2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

This article is about 2014–15 Pitt women's basketball. For 2014–15 Pitt men's basketball, see 2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team.

2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record20–12 (9–7 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kathy McConnell-Miller (2nd season)
  • Carmen Bruce (2nd season)
  • Lindsay Richards (2nd season)
Home arenaPetersen Events Center
Seasons
2014–15 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame† 15 – 1   .938 36 – 3   .923
No. 7 Florida State 14 – 2   .875 32 – 5   .865
No. 8 Louisville 12 – 4   .750 27 – 7   .794
No. 16 Duke 11 – 5   .688 23 – 11   .676
Syracuse 11 – 5   .688 22 – 10   .688
No. 15 North Carolina 10 – 6   .625 26 – 9   .743
Pittsburgh 9 – 7   .563 20 – 12   .625
Miami (FL) 8 – 8   .500 20 – 13   .606
Virginia 7 – 9   .438 17 – 14   .548
NC State 7 – 9   .438 18 – 15   .545
Georgia Tech 7 – 9   .438 19 – 15   .559
Boston College 5 – 11   .313 13 – 17   .433
Wake Forest 2 – 14   .125 13 – 20   .394
Virginia Tech 1 – 15   .063 12 – 20   .375
Clemson 1 – 15   .063 9 – 21   .300
† 2015 ACC tournament winner
As of 7 April 2015
Rankings from AP poll

The 2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Suzie McConnell-Serio resumed the responsibility as head coach for a second consecutive season. The Panthers, second year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, played their home games at the Petersen Events Center. They finished the season 20–12, 9–7 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the second round of the ACC women's tournament to Virginia Tech. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Chattanooga in the first round before getting defeated by Tennessee in the second round.

2014–15 media

Pitt Panthers Sports Network

The Pitt Panthers Sports Network will broadcast all Panthers games on WJAS. George Von Benko will provide the play-by-play while Jen Tuscano will provide the analysis. Non-televised home games can be watched online via Pitt Panthers TV with the Panthers Sports Network call.

2014–15 Roster

2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Aysia Bugg 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Bolingbrook Chicago, Ill.
G 3 Brianna Kiesel 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Thomas R. Proctor Utica, N.Y.
F 12 Yacine Diop 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Seton-LaSalle Dakar, Senegal
G 14 Fred Potvin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Vanier College Montreal, Canada
G 22 Chelsea Welch 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Fairmont Kettering, Ohio
F 24 Monica Wignot 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Holy Redeemer Wilkes Barre, Pa.
G 25 Brittany Gordon 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr South Charleston South Charleston, W.Virginia
F 35 Stasha Carey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Berea-Midpark Cleveland, Ohio
C 44 Bubbles Anderson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) RS So Rutgers Prep (NJ) Clarendon, Jamaica
F/C 51 Cora McManus 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Garfield Seattle
Head coach

Suzie McConnell-Serio

Assistant coach(es)

Kathy McConnell-Miller
Carmen Bruce
Lindsay Richards

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

Roster
Last update: 2014-09-13

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2014*
2:00 pm 		Indiana (PA) W 69–61  –
 Peterson Events Center (830)
Pittsburgh
Regular Season
11/14/2014*
11:00 am 		Princeton L 43–59  0–1
 Peterson Events Center (3,798)
Pittsburgh
11/17/2014*
7:00 pm 		Niagara W 70–54  1–1
 Peterson Events Center (804)
Pittsburgh
11/20/2014*
7:00 pm 		Michigan W 85–64  2–1
 Peterson Events Center (707)
Pittsburgh
11/23/2014*
2:00 pm 		at James Madison L 64–80  2–2
 JMU Convocation Center (2,157)
Harrisonburg, Virginia
11/26/2014*
2:00 pm 		Radford W 72–47  3–2
 Peterson Events Center (356)
Pittsburgh
11/30/2014*
2:00 pm 		Loyola (MD) W 84–46  4–2
 Peterson Events Center (523)
Pittsburgh
12/03/2014*
7:00 pm 		at Ohio State
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 		W 78–74  5–2
 Value City Arena (3,777)
Columbus, Ohio
12/07/2014*
2:00 pm 		at Duquesne
City Game 		L 77–87  5–3
 Palumbo Center (821)
Pittsburgh
12/14/2014*
2:00 pm 		Drexel W 72–53  6–3
 Peterson Events Center (798)
Pittsburgh
12/18/2014*
7:00 pm 		Ball State W 59–47  7–3
 Peterson Events Center (413)
Pittsburgh
12/21/2014*
2:00 pm 		Youngstown State W 78–52  8–3
 Peterson Events Center (827)
Pittsburgh
12/28/2014*
2:00 pm 		Saint Francis (PA) W 97–59  9–3
 Peterson Events Center (854)
Pittsburgh
12/30/2014*
5:00 pm 		Delaware State W 93–54  10–3
 Peterson Events Center (914)
Pittsburgh
01/04/2015
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		No. 7 Louisville L 57–63  10–4 (0–1)
 Peterson Events Center (1,811)
Pittsburgh
01/08/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		No. 8 North Carolina W 84–59  11–4 (1–1)
 Peterson Events Center (1,121)
Pittsburgh
01/15/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at No. 20 Florida State L 43–58  11–5 (1–2)
 Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,259)
Tallahassee, Florida
01/18/2015
2:00 pm 		at Georgia Tech W 75–72 OT 12–5 (2–2)
 McCamish Pavilion (1,548)
Atlanta
01/22/2015
7:00 pm 		No. 23 Syracuse L 60–68  12–6 (2–3)
 Peterson Events Center (1,003)
Pittsburgh
01/24/2015
4:00 pm, RSN 		Boston College W 78–70  13–6 (3–3)
 Peterson Events Center (3,921)
Pittsburgh
01/29/2015
6:30 pm 		at No. 17 Duke L 45–62  13–7 (3–4)
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,333)
Durham, North Carolina
02/01/2015
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Miami (FL) W 81–66  14–7 (4–4)
 Peterson Events Center (1,401)
Pittsburgh
02/05/2015
7:00 pm 		at NC State W 60–50  15–7 (5–4)
 Reynolds Center (1,719)
Raleigh, North Carolina
02/08/2015
2:00 pm 		at No. 8 Louisville L 35–48  15–8 (5–5)
 KFC Yum! Center (13,656)
Syracuse, New York
02/12/2015
7:00 pm 		Virginia Tech W 53–35  16–8 (6–5)
 Peterson Events Center (742)
Pittsburgh
02/15/2015
2:00 pm 		at Wake Forest W 65–41  17–8 (7–5)
 LJVM Coliseum (642)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
02/19/2015
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Virginia W 68–63 OT 18–8 (8–5)
 Peterson Events Center (736)
Pittsburgh
02/22/2015
12:00 pm 		at No. 25 Syracuse L 54–68  18–9 (8–6)
 Carrier Dome (1,226)
Syracuse, New York
02/26/2015
7:00 pm 		at No. 4 Notre Dame L 59–87  18–10 (8–7)
 Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,810)
South Bend, Indiana
03/01/2015
2:00 pm 		Clemson W 61–56  19–10 (9–7)
 Peterson Events Center (2,998)
Pittsburgh
2015 ACC Tournament
03/05/2015
6:00 pm, RSN 		vs. Virginia Tech
Second Round 		L 45–51  19–11
 Greensboro Coliseum (N/A)
Greensboro, North Carolina
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015*
11:00 am, ESPN2 		vs. Chattanooga
First Round 		W 51–40  20–11
 Thompson–Boling Arena (N/A)
Knoxville, Tennessee
03/23/2015*
6:30 pm, ESPN2 		at No. 6 Tennessee
Second Round 		L 67–77  20–12
 Thompson–Boling Arena (5,712)
Knoxville, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR RV NR NR NR NR
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pitt Women's Basketball Official Schedule - PittsburghPanthers.com - University of Pittsburgh Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.