# 2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team represented Rutgers University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Scarlet Knights, led by twentieth-year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, better known as The RAC, as first-year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 12–6 in Big Ten play, to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Northwestern. They received at-large to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Seton Hall in the first round before losing to the national champions, Connecticut in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2014* 7:00 p.m. | No. 24 | Saint Joseph's | W 76–52 | 1–0 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,805) Piscataway, NJ |
| 11/18/2014* 7:00 p.m. | No. 22 | Northeastern | W 74–60 | 2–0 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,213) Piscataway, NJ |
| 11/22/2014* 2:00 p.m. | No. 22 | at LSU | W 64–57 | 3–0 | Maravich Center (2,846) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 11/25/2014* 7:00 p.m. | No. 21 | at Wagner | W 81–53 | 4–0 | Spiro Sports Center (1,608) Staten Island, NY |
| 11/28/2014* 2:00 p.m. | No. 21 | Colgate | W 60–44 | 5–0 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,428) Piscataway, NJ |
| 11/30/2014* 1:00 p.m. | No. 21 | Davidson | W 100–44 | 6–0 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,513) Piscataway, NJ |
| 12/04/2014* 7:00 p.m., BTN | No. 18 | No. 6 North Carolina ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 93–96 $^{2OT}$ | 6–1 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,028) Piscataway, NJ |
| 12/07/2014* 2:00 p.m. | No. 18 | at No. 25 Arkansas | W 64–52 | 7–1 | Bud Walton Arena (1,997) Fayetteville, AR |
| 12/10/2014* 6:00 p.m. | No. 17 | at Temple | W 88–55 | 8–1 | McGonigle Hall (867) Philadelphia, PA |
| 12/14/2014* 3:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 17 | No. 11 Tennessee | L 45–55 | 8–2 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (4,543) Piscataway, NJ |
| 12/20/2014* 2:00 p.m. | No. 17 | at Iona | W 66–58 | 9–2 | Hynes Athletic Center (942) New Rochelle, NY |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2014 2:00 p.m. | No. 17 | at Indiana | W 66–51 | 10–2 (1–0) | Assembly Hall (3,925) Bloomington, IN |
| 01/01/2015 2:00 p.m. | No. 16 | at Ohio State | L 68–85 | 10–3 (1–1) | Value City Arena (4,557) Columbus, OH |
| 01/04/2015 12:00 p.m., BTN | No. 16 | No. 20 Iowa | L 72–79 | 10–4 (1–2) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,542) Piscataway, NJ |
| 01/07/2015 7:00 p.m. | No. 24 | Michigan | W 81–68 | 11–4 (2–2) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,554) Piscataway, NJ |
| 01/10/2015 12:00 p.m., BTN | No. 24 | at Penn State | W 71–51 | 12–4 (3–2) | Bryce Jordan Center (3,705) University Park, PA |
| 01/15/2015 9:00 p.m., BTN | No. 24 | No. 8 Maryland | L 59–79 | 12–5 (3–3) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,116) Piscataway, NJ |
| 01/18/2015 3:00 p.m. | No. 24 | at Wisconsin | W 73–63 | 13–5 (4–3) | Kohl Center (4,114) Madison, WI |
| 01/25/2015 5:15 p.m., BTN | No. 25 | No. 21 Minnesota | W 66–61 | 14–5 (5–3) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,811) Piscataway, NJ |
| 01/29/2015 7:00 p.m., BTN | No. 22 | at Purdue | W 58–49 | 15–5 (6–3) | Mackey Arena (5,780) West Lafayette, IN |
| 02/01/2015 12:00 p.m., BTN | No. 22 | Penn State | W 76–65 | 16–5 (7–3) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,931) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/05/2015 7:00 p.m., BTN | No. 21 | No. 19 Nebraska | W 46–43 | 17–5 (8–3) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,436) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/08/2015 7:00 p.m. | No. 21 | at Michigan | W 57–50 | 18–5 (9–3) | Crisler Center (3,478) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 02/10/2015 9:00 p.m., BTN | No. 18 | at No. 5 Maryland | L 69–80 | 18–6 (9–4) | Xfinity Center (3,636) College Park, MD |
| 02/14/2015 12:00 p.m., BTN | No. 18 | Purdue | W 78–49 | 19–6 (10–4) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,713) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/17/2015 7:00 p.m. | No. 19 | Illinois | W 80–56 | 20–6 (11–4) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,329) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/22/2015 2:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 19 | at Michigan State | L 50–60 | 20–7 (11–5) | Breslin Center (8,110) East Lansing, MI |
| 02/26/2015 8:00 p.m. | No. 20 | at No. 25 Northwestern | L 60–80 | 20–8 (11–6) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (903) Evanston, IL |
| 03/01/2015 2:00 p.m. | No. 20 | Indiana | W 71–60 | 21–8 (12–6) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (3,374) Piscataway, NJ |
| Big Ten women's tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2015 3:00 p.m., BTN | No. 23 | vs. Indiana Second round | W 63–52 | 22–8 | Sears Centre (4,941) Hoffman Estates, IL |
| 03/06/2015 3:00 p.m., BTN | No. 23 | vs. No. 24 Northwestern Quarterfinals | L 57–62 | 22–9 | Sears Centre (5,293) Hoffman Estates, IL |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| 03/21/2015* 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 | | vs. Seton Hall First round | W 79–66 | 23–9 | Gampel Pavilion (N/A) Storrs, CT |
| 03/23/2015* 9:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at No. 1 Connecticut Second round/Rivalry | L 55–91 | 23–10 | Gampel Pavilion (3,486) Storrs, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Final |
| AP | 24т | 22 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 23 | RV | RV |
| Coaches | RV | 24 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 22 |