# 2014–15 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Michael Shafer assumes the responsibility as head coach for his tenth season. The Spiders were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the Robins Center. They finished the season 19–14, 9–7 in A-10 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 women's tournament, where they lost to Fordham. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Stetson in the first round before losing to a A-10 member Duquesne in the second round.

## 2014–15 media

All Spiders games are broadcast on WTVR 6.3 with Robert Fish on the call. The games are also streamed on Spider TV Archived 2016-10-07 at the Wayback Machine.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/14/2014* 4:00 pm | Providence | W 75–59 | 1–0 | Robins Center (561) Richmond, Virginia |
| 11/16/2014* 2:00 pm | Georgetown | W 65–57 | 2–0 | Robins Center (597) Richmond, Virginia |
| 11/20/2014* 7:00 pm | Longwood | W 80–50 | 3–0 | Robins Center (386) Richmond, Virginia |
| 11/27/2014* 8:00 pm | vs. Central Michigan South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | L 56–61 | 3–1 | South Point Arena (157) Las Vegas |
| 11/29/2014* 4:00 pm | vs. Arkansas South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | L 55–74 | 3–2 | South Point Arena (177) Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 12/03/2014* 7:00 pm | at James Madison | L 68–79 | 3–3 | JMU Convocation Center (2,258) Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 12/06/2014* 7:00 pm | Hampton | L 53–64 | 3–4 | Robins Center (529) Richmond, Virginia |
| 12/14/2014* 2:00 pm | Wake Forest | W 79–72 | 4–4 | Robins Center (521) Richmond, Virginia |
| 12/17/2014* 4:30 pm | at UNC Wilmington | W 77–67 | 5–4 | Trask Coliseum (366) Wilmington, North Carolina |
| 12/21/2014* 2:00 pm | at Eastern Kentucky | W 70–56 | 6–4 | Alumni Coliseum (250) Richmond, Kentucky |
| 12/28/2014* 2:00 pm | at William & Mary | W 59–56 | 7–4 | Kaplan Arena (541) Williamsburg, Virginia |
| 12/30/2014* 8:00 pm | at UAB | W 71–65 $^{OT}$ | 8–4 | Bartow Arena (355) Birmingham, Alabama |
| 01/04/2015 3:30 pm, CBSSN | at Fordham | L 64–65 $^{OT}$ | 8–5 (0–1) | Rose Hill Gymnasium (540) Bronx, New York |
| 01/07/2015 7:00 pm | St. Bonaventure | W 67–61 | 9–5 (1–1) | Robins Center (381) Richmond, Virginia |
| 01/10/2015 2:00 pm | at George Washington | L 67–77 | 9–6 (1–2) | Charles E. Smith Center (530) Washington, D.C. |
| 01/14/2015* 7:00 pm | at Penn | L 47–49 | 9–7 | Palestra (477) Philadelphia |
| 01/18/2015 12:00 pm, ESPNU | George Mason | W 77–49 | 10–7 (2–2) | Robins Center (785) Richmond, Virginia |
| 01/21/2015 7:00 pm | at Davidson | W 56–48 | 11–7 (3–2) | John M. Belk Arena (464) Davidson, North Carolina |
| 01/24/2015 2:00 pm | Massachusetts | W 64–44 | 12–7 (4–2) | Robins Center (520) Richmond, Virginia |
| 01/28/2015 12:00 pm | Dayton | L 62–78 | 12–8 (4–3) | Robins Center (763) Richmond, Virginia |
| 01/30/2015 7:00 pm | at Rhode Island | W 54–50 | 13–8 (5–3) | Ryan Center (592) Kingston, Rhode Island |
| 02/04/2015 7:00 pm | VCU | W 67–63 | 14–8 (6–3) | Robins Center (521) Richmond, Virginia |
| 02/07/2015 3:30 pm | Saint Louis | W 75–72 $^{OT}$ | 15–8 (7–3) | Robins Center (1,098) Richmond, Virginia |
| 02/11/2015 7:00 pm | at Dayton | L 41–79 | 15–9 (7–4) | UD Arena (1,614) Dayton, Ohio |
| 02/14/2015 4:00 pm | La Salle | W 72–60 | 16–9 (8–4) | Robins Center (561) Richmond, Virginia |
| 02/18/2015 7:00 pm | at Duquesne | L 51–58 $^{OT}$ | 16–10 (8–5) | Palumbo Center (852) Pittsburgh |
| 02/21/2015 2:00 pm | at Saint Joseph's | L 59–61 | 16–11 (8–6) | Hagan Arena (731) Philadelphia |
| 02/26/2015 7:00 pm | No. 22 George Washington | L 69–81 $^{OT}$ | 16–12 (8–7) | Robins Center (421) Richmond, Virginia |
| 03/01/2015 2:00 pm, CBSSN | at VCU | W 55–49 | 17–12 (9–7) | Siegel Center (1,800) Richmond, Virginia |
| Atlantic 10 Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2015 2:00 pm | vs. Massachusetts Second Round | W 67–63 | 18–12 | Richmond Coliseum (N/A) Richmond, Virginia |
| 03/06/2015 2:00 pm, ASN | vs. Fordham Quarterfinals | L 45–46 | 18–13 | Richmond Coliseum (N/A) Richmond, Virginia |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/20/2015* 7:00 pm | at Stetson First Round | W 67–66 | 19–13 | Edmunds Center (434) DeLand, Florida |
| 03/24/2015* 7:00 pm | at Duquesne Second Round | L 47–48 | 19–14 | Palumbo Center (570) Pittsburgh |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |