2014–15 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

2014–15 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
2014–15 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
Pac-12 Tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 14
Record	26–10 (13–5 Pac-12)
Head coach	Tara VanDerveer (29th season);
Assistant coaches	Amy Tucker; Kate Paye; Tempie Brown;
Home arena	Maples Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by twenty-ninth year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 13–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They won the Pac-12 women's tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Cal State Northridge in the first round, Oklahoma in the second round before losing to Notre Dame in the sweet sixteen.

ConferencePac-12 Conference

CoachesNo. 17

APNo. 14

Record26–10 (13–5 Pac-12)

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2014–15 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 Oregon State	16	–	2	.889	27	–	5	.844
No. 9 Arizona State	15	–	3	.833	29	–	6	.829
No. 14 Stanford^†	13	–	5	.722	26	–	10	.722
No. 24 California	13	–	5	.722	23	–	10	.697
Washington	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
UCLA	8	–	10	.444	19	–	18	.514
Washington State	7	–	11	.389	17	–	15	.531
USC	7	–	11	.389	15	–	15	.500
Colorado	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Oregon	6	–	12	.333	13	–	17	.433
Arizona	3	–	15	.167	10	–	20	.333
Utah	3	–	15	.167	9	–	22	.290

† 2015 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of April 4, 2015 Rankings from AP Poll

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Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Mikaela Ruef	3	F	6'3"	RS Senior	Beavercreek, OH	Graduated/2014 WNBA draft
Chiney Ogwumike	13	F	6'4"	Senior	Cypress, TX	Graduated/2014 WNBA draft
Sara James	21	G	5'10"	Senior	El Dorado Hills, CA	Graduated

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Taylor Rooks W	Warren, New Jersey	Gill St. Bernard's School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Taylor Rooks W	Recruit ratings: (98)
Brittany McPhee W	Normandy Park, Washington	Mount Rainier High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Brittany McPhee W	Recruit ratings: (97)
Kaylee Johnson F	Casper, Wyoming	Natrona County High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Kaylee Johnson F	Recruit ratings: (97)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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:

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2014* 2:00 pm	No. 6	Vanguard	W 105–50	–	Maples Pavilion (2,605) Stanford, CA
11/08/2014* 2:00 pm	No. 6	UC San Diego	W 74–51	–	Maples Pavilion (2,072) Stanford, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 5:30 pm	No. 6	Boston College	W 96–63	1–0	Maples Pavilion (3,278) Stanford, CA
11/17/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	No. 1 Connecticut Rivalry	W 88–86 ^OT	2–0	Maples Pavilion (5,367) Stanford, CA
11/20/2014* 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	No. 10 Texas	L 81–87 ^OT	2–1	Maples Pavilion (3,674) Stanford, CA
11/24/2014* 6:00 pm	No. 5	at New Mexico	W 70–65	3–1	The Pit (6,594) Albuquerque, NM
11/28/2014* 4:00 pm	No. 5	vs. No. 11 North Carolina Rainbow Wahine Shootout	L 54–70	3–2	Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI
11/29/2014* 6:30 pm	No. 5	at Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine Shootout	W 86–73	4–2	Stan Sheriff Center (2,589) Honolulu, HI
11/30/2014* 4:00 pm	No. 5	vs. Prairie View A&M Rainbow Wahine Shootout	W 88–45	5–2	Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI
12/14/2014* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 7	Santa Clara	W 82–43	6–2	Maples Pavilion (3,527) Stanford, CA
12/17/2014* 3:00 pm	No. 7	at Chattanooga	L 46–54	6–3	McKenzie Arena (2,128) Chattanooga, TN
12/20/2014* 10:00 am, SECN	No. 7	at No. 11 Tennessee Rivalry	L 40–59	6–4	Thompson–Boling Arena (13,056) Knoxville, TN
12/22/2014* 2:00 pm	No. 16	UC Davis	W 71–59	7–4	Maples Pavilion (3,375) Stanford, CA
12/28/2014* 2:00 pm	No. 16	UC Santa Barbara	W 90–34	8–4	Maples Pavilion (4,041) Stanford, CA
Pac-12 Regular Season
01/03/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 15	Colorado	W 62–55	9–4 (1–0)	Maples Pavilion (3,507) Stanford, CA
01/05/2015 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 15	Utah	W 55–44	10–4 (2–0)	Maples Pavilion (2,782) Stanford, CA
01/09/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 15	at Washington	W 60–56	11–4 (3–0)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,677) Seattle, WA
01/11/2015 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 15	at Washington State	W 86–76 ^OT	12–4 (4–0)	Beasley Coliseum (1,098) Pullman, WA
01/16/2015 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 13	Arizona	W 77–47	13–4 (5–0)	Maples Pavilion (3,419) Stanford, CA
01/19/2015 3:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	No. 13 Arizona State	L 57–60	13–5 (5–1)	Maples Pavilion (3,546) Stanford, CA
01/23/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at UCLA	W 79–70	14–5 (6–1)	Pauley Pavilion (1,837) Los Angeles, CA
01/25/2015 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at USC	W 71–60	15–5 (7–1)	Galen Center (1,312) Los Angeles, CA
01/31/2015 12:30 pm, P12N	No. 12	Washington State	W 75–56	16–5 (8–1)	Maples Pavilion (3,118) Stanford, CA
02/02/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	Washington	W 82–69	17–5 (9–1)	Maples Pavilion (2,885) Stanford, CA
02/06/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	at No. 10 Arizona State	L 52–53	17–6 (9–2)	Wells Fargo Arena (3,339) Tempe, AZ
02/08/2015 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	at Arizona	L 57–60	17–7 (9–3)	McKale Center (1,359) Tucson, AZ
02/13/2015 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	USC	W 79–60	18–7 (10–3)	Maples Pavilion (3,403) Stanford, CA
02/15/2015 4:30 pm, P12N	No. 19	UCLA	W 68–50	19–7 (11–3)	Maples Pavilion (4,270) Stanford, CA
02/18/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	at California	W 59–47	20–7 (12–3)	Haas Pavilion (5,039) Berkeley, CA
02/22/2015 1:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 18	California	L 53–63	20–8 (12–4)	Maples Pavilion (5,209) Stanford, CA
02/26/2015 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	at No. 7 Oregon State	W 69–58	21–8 (13–4)	Gill Coliseum (6,157) Corvallis, OR
03/01/2015 1:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 19	at Oregon	L 55–62	21–9 (13–5)	Matthew Knight Arena (1,949) Eugene, OR
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/06/2015 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	vs. UCLA Quarterfinals	W 67–62	22–9	KeyArena (3,869) Seattle, WA
03/07/2015 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	vs. No. 9 Arizona State Semifinals	W 59–56	23–9	KeyArena (N/A) Seattle, WA
03/08/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN	No. 19	vs. California Championship Game	W 61–60	24–9	KeyArena (4,864) Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015* 3:41 pm, ESPN2	No. 14	Cal State Northridge First Round	W 73–60	25–9	Maples Pavilion (N/A) Stanford, CA
03/23/2015* 3:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 14	Oklahoma Second Round	W 86–76	26–9	Maples Pavilion (2,532) Stanford, CA
03/27/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 14	vs. No. 2 Notre Dame Sweet Sixteen	L 60–81	26–10	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,878) Oklahoma City, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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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	6	6	5	8	7	7	16	15	15	13	11	12т	12	19	18	19	19	14	14
Coaches	6	1	4	9	7	7	15	15	14	13	16	15	14	19	19	19т	20	17	17