2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented University of Nebraska–Lincoln during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . The Cornhuskers, led by 13th year head coach Connie Yori , played their home games at the newly Pinnacle Bank Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference . They finished the season 21–11, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament , where they lost to Iowa. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament , where they lost to Syracuse in the first round.
Previous season
The Nebraska Cornhuskers finished the 2013-14 season with an overall record of 26–7, with a record of 12–4 in the Big Ten regular season for a 3rd-place finish. In the 2014 Big Ten tournament , the Cornhuskers won their first Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament in school history. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament , making their 12th appearance. They lost in the second round to BYU.
Offseason
Departures
2014 Recruiting Class
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name
Hometown
High school / college
Height
Weight
Commit date
Kaylee Page W
Wamego, Kansas
Wamego High School
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
N/A
Recruiting star ratings : Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 96
Natalie Romeo PG
Martinez, California
Carondelet High School
5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
N/A
Recruiting star ratings : Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 95
Chandler Smith W
Okanogan, Washington
Brewster High School
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
N/A
Recruiting star ratings : Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 95
Jasmine Cincore PG
Arlington, Tennessee
Briarcrest Christian School
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
N/A
Recruiting star ratings : Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 90
Darrien Washington P
Oakland, California
Skyline High School
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
N/A
Recruiting star ratings : Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note : In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:
Roster
2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
1
Tear'a Laudermill
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sr
Canyon Springs
Riverside, CA
F
3
Hailie Sample
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Sr
Marcus
Flower Mound, TX
G
5
Natalie Romeo
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Fr
Carondelet
Martinez, CA
G
11
Esther Ramacieri
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
So
Dawson College /Felix Leclerc
Repentigny, QE , Canada
G
12
Emily Wood
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Fr
Salina Central
Salina, KS
G
13
Brandi Jeffery
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Sr
St. James
Vacherie, LA
F
22
Allie Havers
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
So
Mattawan
Paw Paw, MI
F
23
Emily Cady
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sr
Seward
Seward, NE
G/F
30
Chandler Smith
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Fr
Brewster
Okanogan, WA
F
31
Anya Kalenta
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Jr
Vincennes /Broward College General Secondary #21
Minsk, Belarus
G
33
Rachel Theriot
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Jr
Midpark
Middleburg Heights, OH
G
34
Jasmine Cincore
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Fr
Briarcrest Christian School
Arlington, TN
C
50
Darrien Washington
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr
Skyline
Oakland, CA
Head coach
Connie Yori
Assistant coach(es)
Sunny Smallwood Shimmy Gray-Miller Dayna Finch
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster Last update: 2014-09-14
Schedule
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2014 *2:00 pm
No. 16
Wayne State
W 84–43
–
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,948)Lincoln, NE
11/09/2014 *2:00 pm
No. 16
Concordia
W 78–46
–
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,467)Lincoln, NE
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2014 *11:00 am
No. 16
Pepperdine
W 100–65
1–0
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,520)Lincoln, NE
11/16/2014 *5:00 pm
No. 16
Alcorn State
W 83–49
2–0
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,770)Lincoln, NE
11/19/2014 *10:00 pm, P12N
No. 16
at Washington State
W 82–61
3–0
Beasley Coliseum (853)Pullman, WA
11/23/2014 *1:00 pm
No. 16
Utah
W 66–43
4–0
Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,321)Lincoln, NE
11/28/2014 *3:00 pm, P12N
No. 15
at UCLA
W 71–66
5–0
Pauley Pavilion (1,169)Los Angeles, CA
11/30/2014 *2:00 pm
No. 15
Northern Colorado
W 63–56
6–0
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,975)Lincoln, NE
12/03/2014 *6:30 pm, BTN
No. 12
No. 9 Duke ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 60–54
7–0
Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,571)Lincoln, NE
12/07/2014 *2:00 pm
No. 12
at Alabama
L 51–53
7–1
Foster Auditorium (2,562)Tuscaloosa, AL
12/11/2014 *8:05 pm, FS1
No. 12
at Creighton
W 60–57
8–1
D. J. Sokol Arena (1,411)Omaha, NE
12/13/2013 *2:00 pm
No. 12
Cal State Bakersfield
W 54–45
9–1
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,957)Lincoln, NE
12/20/2014 *3:00 pm
No. 12
High Point
W 83–57
10–1
Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,244)Lincoln, NE
Big Ten regular season
12/29/2014 8:00 pm, BTN
No. 12
at Minnesota
L 69–72
10–2 (0–1)
Williams Arena (3,300)Minneapolis, MN
01/03/2015 3:00 pm, CBS
No. 12
No. 14 Maryland
L 47–75
10–3 (0–2)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,505)Lincoln, NE
01/08/2015 7:30 pm, BTN
No. 19
at Michigan State
W 71–67
11–3 (1–2)
Breslin Center (4,652)East Lansing, MI
01/11/2015 2:00 pm
No. 19
at Illinois
W 58–53
12–3 (2–2)
State Farm Center (3,263)Champaign, IL
01/15/2015 6:00 pm, BTN
No. 17
Penn State
W 73–45
13–3 (3–2)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,395)Lincoln, NE
01/19/2015 6:00 pm, BTN
No. 16
Purdue
W 69–59
14–3 (4–2)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,095)Lincoln, NE
01/22/2015 7:00 pm
No. 16
at Wisconsin
W 89–72
15–3 (5–2)
Kohl Center (3,023)Madison, WI
01/26/2015 8:00 pm, BTN
No. 15
at No. 20 Iowa
L 72–78 OT
15–4 (5–3)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,489)Iowa City, IA
01/29/2015 7:00 pm
No. 15
Illinois
W 59–57
16–4 (6–3)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,378)Lincoln, NE
02/01/2015 2:00 pm
No. 15
Michigan
W 75–60
17–4 (7–3)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,386)Lincoln, NE
02/05/2015 6:00 pm, BTN
No. 19
at No. 21 Rutgers
L 43–46
17–5 (7–4)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,436)Piscataway, NJ
02/08/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 19
at No. 5 Maryland
L 47–59
17–6 (7–5)
Xfinity Center (10,937)College Park, MD
02/12/2015 8:00 pm, BTN
No. 22
No. 14 Iowa
L 61–69
17–7 (7–6)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,260)Lincoln, NE
02/15/2015 2:00 pm
No. 22
Wisconsin
W 70–63
18–7 (8–6)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (8,622)Lincoln, NE
02/18/2015 7:00 pm
No. 21
at Northwestern
L 51–59
18–8 (8–7)
Welsh-Ryan Arena (779)Evanston, IL
02/21/2015 11:00 am, BTN
No. 21
at Indiana
W 67–64
19–8 (9–7)
Assembly Hall (2,490)Bloomington, IN
02/24/2015 8:00 pm, BTN
Minnesota
W 74–50
20–8 (10–7)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,290)Lincoln, NE
03/01/2015 4:00 pm, BTN
Ohio State
L 60–78
20–9 (10–8)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (8,418)Lincoln, NE
Big Ten women's tournament
03/05/2015 6:00 pm, BTN
vs. Illinois Second Round
W 86–71
21–9
Sears Centre (N/A)Hoffman Estates, IL
03/05/2015 6:00 pm, BTN
vs. No. 14 Iowa Quarterfinals
L 65–74
21–10
Sears Centre (N/A)Hoffman Estates, IL
NCAA women's tournament
03/20/2015 *6:36 pm, ESPN2
vs. Syracuse First Round
L 69–72
21–11
Colonial Life Arena (10,644)Columbia, SC
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Central Time .
Source[ 1]
Rankings
Ranking MovementLegend: ██ 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
16
16
15
12
12
12
12
12
19
17
16
15
19
22
21
RV
RV
NR
NR
Coaches
16
15
15
15
15
15
12
16
18
15
15
19
18
20
20
23
25
NR
NR
See also
2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team
References