2014–15 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented University of Iowa during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by fifteenth year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games at the Carver–Hawkeye Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Ohio State. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated American in the first round, Miami (FL) in the second round before falling to Baylor in the sweet sixteen.

2014–15 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Hawkeye Classic champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 18
Record	26–8 (14–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lisa Bluder (15th season)
Assistant coaches	Jan Jensen Jenni Fitzgerald Lacey Goldwire
Home arena	Carver–Hawkeye 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

Roster

2014–15 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Alexa Kastanek 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Southeast Lincoln, Nebraska G 2 Disterhoft Ally 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So West Iowa City, Iowa F 3 Claire Till 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Wahlert Dubuque, Iowa F 4 Chase Coley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Washburn Minneapolis, Minnesota G 15 Whitney Jennings 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Logansport Logansport, Indiana G 21 Melissa Dixon 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Johnsburg Johnsburg, Illinois G 22 Samantha Logic 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Racine J.I. Case Racine, Wisconsin F 23 Christina Buttenham 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr St. Mary Catholic Secondary Hamilton, Ontario F 25 Kali Peschel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Sauk Centre Sauk Centre, Minnesota G 33 Kathryn Reynolds 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Mount Notre Dame Cincinnati, Ohio F 34 Carly Mohns 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Brodhead Brodhead, Wisconsin F 40 Hailey Schneden 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Assumption Davenport, Iowa C 45 Nicole Smith 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Hononegah Rockton, Illinois C 51 Bethany Doolittle 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Hill-Murray Oakdale, Minnesota	Head coach Lisa Bluder Assistant coach(es) Jan Jensen Jenni Fitzgerald Lacey Goldwire Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-10-15

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2014* 3:00 pm	No. 19	St. Ambrose	W 119–57	–	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,990) Iowa City, Iowa
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 6:00 pm	No. 19	USC Upstate	W 107–56	1–0	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,291) Iowa City, Iowa
11/16/2014* 2:00 pm, MC22	No. 19	Robert Morris	W 85–67	2–0	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,030) Iowa City, Iowa
11/21/2014* 7:00 pm, MC22	No. 18	Pepperdine Hawkeye Classic semifinals	W 97–68	3–0	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,578) Iowa City, Iowa
11/22/2014* 7:30 pm, MC22	No. 18	Dayton Hawkeye Classic championship	W 90–83	4–0	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,381) Iowa City, Iowa
11/25/2014* 7:00 pm, MC22	No. 17	Northern Iowa	W 73–45	5–0	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,711) Iowa City, Iowa
11/28/2014* 3:00 pm	No. 17	vs. Arkansas South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	L 67–77	5–1	South Point Arena (N/A) Enterprise, Nevada
11/29/2014* 5:30 pm	No. 17	vs. Gonzaga South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 79–67	6–1	South Point Arena (177) Enterprise, Nevada
12/04/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 22	at No. 7 Louisville ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 52–86	6–2	KFC Yum! Center (7,854) Louisville, Kentucky
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm, MC22	No. 22	Colorado	W 78–63	7–2	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,061) Iowa City, Iowa
12/11/2014* 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 24	Iowa State Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series	W 76–67	8–2	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,902) Iowa City, Iowa
12/21/2014* 2:00 pm, MC22	No. 23	at Drake	W 100–98	9–2	Knapp Center (3,130) Des Moines, Iowa
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2014 2:00 pm	No. 23	Penn State	W 77–52	10–2 (1–0)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,411) Iowa City, Iowa
01/04/2015 11:00 am, BTN	No. 20	at No. 16 Rutgers	W 79–72	11–2 (2–0)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,542) Piscataway, New Jersey
01/08/2015 7:00 pm	No. 17	at Illinois	L 61–73	11–3 (2–1)	State Farm Center (1,650) Champaign, Illinois
01/11/2015 1:00 pm, BTN	No. 17	Purdue	W 73–59	12–3 (3–1)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,359) Iowa City, Iowa
01/14/2015 7:00 pm	No. 22	Northwestern	W 83–70	13–3 (4–1)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,027) Iowa City, Iowa
01/18/2015 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 22	at Michigan State	W 52–50	14–3 (5–1)	Breslin Center (8,923) East Lansing, Michigan
01/22/2015 8:00 pm, BTN	No. 20	Michigan	W 76–70	15–3 (6–1)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,584) Iowa City, Iowa
01/26/2015 8:00 pm, BTN	No. 20	No. 15 Nebraska	W 78–72 OT	16–3 (7–1)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,489) Iowa City, Iowa
01/29/2015 7:00 pm	No. 20	at Northwestern	W 102–99	17–3 (8–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (987) Evanston, Illinois
02/01/2015 3:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 20	at No. 5 Maryland	L 88–93	17–4 (8–2)	Xfinity Center (5,373) College Park, Maryland
02/05/2015 7:00 pm	No. 16	Ohio State	W 73–65	18–4 (9–2)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,572) Iowa City, Iowa
02/08/2015 2:00 pm	No. 16	at Wisconsin	W 87–75	19–4 (10–2)	Kohl Center (11,428) Madison, Wisconsin
02/12/2015 8:00 pm, BTN	No. 14	at No. 22 Nebraska	W 69–61	20–4 (11–2)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,260) Lincoln, Nebraska
02/15/2015 5:00 pm	No. 14	Indiana	W 81–64	21–4 (12–2)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,748) Iowa City, Iowa
02/17/2015 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 13	at Minnesota	L 80–93	21–5 (12–3)	Williams Arena (3,265) Minneapolis, Minnesota
02/21/2015 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 13	at Ohio State	L 82–100	21–6 (12–4)	Value City Arena (6,471) Columbus, Ohio
02/26/2015 7:00 pm	No. 17	Wisconsin	W 78–74	22–6 (13–4)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,536) Iowa City, Iowa
03/01/2015 2:00 pm, BTN	No. 17	Minnesota	W 92–76	23–6 (14–4)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,726) Iowa City, Iowa
Big Ten Conference Women's Tournament
03/06/2015 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 14	vs. Nebraska Quarterfinals	W 74–65	24–6	Sears Centre (N/A) Hoffman Estates, Illinois
03/07/2015 8:30 pm, BTN	No. 14	vs. Ohio State Semifinals	L 85–91 OT	24–7	Sears Centre (5,642) Hoffman Estates, Illinois
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/20/2015* 1:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 18	American First Round	W 75–67	25–7	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,429) Iowa City, Iowa
03/22/2015* 11:00 am, ESPN2	No. 18	Miami (FL) Second Round	W 88–70	26–7	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,220) Iowa City, Iowa
03/27/2015* 6:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 18	vs. No. 5 Baylor Sweet Sixteen	L 66–81	26–8	Chesapeake Energy Arena (N/A) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source

See also

2014–15 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

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	19	18т	17	22	24	23	23	20	17	22	20	20	16	14	13	17	14	18	18
Coaches	19	18	16	19	24	24	20	20	17	21	18	17	17	13	11	16	15	15	15