# 2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team represented University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by third year head coach Matt Bollant, played their home games at the State Farm Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Nebraska.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/08/2014* 2:00 pm | Millikin | W 108–38 | – | State Farm Center (1,607) Champaign, IL |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2014* 3:00 pm | IPFW | W 70–63 | 1–0 | State Farm Center (1,283) Champaign, IL |
| 11/18/2014* 7:00 pm | Robert Morris | W 66–48 | 2–0 | State Farm Center (1,171) Champaign, IL |
| 11/20/2014* 7:00 pm | Memphis | W 60–58 | 3–0 | State Farm Center (1,250) Champaign, IL |
| 11/23/2014* 2:00 pm | Southern | W 62–42 | 4–0 | State Farm Center (1,642) Champaign, IL |
| 11/27/2014* 5:00 pm | vs. No. 9 Kentucky Paradise Jam tournament | W 77–71 | 5–0 | Sports and Fitness Center (N/A) Saint Thomas, USVI |
| 11/28/2014* 7:15 pm | vs. South Florida Paradise Jam Tournament | L 61–67 | 5–1 | Sports and Fitness Center (N/A) Saint Thomas, USVI |
| 11/29/2014* 5:00 pm | vs. Oklahoma Paradise Jam Tournament | L 76–78 $^{OT}$ | 5–2 | Sports and Fitness Center (N/A) Saint Thomas, USVI |
| 12/03/2014* 7:00 pm | Virginia ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 86–63 | 6–2 | State Farm Center (1,253) Champaign, IL |
| 12/06/2014* 2:05 pm | at Southern Illinois | W 86–42 | 7–2 | SIU Arena (1,975) Carbondale, IL |
| 12/09/2014* 6:00 pm | at Seton Hall | L 72–82 | 7–3 | Walsh Gymnasium (467) South Orange, NJ |
| 12/13/2014* 1:30 pm, ESPN3 | at Valparaiso | W 80–58 | 8–3 | Athletics–Recreation Center (408) Valparaiso, IN |
| 12/22/2014* 7:00 pm | Murray State | W 64–44 | 9–3 | State Farm Center (1,892) Champaign, IL |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2014 2:00 pm | Purdue | L 55–62 | 9–4 (0–1) | State Farm Center (2,548) Champaign, IL |
| 01/04/2015 1:00 pm | at Penn State | W 91–76 | 10–4 (1–1) | Bryce Jordan Center (3,933) University Park, PA |
| 01/08/2015 7:00 pm | No. 17 Iowa | W 73–61 | 11–4 (2–1) | State Farm Center (1,650) Champaign, IL |
| 01/11/2015 2:00 pm | No. 19 Nebraska | L 53–58 | 11–5 (2–2) | State Farm Center (3,263) Champaign, IL |
| 01/15/2015 6:00 pm | at Michigan State | L 56–63 | 11–6 (2–3) | Breslin Center (4,419) East Lansing, MI |
| 01/18/2015 1:00 pm | at No. 8 Maryland | L 54–74 | 11–7 (2–4) | Xfinity Center (6,191) College Park, MD |
| 01/22/2015 7:00 pm | Northwestern | L 67–68 | 11–8 (2–5) | State Farm Center (1,725) Champaign, IL |
| 01/26/2015 6:00 pm, BTN | at Michigan | L 57–70 | 11–9 (2–6) | Crisler Arena (1,780) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 01/29/2015 7:00 pm | at No. 15 Nebraska | L 57–59 | 11–10 (2–7) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,378) Lincoln, NE |
| 02/01/2015 2:00 pm | Wisconsin | L 62–73 | 11–11 (2–8) | State Farm Center (1,797) Champaign, IL |
| 02/05/2015 8:00 pm, BTN | Minnesota | W 95–69 | 12–11 (3–8) | State Farm Center (1,693) Champaign, IL |
| 02/08/2015 1:00 pm | Northwestern | L 58–64 | 12–12 (3–9) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (2,011) Evanston, IL |
| 02/11/2015 6:00 pm | at Indiana | L 58–85 | 12–13 (3–10) | Assembly Hall (2,236) Bloomington, IN |
| 02/14/2015 3:00 pm, BTN | Ohio State | W 66–55 | 13–13 (4–10) | State Farm Center (2,708) Champaign, IL |
| 02/17/2015 6:00 pm | at No. 21 Rutgers | L 56–80 | 13–14 (4–11) | The RAC (2,329) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/21/2015 1:00 pm | at Purdue | W 47–46 | 14–14 (5–11) | Mackey Arena (6,348) West Lafayette, IN |
| 02/25/2015 7:00 pm | Michigan State | L 65–67 | 14–15 (5–12) | State Farm Center (1,815) Chamapign, IL |
| 02/28/2015 11:00 am, BTN | Michigan | W 72–60 | 15–15 (6–12) | State Farm Center (2,989) Chamapign, IL |
| Big Ten Women's tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2015 6:00 pm, BTN | vs. Nebraska Second Round | L 71–86 | 15–16 | Sears Centre (N/A) Hoffman Estates, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
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