2015–16 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

2015–16 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record20–12 (11–7 B1G)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nikita Lowry Dawkins
  • Gail Striegler
  • John Motherwell
Home arenaWilliams Arena
2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Maryland 16 2   .889 31 4   .886
No. 9 Ohio State 15 3   .833 26 8   .765
No. 16 Michigan State 13 5   .722 25 9   .735
Indiana 12 6   .667 21 12   .636
Minnesota 11 7   .611 20 12   .625
Purdue 10 8   .556 20 12   .625
Michigan 9 9   .500 21 14   .600
Nebraska 9 9   .500 18 13   .581
Iowa 8 10   .444 19 14   .576
Rutgers 8 10   .444 19 15   .559
Penn State 6 12   .333 12 19   .387
Northwestern 4 14   .222 18 17   .514
Wisconsin 3 15   .167 7 22   .241
Illinois 2 16   .111 9 21   .300
2016 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 31, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2015–16 college basketball season. Led by second year head coach Marlene Stollings for the Golden Gophers, members of the Big Ten Conference, played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They finished the season 20–12, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the second round in the Big Ten women's tournament to Northwestern. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Milwaukee in the first round before losing to South Dakota in the second round.