2015–16 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

2015–16 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball

Rainbow Wahine Showdown Champions SEC Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 3
2015–16 record	33–2 (16–0 SEC)
Head coach	Dawn Staley (8th year)
Assistant coach	Lisa Boyer
Assistant coach	Nikki McCray-Penson
Assistant coach	Fred Chmiel
Home arena	Colonial Life Arena
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 South Carolina †	16	–	0	1.000	33	–	2	.943
#15 Mississippi State	11	–	5	.688	28	–	8	.778
#18 Texas A&M	11	–	5	.688	22	–	10	.688
#12 Kentucky	10	–	6	.625	25	–	8	.758
#25 Florida	10	–	6	.625	22	–	9	.710
Georgia	9	–	7	.563	21	–	10	.677
Missouri	8	–	8	.500	22	–	10	.688
Tennessee	8	–	8	.500	22	–	14	.611
Auburn	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Arkansas	7	–	9	.438	12	–	18	.400
Vanderbilt	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
Alabama	4	–	12	.250	15	–	16	.484
LSU	3	–	13	.188	10	–	21	.323
Ole Miss	2	–	14	.125	10	–	20	.333

† 2016 SEC Tournament winner As of March 27, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by eighth year head coach Dawn Staley, play their home games at the Colonial Life Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 33–2, 16–0 in SEC play to win the SEC regular season and the tournament earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where defeated Jacksonville and Kansas State in the first and second rounds before getting upset by Syracuse in the sweet sixteen.