The 2015–16 UMass Minutewomen basketball team will represent the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, it ...
during the
2015–16 college basketball
In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...
season. The Minutewomen, led by sixth year head coach
Sharon Dawley. The Minutewomen were members of the
Atlantic 10 Conference
The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern ...
and play their home games at the
William D. Mullins Memorial Center
The William D. Mullins Memorial Center, also known as the Mullins Center, is a 9,493-seat multi-purpose arena (10,500 for 360 concerts), located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Mullins Center is t ...
. They finished the season 12–18, 5–11 in A-10 to finish in a 4 way tie for tenth place. They advanced to the second round of the
A-10 women's tournament where they lost to Fordham.
On March 6, Sharon Dawley was fired. She finished at UMass with a six year record of 46–133.
2015–16 media
All non-televised Minutewomen home games and conference road games will stream on the A-10 Digital Network.
WMUA will carry Minutewomen games with Cody Chrusciel on the call.
Roster
Schedule
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Rankings
2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Two human polls make up the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.
Notable events
Duke dropped out of the top 25 in the AP Poll released 18 ...
See also
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2015–16 UMass Minutemen basketball team
The 2015–16 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen, led by eighth year head coach Derek Kellogg, played their home games a ...
References
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UMass Minutewomen basketball seasons
UMass
The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system and the only public research system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The university system includes five campuses (Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and a medical ...