2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team
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A-10 Regular Season co-champions & Tournament Champions | |
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round | |
Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Record | 26–7 (13–3 A-10) |
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Home arena | Charles E. Smith Center |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duquesne | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Washington † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VCU | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Mason | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Salle | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 A10 Tournament winner As of March 25, 2016 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2015–16 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team will represent George Washington University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Colonials, led by fourth year head coach Jonathan Tsipis. The Colonials were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Charles E. Smith Center. They finished the season 26–7, 13–3 in A-10 play to share the A-10 regular season title with Duquesne and Saint Louis. They won the A-10 tournament by defeating Duquesne and received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Kansas State in the first round.
On March 28, it was announced that Jonathan Tsipis resigned from George Washington to accept the head coaching job at Wisconsin. He finished with a 4-year record of 92–38.
2015–16 media
George Washington Colonials Sports Network
WRGW will carry the Colonials games and broadcast them online at GWRadio.com. The A-10 Digital Network will carry all non-televised Colonials home games and most conference road games through RaiseHigh Live.
Roster
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Schedule
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Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/08/2015* 12:00 pm | No. 21 | Christopher Newport | W 95–47 | Charles E. Smith Center (417) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/14/2015* 2:00 pm | No. 21 | Grambling State | W 85–58 | 1–0 | Charles E. Smith Center (885) Washington, D.C. | ||||||
11/17/2015* 7:00 pm | No. 22 | American | W 78–48 | 2–0 | Charles E. Smith Center (785) Washington, D.C. | ||||||
11/21/2015* 3:00 pm | No. 22 | at No. 15 Stanford | L 63–84 | 2–1 | Maples Pavilion (2,854) Stanford, CA | ||||||
11/23/2015* 10:00 pm | No. 24 | at Fresno State | W 61–53 | 3–1 | Save Mart Center (2,237) Fresno, CA | ||||||
11/26/2015* 2:30 pm | No. 24 | vs. Houston Lone Star Showcase | W 82–78 | 4–1 | Cedar Park Center (507) Cedar Park, TX | ||||||
11/27/2015* 2:30 pm | No. 24 | vs. No. 25 Iowa Lone Star Showcase | W 81–77 2OT | 5–1 | Cedar Park Center (627) Cedar Park, TX | ||||||
11/28/2015* 2:30 pm | No. 24 | vs. Wright State Lone Star Showcase | L 71–77 | 5–2 | Cedar Park Center (527) Cedar Park, TX | ||||||
12/03/2015* 7:00 pm | Florida Gulf Coast | L 60–64 | 5–3 | Charles E. Smith Center (875) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm | at Memphis | W 68–62 | 6–3 | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (781) Memphis, TN | |||||||
12/13/2015* 2:00 pm | Villanova | W 78–70 | 7–3 | Charles E. Smith Center (976) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
12/20/2015* 2:00 pm | Iona | W 70–65 | 8–3 | Charles E. Smith Center (877) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
12/28/2015* 3:00 pm | at Illinois | W 70–57 | 9–3 | State Farm Center (1,514) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/30/2015* 7:00 pm | Hartford | W 82–51 | 10–3 | Charles E. Smith Center (915) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
Atlantic 10 regular season | |||||||||||
01/03/2016 3:00 pm, CBSSN | at Saint Joseph's | W 70–45 | 11–3 (1–0) | Hagan Arena (673) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
01/06/2016 12:00 pm, NBCSN | Rhode Island | W 68–58 | 12–3 (2–0) | Charles E. Smith Center (1,989) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
01/10/2016 2:00 pm, CBSSN | at Dayton | W 62–61 | 13–3 (3–0) | UD Arena (2,331) Dayton, OH | |||||||
01/13/2016 7:00 pm | La Salle | W 83–59 | 14–3 (4–0) | Charles E. Smith Center (754) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
01/17/2016 12:00 pm, ESPNU | at Duquesne | W 70–52 | 15–3 (5–0) | Palumbo Center (1,203) Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
01/20/2016 7:00 pm | Massachusetts | W 67–50 | 16–3 (6–0) | Charles E. Smith Center (565) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
01/22/2016 12:00 pm | George Mason | W 82–68 | 17–3 (7–0) | Charles E. Smith Center (502) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
01/27/2016 7:00 pm | at Davidson | W 79–60 | 18–3 (8–0) | John M. Belk Arena (411) Davidson, NC | |||||||
01/31/2016 2:00 pm | Saint Louis | W 89–80 | 19–3 (9–0) | Charles E. Smith Center (781) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
02/03/2016 7:00 pm | at Fordham | L 69–76 | 19–4 (9–1) | Rose Hill Gymnasium (851) Bronx, NY | |||||||
02/07/2016 2:00 pm | at Richmond | W 62–47 | 20–4 (10–1) | Robins Center (693) Richmond, VA | |||||||
02/14/2016 12:00 pm, ESPNU | Dayton | W 72–62 | 21–4 (11–1) | Charles E. Smith Center (2,102) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
02/17/2016 7:00 pm | at St. Bonaventure | L 67–69 OT | 21–5 (11–2) | Reilly Center (897) Olean, NY | |||||||
02/20/2016 3:00 pm | VCU | L 68–79 | 21–6 (11–3) | Charles E. Smith Center (2,097) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
02/24/2016 7:00 pm | Richmond | W 55–53 OT | 22–6 (12–3) | Charles E. Smith Center (789) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
02/27/2016 2:00 pm | at George Mason | W 73–66 | 23–6 (13–3) | EagleBank Arena (947) Fairfax, VA | |||||||
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/04/2016 11:30 am, ASN | (1) | vs. (9) George Mason Quarterfinals | W 78–48 | 24–6 | Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA | ||||||
03/05/2016 11:00 am, CBSSN | (1) | vs. (5) VCU Semifinals | W 72–58 | 25–6 | Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA | ||||||
03/06/2016 1:00 pm, ESPNU | (1) | vs. (3) Duquesne Championship Game | W 63–60 | 26–6 | Richmond Coliseum (2,673) Richmond, VA | ||||||
NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/18/2016* 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | (8 SF) | vs. (9 SF) Kansas State First Round | L 51–56 | 26–7 | Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Final |
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AP | 21 | 22 | 24 | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | N/A |
Coaches | 21 | 20 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV |
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Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
(RV) | Received Votes |
See also
References
- ^ "George Washington Athletics Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2015.