2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
2014–15 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
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
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	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

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Kaylee Page W	Wamego, Kansas	Wamego High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Kaylee Page W	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
Natalie Romeo PG	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
Chandler Smith W	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
Jasmine Cincore PG	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
Darrien Washington P	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

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

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

References

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

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

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