2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

2014–15 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball

NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 22
2014–15 record	23–9 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe McKeown (7th year)
Assistant coach	Sam Dixon
Assistant coach	Allison Guth
Assistant coach	Carrie Banks
Home arena	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Maryland†	18	–	0	1.000	34	–	3	.919
#18 Iowa	14	–	4	.778	26	–	8	.765
#23 Ohio State	13	–	5	.722	24	–	11	.686
#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 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team will represent Northwestern University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by seventh year head coach Joe McKeown, play 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.