# 2014–15 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented University of Iowa during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by fifteenth year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games at the Carver–Hawkeye Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Ohio State. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated American in the first round, Miami (FL) in the second round before falling to Baylor in the sweet sixteen.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/09/2014* 3:00 pm | No. 19 | St. Ambrose | W 119–57 | – | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,990) Iowa City, Iowa |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2014* 6:00 pm | No. 19 | USC Upstate | W 107–56 | 1–0 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,291) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 11/16/2014* 2:00 pm, MC22 | No. 19 | Robert Morris | W 85–67 | 2–0 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,030) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 11/21/2014* 7:00 pm, MC22 | No. 18 | Pepperdine Hawkeye Classic semifinals | W 97–68 | 3–0 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,578) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 11/22/2014* 7:30 pm, MC22 | No. 18 | Dayton Hawkeye Classic championship | W 90–83 | 4–0 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,381) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 11/25/2014* 7:00 pm, MC22 | No. 17 | Northern Iowa | W 73–45 | 5–0 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,711) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 11/28/2014* 3:00 pm | No. 17 | vs. Arkansas South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | L 67–77 | 5–1 | South Point Arena (N/A) Enterprise, Nevada |
| 11/29/2014* 5:30 pm | No. 17 | vs. Gonzaga South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | W 79–67 | 6–1 | South Point Arena (177) Enterprise, Nevada |
| 12/04/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 22 | at No. 7 Louisville ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 52–86 | 6–2 | KFC Yum! Center (7,854) Louisville, Kentucky |
| 12/07/2014* 2:00 pm, MC22 | No. 22 | Colorado | W 78–63 | 7–2 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,061) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 12/11/2014* 7:00 pm, BTN | No. 24 | Iowa State Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series | W 76–67 | 8–2 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,902) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 12/21/2014* 2:00 pm, MC22 | No. 23 | at Drake | W 100–98 | 9–2 | Knapp Center (3,130) Des Moines, Iowa |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2014 2:00 pm | No. 23 | Penn State | W 77–52 | 10–2 (1–0) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,411) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 01/04/2015 11:00 am, BTN | No. 20 | at No. 16 Rutgers | W 79–72 | 11–2 (2–0) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,542) Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 01/08/2015 7:00 pm | No. 17 | at Illinois | L 61–73 | 11–3 (2–1) | State Farm Center (1,650) Champaign, Illinois |
| 01/11/2015 1:00 pm, BTN | No. 17 | Purdue | W 73–59 | 12–3 (3–1) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,359) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 01/14/2015 7:00 pm | No. 22 | Northwestern | W 83–70 | 13–3 (4–1) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,027) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 01/18/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 22 | at Michigan State | W 52–50 | 14–3 (5–1) | Breslin Center (8,923) East Lansing, Michigan |
| 01/22/2015 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 20 | Michigan | W 76–70 | 15–3 (6–1) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,584) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 01/26/2015 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 20 | No. 15 Nebraska | W 78–72 $^{OT}$ | 16–3 (7–1) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,489) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 01/29/2015 7:00 pm | No. 20 | at Northwestern | W 102–99 | 17–3 (8–1) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (987) Evanston, Illinois |
| 02/01/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 20 | at No. 5 Maryland | L 88–93 | 17–4 (8–2) | Xfinity Center (5,373) College Park, Maryland |
| 02/05/2015 7:00 pm | No. 16 | Ohio State | W 73–65 | 18–4 (9–2) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,572) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 02/08/2015 2:00 pm | No. 16 | at Wisconsin | W 87–75 | 19–4 (10–2) | Kohl Center (11,428) Madison, Wisconsin |
| 02/12/2015 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 14 | at No. 22 Nebraska | W 69–61 | 20–4 (11–2) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,260) Lincoln, Nebraska |
| 02/15/2015 5:00 pm | No. 14 | Indiana | W 81–64 | 21–4 (12–2) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,748) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 02/17/2015 7:00 pm, BTN | No. 13 | at Minnesota | L 80–93 | 21–5 (12–3) | Williams Arena (3,265) Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 02/21/2015 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 13 | at Ohio State | L 82–100 | 21–6 (12–4) | Value City Arena (6,471) Columbus, Ohio |
| 02/26/2015 7:00 pm | No. 17 | Wisconsin | W 78–74 | 22–6 (13–4) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,536) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 03/01/2015 2:00 pm, BTN | No. 17 | Minnesota | W 92–76 | 23–6 (14–4) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,726) Iowa City, Iowa |
| Big Ten Conference Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2015 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 14 | vs. Nebraska Quarterfinals | W 74–65 | 24–6 | Sears Centre (N/A) Hoffman Estates, Illinois |
| 03/07/2015 8:30 pm, BTN | No. 14 | vs. Ohio State Semifinals | L 85–91 $^{OT}$ | 24–7 | Sears Centre (5,642) Hoffman Estates, Illinois |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/20/2015* 1:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 18 | American First Round | W 75–67 | 25–7 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,429) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 03/22/2015* 11:00 am, ESPN2 | No. 18 | Miami (FL) Second Round | W 88–70 | 26–7 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,220) Iowa City, Iowa |
| 03/27/2015* 6:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 18 | vs. No. 5 Baylor Sweet Sixteen | L 66–81 | 26–8 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (N/A) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
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