2015–16 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team explained

Mode:Women's basketball
Year:2015–16
Team:Michigan State Spartans
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Coachrank:21
Aprank:16
Record:25 - 9
Conf Record:13 - 5
Hc Year:9th
Asst Coach2:NcKell Copeland
Asst Coach3:Mark Simons
Bowl:NCAA Women's Tournament
Bowl Result:second round

The 2015–16 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team will represent Michigan State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by ninth year head coach Suzy Merchant, play their home games at the Breslin Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with a record of 25 - 9, 13 - 5 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Ten women's tournament where they lost to Maryland. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Belmont in the first round before losing to Mississippi State in the second round.

Schedule

[1] |-!colspan=9 style="background:#18453b; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#18453b; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#18453b; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten regular season|-!colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#18453b"|Big Ten Women's Tournament|-!colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#18453b"|NCAA Women's Tournament

Rankings

See main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MSUSPARTANS.COM :: Michigan State University Official Athletic Site Michigan State University Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball . 2015-08-17 . 2017-11-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171122102521/http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/msu-w-baskbl-sched.html . dead .