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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 9–21 (2–16 B1G) |
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Home arena | State Farm Center Parkland College |
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No. 5 Maryland† | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 31 | – | 4 | .886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Ohio State | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Michigan State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 18 | – | 17 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 7 | – | 22 | .241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 31, 2016 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2015–16 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team will represent University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by fourth year head coach Matt Bollant, play their home games at the State Farm Center and are members of the Big Ten Conference. In November 2015, Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois will host Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball for five games while renovations to the State Farm Center was completed. They finished the season 9–21, 2–16 in Big Ten play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Penn State.
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Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/07/2015* 2:00 pm | Indianapolis | W 95–36 | Parkland College Champaign, IL | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/13/2015* 7:00 pm | Chicago State | W 67–36 | 1–0 | Parkland College (1,001) Champaign, IL | |||||||
11/15/2015* 2:00 pm | Ohio | W 62–53 | 2–0 | Parkland College (983) Champaign, IL | |||||||
11/21/2015* 2:00 pm | Tennessee–Martin | W 94–74 | 3–0 | Parkland College (907) Champaign, IL | |||||||
11/24/2015* 7:00 pm | Tennessee State | W 98–43 | 4–0 | Parkland College (952) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/02/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Miami (FL) ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 64–73 | 4–1 | BankUnited Center (910) Coral Gables, FL | |||||||
12/06/2015* 2:00 pm | Lehigh | W 76–67 | 5–1 | State Farm Center (1,800) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/08/2015* 7:00 pm | Southern Illinois | W 78–64 | 6–1 | State Farm Center (1,317) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/12/2015* 7:00 pm | Central Michigan | W 74–69 | 7–1 | State Farm Center (1,557) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/19/2015* 2:00 pm | at Memphis | L 75–81 | 7–2 | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (593) Memphis, TN | |||||||
12/22/2015* 7:00 pm | South Dakota | L 76–85 | 7–3 | State Farm Center (1,573) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/28/2015* 2:00 pm | George Washington | L 57–70 | 7–4 | State Farm Center (1,514) Champaign, IL | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
12/31/2015 2:00 pm | No. 6 Maryland | L 63–79 | 7–5 (0–1) | State Farm Center (1,716) Champaign, IL | |||||||
01/03/2016 1:00 pm | at Purdue | L 65–69 | 7–6 (0–2) | Mackey Arena (6,374) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
01/07/2016 8:00 pm, BTN | Minnesota | L 75–106 | 7–7 (0–3) | State Farm Center (1,263) Champaign, IL | |||||||
01/10/2016 2:00 pm | at Nebraska | L 57–73 | 7–8 (0–4) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,222) Lincoln, NE | |||||||
01/13/2016 6:00 pm | at Rutgers | L 54–67 | 7–9 (0–5) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,829) Piscataway, NJ | |||||||
01/17/2016 2:00 pm | Wisconsin | W 71–65 | 8–9 (1–5) | State Farm Center (1,857) Champaign, IL | |||||||
01/20/2016 6:00 pm | at Indiana | L 66–68 | 8–10 (1–6) | Assembly Hall (2,202) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
01/23/2016 2:00 pm | Penn State | L 56–65 | 8–11 (1–7) | State Farm Center (3,776) Champaign, IL | |||||||
01/26/2016 8:00 pm, BTN | at Minnesota | L 77–82 | 8–12 (1–8) | Williams Arena (2,618) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
02/01/2016 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 7 Ohio State | L 70–80 | 8–13 (1–9) | State Farm Center (1,517) Champaign, IL | |||||||
02/04/2016 7:00 pm | Northwestern | L 69–79 | 8–14 (1–10) | State Farm Center (1,331) Champaign, IL | |||||||
02/07/2016 1:00 pm | at Michigan | L 83–96 | 8–15 (1–11) | Crisler Center (2,509) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
02/10/2016 7:00 pm | Indiana | L 68–80 | 8–16 (1–12) | State Farm Center (1,622) Champaign, IL | |||||||
02/13/2016 5:00 pm, BTN | Rutgers | L 56–63 | 8–17 (1–13) | State Farm Center (2,450) Champaign, IL | |||||||
02/17/2016 7:00 pm | at Wisconsin | W 76–56 | 9–17 (2–13) | Kohl Center (3,448) Madison, WI | |||||||
02/21/2016 1:00 pm | at No. 5 Ohio State | L 74–117 | 9–18 (2–14) | Value City Arena (8,247) Columbus, OH | |||||||
02/24/2016 7:00 pm | No. 20 Michigan State | L 43–71 | 9–19 (2–15) | State Farm Center (1,395) Champaign, IL | |||||||
02/27/2016 5:00 pm, BTN | at Iowa | L 56–61 | 9–20 (2–16) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,610) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
Big Ten Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/02/2016 3:00 pm, BTN | vs. Penn State First Round | L 66–75 | 9–21 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |
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