2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
The 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November and ended with the Final Four in Indianapolis, April 3–5.Teams will also be allowed to advance the ball to the front court following a timeout after a made basket, a rebound or change in possession in the last minute of the fourth quarter or any overtime periods.For the final time, the Ivy League did not hold a conference tournament, instead giving its automatic invitation to its regular season champion; in case of a tie for the regular-season title (which did not happen this season), the automatic berth would have been decided by a one-game playoff (or series of one-game playoffs if more than two teams were tied).For this list, a "major upset" is defined as a win by a team seeded 7 or more spots below its defeated opponent.However, of the major selectors in women's basketball, only the AP divides its selections into separate teams.
Preseason AP No. 1ConnecticutNCAA TournamentBankers Life FieldhouseIndianapolisNaismithWooden2014–152016–17Final FourOmaha MavericksSummit LeagueBaxter ArenaDivision IIWashburnOle Miss RebelsPavilion at Ole MissFlorida2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankingsSouth CarolinaNotre DameTennesseeBaylorOhio StateFlorida StateLouisvilleMarylandOregon StateMississippi StateTexas A&MArizona StateStanfordOklahomaKentuckyNorthwesternSouth FloridaGeorge WashingtonNorth CarolinaSyracuseMichigan StateChattanoogaDePaulPrincetonathletic conferencesregular seasonssingle-elimination tournament2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball TournamentIvy LeagueAmerica EastAlbanyLinda CiminoBinghamton2016 America East women's basketball tournamentBinghamton University Events CenterVestal, New YorkAmericanBreanna StewartGeno Auriemma2016 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournamentMohegan Sun ArenaUncasville, ConnecticutAtlantic 10DuquesneSaint LouisLisa Stone2016 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournamentRichmond ColiseumRichmond, VirginiaAtlantic CoastMyisha Hines-AllenBrianna TurnerMuffet McGraw2016 ACC women's basketball tournamentGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North CarolinaAtlantic SunFlorida Gulf CoastKarl Smesko2016 ASUN women's basketball tournamentBig 12Oklahoma StateJim Littell2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournamentChesapeake Energy ArenaOklahoma CityBig EastDoug Bruno2016 Big East women's basketball tournamentMcGrath–Phillips ArenaChicagoSt. John'sBig SkyMontana StateTricia Binford2016 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournamentReno Events CenterReno, NevadaBig SouthBrenda Mock Kirkpatrick2016 Big South Conference women's basketball tournamentKimmel ArenaAsheville, North CarolinaBig TenRachel BanhamMinnesotaTeri MorenIndiana2016 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournamentBig West2016 Big West Conference women's basketball tournamentBren Events CenterIrvine, CaliforniaHonda CenterAnaheim, CaliforniaColonialJames MadisonKenny Brooks2016 CAA women's basketball tournamentThe Show Place ArenaUpper Marlboro, MarylandWestern KentuckyKeitha Adams2016 Conference USA women's basketball tournamentBartow ArenaBirmingham, Alabama