2015–16 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team represented Montana State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by tenth year head coach Tricia Binford, played their home games at Worthington Arena and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 14–4 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament where they lost to Idaho State. As champs of the Big Sky Conference who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Utah in the first round.

2015–16 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball
Big Sky Regular Season Champions
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record21–10 (14–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
  • Tricia Binford (10th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWorthington Arena
2015–16 Big Sky women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Montana State144 .7782110  .677
Idaho135 .7222410  .706
Eastern Washington135 .7222012  .625
North Dakota135 .7221914  .576
Montana126 .6672011  .645
Weber State117 .6112312  .657
Sacramento State108 .5561417  .452
Idaho State810 .4441815  .545
Northern Colorado810 .4441316  .448
Northern Arizona216 .111624  .200
Southern Utah216 .111525  .167
Portland State216 .111426  .133
2016 Big Sky tournament winner
As of March 26, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

John Stockton, the NBA's all-time leader in assists and steals, and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, joined as an assistant coach to replace Kellee Barney. Barney left the program to pursue a career in business, and Stockton had previously coached four of the players on the MSU women's team during Amateur Athletic Union leagues.

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