2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team will represent 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, play 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.

2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2014–15 record	21–11 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Connie Yori (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Sunny Smallwood Shimmy Gray-Miller Dayna Finch
Home arena	Pinnacle Bank Arena

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

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 Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, making their 12th appearance. They lost in the second round to BYU.

Off Season

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: Scout: N/A   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: Scout: N/A   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: Scout: N/A   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: Scout: N/A   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: Scout: N/A   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 Injured Current redshirt 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

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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 2014-06-11.