The 2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Mississippi State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by fourth year head coach Vic Schaefer. They played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 28–8, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Chattanooga and Michigan State in the first and second rounds before getting dismantled by Connecticut by 60 points in the sweet sixteen, the largest defeat in Bulldogs women's basketball history.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#660000; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Women's Tournament
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Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP 11 10 8т 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 10 13 11 11 14 16 16 15 15 N/A Coaches 13 11 10 9 10 9 8 8 6 6 10 13 12 11 13 16 14 14 14 18 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes
See also 2015–16 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team
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