# 2014–15 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

The 2014–15 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented University of California, Berkeley during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by fourth year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, played their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 13–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 women's tournament, where they lost to their in-state rival Stanford. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Wichita State in the first round before getting defeated by Texas in the second round.

## 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 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | 25 | 24 |
| Coaches | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2014* 2:00 pm | No. 15 | Vanguard | W 75–42 | – | Haas Pavilion (227) Berkeley, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/16/2014* 4:00 pm | No. 15 | at Pacific | W 84–64 | 1–0 | Alex G. Spanos Center (1,201) Stockton, CA |
| 11/18/2014* 7:00 pm | No. 14 | Nevada | W 76–54 | 2–0 | Haas Pavilion (1,446) Berkeley, CA |
| 11/21/2014* 10:00 pm | No. 14 | at Hawaiʻi Hawai'i Tournament | W 79–72 | 3–0 | Stan Sheriff Center (1,828) Honolulu, HI |
| 11/23/2014* 7:30 pm | No. 14 | vs. Missouri Hawai'i Tournament | W 82–70 | 4–0 | Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI |
| 11/28/2014* 5:30 pm | No. 14 | San Jose State Cal Classic semifinals | W 110–87 | 5–0 | Haas Pavilion (2,309) Berkeley, CA |
| 11/29/2014* 7:00 pm | No. 14 | Creighton Cal Classic championship game | W 94–69 | 6–0 | Haas Pavilion (1,455) Berkeley, CA |
| 12/03/2014* 11:00 am | No. 10 | Sacramento State | W 107–94 | 7–0 | Haas Pavilion (2,948) Berkeley, CA |
| 12/07/2014* 3:00 pm, FS1 | No. 10 | at Kansas | L 39–62 | 7–1 | Allen Fieldhouse (2,355) Lawrence, KS |
| 12/13/2014* 4:00 pm | No. 18 | at Long Beach State | L 56–58 $^{OT}$ | 7–2 | Walter Pyramid (1,086) Long Beach, CA |
| 12/21/2014* 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 24 | No. 10 Louisville | L 57–70 | 7–3 | Haas Pavilion (8,339) Berkeley, CA |
| 12/29/2014* 6:00 pm, P12N | | Old Dominion | W 79–59 | 8–3 | Haas Pavilion (1,576) Berkeley, CA |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/03/2015 3:00 pm, P12N | | Utah | W 67–49 | 9–3 (1–0) | Haas Pavilion (2,232) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/05/2015 7:00 pm, P12N | | Colorado | W 75–59 | 10–3 (2–0) | Haas Pavilion (1,350) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/09/2015 5:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington State | W 70–62 | 11–3 (3–0) | Beasley Coliseum (923) Pullman, WA |
| 01/11/2015 3:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington | L 77–79 | 11–4 (3–1) | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,795) Seattle, WA |
| 01/16/2015 6:00 pm, P12N | | No. 14 Arizona State | L 52–67 | 11–5 (3–2) | Haas Pavilion (2,042) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/18/2015 1:00 pm, P12N | | Arizona | W 68–56 | 12–5 (4–2) | Haas Pavilion (2,569) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/23/2015 7:00 pm | | at USC | W 67–53 | 13–5 (5–2) | Galen Center (423) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/25/2015 3:00 pm, P12N | | at UCLA | W 72–57 | 14–5 (6–2) | Pauley Pavilion (6,103) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/31/2015 2:30 pm, P12N | | Washington | W 82–58 | 15–5 (7–2) | Haas Pavilion (2,962) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/02/2015 5:00 pm, P12N | | Washington State | W 57–54 | 16–5 (8–2) | Haas Pavilion (1,026) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/06/2015 5:00 pm | | at Arizona | W 65–46 | 17–5 (9–2) | McKale Center (1,258) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/08/2015 1:00 pm, ESPNU | | at No. 10 Arizona State | W 50–49 | 18–5 (10–2) | Wells Fargo Arena (2,150) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/12/2015 8:00 pm, P12N | | UCLA | W 70–64 | 19–5 (11–2) | Haas Pavilion (2,013) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/15/2015 6:30 pm, P12N | | USC | L 54–65 | 19–6 (11–3) | Haas Pavilion (2,841) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/18/2015 7:00 pm, P12N | | No. 18 Stanford | L 47–59 | 19–7 (11–4) | Haas Pavilion (5,039) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/22/2015 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 18 Stanford | W 63–53 | 20–7 (12–4) | Maples Pavilion (5,209) Stanford, CA |
| 02/26/2015 6:00 pm | No. 24 | at Oregon | W 74–59 | 21–7 (13–4) | Matthew Knight Arena (1,302) Eugene, OR |
| 02/28/2015 3:00 pm, P12N | No. 24 | at No. 7 Oregon State | L 55–73 | 21–8 (13–5) | Gill Coliseum (6,238) Corvallis, OR |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2015 8:30 pm, P12N | | vs. Washington Quarterfinals | W 69–53 | 22–8 | KeyArena (5,545) Seattle, WA |
| 03/07/2015 8:30 pm, P12N | | vs. Colorado Semifinals | W 68–55 | 23–8 | KeyArena (6,059) Seattle, WA |
| 03/08/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN | | vs. No. 19 Stanford Championship Game | L 60–61 | 23–9 | KeyArena (4,864) Seattle, WA |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/20/2015* 4:45 pm, ESPN2 | No. 24 | Wichita State First Round | W 78–66 | 24–9 | Haas Pavilion (2,079) Berkeley, CA |
| 03/22/2015* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 24 | Texas Second Round | L 70–73 | 24–10 | Haas Pavilion (2,852) Berkeley, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||