# 2014–15 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Xavier Musketeers women's basketball team represented Xavier University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Musketeers, led by fourth-year head coach Brian Neal, they played their games at the Cintas Center and were second-year members of the newly reorganized Big East Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 8–10 in Big East play, to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to DePaul. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they defeated to William & Mary in the first before losing to Siena in the quarterfinals.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/15/2014* 2:00 pm | Wofford | W 75–51 | 1–0 | Cintas Center (1,589) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11/17/2014* 7:00 pm | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 89–52 | 2–0 | Cintas Center (543) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11/20/2014* 7:00 pm, BEDN | Virginia | L 62–71 | 2–1 | Cintas Center (714) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11/22/2014* 2:00 pm | at Binghamton | W 89–71 | 3–1 | Binghamton University Events Center (1,378) Vestal, NY |
| 11/26/2014* 7:00 pm | Presbyterian | W 45–43 | 4–1 | Cintas Center (743) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11/30/2014* 2:00 pm | Robert Morris | W 70–65 $^{OT}$ | 5–1 | Cintas Center (761) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/03/2014 7:00 pm, BEDN | at St. John's | L 42–65 | 5–2 (0–1) | Carnesecca Arena (691) Queens, NY |
| 12/07/2014* 3:00 pm | at Middle Tennessee | L 68–90 | 5–3 | Murphy Center (3,398) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 12/10/2014* 11:30 am | Monmouth | W 61–45 | 6–3 | Cintas Center (1,732) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/14/2014* 2:00 pm | at Cincinnati Crosstown Classic | W 72–71 | 7–3 | Fifth Third Arena (1,115) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/20/2014* 2:00 pm | Lipscomb | W 62–38 | 8–3 | Cintas Center (1,031) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/22/2014* 12:00 pm | at Kennesaw State | L 60–61 | 8–4 | KSU Convocation Center (367) Kennesaw, GA |
| 12/30/2014 8:00 pm | at Marquette | W 74–71 | 9–4 (1–1) | Al McGuire Center (824) Milwaukee, WI |
| 01/02/2015 7:00 pm | Creighton | W 66–65 | 10–4 (2–1) | Cintas Center (1,074) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/04/2015 2:00 pm | Providence | W 71–49 | 11–4 (3–1) | Cintas Center (991) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/09/2015 7:00 pm | at Seton Hall | L 54–78 | 11–5 (3–2) | Walsh Gymnasium (564) South Orange, NJ |
| 01/11/2015 3:00 pm | at DePaul | L 61–84 | 11–6 (3–3) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,535) Chicago, IL |
| 01/16/2015 7:00 pm | Georgetown | W 63–55 | 12–6 (4–3) | Cintas Center (N/A) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/18/2015 12:00 pm, FS1 | Villanova | L 34–54 | 12–7 (4–4) | Cintas Center (1,472) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/25/2015 2:30 pm, FS1 | Butler | L 54–58 | 12–8 (4–5) | Cintas Center (1,863) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/30/2015 8:00 pm | at Creighton | L 65–74 | 12–9 (4–6) | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,002) Omaha, NE |
| 02/01/2015 1:00 pm | at Providence | W 68–57 | 13–9 (5–6) | Alumni Hall (177) Providence, RI |
| 02/06/2015 7:00 pm | Marquette | W 91–72 | 14–9 (6–6) | Cintas Center (1,027) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/08/2015 2:00 pm | DePaul | L 63–87 | 14–10 (6–7) | Cintas Center (2,025) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/13/2015 8:00 pm, BEDN | at Georgetown | W 60–55 | 15–10 (7–7) | McDonough Gymnasium (609) Washington, D.C. |
| 02/15/2015 1:00 pm, BEDN | at Villanova | L 48–64 | 15–11 (7–8) | The Pavilion (1,035) Villanova, PA |
| 02/22/2015 1:00 pm | at Butler | L 53–71 | 15–12 (7–9) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,086) Indianapolis, IN |
| 02/27/2015 2:00 pm | Seton Hall | L 60–77 | 15–13 (7–10) | Cintas Center (884) Cincinnati, OH |
| 03/01/2015 2:00 pm | St. John's | W 74–61 | 16–13 (8–10) | Cintas Center (1,286) Cincinnati, OH |
| Big East women's tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2015 5:30 pm, BEDN | vs. Georgetown First round | W 70–67 | 17–13 | Allstate Arena (2,115) Rosemont, IL |
| 03/08/2015 7:00 pm, FS2 | vs. DePaul Quarterfinals | L 53–87 | 17–14 | Allstate Arena (N/A) Rosemont, IL |
| WBI ||||||
| 03/19/2015* 7:00 pm | William & Mary First round | W 57–56 | 18–14 | Cintas Center (624) Cincinnati, OH |
| 03/22/2015* 2:00 pm | Siena Quarterfinals | L 49–69 | 18–15 | Cintas Center (581) Cincinnati, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||