2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team explained

Mode:Women's Basketball
Year:2015–16
Prev Year:2014–15
Next Year:2016–17
Team:Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
Conference:Western Athletic Conference
Short Conf:WAC
Record:19–14
Conf Record:9–5
Hc Year:3rd
Asst Coach1:Gabe Henry
Asst Coach2:Anthony Anderson
Asst Coach3:Hannah Burleson
Bowl:WNIT
Bowl Result:First Round

The 2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team represents the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This was head coach Larry Tidwell's third season, but first under the UT-RGV label. The Vaqueros played their home games at the UTRGV Fieldhouse and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. This was the first season for UTRGV as an institution. Before the 2015–16 academic year, the University of Texas–Pan American and the University of Texas at Brownsville merged, forming the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. They finished the season 19–14 and 9–5 in WAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the WAC women's tournament where they lost to New Mexico State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to TCU.

Previous season

The Broncs finished the season 19–15, 9–5 in final WAC play to finish in third place. They lost in the championship of the WAC Tournament to New Mexico State.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Troi Swain 1 G 5'6" Freshman Transferred[1]
Tonisha Walker 3 G 5'6" Senior Graduated
Stephanie Onyeje 12 G 5'5" Freshman Transferred
T'Ondria Nolen 14 G 5'7" Senior Graduated
Crystal Cardenas 20 G 5'7" Freshman
Brittany Bush 21 F 6'1" Senior Graduated
Cha'zaye Wright 25 F 5'8" Senior Graduated
Cherrell Price 33 F 5'11" Senior Graduated

2015–16 media

For the first time in club history women's basketball games will be televised. 9 of 11 home games will air on TWCS (Ch 323), with 6 of the 9 games airing live. The other two home games will air on the TWCS Alternate Channel (Ch 825). Other games will air on WAC Digital Network or road teams video feeds.[2]

Schedule and results

[3] |-!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| WAC regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| WAC Women's Tournament|-!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| WNIT

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Transfers add to UTPA turnover. The Monitor. 2015-03-30.
  2. Web site: UTRGV Basketball Games to be telecast for the first time . The Monitor. October 6, 2015.
  3. Web site: The Official Athletics Website of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley – 2015–16 Women's Basketball Schedule . Goutrgv.com . 2016-03-13.