# 2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented University of Nebraska–Lincoln during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, led by 13th year head coach Connie Yori, played their home games at the newly Pinnacle Bank Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Iowa. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to Syracuse in the first round.

## Previous season

The Nebraska Cornhuskers finished the 2013-14 season with an overall record of 26–7, with a record of 12–4 in the Big Ten regular season for a 3rd-place finish. In the 2014 Big Ten tournament, the Cornhuskers won their first Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament in school history. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, making their 12th appearance. They lost in the second round to BYU.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Jordan Hooper | 35 | F | 6'2" | Senior | Alliance, NE | Graduated/2014 WNBA draft |

### 2014 Recruiting Class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Kaylee Page W | Wamego, Kansas | Wamego High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 96 ||||||
| Natalie Romeo PG | Martinez, California | Carondelet High School | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Chandler Smith W | Okanogan, Washington | Brewster High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Jasmine Cincore PG | Arlington, Tennessee | Briarcrest Christian School | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Darrien Washington P | Oakland, California | Skyline High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: ||||||

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/02/2014* 2:00 pm | No. 16 | Wayne State | W 84–43 | – | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,948) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/09/2014* 2:00 pm | No. 16 | Concordia | W 78–46 | – | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,467) Lincoln, NE |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/15/2014* 11:00 am | No. 16 | Pepperdine | W 100–65 | 1–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,520) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/16/2014* 5:00 pm | No. 16 | Alcorn State | W 83–49 | 2–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,770) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/19/2014* 10:00 pm, P12N | No. 16 | at Washington State | W 82–61 | 3–0 | Beasley Coliseum (853) Pullman, WA |
| 11/23/2014* 1:00 pm | No. 16 | Utah | W 66–43 | 4–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,321) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/28/2014* 3:00 pm, P12N | No. 15 | at UCLA | W 71–66 | 5–0 | Pauley Pavilion (1,169) Los Angeles, CA |
| 11/30/2014* 2:00 pm | No. 15 | Northern Colorado | W 63–56 | 6–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,975) Lincoln, NE |
| 12/03/2014* 6:30 pm, BTN | No. 12 | No. 9 Duke ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 60–54 | 7–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,571) Lincoln, NE |
| 12/07/2014* 2:00 pm | No. 12 | at Alabama | L 51–53 | 7–1 | Foster Auditorium (2,562) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 12/11/2014* 8:05 pm, FS1 | No. 12 | at Creighton | W 60–57 | 8–1 | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,411) Omaha, NE |
| 12/13/2013* 2:00 pm | No. 12 | Cal State Bakersfield | W 54–45 | 9–1 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,957) Lincoln, NE |
| 12/20/2014* 3:00 pm | No. 12 | High Point | W 83–57 | 10–1 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,244) Lincoln, NE |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2014 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 12 | at Minnesota | L 69–72 | 10–2 (0–1) | Williams Arena (3,300) Minneapolis, MN |
| 01/03/2015 3:00 pm, CBS | No. 12 | No. 14 Maryland | L 47–75 | 10–3 (0–2) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,505) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/08/2015 7:30 pm, BTN | No. 19 | at Michigan State | W 71–67 | 11–3 (1–2) | Breslin Center (4,652) East Lansing, MI |
| 01/11/2015 2:00 pm | No. 19 | at Illinois | W 58–53 | 12–3 (2–2) | State Farm Center (3,263) Champaign, IL |
| 01/15/2015 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 17 | Penn State | W 73–45 | 13–3 (3–2) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,395) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/19/2015 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 16 | Purdue | W 69–59 | 14–3 (4–2) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,095) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/22/2015 7:00 pm | No. 16 | at Wisconsin | W 89–72 | 15–3 (5–2) | Kohl Center (3,023) Madison, WI |
| 01/26/2015 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 15 | at No. 20 Iowa | L 72–78 $^{OT}$ | 15–4 (5–3) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,489) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/29/2015 7:00 pm | No. 15 | Illinois | W 59–57 | 16–4 (6–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,378) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/01/2015 2:00 pm | No. 15 | Michigan | W 75–60 | 17–4 (7–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,386) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/05/2015 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 19 | at No. 21 Rutgers | L 43–46 | 17–5 (7–4) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,436) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/08/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 19 | at No. 5 Maryland | L 47–59 | 17–6 (7–5) | Xfinity Center (10,937) College Park, MD |
| 02/12/2015 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 22 | No. 14 Iowa | L 61–69 | 17–7 (7–6) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,260) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/15/2015 2:00 pm | No. 22 | Wisconsin | W 70–63 | 18–7 (8–6) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (8,622) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/18/2015 7:00 pm | No. 21 | at Northwestern | L 51–59 | 18–8 (8–7) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (779) Evanston, IL |
| 02/21/2015 11:00 am, BTN | No. 21 | at Indiana | W 67–64 | 19–8 (9–7) | Assembly Hall (2,490) Bloomington, IN |
| 02/24/2015 8:00 pm, BTN | | Minnesota | W 74–50 | 20–8 (10–7) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,290) Lincoln, NE |
| 03/01/2015 4:00 pm, BTN | | Ohio State | L 60–78 | 20–9 (10–8) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (8,418) Lincoln, NE |
| Big Ten women's tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2015 6:00 pm, BTN | | vs. Illinois Second Round | W 86–71 | 21–9 | Sears Centre (N/A) Hoffman Estates, IL |
| 03/05/2015 6:00 pm, BTN | | vs. No. 14 Iowa Quarterfinals | L 65–74 | 21–10 | Sears Centre (N/A) Hoffman Estates, IL |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| 03/20/2015* 6:36 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. Syracuse First Round | L 69–72 | 21–11 | Colonial Life Arena (10,644) Columbia, SC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
Source

## 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 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 21 | RV | RV | NR | NR |
| Coaches | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 25 | NR | NR |