# 2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference, were led by new head coach Lisa Fortier; she replaced Kelly Graves, who left to take the head coaching vacancy at Oregon. The Zags played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 26-8, 12-4 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals to WCC women's tournament, where they lost to BYU. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they upset George Washington in the first round, Oregon State in the second round, before losing to Tennessee in the Sweet Sixteen to end their Cinderella run.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/02/2014* 2:00 pm | | Eastern Oregon | W 92–44 | – | McCarthey Athletic Center (4,765) Spokane, WA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/16/2014* 2:00 pm, SWX | | No. 22 Dayton | W 75–65 | 1–0 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,442) Spokane, WA |
| 11/18/2014* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | No. 24 | Idaho State | W 88–63 | 2–0 | McCarthey Athletic Center (4,541) Spokane, WA |
| 11/21/2014* 6:00 pm, Watch Big Sky | No. 24 | at Montana State | W 89–60 | 3–0 | Worthington Arena (1,517) Bozeman, MT |
| 11/28/2014* 3:30 pm | | vs. American South Point Shootout | L 56–59 | 3–1 | South Point Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV |
| 11/29/2014* 3:30 pm | | vs. No. 17 Iowa South Point Shootout | L 67–79 | 3–2 | South Point Arena (177) Las Vegas, NV |
| 12/03/2014* 6:00 pm, SWX | | at Eastern Washington | W 61–60 | 4–2 | Reese Court (1,877) Cheney, WA |
| 12/07/2014* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Portland State | W 73–41 | 5–2 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,204) Spokane, WA |
| 12/09/2014* 6:00 pm, SWX | | Washington State | L 58–59 | 5–3 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,363) Spokane, WA |
| 12/12/2014* 6:00 pm, MW Net | | at Wyoming | W 70–56 | 6–3 | Arena-Auditorium (3,620) Laramie, WY |
| 12/15/2014* 10:00 am | | at Northwestern | L 43–62 | 6–4 | Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,047) Evanston, IL |
| 12/20/2014* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Southern Utah | W 70–51 | 7–4 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,251) Spokane, WA |
| WCC regular season ||||||
| 12/27/2014 2:00 pm, SWX | | BYU | W 78–62 | 8–4 (1–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,911) Spokane, WA |
| 12/29/2014 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | | San Diego | W 67–49 | 9–4 (2–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,279) Spokane, WA |
| 01/03/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Portland | W 79–57 | 10–4 (3–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,072) Spokane, WA |
| 01/08/2015 7:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at San Francisco | W 75–64 | 11–4 (4–0) | War Memorial Gymnasium (257) San Francisco, CA |
| 01/10/2015 2:00 pm | | at Santa Clara | W 78–70 | 12–4 (5–0) | Leavey Center (371) Santa Clara, CA |
| 01/15/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Pepperdine | W 73–64 | 13–4 (6–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (4,981) Spokane, WA |
| 01/17/2015 2:00 pm, SWX | | Loyola Marymount | W 76–62 | 14–4 (7–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,282) Spokane, WA |
| 01/22/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at Saint Mary's | W 52–42 | 15–4 (8–0) | McKeon Pavilion (603) Moraga, CA |
| 01/24/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at Pacific | W 73–63 | 16–4 (9–0) | Alex G. Spanos Center (673) Stockton, CA |
| 01/31/2015 2:00 pm | | at Portland | W 85–63 | 17–4 (10–0) | Chiles Center (773) Portland, OR |
| 02/05/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Santa Clara | W 76–49 | 18–4 (11–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,082) Spokane, WA |
| 02/07/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | | San Francisco | W 91–84 $^{4OT}$ | 19–4 (12–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| 02/12/2015 7:00 pm | | at Loyola Marymount | W 82–59 | 20–4 (13–0) | Gersten Pavilion (338) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/14/2015 12:00 pm | | at Pepperdine | W 78–56 | 21–4 (14–0) | Firestone Fieldhouse (246) Malibu, CA |
| 02/19/2015 6:00 pm, SWX | | Saint Mary's | W 80–72 | 22–4 (15–0) | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,719) Spokane, WA |
| 02/21/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | | Pacific | L 59–71 | 22–5 (15–1) | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| 02/26/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv | | at San Diego | L 62–75 | 22–6 (15–2) | Jenny Craig Pavilion (633) San Diego, CA |
| 02/28/2015 1:00 pm, BYUtv | | at BYU | W 73–66 | 23–6 (16–2) | Marriott Center (1,226) Provo, UT |
| WCC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2015 12:00 pm, BYUtv | | vs. Loyola Marymount Quarterfinals | W 70–50 | 24–6 | Orleans Arena (7,110) Las Vegas, NV |
| 03/09/2015 12:00 pm, BYUtv | | vs. BYU Semifinals | L 55–61 | 24–7 | Orleans Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/20/2015* 4:30 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. No. 19 George Washington First Round | W 82–69 | 25–7 | Gill Coliseum (3,728) Corvallis, OR |
| 03/22/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 10 Oregon State Second Round | W 76–64 | 26–7 | Gill Coliseum (5,071) Corvallis, OR |
| 03/28/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN | | vs. No. 6 Tennessee Sweet Sixteen | L 69–73 $^{OT}$ | 26–8 | Spokane Arena (8,686) Spokane, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |