2014–15 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

2014–15 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
2014–15 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	24–11 (9–9 Big 12)
Head coach	Karen Aston (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Travis Mays; Jalie Mitchell; George Washington;
Home arena	Frank Erwin Center
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Baylor †	16	–	2	.889	33	–	4	.892
Oklahoma	13	–	5	.722	21	–	12	.636
TCU	9	–	9	.500	18	–	14	.563
Oklahoma State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	12	.625
Iowa State	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
Texas	9	–	9	.500	24	–	11	.686
West Virginia	7	–	11	.389	23	–	15	.605
Kansas State	7	–	11	.389	19	–	14	.576
Kansas	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Texas Tech	5	–	13	.278	15	–	16	.484

† 2015 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

The 2014–15 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2014–15 college basketball season. It was head coach Karen Aston's third season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. They finished the season 24–11, 9–9 in Big 12 play, for a four-way tie to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament where they lost to Baylor. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's basketball tournament where they defeated Western Kentucky in the first round, California in the second round before losing to Connecticut in the Sweet Sixteen.

Rankings

Regular-season polls
Poll	Pre- season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP	9	10	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	4т	8	14	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	12	13	9	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	9	13	16	23	25	24	RV	RV	RV

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No change
(RV)		Received votes
(NR)		Not ranked

2014–15 media

Television & radio information

Most University of Texas home games were shown on the Longhorn Network, and select games were available through FSN affiliates. Women's basketball games were also be carried on the radio via KVET.

Roster

2014–15 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Empress Davenport	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Duncanville	Duncanville, TX
G	2	Celina Rodrigo	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Hillgrove	Marietta, GA
F	3	Nneka Enemkpali	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Pflugerville	Pflugerville, TX
G	4	Krystle Henderson	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Sr	Dallas Skyline	Dallas, TX
G	11	Brooke McCarty	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Fr	Clear Springs	League City, TX
G	20	Brianna Taylor	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Spring Dekaney	Houston, TX
F	21	Nekia Jones	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Ozen	Beaumont, TX
G	22	Tasia Forman	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Fr	Duncanville	Duncanville, TX
G	24	Ariel Atkins	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Duncanville	Duncanville, TX
G	32	Brady Sanders	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Godley	Joshua, TX
C	34	Imani Boyette	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Jr	Windward	Los Angeles, CA
F	35	Diani Akigbogun	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Regis Jesuit	Aurora, CO
C	40	Kelsey Lang	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	The Woodlands	The Woodlands, TX
C	41	Lilley Vander Zee	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Granbury	Granbury, TX

Head coach

Karen Aston (Little Rock)

Assistant coach(es)

Travis Mays (Texas)
Jalie Mitchell (North Texas)
George Washington (Abilene Christian)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: June 6, 2024

Schedule

Source:^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2014* 2:00 p.m., LHN	No. 9	Oklahoma City	W 102–56	–	Frank Erwin Center (N/A) Austin, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2014* 2:00 p.m., LHN	No. 9	UTSA	W 68–48	1–0	Frank Erwin Center (2,466) Austin, TX
11/20/2014* 8:00 p.m., P12N	No. 10	at No. 6 Stanford	W 87–81 ^OT	2–0	Maples Pavilion (3,674) Stanford, CA
11/23/2014* 3:00 p.m., P12N	No. 10	at UCLA	W 75–65	3–0	Pauley Pavilion (2,583) Los Angeles, CA
11/26/2014* 7:00 p.m., LHN	No. 6	Texas–Pan American	W 72–45	4–0	Frank Erwin Center (2,606) Austin, TX
11/30/2014* 5:30 p.m., FS1	No. 6	No. 4 Tennessee	W 72–57	5–0	Frank Erwin Center (4,198) Austin, TX
12/03/2014* 7:00 p.m., LHN	No. 4	New Mexico	W 86–37	6–0	Frank Erwin Center (2,350) Austin, TX
12/08/2014* 11:00 a.m., LHN	No. 3	Southern	W 80–42	7–0	Frank Erwin Center (7,042) Austin, TX
12/14/2014* 2:00 p.m., LHN	No. 3	Northwestern State	W 74–34	8–0	Frank Erwin Center (2,302) Austin, TX
12/17/2014* 7:00 p.m., LHN	No. 3	McNeese State	W 76–59	9–0	Frank Erwin Center (2,408) Austin, TX
12/21/2014* 12:30 p.m., SECN	No. 3	vs. No. 4 Texas A&M Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	W 67–65	10–0	Verizon Arena (2,544) Little Rock, AR
12/30/2014* 7:00 p.m., LHN	No. 3	Rice	W 77–54	11–0	Frank Erwin Center (3,009) Austin, TX
Big 12 Regular Season
01/03/2015 7:00 p.m., LHN	No. 3	Kansas	W 60–46	12–0 (1–0)	Frank Erwin Center (3,385) Austin, TX
01/07/2015 7:00 p.m., LHN	No. 3	West Virginia	W 61–55	13–0 (2–0)	Frank Erwin Center (2,614) Austin, TX
01/10/2015 11:00 a.m., FSN	No. 3	at Iowa State	L 57–59	13–1 (2–1)	Hilton Coliseum (7,928) Ames, IA
01/14/2015 7:00 p.m., SSTV	No. 4	at Oklahoma	L 59–70	13–2 (2–2)	Lloyd Noble Center (5,610) Norman, OK
01/17/2015 12:00 p.m., LHN	No. 4	Texas Tech	W 55–44	14–2 (3–2)	Frank Erwin Center (3,638) Austin, TX
01/19/2015 5:30 p.m., FS1	No. 8	at No. 3 Baylor	L 58–75	14–3 (3–3)	Ferrell Center (8,894) Waco, TX
01/25/2015 3:30 p.m., FS1	No. 8	Iowa State	L 57–58	14–4 (3–4)	Frank Erwin Center (3,234) Austin, TX
01/29/2015 6:00 p.m., FS1	No. 14	No. 24 Oklahoma	W 84–81 ^2OT	15–4 (4–4)	Frank Erwin Center (2,813) Austin, TX
02/01/2015 12:00 p.m., FSSW+	No. 14	at TCU	L 59–64	15–5 (4–5)	Student Recreation Center (1,655) Fort Worth, TX
02/04/2015 6:00 p.m.	No. 20	at Kansas State	L 57–66	15–6 (4–6)	Bramlage Coliseum (3,845) Manhattan, KS
02/08/2015 1:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 20	No. 3 Baylor	L 68–70	15–7 (4–7)	Frank Erwin Center (6,602) Austin, TX
02/11/2015 7:00 p.m.		at Oklahoma State	L 60–66	15–8 (4–8)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,475) Stillwater, OK
02/14/2015 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Kansas	W 74–63	16–8 (5–8)	Allen Fieldhouse (3,201) Lawrence, KS
02/18/2015 7:00 p.m., LHN		Kansas State	W 76–58	17–8 (6–8)	Frank Erwin Center (2,796) Austin, TX
02/21/2015 3:30 p.m., FSSW		at Texas Tech	W 62–59	18–8 (7–8)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,834) Lubbock, TX
02/25/2015 7:00 p.m., LHN		Oklahoma State	W 59–42	19–8 (8–8)	Frank Erwin Center (2,957) Austin, TX
03/01/2015 12:00 p.m., ESPN2		at West Virginia	L 69–76	19–9 (8–9)	WVU Coliseum (4,303) Morgantown, WV
03/03/2015 7:00 p.m., LHN		TCU	W 79–45	20–9 (9–9)	Frank Erwin Center (3,125) Austin, TX
2015 Big 12 women's basketball tournament
03/07/2015 8:30 p.m., FSN		vs. TCU Quarterfinals	W 67–61	21–9	American Airlines Center (4,224) Dallas, TX
03/08/2015 4:00 p.m., FS1		vs. Oklahoma Semifinals	W 59–46	22–9	American Airlines Center (4,580) Dallas, TX
03/09/2015 8:00 p.m., FS1		vs. No. 5 Baylor Championship game	L 64–75	22–10	American Airlines Center (4,804) Dallas, TX
NCAA women's tournament
03/20/2015* 4:20 p.m., ESPN2		vs. WKU First round	W 66–64	23–10	Haas Pavilion (N/A) Berkeley, CA
03/22/2015* 8:00 p.m., ESPN2		at California Second round	W 73–70	24–10	Haas Pavilion (2,852) Berkeley, CA
03/28/2015* 11:00 a.m., ESPN		vs. No. 1 Connecticut Sweet Sixteen	L 54–105	24–11	Times Union Center (N/A) Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

References

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
^ "2014-15 Women's Basketball Schedule". texassports.com. Retrieved June 6, 2024.

[1] "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[2] "2014-15 Women's Basketball Schedule". texassports.com. Retrieved June 6, 2024.

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Venues	Gregory Gymnasium (1974–1977) Frank Erwin Center (1977–2022) Moody Center (2022–present)
Rivalries	Texas A&M
People	WNBA draftees Head coaches
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