2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 12
Record25–8 (10–6 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMemorial Coliseum
Rupp Arena
2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 South Carolina160 1.000332  .943
No. 15 Mississippi State115 .688288  .778
No. 18 Texas A&M115 .6882210  .688
No. 12 Kentucky106 .625258  .758
No. 25 Florida106 .625229  .710
Georgia97 .5632110  .677
Missouri88 .5002210  .688
Tennessee88 .5002214  .611
Auburn88 .5002013  .606
Arkansas79 .4381218  .400
Vanderbilt511 .3131814  .563
Alabama412 .2501516  .484
LSU313 .1881021  .323
Ole Miss214 .1251020  .333
2016 SEC tournament winner
As of March 27, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Kentucky during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by ninth year head coach Matthew Mitchell, played their home games at the Memorial Coliseum with two games at Rupp Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 25–8, 10–6 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated UNC Asheville and Oklahoma in the first and second rounds before getting upset by Washington the sweet sixteen.