2015–16 WKU Lady Toppers basketball team

2015–16 WKU Lady Toppers basketball

Great Alaska Shootout Champions
WNIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Conference USA
2015–16 record	27–7 (15–3 C-USA)
Head coach	Michelle Clark-Heard (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Greg Collins
Assistant coach	Melissa Kolbe
Assistant coach	Katherine Graham
Home arena	E. A. Diddle Arena
Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 Conference USA women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UTEP	16	–	2	.889	29	–	5	.853
WKU	15	–	3	.833	27	–	7	.794
Middle Tennessee †	15	–	3	.833	24	–	9	.727
Charlotte	12	–	6	.667	19	–	12	.613
Old Dominion	10	–	8	.556	17	–	17	.500
Marshall	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Louisiana Tech	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
UAB	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Southern Miss	7	–	11	.389	14	–	16	.467
Rice	7	–	11	.389	9	–	22	.290
Florida Atlantic	6	–	12	.333	14	–	16	.467
UTSA	6	–	12	.333	10	–	19	.345
North Texas	5	–	13	.278	11	–	19	.367
FIU	2	–	16	.111	5	–	26	.161


† 2016 C-USA Tournament winner As of March 28, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 WKU Lady Toppers basketball team represents Western Kentucky University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Toppers, led by third year head coach Michelle Clark-Heard. They play their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena and were second year members of Conference USA. They finished the season 27–7, 15–3 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament to Marshall. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Dayton and Tennessee–Martin, Saint Louis in the first, second and third rounds before falling to South Dakota in the quarterfinals.