2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team

2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball

Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2015–16 record	8–22 (6–12 The Valley)
Head coach	Barb Smith (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Lisa Hayden
Assistant coach	Cathy Boswell
Assistant coach	Jessica Grayson
Home arena	Redbird Arena
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Iowa	15	–	3	.833	24	–	11	.686
Missouri State †	14	–	4	.778	24	–	10	.706
Drake	14	–	4	.778	23	–	10	.697
Southern Illinois	12	–	6	.667	20	–	13	.606
Loyola-Chicago	10	–	8	.556	14	–	16	.467
Indiana State	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
Illinois State	6	–	12	.333	8	–	22	.267
Wichita State	5	–	13	.278	8	–	22	.267
Bradley	4	–	14	.222	9	–	22	.290
Evansville	1	–	17	.056	3	–	28	.097


† 2016 MVC Tournament winner As of March 24, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team represents Illinois State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by third year head coach Barb Smith, play their home games at Redbird Arena and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–22, 6–12 in MVC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament to Evansville.