Aug. 20, 2015
From beginning to end, everything is set.
The Vanderbilt women’s basketball team released its full schedule Thursday, with the non-conference slate announced in the early afternoon, followed by the SEC lineup in the evening.
Vanderbilt head coach Melanie Balcomb will guide the Commodores through a schedule that includes 16 regular-season games at historic Memorial Gym along with a host of challenging road tests. For season ticket info, click HERE.
Vanderbilt fans will have their first chance to see this year’s team during an exhibition game against Clayton State on Nov. 7. The following week, the Commodores play their regular-season opener, hosting Mississippi Valley State on Nov. 15.
The team then hits the road for two games — visiting Dayton on Nov. 18 and going to Green Bay on Nov. 21 — before returning to Nashville to play seven of their next eight games at Memorial Gym from Nov. 23 through Dec. 21. That stretch is highlighted by home games against in-state rivals ETSU and UT-Martin, along with the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament that will feature Ohio University, Austin Peay and Indiana.
The Commodores close out the non-conference portion of their schedule with a trip to New York for the Fordham Holiday Classic on Dec. 29-30. Vanderbilt will be joined at the tournament by New Mexico State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and host Fordham.
After the holidays, Vanderbilt jumps into SEC play, traveling to Ole Miss for the conference opener on Jan. 3 and hosting national power South Carolina on Jan. 7. (For full release from the SEC, see bottom of the page).
Other key SEC games on VU’s schedule include the tradition home-and-home series with rival Tennessee, with the Commodores visiting Knoxville on Jan. 21 and hosting the Lady Vols on Feb. 11.
Additional SEC home dates include games against LSU, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Texas A&M. Vanderbilt concludes the regular season on Feb. 25, hosting Mississippi State on Senior Day at Memorial Gym.
2015-16 Schedule
(Note: Tip-off times for non-conference games will be announced at a later date).
Nov. 7 (Sat.) – CLAYTON STATE (exhibition)
Nov. 15 (Sun.) – MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE
Nov. 18 (Wed.) – at Dayton (Dayton, Ohio)
Nov. 21 (Sat.) – at Green Bay (Green Bay, Wisc.)
Nov. 23 (Mon.) – PRESBYTERIAN
Nov. 27-28 (Fri.-Sat.) – Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament
(Teams: Vanderbilt, Indiana, Ohio, Austin Peay)
Nov. 30 (Mon.) – AIR FORCE
Dec. 3 (Thurs.) – at Drexel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dec. 5 (Sat.) – ETSU
Dec. 10 (Thurs.) – TROY
Dec. 21 (Mon.) – UT-MARTIN
Dec. 28-29 (Mon-Tues.) – Fordham Holiday Classic
(Vanderbilt, New Mexico State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Fordham)
Jan. 3 (Sun.) – at Ole Miss (SEC Network-Plus), 2 p.m.
Jan. 7 (Thurs.) – SOUTH CAROLINA (SEC Network-Plus), 7 p.m.
Jan. 10 (Sun.) – at Alabama (SEC Network-Plus), 2 p.m.
Jan. 14 (Thurs.) – LSU (SEC Network-Plus), 7 p.m.
Jan. 21 (Thurs.) – at Tennessee (SEC Network), 6 p.m.
Jan. 25 (Mon.) – ALABAMA (SEC Network), 6 p.m.
Jan. 28 (Thurs.) – at Kentucky (SEC Network-Plus), 6 p.m.
Jan. 31 (Sun.) – GEORGIA (SEC Network-Plus), 2 p.m.
Feb. 4 (Thurs.) – at Auburn (SEC Network-Plus), 6 p.m.
Feb. 8 (Mon.) – at Arkansas (SEC Network), 6 p.m.
Feb. 11 (Thurs.) – TENNESSEE (SEC Network), 8 p.m.
Feb. 14 (Sun.) – KENTUCKY (SEC Network), 3 p.m.
Feb. 18 (Thurs.) – at Florida (SEC Network-Plus), 6 p.m.
Feb. 21 (Sun.) – TEXAS A&M (SEC Network), 4 p.m.
Feb. 25 (Thurs.) – MISS. STATE (SEC Network-Plus), 7 p.m.
Feb. 28 (Sun.) – at Missouri (SEC Network), 1 p.m.
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SEC Announces Women’s Basketball Schedule
From the SEC Office
Birmingham, Ala. — The 2015 women’s basketball schedule has been released by the Southeastern Conference office.
Conference play will begin on Sunday, January 3 and run through Sunday, February 28, with the SEC Tournament being played Wednesday, March 2 – Sunday, March 6 in Jacksonville, Fla. The SEC Network will televise the first three days of the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament while the semifinals will be aired on ESPNU, and the championship game on ESPN.
The schedule consists of a single round robin (10 games) and home and away with one permanent opponent (2 games) and two rotating opponents (4 games). The permanent opponents are Alabama-Auburn, Arkansas-Missouri, Florida-Georgia, Kentucky-South Carolina, LSU-Texas A&M, Ole Miss-Mississippi State, and Tennessee-Vanderbilt. Each team will play eight home games and eight away games. The rotating opponents changes annually. This marks the seventh year of the 16-game schedule for women’s basketball and the fourth with 14 teams.
ESPN2 and ESPNU will produce a combined 13 conference contests and the SEC Network will televise more than 40 conference games. In addition, new for the 2015-16 season, the SEC Network will present two nights of whip-around coverage, a live look-in to every women’s basketball contest played on Thursday, January 7th and Thursday, February 25.
There will also be a package of televised non-conference games which will be announced by each individual institution. Additionally, institutions will have the ability to produce conference and non-conference games not televised, for SEC Network +, exclusive games available on WatchESPN and SECSports.com.
All of the games included in the ESPN package (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) and the SEC Network will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 or Xbox One to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider. Fox Sports Net events will be available via these avenues outside the SEC Footprint only.