2015–16 Temple Owls women's basketball team

2015–16 Temple Owls women's basketball
WNIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record23–12 (13–5 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Way Veney
  • Meg Barber
  • Willnett Crockett
Home arenaLiacouras Center
McGonigle Hall
2015–16 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UConn 18 0   1.000 38 0   1.000
No. 21 South Florida 14 4   .778 24 10   .706
Temple 13 5   .722 23 12   .657
Memphis 12 6   .667 18 13   .581
Tulane 11 7   .611 23 12   .657
Tulsa 8 10   .444 12 19   .387
SMU 7 11   .389 13 18   .419
East Carolina 6 12   .333 13 19   .406
Cincinnati 4 14   .222 8 22   .267
UCF 4 14   .222 7 23   .233
Houston 2 16   .111 6 24   .200
American Tournament winner
As of April 5, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Temple Owls women's basketball team represented Temple University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the third for the Owls as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Owls, led by eighth year head coach Tonya Cardoza, played their home games at McGonigle Hall with four games at the Liacouras Center. They finished the season 23–12, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic women's tournament, where they lost to South Florida. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Drexel, Quinnipiac and Ohio in the first, second and third rounds before losing to Michigan in the quarterfinals.