2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball
2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball
Cancún Challenge Riviera Division champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	23–10 (11–7 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Neighbors (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Kevin Morrison; Fred Castro; Adia Barnes;
Home arena	Alaska Airlines Arena
	Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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

The 2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball team represented University of Washington during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by second year head coach Mike Neighbors, played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena and were a members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament, where they lost to California. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, which was their first trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament for the first time since 2007. They lost to Miami (FL) in the first round.

Previous season

The Washington Huskies finished the 2013–14 season with an overall record of 20–14, with a record of 10–8 in the Pac-12 regular season. In the 2014 Pac-12 Tournament, the Huskies were defeated by Utah, 65–53 in the First round. They lost in the quarterfinals in the 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament to UTEP, 70–63.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Mercedes Wetmore	1	G	5'8"	Senior	Lake Tapps, Washington	Graduated
Kassia Fortier	30	G	5'8"	Senior	Issaquah, Washington	Graduated

2014 Recruiting Class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Hannah Johnson W	Mission Hills, California	Bishop Alemany High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Hannah Johnson W	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 90
Kelli Kingma PG	Mill Creek, Washington	Henry M. Jackson High School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
Kelli Kingma PG	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F/C	0	Chantel Osahor	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Saint Mary's	Phoenix, AZ
F	1	Hannah Johnson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Bishop Alemany	Los Angeles, CA
F	3	Talia Walton	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Federal Way	Federal Way, WA
G	10	Kelsey Plum	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	La Jolla Country Day	Poway, CA
F/C	11	Mathilde Gilling	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Rungsted Gymnasium	Rungsted Kyst, Denmark
F/C	13	Katie Collier	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS So	Seattle Christian	Covington, WA
G/F	14	Heather Corral	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Prairie	Vancouver, WA
G/F	15	Khalia Lark	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Mater Dei	Irvine, CA
G	20	Kelli Kingma	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Henry M. Jackson	Mill Creek, WA
G	21	Brianna Ruiz	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Fr	Del Oro	Sacramento, CA
G	22	Alexus Atchley	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Yorba Linda	Yorba Linda, CA
F	23	Aminah Williams	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Kennedy	Seattle, WA
G	32	Jazmine Davis	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Valley Christian	San Jose, CA
G	42	Mackenzie Wieburg	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Issaquah	Sammamish, WA

Head coach

Mike Neighbors

Assistant coach(es)

Kevin Morrison
Fred Castro
Adia Barnes

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2014-09-14

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2014* 7:00 pm	Concordia (Oregon)	W 95–45	–	Alaska Airlines Arena (N/A) Seattle, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 5:00 pm	at Oklahoma	L 80–90	0–1	Lloyd Noble Center (5,230) Norman, OK
11/20/2014* 7:00 pm	South Dakota	W 96–82	1–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,363) Seattle, WA
11/23/2014* 7:30 pm	Yale	W 81–51	2–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,019) Seattle, WA
11/27/2014* 12:30 pm	vs. Florida State Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 80–68	3–1	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (650) Cancún, Mexico
11/28/2014* 12:30 pm	vs. Hartford Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 81–70	4–1	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (650) Cancún, Mexico
11/29/2014* 10:00 am	vs. Furman Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 101–69	5–1	Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (650) Cancún, Mexico
12/04/2014* 7:00 pm	at Seattle	W 102–69	6–1	KeyArena (925) Seattle, WA
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm	at Portland	W 80–45	7–1	Chiles Center (341) Portland, OR
12/14/2014* 12:00 pm	Grambling State	W 84–53	8–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,379) Seattle, WA
12/18/2014* 6:00 pm	at San Diego State	W 69–48	9–1	Viejas Arena (925) San Diego, CA
12/20/2014* 5:00 pm	at UC Riverside	W 74–71	10–1	SRC Arena (310) Riverside, CA
12/29/2014* 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 5 Texas A&M	W 70–49	11–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,669) Seattle, WA
Pac-12 regular season
01/03/2015 1:00 pm, P12N	at No. 22 Arizona State	L 48–62	11–2 (0–1)	Wells Fargo Arena (1,877) Tempe, AZ
01/05/2015 5:00 pm, P12N	at Arizona	W 79–69	12–2 (1–1)	McKale Center (891) Tucson, AZ
01/09/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 15 Stanford	L 56–60	12–3 (1–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,677) Seattle, WA
01/11/2015 3:00 pm, P12N	California	W 79–77	13–3 (2–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,795) Seattle, WA
01/16/2015 8:00 pm, P12N	at Oregon	W 91–69	14–3 (3–2)	Matthew Knight Arena (1,317) Eugene, OR
01/19/2015 5:00 pm, P12N	at No. 9 Oregon State	L 67–75	14–4 (3–3)	Gill Coliseum (3,262) Corvallis, OR
01/23/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	Colorado	W 85–82	15–4 (4–3)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,753) Seattle, WA
01/25/2015 11:00 am, P12N	Utah	W 63–51	16–4 (5–3)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,281) Seattle, WA
01/31/2015 2:30 pm, P12N	at California	L 58–82	16–5 (5–4)	Haas Pavilion (2,962) Berkeley, CA
02/02/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	at No. 12 Stanford	L 69–82	16–6 (5–5)	Maples Pavilion (2,885) Stanford, CA
02/06/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 7 Oregon State	W 76–67	17–6 (6–5)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,510) Seattle, WA
02/08/2015 6:00 pm, P12N	Oregon	W 70–55	18–6 (7–5)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,232) Seattle, WA
02/13/2015 6:00 pm	at Utah	L 61–69	18–7 (7–6)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (768) Salt Lake City, UT
02/15/2015 4:30 pm	at Colorado	W 79–67	19–7 (8–6)	Coors Events Center (2,029) Boulder, CO
02/20/2015 7:00 pm, P12N	Washington State	L 72–83	19–8 (8–7)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,920) Seattle, WA
02/22/2015 1:00 pm, P12N	at Washington State	W 83–43	20–8 (9–7)	Beasley Coliseum (1,203) Pullman, WA
02/26/2015 6:00 pm, P12N	USC	W 60–48	21–8 (10–7)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,717) Seattle, WA
02/28/2015 1:00 pm, P12N	UCLA	W 74–61	22–8 (11–7)	Alaska Airlines Arena (3,447) Seattle, WA
2015 Pac-12 Conference Women's Tournament
03/05/2015 8:30 pm, P12N	vs. Utah First Round	W 75–64	23–8	KeyArena (3,654) Seattle, WA
03/06/2015 8:30 pm, P12N	vs. California Quarterfinals	L 53–69	23–9	KeyArena (5,545) Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/20/2015* 9:00 am, ESPN2	vs. Miami (FL) First Round	L 80–86	23–10	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (N/A) Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
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	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR

References

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[1] "Washington Huskies".

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