| Mode: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2015–16 |
| Team: | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 12 |
| Coachrank: | 25 |
| Aprank: | 23 |
| Record: | 25–10 |
| Conf Record: | 12–6 |
| Hc Year: | 15th |
| Asst Coach1: | Chester Nichols |
| Asst Coach3: | Sharrona Reaves |
| Bowl: | NCAA Women's Tournament |
| Bowl Result: | second round |
The 2015–16 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team will represent West Virginia University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers are coached by fifteenth year head coach Mike Carey and play their home games at WVU Coliseum and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished with a record of 25–10, 12–6 in Big 12 play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 women's tournament where they lost to Texas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Princeton in the first round before losing to Ohio State in the second round.
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2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
| + Regular Season Polls | Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Final |
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| AP | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | 25 | 24 | RV | 24 | RV | RV | 22т | 23 | 23 | N/A | |
| Coaches | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25т | 25 |
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| (RV) | Received Votes |