# 2014–15 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball team

The 2014–15 WKU Lady Toppers basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Toppers were led by second year head coach Michelle Clark-Heard. They played their home games at E. A. Diddle Arena and were first year members of Conference USA. They finished the season 30–5, 16–2 in C-USA play to win the Conference USA regular season and also won the Conference USA Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they were defeated by Texas in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/10/2014* 7:00 pm | | Bellarmine | W 102–55 | – | E. A. Diddle Arena (N/A) Bowling Green, KY |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/15/2014* 7:00 pm | | Central Arkansas Preseason WNIT First Round | W 93–57 | 1–0 | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,341) Bowling Green, KY |
| 11/17/2014* 8:00 pm | | at Colorado Preseason WNIT Second Round | W 79–78 | 2–0 | Coors Events Center (1,550) Boulder, CO |
| 11/20/2014* 7:00 pm | | Albany Preseason WNIT Semifinals | W 63–54 | 3–0 | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,296) Bowling Green, KY |
| 11/23/2014* 2:00 pm, CBSSN | | at Mississippi State Preseason WNIT Championship Game | L 77–88 | 3–1 | Humphrey Coliseum (3,773) Starkville, MS |
| 11/25/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at No. 12 Louisville | L 67–89 | 3–2 | KFC Yum! Center (8,463) Louisville, KY |
| 11/28/2014* 11:00 am | | vs. Tulane Hofstra Tournament semifinals | W 69–64 | 4–2 | Hofstra Arena (N/A) Hempstead, NY |
| 11/29/2014* 3:00 pm | | at Hofstra Hofstra Tournament championship | W 70–65 $^{OT}$ | 5–2 | Hofstra Arena (204) Hempstead, NY |
| 12/01/2014* 7:00 pm | | Alabama A&M BB&T Classic | W 96–44 | 6–2 | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,064) Bowling Green, KY |
| 12/04/2014* 7:00 pm, ASN | | Ole Miss | W 98–69 | 7–2 | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,396) Bowling Green, KY |
| 12/06/2014* 2:00 pm | | Alabama State | W 93–54 | 8–2 | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,023) Bowling Green, KY |
| 12/16/2014* 6:00 pm | | at Austin Peay | W 91–68 | 9–2 | Dunn Center (433) Clarksville, TN |
| 12/21/2014* 2:00 pm, FCS/WKYU | | Ball State | W 84–59 | 10–2 | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,114) Bowling Green, KY |
| 12/29/2014* 6:00 pm | | at Belmont | W 66–50 | 11–2 | Curb Event Center (459) Nashville, TN |
| 01/04/2015 12:00 pm | | at Marshall | W 67–53 | 12–2 (1–0) | Cam Henderson Center (681) Huntington, WV |
| 01/08/2015 6:00 pm | No. 25 | at Charlotte | W 76–61 | 13–2 (2–0) | Dale F. Halton Arena (537) Charlotte, NC |
| 01/10/2015 1:00 pm | No. 25 | at Old Dominion | W 76–60 | 14–2 (3–0) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (2,188) Norfolk, VA |
| 01/15/2015 11:00 am, FCS/WKYU | | Florida Atlantic | W 80–43 | 15–2 (4–0) | E. A. Diddle Arena (4,733) Bowling Green, KY |
| 01/17/2015 2:00 pm, FCS/WKYU | | FIU | W 81–42 | 16–2 (5–0) | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,472) Bowling Green, KY |
| 01/22/2015 8:00 pm | No. 24 | at UTEP | W 80–74 | 17–2 (6–0) | Don Haskins Center (1,404) El Paso, TX |
| 01/24/2015 2:00 pm | No. 24 | at UTSA | L 63–64 | 17–3 (6–1) | Convocation Center (672) San Antonio, TX |
| 01/29/2015 7:00 pm, FCS/WKYU | | Louisiana Tech | W 82–66 | 18–3 (7–1) | E. A. Diddle Arena (3,144) Bowling Green, KY |
| 01/31/2015 2:00 pm | | Southern Miss | L 61–63 | 18–4 (7–2) | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,766) Bowling Green, KY |
| 02/05/2015 7:00 pm | | at North Texas | W 77–49 | 19–4 (8–2) | The Super Pit (437) Denton, TX |
| 02/07/2015 2:00 pm | | at Rice | W 83–76 | 20–4 (9–2) | Tudor Fieldhouse (547) Houston, TX |
| 02/14/2015 1:00 pm, FSN | | Marshall | W 74–60 | 21–4 (10–2) | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,419) Bowling Green, KY |
| 02/19/2015 7:00 pm | | UAB | W 59–51 | 22–4 (11–2) | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,208) Bowling Green, KY |
| 02/21/2015 2:00 pm, FCS/WKYU | | Middle Tennessee | W 63–60 | 23–4 (12–2) | E. A. Diddle Arena (3,023) Bowling Green, KY |
| 02/26/2015 6:00 pm | | at Florida Atlantic | W 85–74 | 24–4 (13–2) | FAU Arena (603) Boca Raton, FL |
| 02/28/2015 5:00 pm | | at FIU | W 88–47 | 25–4 (14–2) | FIU Arena (356) Miami, FL |
| 03/05/2015 7:00 pm | | Charlotte | W 80–72 | 26–4 (15–2) | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,873) Bowling Green, KY |
| 03/07/2015 2:00 pm | | Old Dominion | W 71–62 | 27–4 (16–2) | E. A. Diddle Arena (3,102) Bowling Green, KY |
| C-USA Tournament ||||||
| 03/12/2015 5:00 pm, ASN | | vs. Charlotte Quarterfinals | W 70–67 | 28–4 | Bartow Arena (357) Birmingham, AL |
| 03/13/2015 12:30 pm, CBSSN | | vs. Old Dominion Semifinals | W 61–59 | 29–4 | Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (N/A) Birmingham, AL |
| 03/14/2015 7:00 pm, CBSSN | | vs. Southern Miss Championship Game | W 60–57 | 30–4 | Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex (N/A) Birmingham, AL |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/20/2015* 4:20 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. Texas First Round | L 64–66 | 30–5 | Haas Pavilion (N/A) Berkeley, CA |
| *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 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | 24 | RV | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |