2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	20–12 (9–7 ACC)
Head coach	Suzie McConnell-Serio (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Kathy McConnell-Miller (2nd season); Carmen Bruce (2nd season); Lindsay Richards (2nd season);
Home arena	Petersen Events Center
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2014-09-13

Schedule

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Date time, TV	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

References

^ "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.

[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.

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v t e Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
Venues	Trees Gym (1914–1925) Pitt Pavilion (1925–1927) Fitzgerald Field House (1970–2002) Civic Arena (alternate, 1984–2002) Petersen Events Center (2002–present)
Rivalries	Duquesne West Virginia
Culture & lore	History "Hail to Pitt" "Pitt Victory Song"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–1970 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25