2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball | |
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America East Regular Season Co-Champions | |
WNIT, First Round | |
Conference | America East Conference |
2015–16 record | 26–9 (15–1 America East) |
Head coach | Richard Barron (5th year) |
Assistant coach | Todd Steelman |
Assistant coach | Amy Vachon |
Assistant coach | Edniesha Curry |
Home arena | Cross Insurance Center |
2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany † | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 28 | – | 5 | .848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Binghamton | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hartford | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass Lowell* | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 4 | – | 24 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 America East Tournament winner As of March 20, 2016 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2015–16 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team will represent the University of Maine in the America East Conference. The Black Bears are led by fifth year head coach Richard Barron and play their home games at the Cross Insurance Center. They finished the season 26–9, 15–1 in America East play to share the America East regular season title with Albany. They advanced to the championship game of the America East Women's Tournament where they lost to Albany. As champs of the America East Conference who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Quinnipiac in the first round.
Media
All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WGUY and online on the Maine Portal.
Roster
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Schedule
Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/06/2015* 7:00 PM |
vs. Vanguard | W 70–55 | |
Warren G. Hill Gymnasium (342) Gorham, ME | |||||||
11/08/2015* 4:00 PM |
Stonehill | W 77–58 | |
Cross Insurance Center (1,784) Bangor, ME | |||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/13/2015* 5:30 PM |
at Harvard | W 64–53 | 1–0 |
Lavietes Pavilion (721) Cambridge, MA | |||||||
11/15/2015* 1:00 PM |
at Boston College | L 48–55 | 1–1 |
Conte Forum (1,123) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
11/20/2015* 8:00 PM |
at Minnesota | L 64–91 | 1–2 |
Williams Arena (2,761) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
11/22/2015* 1:00 PM |
at North Dakota State | W 82–51 | 2–2 |
Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse (404) Fargo, ND | |||||||
11/25/2015* 12:00 PM |
Central Connecticut | W 62–42 | 3–2 |
Cross Insurance Center (2,631) Bangor, ME | |||||||
11/27/2015* 11:00 AM |
vs. Dayton Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals |
L 37–58 | 3–3 |
Germain Arena Estero, FL | |||||||
11/28/2015* 11:00 AM |
vs. Missouri State Gulf Coast Showcase consolation 2nd round |
W 69–65 | 4–3 |
Germain Arena Estero, FL | |||||||
11/29/2015* 1:30 PM, CST |
vs. LSU Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game |
W 52–41 | 5–3 |
Germain Arena Estero, FL | |||||||
12/01/2015* 7:00 PM |
Colby | W 82–42 | 6–3 |
Cross Insurance Center (1,365) Bangor, ME | |||||||
12/04/2015* 12:00 PM |
at Northeastern | L 44–56 | 6–4 |
Cabot Center (1,004) Boston, MA | |||||||
12/06/2015* 2:00 PM |
at Dartmouth | W 59–41 | 7–4 |
Leede Arena (540) Hanover, NH | |||||||
12/12/2015* 1:00 PM |
Bryant | W 76–38 | 8–4 |
Cross Insurance Center (1,533) Bangor, ME | |||||||
12/18/2015* 7:00 PM |
Clemson | W 75–42 | 9–4 |
Cross Insurance Center (1,648) Bangor, ME | |||||||
12/21/2015* 7:00 PM |
at Purdue | L 33–56 | 9–5 |
Mackey Arena (5,803) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
12/31/2015* 1:00 PM |
at North Carolina | L 58–59 | 9–6 |
Carmichael Arena (1,732) Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||
America East regular season | |||||||||||
01/06/2016 7:00 PM |
at Vermont | W 62–41 | 10–6 (1–0) |
Patrick Gym (371) Burlington, VT | |||||||
01/09/2016 12:00 PM |
UMBC | W 65–55 | 11–6 (2–0) |
Cross Insurance Center (2,026) Bangor, ME | |||||||
01/13/2016 7:00 PM |
UMass Lowell | W 74–44 | 12–6 (3–0) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,403) Bangor, ME | |||||||
01/16/2016 12:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Albany | L 59–64 | 12–7 (3–1) |
SEFCU Arena (986) Albany, NY | |||||||
01/18/2016 3:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at New Hampshire | W 62–52 | 13–7 (4–1) |
Lundholm Gym (407) Durham, NH | |||||||
01/24/2016 1:00 PM |
Stony Brook | W 55–52 | 14–7 (5–1) |
Cross Insurance Center (2,123) Bangor, ME | |||||||
01/27/2016 7:00 PM |
Hartford | W 61–43 | 15–7 (6–1) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,559) Bangor, ME | |||||||
01/30/2016 2:00 PM |
at Binghamton | W 52–38 | 16–7 (7–1) |
Binghamton University Events Center (1,575) Vestal, NY | |||||||
02/03/2016 7:00 PM |
Vermont | W 63–51 | 17–7 (8–1) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,666) Bangor, ME | |||||||
02/06/2016 1:00 PM |
at UMBC | W 72–38 | 18–7 (9–1) |
Retriever Activities Center (608) Catonsville, MD | |||||||
02/08/2016 7:00 PM |
New Hampshire | W 59–55 | 19–7 (10–1) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,439) Bangor, ME | |||||||
02/11/2016 7:00 PM |
at UMass Lowell | W 73–46 | 20–7 (11–1) |
Costello Athletic Center (321) Lowell, MA | |||||||
02/14/2016 1:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Albany | W 65–53 | 21–7 (12–1) |
Cross Insurance Center (3,231) Bangor, ME | |||||||
02/20/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Stony Brook | W 60–42 | 22–7 (13–1) |
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,042) Stony Brook, NY | |||||||
02/24/2016 7:00 PM |
at Hartford | W 50–44 | 23–7 (14–1) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,701) Hartford, CT | |||||||
02/27/2016 1:00 PM |
Binghamton | W 69–37 | 24–7 (15–1) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,575) Bangor, ME | |||||||
America East Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/05/2016 12:00 PM, ESPN3 |
vs. New Hampshire Quarterfinals |
W 57–48 | 25–7 |
Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY | |||||||
03/06/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
vs. Stony Brook Semifinals |
W 51–48 | 26–7 |
Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY | |||||||
03/11/2016 4:30 PM, ESPNU |
at Albany Championship Game |
L 58–59 | 26–8 |
SEFCU Arena (1,519) Albany, NY | |||||||
WNIT | |||||||||||
03/18/2016* 7:00 PM |
at Quinnipiac First Round |
L 44–90 | 26–9 |
TD Bank Sports Center (437) Hamden, CT | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |