The 2015–16 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team represented Michigan State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by ninth year head coach Suzy Merchant, played their home games at the Breslin Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished with a record of 25–9, 13–5 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Maryland. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Belmont in the first round before losing to Mississippi State in the second round.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#18453b; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#18453b; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#18453b; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big Ten regular season
!colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#18453b"|Big Ten Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style="text-align: center; background:#18453b"|NCAA Women's Tournament
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 24 23 20 19 25 24 24 24 23 18 21 18 17 17 25 20 19 16 16 N/A Coaches RV RV 22 20 23 22 22 22 22 18 18 15 14 15 22 21 19 17 17 21 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes
See also 2015–16 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
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