# 2014–15 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team

The 2014–15 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons, led by twenty ninth year head coach Doug Bruno, played their home games at the McGrath-Phillips Arena and Allstate Arena. They were members of the new Big East Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 15–3 in Big East play to share the regular season title with Seton Hall. They also won the Big East tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Minnesota in the first round before losing to Notre Dame in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/28/2014* 7:00 pm | No. 18 | Saint Xavier | W 119–58 | – | McGrath-Phillips Arena (222) Chicago, IL |
| 11/06/2014* 6:00 pm | No. 18 | Robert Morris (Illinois) | W 137–76 | – | McGrath-Phillips Arena (N/A) Chicago, IL |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2014* 6:30 pm, BEDN | No. 18 | No. 5 Texas A&M Maggie Dixon Classic | L 68–76 | 0–1 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (N/A) Chicago, IL |
| 11/15/2014* 6:30 pm | No. 18 | Texas–Pan American Maggie Dixon Classic | W 93–70 | 1–1 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,323) Chicago, IL |
| 11/16/2014* 4:30 pm | No. 18 | New Mexico Maggie Dixon Classic | W 97–59 | 2–1 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,139) Chicago, IL |
| 11/18/2014* 5:30 pm | No. 18 | Bradley | W 101–77 | 3–1 | Allstate Arena (5,340) Rosemont, IL |
| 11/22/2014* 7:00 pm | No. 18 | South Dakota State | W 84–62 | 4–1 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,722) Chicago, IL |
| 11/29/2014* 7:00 pm | No. 18 | Northwestern | L 91–97 $^{2OT}$ | 4–2 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,565) Chicago, IL |
| 12/03/2014 12:00 pm, BEDN | No. 25 | Butler | W 92–76 | 5–2 (1–0) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (4,001) Chicago, IL |
| 12/07/2014* 2:00 pm | No. 25 | at Chicago State | W 87–34 | 6–2 | Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (228) Chicago, IL |
| 12/10/2014* 8:15 pm, FS2 | No. 25 | No. 5 Notre Dame | L 93–94 $^{OT}$ | 6–3 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (3,414) Chicago, IL |
| 12/17/2014* 11:00 am | No. 25 | at Loyola (Chicago) Red Line Rivalry | W 109–84 | 7–3 | Joseph J. Gentile Arena (849) Chicago, IL |
| 12/19/2014* 6:30 pm, SNY | No. 25 | at No. 2 Connecticut | L 64–98 | 7–4 | Webster Bank Arena (9,056) Bridgeport, CT |
| 12/22/2014* 7:00 pm | | Hampton | W 86–67 | 8–4 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,835) Chicago, IL |
| 12/28/2014* 2:00 pm | | at Illinois State | W 99–64 | 9–4 | Redbird Arena (1,057) Normal, IL |
| 01/02/2015 6:00 pm | No. 25 | at Villanova | L 76–79 $^{OT}$ | 9–5 (1–1) | The Pavilion (729) Villanova, PA |
| 01/04/2015 4:00 pm | No. 25 | at Georgetown | W 105–85 | 10–5 (2–1) | McDonough Gymnasium (229) Washington, D.C. |
| 01/09/2015 7:00 pm, BEDN | | at Marquette | W 101–67 | 11–5 (3–1) | Al McGuire Center (959) Milwaukee, WI |
| 01/11/2015 2:00 pm, CSNCH | | Xavier | W 84–61 | 12–5 (4–1) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,535) Chicago, IL |
| 01/16/2015 10:30 am, BEDN | | at St. John's | W 84–75 $^{OT}$ | 13–5 (5–1) | Carnesecca Arena (5,602) Queens, NY |
| 01/18/2015 1:00 pm | | at Seton Hall | L 87–107 | 13–6 (5–2) | Walsh Gymnasium (683) South Orange, NJ |
| 01/23/2015 8:15 pm, FS1 | | Creighton | W 96–71 | 14–6 (6–2) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,479) Chicago, IL |
| 01/25/2015 2:00 pm, CSNCH | | Providence | W 90–42 | 15–6 (7–2) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,312) Chicago, IL |
| 01/30/2015 7:00 pm, CSNCH | | Georgetown | W 93–52 | 16–6 (8–2) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,712) Chicago, IL |
| 02/01/2015 2:00 pm, CSNCH | | Villanova | W 49–47 | 17–6 (9–2) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,808) Chicago, IL |
| 02/06/2015 10:30 am | | at Butler | W 83–65 | 18–6 (10–2) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (804) Indianapolis, IN |
| 02/08/2015 1:00 pm | | at Xavier | W 87–63 | 19–6 (11–2) | Cintas Center (2,025) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/13/2015 7:00 pm, BEDN | | Seton Hall | L 80–81 | 19–7 (11–3) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,825) Chicago, IL |
| 02/15/2015 1:00 pm, FS1 | | St. John's | W 82–55 | 20–7 (12–3) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,613) Chicago, IL |
| 02/20/2015 7:00 pm | | at Creighton | W 78–76 | 21–7 (13–3) | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,184) Omaha, NE |
| 02/22/2015 12:00 pm, BEDN | | at Providence | W 103–66 | 22–7 (14–3) | Alumni Hall (356) Providence, RI |
| 03/01/2015 3:00 pm, CBSSN | | Marquette | W 99–82 | 23–7 (15–3) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (3,498) Chicago, IL |
| Big East tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2015 6:00 pm, FS2 | | vs. Xavier Quarterfinals | W 87–53 | 24–7 | Allstate Arena (N/A) Rosemont, IL |
| 03/09/2015 8:00 pm, FS2 | | vs. Villanova Semifinals | W 58–55 | 25–7 | Allstate Arena (2,302) Rosemont, IL |
| 03/09/2015 7:00 pm, FS1 | | vs. No. 24 Seton Hall Championship Game | W 78–68 | 26–7 | Allstate Arena (3,226) Rosemont, IL |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/20/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. Minnesota First Round | W 79–72 | 27–7 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (N/A) South Bend, IN |
| 03/22/2015* 9:00 pm, ESPN | | at Notre Dame Second Round | L 67–79 | 27–8 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,658) South Bend, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## 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 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 25т | 25 | 25 | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| Coaches | 18 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 25 | RV | 25 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |