# 2014–15 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2014–15 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by fourteenth year head coach Mike Carey and played their home games at WVU Coliseum. They finished the season 23–15, 7–11 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament where they lost to Oklahoma. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they advanced to the championship game where they lost to UCLA.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/31/2014* 7:00 pm | No. 17 | Wheeling Jesuit | W 87–49 | – | WVU Coliseum (2,062) Morgantown, WV |
| Non-Conference Games ||||||
| 11/15/2014* 7:00 pm | No. 17 | Eastern Kentucky Preseason WNIT First Round | W 67–42 | 1–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,707) Morgantown, WV |
| 11/17/2014* 7:00 pm | No. 17 | Seton Hall Preseason WNIT Second Round | W 89–87 | 2–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,078) Morgantown, WV |
| 11/20/2014* 8:00 pm | No. 17 | at Mississippi State Preseason WNIT Semifinals | L 61–74 | 2–1 | Humphrey Coliseum (2,502) Starkville, MS |
| 11/26/2014* 7:00 pm | No. 22 | Evansville | W 83–39 | 3–1 | WVU Coliseum (1,202) Morgantown, WV |
| 11/29/2014* 2:00 pm | No. 22 | Fairfield | W 67–53 | 4–1 | WVU Coliseum (845) Morgantown, WV |
| 12/03/2014* 7:00 pm | No. 24 | at Fairleigh Dickinson | W 80–52 | 5–1 | Rothman Center (397) Teaneck, NJ |
| 12/06/2014* 4:00 pm | No. 24 | Coppin State | W 83–43 | 6–1 | WVU Coliseum (2,042) Morgantown, WV |
| 12/10/2014* 7:00 pm, RTPT | No. 23 | Duquesne | W 79–60 | 7–1 | WVU Coliseum (1,322) Morgantown, WV |
| 12/13/2014* 4:00 pm | No. 23 | IPFW | W 82–48 | 8–1 | WVU Coliseum (1,493) Morgantown, WV |
| 12/20/2014* 4:00 pm | No. 22 | vs. Marshall Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic | W 69–56 | 9–1 | Charleston Civic Center (2,421) Charleston, WV |
| 12/22/2014* 2:00 pm | No. 21 | at Ohio State | L 54–96 | 9–2 | Value City Arena (5,048) Columbus, OH |
| 12/29/2014* 7:00 pm | | St. Francis (PA) | W 101–46 | 10–2 | WVU Coliseum (1,587) Morgantown, WV |
| Conference Games ||||||
| 01/04/2015 4:30 pm, FS1 | | at Oklahoma | L 60–71 | 10–3 (0–1) | Lloyd Noble Center (5,400) Norman, OK |
| 01/07/2015 8:00 pm, LHN | | at No. 3 Texas | L 55–61 | 10–4 (0–2) | Frank Erwin Center (2,614) Austin, TX |
| 01/10/2015 3:00 pm, RTPT | | No. 5 Baylor | L 62–66 | 10–5 (0–3) | WVU Coliseum (3,712) Morgantown, WV |
| 01/14/2015 7:00 pm, RTPT | | Texas Tech | L 45–55 | 10–6 (0–4) | WVU Coliseum (1,011) Morgantown, WV |
| 01/17/2015 2:30 pm, FS2 | | at No. 21 Oklahoma State | W 61–49 | 11–6 (1–4) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,557) Stillwater, OK |
| 01/21/2015 7:00 pm | | Kansas State | W 63–51 | 12–6 (2–4) | WVU Coliseum (1,797) Morgantown, WV |
| 01/24/2015 2:00 pm, FSN | | at Kansas | L 59–65 | 12–7 (2–5) | Allen Fieldhouse (2,802) Lawrence, KS |
| 01/28/2015 8:00 pm | | at Texas Tech | L 57–73 | 12–8 (2–6) | United Supermarkets Arena (3,343) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/01/2015 2:00 pm | | No. 24 Oklahoma | W 78–69 | 13–8 (3–6) | WVU Coliseum (4,069) Morgantown, WV |
| 02/04/2015 7:00 pm | | TCU | W 76–71 | 14–8 (4–6) | WVU Coliseum (1,052) Morgantown, WV |
| 02/07/2015 7:00 pm | | at Iowa State | L 43–61 | 14–9 (4–7) | Hilton Coliseum (11,384) Ames, IA |
| 02/10/2015 7:00 pm, RTPT | | Kansas | W 59–56 | 15–9 (5–7) | WVU Coliseum (1,563) Morgantown, WV |
| 02/15/2015 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 3 Baylor | L 51–79 | 15–10 (5–8) | Ferrell Center (6,762) Waco, TX |
| 02/15/2015 7:00 pm | | Oklahoma State | L 46–52 | 15–11 (5–9) | WVU Coliseum (1,407) Morgantown, WV |
| 02/21/2015 12:00 pm, FSN | | Iowa State | W 54–52 | 16–11 (6–9) | WVU Coliseum (2,076) Morgantown, WV |
| 02/24/2015 8:00 pm, FSSW+ | | at TCU | L 63–73 | 16–12 (6–10) | Student Recreation Center (1,351) Ft. Worth, TX |
| 03/01/2015 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | | Texas | W 76–69 | 17–12 (7–10) | WVU Coliseum (4,303) Morgantown, WV |
| 03/03/2015 8:00 pm, FSKC | | at Kansas State | L 55–59 | 17–13 (7–11) | Bramlage Coliseum (4,043) Manhattan, KS |
| 2015 Big 12 women's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2015 9:30 pm, FCS | | vs. Texas Tech First Round | W 59–40 | 18–13 | American Airlines Center (3,363) Dallas, TX |
| 03/06/2015 7:00 pm, FSN | | vs. Oklahoma Quarterfinals | L 55–67 | 18–14 | American Airlines Center (N/A) Dallas, TX |
| 2015 WNIT ||||||
| 03/19/2015* 7:00 pm | | Buffalo First Round | W 84–61 | 19–14 | WVU Coliseum (1,755) Morgantown, WV |
| 03/24/2015* 7:00 pm | | Hampton Second Round | W 57–39 | 20–14 | WVU Coliseum (1,815) Morgantown, WV |
| 03/26/2015* 7:00 pm | | Duquesne Third Round | W 60–39 | 21–14 | WVU Coliseum (1,471) Morgantown, WV |
| 03/29/2015* 2:00 pm | | Villanova Quarterfinals | W 75–70 $^{OT}$ | 22–14 | WVU Coliseum (2,509) Morgantown, WV |
| 04/01/2015* 7:00 pm | | Temple Semifinals | W 66–58 $^{OT}$ | 23–14 | WVU Coliseum (3,025) Morgantown, WV |
| 04/04/2015* 3:00 pm, CBSSN | | UCLA Championship Game | L 60–62 | 23–15 | Charleston Civic Center (8,403) Charleston, WV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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