2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Mississippi State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth year head coach Vic Schaefer. They played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 28–8, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game of the SEC women's tournament where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where defeated Chattanooga and Michigan State in the first and second rounds before getting dismantled by Connecticut by 60 points in the sweet sixteen, the largest defeat in Bulldogs women's basketball history.

2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball
Puerto Rico Classic champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 15
Record28–8 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach
  • Vic Schaefer (4th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHumphrey Coliseum
2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 South Carolina160 1.000332  .943
No. 15 Mississippi State115 .688288  .778
No. 18 Texas A&M115 .6882210  .688
No. 12 Kentucky106 .625258  .758
No. 25 Florida106 .625229  .710
Georgia97 .5632110  .677
Missouri88 .5002210  .688
Tennessee88 .5002214  .611
Auburn88 .5002013  .606
Arkansas79 .4381218  .400
Vanderbilt511 .3131814  .563
Alabama412 .2501516  .484
LSU313 .1881021  .323
Ole Miss214 .1251020  .333
2016 SEC tournament winner
As of March 27, 2016
Rankings from AP poll
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