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 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 the 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.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;"| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515;"| Pac-12 Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515;"| 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 16 15 13 16 14 15 13 11 9 11 12 16 15 13 15 13 11 13 13 N/A Coaches 14 10 16 15 12 14 11 11 13 12 14 16 15 14 15 13 12 16 16 11 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes
See also 2015–16 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
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