# 2014–15 Duquesne Dukes women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Duquesne Dukes women's basketball team represented Duquesne University during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Dan Burt resumed the responsibility as head coach for a 2nd consecutive season. The Dukes are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the A. J. Palumbo Center. They finished the season 23–11, 12–4 in A-10 play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-10 women's tournament where they lost to Dayton. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Youngstown State in the first round, Richmond in the second round before losing to West Virginia in the third round.

## 2014–15 media
### Duquesne Dukes Sports Network

All Duquesne Dukes home games and select road games will be broadcast by Red Zone Media with Alex Panormios and Tad Maurey providing the call. Road games not done by Red Zone Media can usually be heard on the home teams radio feed. Most home games will also be featured on the A-10 Digital Network. Select games will be televised.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/16/2014* 2:00 pm | Princeton | L 62–79 | 0–1 | Palumbo Center (1,116) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11/19/2014* 7:00 pm | No. 23 Syracuse | L 84–90 | 0–2 | Palumbo Center (732) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11/22/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Green Bay | L 52–84 | 0–3 | Kress Events Center (1,914) Green Bay, WI |
| 11/25/2014* 7:00 pm | at Howard | W 89–63 | 1–3 | Burr Gymnasium (98) Washington, D.C. |
| 11/29/2014* 12:00 pm | vs. Jackson State Ball State Classic semifinals | W 90–72 | 2–3 | Worthen Arena (N/A) Muncie, IN |
| 11/30/2014* 3:00 pm | at Ball State Ball State Classic championship | W 82–62 | 3–3 | Worthen Arena (528) Muncie, IN |
| 12/03/2014* 11:00 am | Kent State | W 86–60 | 4–3 | Palumbo Center (1,352) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 12/07/2014* 2:00 pm | Pittsburgh City Game | W 87–77 | 5–3 | Palumbo Center (821) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 12/10/2014* 7:00 pm, RTPT | at No. 23 West Virginia | L 60–79 | 5–4 | WVU Coliseum (1,322) Morgantown, WV |
| 12/14/2014* 1:00 pm | at Robert Morris | W 71–57 | 6–4 | Charles L. Sewall Center (319) Moon Township, PA |
| 12/18/2014* 7:00 pm | Saint Francis (PA) | W 92–52 | 7–4 | Palumbo Center (450) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 12/21/2014* 2:00 pm | at Providence | L 56–67 | 7–5 | Alumni Hall (324) Providence, RI |
| 12/28/2014* 2:00 pm | at Lehigh | W 82–75 | 8–5 | Stabler Arena (732) Bethlehem, PA |
| 01/03/2015 2:00 pm | at Rhode Island | L 61–62 | 8–6 (0–1) | Ryan Center (366) Kingston, RI |
| 01/08/2015 7:00 pm | George Mason | W 88–54 | 9–6 (1–1) | Palumbo Center (319) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/11/2015 2:00 pm | at Dayton | L 67–78 | 9–7 (1–2) | UD Arena (1,894) Dayton, OH |
| 01/15/2015 7:00 pm | Saint Louis | W 77–64 | 10–7 (2–2) | Palumbo Center (519) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/18/2015 4:00 pm, CBSSN | Saint Joseph's | W 63–54 | 11–7 (3–2) | Palumbo Center (908) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/21/2015 7:00 pm | at George Washington | L 56–83 | 11–8 (3–3) | Charles E. Smith Center (494) Washington, D.C. |
| 01/24/2015 2:00 pm | Davidson | W 83–47 | 12–8 (4–3) | Palumbo Center (675) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/28/2015 7:00 pm | at St. Bonaventure | W 76–63 | 13–8 (5–3) | Reilly Center (803) Olean, NY |
| 01/31/2015 2:00 pm | at Fordham | W 56–46 | 14–8 (6–3) | Rose Hill Gymnasium (421) Bronx, NY |
| 02/07/2015 2:00 pm | VCU | W 83–47 | 15–8 (7–3) | Palumbo Center (722) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 02/11/2015 7:00 pm | at La Salle | W 72–66 | 16–8 (8–3) | Tom Gola Arena (266) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/14/2015 1:00 pm | at Massachusetts | W 69–49 | 17–8 (9–3) | Mullins Center (714) Amherst, MA |
| 02/18/2015 7:00 pm | Richmond | W 58–51 $^{OT}$ | 18–8 (10–3) | Palumbo Center (852) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 02/22/2015 2:00 pm | Rhode Island | W 60–50 | 19–8 (11–3) | Palumbo Center (750) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 02/25/2015 7:00 pm | at Saint Joseph's | L 49–60 | 19–9 (11–4) | Hagan Arena (751) Philadelphia, PA |
| 03/01/2015 2:00 pm | St. Bonaventure | W 51–43 | 20–9 (12–4) | Palumbo Center (621) Pittsburgh, PA |
| Atlantic 10 Tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2015 7:00 pm, ASN | vs. Rhode Island Quarterfinals | W 66–53 | 21–9 | Richmond Coliseum (1,692) Richmond, VA |
| 03/07/2015 1:30 pm, CBSSN | vs. Dayton Semifinals | L 60–74 | 21–10 | Richmond Coliseum (1,588) Richmond, VA |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/19/2015* 7:00 pm | at Youngstown State First Round | W 72–54 | 22–10 | Beeghly Center (1,797) Youngstown, OH |
| 03/24/2015* 7:00 pm | Richmond Second Round | W 48–47 | 23–10 | Palumbo Center (570) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 03/27/2015* 7:00 pm | at West Virginia Third Round | L 39–60 | 23–11 | WVU Coliseum (1,471) Morgantown, WV |
| *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 |