2015–16 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team

2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2016 MVC Tournament winner; As of March 24, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

Drake Bulldogs women's basketball
2015–16 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball
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Lady Rebel Round-Up Champions
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2015–16 record	23–10 (14–4 The Valley)
Head coach	Jennie Baranczyk (4th year)
Assistant coach	Allison Pohlman
Assistant coach	Jacqui Kalin
Assistant coach	Dominique Kelley
Home arena	Knapp Center
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The 2015–16 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Drake University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs are led by fourth year head coach Jennie Baranczyk. They played their home games at Knapp Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 14–4 in MVC play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Missouri State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Sacred Heart before losing to Missouri Valley member Northern Iowa in the second round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
F	3	Lizzy Wendell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Blue Springs	Blue Springs, MO
C	5	Emma Donahue	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Naperville Central	Naperville, IL
G	15	Paige Greiner	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Williamsburg	Williamsburg, IA
G	20	Maddy Dean	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Jordan	Jordan, MN
G	21	Sammie Bachrodt	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Kapaun Mt. Carmel	Wichita, KS
G	22	Caitlin Ingle	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Southeast Polk	Runnells, IA
G	24	Nicole Miller	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	North Linn	Walker, IA
G	34	Cortni Rush	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Mason City North Iowa Area	Mason City, IA
F/C	35	Becca Jonas	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Truman	Independence, MO
F	50	Sara Rhine	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Eldon	Eldon, MO

Head coach

Jennie Baranczyk (Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Allison Pohlman (Northern Iowa)
Jacqui Kalin (Northern Iowa)
Dominique Kelley (Nebraska)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/03/2015* 7:00 PM	Grand View	W 96–46		Knapp Center (1,929) Des Moines, IA
11/08/2015* 7:00 PM	Simpson	W 94–61		Knapp Center (1,947) Des Moines, IA
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2015* 2:00 PM, ESPN3	Iowa State	W 74–70	1–0	Knapp Center (4,251) Des Moines, IA
11/18/2015* 7:00 PM	at Wisconsin	W 89–70	2–0	Kohl Center (2,974) Madison, WI
11/22/2015* 2:00 PM, ESPN3	North Dakota	W 73–63	3–0	Knapp Center (2,064) Des Moines, IA
11/24/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Creighton	W 81–72	4–0	Knapp Center (2,462) Des Moines, IA
11/28/2015* 4:30 PM	vs. Tulsa Lady Rebel Round-Up semifinals	W 91–80	5–0	Cox Pavilion (840) Paradise, NV
11/29/2015* 4:30 PM	at UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up championship	W 76–68	6–0	Cox Pavilion (774) Paradise, NV
12/03/2015* 7:00 PM	at South Dakota	L 87–92 ^OT	6–1	DakotaDome (1,484) Vermillion, SD
12/06/2015* 2:00 PM, ESPN3	Green Bay	L 61–86	6–2	Knapp Center (2,294) Des Moines, IA
12/11/2015* 11:00 AM, ESPN3	William Penn	W 100–61	7–2	Knapp Center (4,711) Des Moines, IA
12/19/2015* 4:30 PM	at Northern Illinois	L 73–87	7–3	Convocation Center (1,290) DeKalb, IL
12/22/2015* 5:00 PM	at Iowa	L 76–89	7–4	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,430) Iowa City, IA
Missouri Valley Conference regular season
01/01/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3	Southern Illinois	L 67–77	7–5 (0–1)	Knapp Center (2,024) Des Moines, IA
01/03/2016 4:00 PM, MC22	Evansville	W 94–52	8–5 (1–1)	Knapp Center (2,215) Des Moines, IA
01/08/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Missouri State	W 82–75	9–5 (2–1)	JQH Arena (3,225) Springfield, MO
01/10/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3	at Wichita State	W 87–56	10–5 (3–1)	Charles Koch Arena (1,559) Wichita, KS
01/15/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Indiana State	W 80–55	11–5 (4–1)	Knapp Center (2,153) Des Moines, IA
01/17/2016 6:00 PM, ESPN3	Illinois State	W 76–41	12–5 (5–1)	Knapp Center (2,413) Des Moines, IA
01/24/2016 2:00 PM, MC22	Northern Iowa	L 73–79	12–6 (5–2)	Knapp Center (2,853) Des Moines, IA
01/29/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Bradley	W 76–64	13–6 (6–2)	Renaissance Coliseum (591) Peoria, IL
01/31/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3	at Loyola-Chicago	W 81–65	14–6 (7–2)	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (417) Chicago, IL
02/05/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Wichita State	W 81–59	15–6 (8–2)	Knapp Center (2,378) Des Moines, IA
02/07/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3	Missouri State	W 95–72	16–6 (9–2)	Knapp Center (2,465) Des Moines, IA
02/12/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Illinois State	W 98–58	17–6 (10–2)	Redbird Arena (613) Normal, IL
02/14/2016 1:00 PM, ESPN3	at Indiana State	L 53–68	17–7 (10–3)	Hulman Center (1,861) Terre Haute, IN
02/19/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Northern Iowa	L 74–85	17–8 (10–4)	McLeod Center (2,012) Cedar Falls, IA
02/26/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Loyola-Chicago	W 91–61	18–8 (11–4)	Knapp Center (2,834) Des Moines, IA
02/28/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3	Bradley	W 78–45	19–8 (12–4)	Knapp Center (2,433) Des Moines, IA
03/03/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Evansville	W 86–66	20–8 (13–4)	Ford Center (394) Evansville, IL
03/05/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3	at Southern Illinois	W 71–64	21–8 (14–4)	SIU Arena (639) Carbondale, IL
Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
03/11/2016 6:00 PM, ESPN3	vs. Evansville Quarterfinals	W 89–53	22–8	iWireless Center Moline, IL
03/12/2016 4:00 PM, ESPN3	vs. Missouri State Semifinals	L 61–65	22–9	iWireless Center (2,241) Moline, IL
WNIT
03/17/2016* 7:00 PM	Sacred Heart First Round	W 95–59	23–9	Knapp Center (806) Des Moines, IA
03/19/2016* 7:00 PM	at Northern Iowa Second Round	L 58–64	23–10	McLeod Center (1,140) Cedar Falls, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

↑ http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball

[1] ttp://www.godrakebulldogs.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball

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v t e Drake Bulldogs women's basketball
Venues	Veterans Memorial Auditorium (1974–1992) Knapp Center (1992–present)
Coaches	Baumgarten (1974–1986) Yow (1986–1990) Bluder (1990–2000) Stone (2001–2003) Stephens (2003–2012) Baranczyk (2012–present)
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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