# 2014–15 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2014–15 college basketball season. It was head coach Karen Aston's third season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. They finished the season 24–11, 9–9 in Big 12 play, for a four-way tie to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament where they lost to Baylor. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's basketball tournament where they defeated Western Kentucky in the first round, California in the second round before losing to Connecticut in the Sweet Sixteen.

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No change |
| (RV) | Received votes |
| (NR) | Not ranked |

## 2014–15 media
### Television & radio information

Most University of Texas home games were shown on the Longhorn Network, and select games were available through FSN affiliates. Women's basketball games were also be carried on the radio via KVET.

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/09/2014* 2:00 p.m., LHN | No. 9 | Oklahoma City | W 102–56 | – | Frank Erwin Center (N/A) Austin, TX |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/15/2014* 2:00 p.m., LHN | No. 9 | UTSA | W 68–48 | 1–0 | Frank Erwin Center (2,466) Austin, TX |
| 11/20/2014* 8:00 p.m., P12N | No. 10 | at No. 6 Stanford | W 87–81 $^{OT}$ | 2–0 | Maples Pavilion (3,674) Stanford, CA |
| 11/23/2014* 3:00 p.m., P12N | No. 10 | at UCLA | W 75–65 | 3–0 | Pauley Pavilion (2,583) Los Angeles, CA |
| 11/26/2014* 7:00 p.m., LHN | No. 6 | Texas–Pan American | W 72–45 | 4–0 | Frank Erwin Center (2,606) Austin, TX |
| 11/30/2014* 5:30 p.m., FS1 | No. 6 | No. 4 Tennessee | W 72–57 | 5–0 | Frank Erwin Center (4,198) Austin, TX |
| 12/03/2014* 7:00 p.m., LHN | No. 4 | New Mexico | W 86–37 | 6–0 | Frank Erwin Center (2,350) Austin, TX |
| 12/08/2014* 11:00 a.m., LHN | No. 3 | Southern | W 80–42 | 7–0 | Frank Erwin Center (7,042) Austin, TX |
| 12/14/2014* 2:00 p.m., LHN | No. 3 | Northwestern State | W 74–34 | 8–0 | Frank Erwin Center (2,302) Austin, TX |
| 12/17/2014* 7:00 p.m., LHN | No. 3 | McNeese State | W 76–59 | 9–0 | Frank Erwin Center (2,408) Austin, TX |
| 12/21/2014* 12:30 p.m., SECN | No. 3 | vs. No. 4 Texas A&M Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | W 67–65 | 10–0 | Verizon Arena (2,544) Little Rock, AR |
| 12/30/2014* 7:00 p.m., LHN | No. 3 | Rice | W 77–54 | 11–0 | Frank Erwin Center (3,009) Austin, TX |
| Big 12 Regular Season ||||||
| 01/03/2015 7:00 p.m., LHN | No. 3 | Kansas | W 60–46 | 12–0 (1–0) | Frank Erwin Center (3,385) Austin, TX |
| 01/07/2015 7:00 p.m., LHN | No. 3 | West Virginia | W 61–55 | 13–0 (2–0) | Frank Erwin Center (2,614) Austin, TX |
| 01/10/2015 11:00 a.m., FSN | No. 3 | at Iowa State | L 57–59 | 13–1 (2–1) | Hilton Coliseum (7,928) Ames, IA |
| 01/14/2015 7:00 p.m., SSTV | No. 4 | at Oklahoma | L 59–70 | 13–2 (2–2) | Lloyd Noble Center (5,610) Norman, OK |
| 01/17/2015 12:00 p.m., LHN | No. 4 | Texas Tech | W 55–44 | 14–2 (3–2) | Frank Erwin Center (3,638) Austin, TX |
| 01/19/2015 5:30 p.m., FS1 | No. 8 | at No. 3 Baylor | L 58–75 | 14–3 (3–3) | Ferrell Center (8,894) Waco, TX |
| 01/25/2015 3:30 p.m., FS1 | No. 8 | Iowa State | L 57–58 | 14–4 (3–4) | Frank Erwin Center (3,234) Austin, TX |
| 01/29/2015 6:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 14 | No. 24 Oklahoma | W 84–81 $^{2OT}$ | 15–4 (4–4) | Frank Erwin Center (2,813) Austin, TX |
| 02/01/2015 12:00 p.m., FSSW+ | No. 14 | at TCU | L 59–64 | 15–5 (4–5) | Student Recreation Center (1,655) Fort Worth, TX |
| 02/04/2015 6:00 p.m. | No. 20 | at Kansas State | L 57–66 | 15–6 (4–6) | Bramlage Coliseum (3,845) Manhattan, KS |
| 02/08/2015 1:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 20 | No. 3 Baylor | L 68–70 | 15–7 (4–7) | Frank Erwin Center (6,602) Austin, TX |
| 02/11/2015 7:00 p.m. | | at Oklahoma State | L 60–66 | 15–8 (4–8) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,475) Stillwater, OK |
| 02/14/2015 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Kansas | W 74–63 | 16–8 (5–8) | Allen Fieldhouse (3,201) Lawrence, KS |
| 02/18/2015 7:00 p.m., LHN | | Kansas State | W 76–58 | 17–8 (6–8) | Frank Erwin Center (2,796) Austin, TX |
| 02/21/2015 3:30 p.m., FSSW | | at Texas Tech | W 62–59 | 18–8 (7–8) | United Supermarkets Arena (4,834) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/25/2015 7:00 p.m., LHN | | Oklahoma State | W 59–42 | 19–8 (8–8) | Frank Erwin Center (2,957) Austin, TX |
| 03/01/2015 12:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at West Virginia | L 69–76 | 19–9 (8–9) | WVU Coliseum (4,303) Morgantown, WV |
| 03/03/2015 7:00 p.m., LHN | | TCU | W 79–45 | 20–9 (9–9) | Frank Erwin Center (3,125) Austin, TX |
| 2015 Big 12 women's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2015 8:30 p.m., FSN | | vs. TCU Quarterfinals | W 67–61 | 21–9 | American Airlines Center (4,224) Dallas, TX |
| 03/08/2015 4:00 p.m., FS1 | | vs. Oklahoma Semifinals | W 59–46 | 22–9 | American Airlines Center (4,580) Dallas, TX |
| 03/09/2015 8:00 p.m., FS1 | | vs. No. 5 Baylor Championship game | L 64–75 | 22–10 | American Airlines Center (4,804) Dallas, TX |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| 03/20/2015* 4:20 p.m., ESPN2 | | vs. WKU First round | W 66–64 | 23–10 | Haas Pavilion (N/A) Berkeley, CA |
| 03/22/2015* 8:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at California Second round | W 73–70 | 24–10 | Haas Pavilion (2,852) Berkeley, CA |
| 03/28/2015* 11:00 a.m., ESPN | | vs. No. 1 Connecticut Sweet Sixteen | L 54–105 | 24–11 | Times Union Center (N/A) Albany, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||