
- Adut Bulgak[8]
- Shakayla Thomas[9]
- National Player of the Week
All-ACC
[11] [12]
- First Team
- Second Team
- Defensive Team
All-Americans
- Second Team[13]
- Honorable Mention[14]
- Leticia Romero
- Shakayla Thomas
WNBA draft
One player was selected in the 2016 WNBA draft.[15]
Media
All Seminoles games will air on the Seminole IMG Sports Network.[16]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: FSUWBB Predicted Second in the ACC. Seminoles.com. October 21, 2015. October 21, 2015.
- Web site: Adut Bulgak Earns Preseason All-America Honor. Seminoles.com. November 10, 2015. November 10, 2015.
- Web site: 2015–16 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball Schedule . Florida State Athletics . 2015-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313132133/http://www.seminoles.com/SportSelect.dbml . 2016-03-13 . dead .
- Web site: Shakayla Thomas Repeats as ACC Sixth Player of the Year. Seminoles.com. March 2, 2016. March 3, 2016.
- Web site: Romero and Bulgak Make Naismith Trophy Watch List. Seminoles.com. December 10, 2015. December 11, 2015.
- Web site: Bulgak Named to Wade Watch List. Seminoles.com. March 11, 2016. March 12, 2015.
- Web site: Senior Class Finalist. Seminoles.com. February 20, 2016. February 21, 2016.
- Web site: ACC Women’s Basketball: Florida State’s Adut Bulgak and North Carolina’s Walker Collect Weekly Honors. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 23, 2015. November 23, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151124202506/http://www.theacc.com/news/acc-women-s-basketball-florida-state-s-adut-bulgak-and-north-carolina-s-walker-collect-weekly-honors-11-23-2015. November 24, 2015. dead. mdy-all.
- Web site: ACC Women’s Basketball: Florida State’s Thomas Named Player of the Week. Atlantic Coast Conference. January 11, 2016. January 11, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816215046/http://www.theacc.com/news/acc-women-s-basketball-florida-state-s-thomas-named-player-of-the-week-01-11-2016. August 16, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
- Web site: NCAA Women's Basketball Players of the Week. Atlantic Coast Conference. January 13, 2016. January 13, 2016.
- Web site: All-ACC Women’s Basketball Team and All-Freshman Team Announced. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 1, 2016. March 2, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305182237/http://www.theacc.com/news/all-acc-women-s-basketball-team-and-all-freshman-team-announced-03-01-2016. March 5, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
- Web site: ACC Coaches Tab Notre Dame’s Turner As Player Of The Year. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 7, 2016. March 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308130434/http://www.theacc.com/news/acc-coaches-tab-notre-dame-turner-as-player-of-the-year-03-07-2016. 2016-03-08. dead.
- Web site: Bulgak Named Senior Class Award Second Team All-American. Seminoles.com. April 2, 2016. April 3, 2016.
- Web site: Three from #FSUWBB Named WBCA All-Americans. Seminoles.com. April 3, 2016. April 4, 2016.
- Web site: Former FSU Center Adut Bulgak Selected in the First Round of WNBA Draft. Tomahawk Nation. April 14, 2016. April 14, 2016.
- Web site: Seminoles find new home for radio broadcasts. . 2014-06-12.
