# 2014–15 Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs basketball team

The 2014–15 Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs basketball team represented Mississippi State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season college basketball season. The Lady Bulldogs were led by third year head coach Vic Schaefer. They played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 27–7, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament to Kentucky. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Tulane in the first round before losing to Duke in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 9, 2014* 2:00 p.m. | | Arkansas–Fort Smith | W 114–58 | – | Humphrey Coliseum (973) Starkville, MS |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 14, 2014* 8:00 p.m. | | Mercer Preseason WNIT First Round | W 92–60 | 1–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (2,531) Starkville, MS |
| Nov 16, 2014* 6:00 p.m. | | Arkansas State Preseason WNIT Second Round | W 93–83 | 2–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (2,011) Starkville, MS |
| Nov 20, 2014* 7:00 p.m. | | No. 17 West Virginia Preseason WNIT Semifinals | W 74–61 | 3–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (2,502) Starkville, MS |
| Nov 23, 2014* 2:00 p.m., CBSSN | | WKU Preseason WNIT Championship | W 88–77 | 4–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (3,773) Starkville, MS |
| Nov 25, 2014* 7:00 p.m. | No. 25 | Louisiana–Monroe | W 80–46 | 5–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (2,954) Starkville, MS |
| Nov 29, 2014* 2:00 p.m. | No. 25 | at New Orleans | W 85–45 | 6–0 | Lakefront Arena (284) New Orleans, LA |
| Dec 2, 2014* 7:00 p.m. | No. 23 | North Dakota State | W 109–58 | 7–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (2,659) Starkville, MS |
| Dec 7, 2014* 2:00 p.m. | No. 23 | Southeastern Louisiana | W 97–36 | 8–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (3,020) Starkville, MS |
| Dec 11, 2014* 7:00 p.m. | No. 22 | Louisiana Tech | W 81–77 | 9–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (3,012) Starkville, MS |
| Dec 14, 2014* 2:00 p.m., ASN | No. 22 | at Southern Miss | W 73–46 | 10–0 | Reed Green Coliseum (2,561) Hattiesburg, MS |
| Dec 15, 2014* 7:00 p.m. | No. 21 | Mississippi Valley State | W 104–41 | 11–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (3,011) Starkville, MS |
| Dec 17, 2014* 11:00 a.m. | No. 21 | at Louisiana–Lafayette | W 66–51 | 12–0 | Earl K. Long Gymnasium (1,656) Lafayette, LA |
| Dec 20, 2014* 9:30 p.m. | No. 21 | vs. UIC Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic | W 73–36 | 13–0 | South Point Arena (150) Las Vegas, NV |
| Dec 21, 2014* 4:00 p.m. | No. 21 | vs. Miami (OH) Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic | W 68–42 | 14–0 | South Point Arena (175) Las Vegas, NV |
| Dec 29, 2014* 7:00 p.m. | No. 17 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 83–26 | 15–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (2,955) Starkville, MS |
| SEC regular season ||||||
| Jan 2, 2015 3:00 p.m. | No. 17 | No. 19 Georgia | W 64–56 | 16–0 (1–0) | Humphrey Coliseum (4,114) Starkville, MS |
| Jan 4, 2015 2:00 p.m. | No. 17 | at Missouri | W 53–47 | 17–0 (2–0) | Mizzou Arena (1,432) Columbia, MO |
| Jan 8, 2015 8:00 p.m., FSN | No. 14 | Arkansas | W 72–57 | 18–0 (3–0) | Humphrey Coliseum (3,556) Starkville, MS |
| Jan 11, 2015 2:00 p.m. | No. 14 | at Vanderbilt | L 62–78 | 18–1 (3–1) | Memorial Gymnasium (3,690) Nashville, TN |
| Jan 15, 2015 7:00 p.m. | No. 15 | LSU | L 69–71 $^{2OT}$ | 18–2 (3–2) | Humphrey Coliseum (4,727) Starkville, MS |
| Jan 18, 2015 3:00 p.m., FSN | No. 15 | Alabama | W 66–50 | 19–2 (4–2) | Humphrey Coliseum (4,557) Starkville, MS |
| Jan 22, 2015 8:00 p.m., SECN | No. 18 | at Ole Miss | W 64–62 | 20–2 (5–2) | Tad Smith Coliseum (3,383) Oxford, MS |
| Jan 26, 2015 8:00 p.m., SECN | No. 18 | at Auburn | W 59–48 | 21–2 (6–2) | Auburn Arena (1,787) Auburn, AL |
| Jan 29, 2015 7:00 p.m. | No. 18 | Vanderbilt | W 69–44 | 22–2 (7–2) | Humphrey Coliseum (5,056) Starkville, MS |
| Feb 1, 2015 2:00 p.m., SECN | No. 18 | at No. 6 Tennessee | L 67–79 | 22–3 (7–3) | Thompson–Boling Arena (11,507) Knoxville, TN |
| Feb 8, 2015 2:00 p.m., SECN | No. 17 | No. 14 Texas A&M | W 63–61 $^{OT}$ | 23–3 (8–3) | Humphrey Coliseum (4,651) Starkville, MS |
| Feb 12, 2015 6:00 p.m., SECN | No. 13 | at No. 10 Kentucky | L 90–92 $^{2OT}$ | 23–4 (8–4) | Memorial Coliseum (5,100) Lexington, KY |
| Feb 15, 2015 3:00 p.m., SECN | No. 13 | Florida | W 75–62 | 24–4 (9–4) | Humphrey Coliseum (5,183) Starkville, MS |
| Feb 22, 2015 2:00 p.m. | No. 14 | at Alabama | W 57–55 | 25–4 (10–4) | Foster Auditorium (3,133) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| Feb 26, 2015 6:00 p.m., FSN | No. 11 | at No. 2 South Carolina | L 50–69 | 25–5 (10–5) | Colonial Life Arena (15,047) Columbia, SC |
| Mar 1, 2015 1:00 p.m., FSN | No. 11 | Ole Miss | W 55–47 | 26–5 (11–5) | Humphrey Coliseum (7,326) Starkville, MS |
| 2015 SEC Tournament ||||||
| Mar 6, 2015 8:30 p.m., SECN | No. 11 | vs. No. 12 Kentucky Quarterfinals | L 67–76 | 26–6 | Verizon Arena (4,189) North Little Rock, AR |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 20, 2015* 2:39 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 12 | vs. Tulane First Round | W 57–47 | 27–6 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,712) Durham, NC |
| Mar 22, 2015* 11:00 a.m., ESPN2 | No. 12 | at No. 16 Duke Second Round | L 56–64 | 27–7 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,293) Durham, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
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## 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 | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Coaches | NR | RV | RV | 25 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |