2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Suzie McConnell-Serio resumes the responsibility as head coach for a second consecutive season. The Panthers, second year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, will play 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 defeated Chattanooga in the first round before getting defeated by Tennessee in the second round.

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
2014–15 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
2014–15 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame†15–1 .938  36–3  .923
No. 7 Florida State14–2 .875  32–5  .865
No. 8 Louisville12–4 .750  27–7  .794
No. 16 Duke11–5 .688  23–11  .676
Syracuse11–5 .688  22–10  .688
No. 15 North Carolina10–6 .625  26–9  .743
Pittsburgh9–7 .563  20–12  .625
Miami (FL)8–8 .500  20–13  .606
Virginia7–9 .438  17–14  .548
NC State7–9 .438  18–15  .545
Georgia Tech7–9 .438  19–15  .559
Boston College5–11 .313  13–17  .433
Wake Forest2–14 .125  13–20  .394
Virginia Tech1–15 .063  12–20  .375
Clemson1–15 .063  9–21  .300
† 2015 ACC Tournament winner
As of 7 April 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Aysia Bugg 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrBolingbrook Chicago, Ill.
G 3 Brianna Kiesel 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrThomas R. Proctor Utica, N.Y.
F 12 Yacine Diop 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrSeton-LaSalle Dakar, Senegal
G 14 Fred Potvin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoVanier College Montreal, Canada
G 22 Chelsea Welch 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoFairmont Kettering, Ohio
F 24 Monica Wignot 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GSHoly Redeemer Wilkes Barre, Pa.
G 25 Brittany Gordon 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrSouth Charleston South Charleston, W.Virginia
F 35 Stasha Carey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrBerea-Midpark Cleveland, Ohio
C 44 Bubbles Anderson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) RS SoRutgers Prep (NJ) Clarendon, Jamaica
F/C 51 Cora McManus 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrGarfield 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
PollPre-
Season		Week
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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. http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/pitt-w-baskbl-sched.html
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