2015–16 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

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 259, 135 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.

2015–16 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
APNo. 16
Record259 (135 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Suzy Merchant (9th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBreslin Center
2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Maryland162 .889314  .886
No. 9 Ohio State153 .833268  .765
No. 16 Michigan State135 .722259  .735
Indiana126 .6672112  .636
Minnesota117 .6112012  .625
Purdue108 .5562012  .625
Michigan99 .5002114  .600
Nebraska99 .5001813  .581
Iowa810 .4441914  .576
Rutgers810 .4441915  .559
Penn State612 .3331219  .387
Northwestern414 .2221817  .514
Wisconsin315 .167722  .241
Illinois216 .111921  .300
2016 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 31, 2016
Rankings from AP poll
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