2015–16 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

2015–16 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
Gulf Coast Showcase champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 13
Record27–8 (14–4 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMaples Pavilion
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Oregon State 16 2   .889 32 5   .865
No. 11 Arizona State 16 2   .889 26 7   .788
No. 13 Stanford 14 4   .778 27 8   .771
No. 10 UCLA 14 4   .778 26 9   .743
Washington 11 7   .611 26 11   .703
Oregon 9 9   .500 24 11   .686
Utah 8 10   .444 18 15   .545
USC 6 12   .333 19 13   .594
Washington State 5 13   .278 14 16   .467
California 4 14   .222 15 17   .469
Arizona 3 15   .167 13 19   .406
Colorado 2 16   .111 7 23   .233
2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2016
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by thirtieth year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 14–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of Pac-12 women's tournament to Washington. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated San Francisco and South Dakota State in the first and second rounds, Notre Dame in the sweet sixteen before losing to Pac-12 member Washington in the elite eight.