The 2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team will represent the

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in the

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. The Black Bears are led by fifth year head coach

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and play their home games at the

Cross Insurance Center The Cross Insurance Center is a 5,800-seat multi-purpose arena in Bangor, Maine, United States. The arena holds up to 8,500 people for concerts, and features an attached 2,000-person convention center. It was built at an estimated cost of $65&nbs ...

. They finished the season 26–9, 15–1 in America East play to share the America East regular season title with Albany. They advanced to the championship game of the America East women's tournament where they lost to Albany. As champs of the America East Conference who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the

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where they lost to Quinnipiac in the first round.

Media

All home games and conference road games will stream on either

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or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on

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and online on th
Maine Portal

Roster

Schedule

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Maine Black Bears women's basketball seasons 2016 Women's National Invitation Tournament participants

Media

Roster

Schedule

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