2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by seventh year head coach Joe McKeown, played their home games at the Welsh-Ryan Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23–9, 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Maryland. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, which was their first trip since 1997. They lost in the first round to Arkansas.

2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 22
Record	23–9 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe McKeown (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Sam Dixon Allison Guth Carrie Banks
Home arena	Welsh-Ryan 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

2014–15 Roster

2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 10 Nia Coffey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Hopkins Minneapolis, Minn. F/C 5 Alex Cohen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Nicolet Bayside, Wis. G 3 Ashley Deary 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Flower Mound Flower Mound, Texas F 11 Lauren Douglas 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Briarcrest Christian Collierville, Tenn. G 21 Alexis Glasgow 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Rolling Meadows Arlington Heights, Ill. G 1 Morgan Green 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Pacific Collegiate Santa Cruz, Calif. G 2 Tessa Haldes 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Whitney Young Chicago, Ill. G 24 Christen Inman 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Seven Lakes Katy, Texas F 32 Christen Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr The Lovett School Powder Springs, Ga. G 35 Maya Jonas 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Whitefish Bay Whitefish Bay, Wis. G 13 Nof Kedem 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Ostrovski High School Olesh, Israel G 25 Maggie Lyon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr California California G 12 Lydia Rohde 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Brookfield Central Brookfield, Wis. G 42 Karly Roser 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Saint Mary's Hamilton, Ontario, Canada F/C 30 Allie Tuttle 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Panther Creek Cary, N.C. —	Head coach Joe McKeown Assistant coach(es) Sam Dixon, Ph.D. Allison Guth Carrie Banks Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-09-14

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2014* 2:00 pm		UW–Parkside	W 78–47	–	Welsh-Ryan Arena (N/A) Evanston, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 7:05 pm		at Chicago State	W 102–48	1–0	Jones Convocation Center (N/A) Chicago, IL
11/16/2014* 2:00 pm		Hampton	W 62–36	2–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena (546) Evanston, IL
11/21/2014* 7:00 pm		Kent State	W 72–54	3–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena (452) Evanston, IL
11/26/2014* 12:00 pm		UIC	W 61–40	4–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena (414) Evanston, IL
11/29/2014* 7:00 pm		at No. 18 DePaul	W 97–91 2OT	5–0	Sullivan Athletic Center (2,565) Chicago, IL
12/04/2014* 6:00 pm		at Virginia Tech ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 70–45	6–0	Cassell Coliseum (1,430) Blacksburg, VA
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm		Loyola–Chicago	W 70–33	7–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena (612) Evanston, IL
12/15/2014* 12:00 pm		Gonzaga	W 62–43	8–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,047) Evanston, IL
12/17/2014* 6:00 pm		at UNLV	W 88–84	9–0	Thomas & Mack Center (N/A) Paradise, NV
12/20/2014* 4:30 pm		vs. Eastern Illinois ASU Tournament semifinals	W 92–44	10–0	Wells Fargo Arena (1,189) Tempe, AZ
12/21/2014* 3:00 pm		at Arizona State ASU Tournament championship	L 75–88	10–1	Wells Fargo Arena (2,647) Tempe, AZ
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2014 1:00 pm		at No. 20 Michigan State	W 61–57	11–1 (1–0)	Breslin Center (8,128) East Lansing, MI
01/01/2015 1:00 pm		Wisconsin	W 68–46	12–1 (2–0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,163) Evanston, IL
01/04/2015 3:00 pm, BTN		at Ohio State	L 64–73	12–2 (2–1)	Value City Arena (5,402) Columbus, OH
01/11/2015 2:00 pm		Michigan State	W 77–70	13–2 (3–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,152) Evanston, IL
01/14/2015 7:00 pm		at No. 22 Iowa	L 70–83	13–3 (3–2)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,027) Iowa City, IA
01/17/2015 5:00 pm, BTN		Michigan	L 66–73	13–4 (3–3)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (2,112) Evanston, IL
01/22/2015 7:00 pm		at Illinois	W 68–67	14–4 (4–3)	State Farm Center (1,725) Champaign, IL
01/25/2015 1:00 pm		at Penn State	L 75–76	14–5 (4–4)	Bryce Jordan Center (3,786) University Park, PA
01/29/2015 7:00 pm		No. 20 Iowa	L 99–102	14–6 (4–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (987) Evanston, IL
02/01/2015 2:00 pm		Minnesota	W 70–49	15–6 (5–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (918) Evanston, IL
02/05/2015 6:00 pm		at Indiana	W 75–69	16–6 (6–5)	Assembly Hall (2,094) Bloomington, IN
02/08/2015 1:00 pm		Illinois	W 64–58	17–6 (7–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (2,011) Evanston, IL
02/11/2015 6:00 pm		at Purdue	W 73–65 OT	18–6 (8–5)	Mackey Arena (5,929) West Lafayette, IN
02/14/2015 1:00 pm, BTN		at Michigan	W 63–62	19–6 (9–5)	Crisler Center (2,129) Ann Arbor, MI
02/18/2015 7:00 pm		No. 21 Nebraska	W 59–51	20–6 (10–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (779) Evanston, IL
02/22/2015 3:00 pm		at Wisconsin	W 86–83 OT	21–6 (11–5)	Kohl Center (N/A) Madison, WI
02/26/2015 7:00 pm	No. 25	No. 20 Rutgers	W 80–60	22–6 (12–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (903) Evanston, IL
03/01/2015 12:00 pm, BTN	No. 25	No. 5 Maryland	L 48–69	22–7 (12–6)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,743) Evanston, IL
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/06/2015 2:00 pm, BTN	No. 24	vs. No. 23 Rutgers Quarterfinals	W 62–57	23–7	Sears Centre (5,293) Hoffman Estates, IL
03/07/2015 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 24	vs. No. 4 Maryland Semifinals	L 57–62	23–8	Sears Centre (N/A) Hoffman Estates, IL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/20/2015* 11:00 am, ESPN2	No. 22	vs. Arkansas First Round	L 55–57	23–9	Ferrell Center (N/A) Waco, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	25	24	22	22
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV

See also

• 2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team