2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record21–11 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sunny Smallwood
  • Shimmy Gray-Miller
  • Dayna Finch
Home arenaPinnacle Bank Arena
Seasons
2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Maryland 18 0   1.000 34 3   .919
No. 18 Iowa 14 4   .778 26 8   .765
No. 23 Ohio State 13 5   .722 24 11   .686
No. 22 Northwestern 12 6   .667 23 9   .719
Rutgers 12 6   .667 23 10   .697
Minnesota 11 7   .611 23 10   .697
Nebraska 10 8   .556 21 11   .656
Michigan 8 10   .444 20 15   .571
Michigan State 7 11   .389 16 15   .516
Illinois 6 12   .333 15 16   .484
Wisconsin 5 13   .278 9 20   .310
Indiana 4 14   .222 15 16   .484
Purdue 3 15   .167 11 20   .355
Penn State 3 15   .167 6 24   .200
2015 Big Ten tournament winner
As of April 5, 2015
Rankings from AP poll

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

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Jordan Hooper 35 F 6'2" Senior Alliance, NE Graduated/2014 WNBA draft

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: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 96
Natalie Romeo
PG
Martinez, California Carondelet High School 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 95
Chandler Smith
W
Okanogan, Washington Brewster High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 95
Jasmine Cincore
PG
Arlington, Tennessee Briarcrest Christian School 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 90
Darrien Washington
P
Oakland, California Skyline High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/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 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 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

  1. ^ "2014-15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball Schedule". Nebraska Cornhuskers Athletics. Retrieved June 11, 2014.