2014–15 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

2014–15 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches #8
AP #8
2014–15 record 27–7 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach Jeff Walz (8th year)
Assistant coach Stephanie Norman
Assistant coach Sam Purcell
Assistant coach Samantha Williams
Home arena KFC Yum! Center
2014–15 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#2 Notre Dame† 15 – 1   .938     36 – 3   .923
#7 Florida State 14 – 2   .875     32 – 5   .865
#8 Louisville 12 – 4   .750     27 – 7   .794
#16 Duke 11 – 5   .688     23 – 11   .676
Syracuse 11 – 5   .688     22 – 10   .688
#15 North Carolina 10 – 6   .625     26 – 8   .765
Pittsburgh 9 – 7   .563     20 – 12   .625
Miami (FL) 8 – 8   .500     20 – 13   .606
NC State 7 – 9   .438     18 – 15   .545
Georgia Tech 7 – 9   .438     19 – 15   .559
Virginia 7 – 9   .438     17 – 14   .548
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 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team will represent the University of Louisville during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by eighth-year head coach Jeff Walz, play their home games at the KFC Yum! Center and were in their first year in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1] They finish the season 27-7, 12-4 in ACC play for a finish in third place. They advance to the quarterfinals of the WCC Women's Basketball Tournament to Florida State. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated BYU in the first round, South Florida in the second round before getting upset by Dayton in the sweet sixteen.

Roster

2014–15 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High School/Junior College Home town
F 00 Hammond, SaraSara Hammond style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Rockcastle County Mount Vernon, Kentucky
F 2 Hines-Allen, MyishaMyisha Hines-Allen style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Montclair Montclair, New Jersey
C 3 Vails, SheronneSheronne Vails style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Arundel Odenton, Maryland
F 4 Moore, MariyaMariya Moore style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Salesian Hercules, California
G 11 Carter, AricaArica Carter style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Long Beach Poly Long Beach, California
F 12 Dyer, ShawntaShawnta Dyer style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr Marion Harding Marion, Ohio
F 13 Walton, CortneeCortnee Walton style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr St. Mary's Surprise, Arizona
C 15 Deines, MeganMegan Deines style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Glendale Springfield, Missouri
G 21 Smith, BriaBria Smith style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Christ the King Massapequa, New York
G 22 Schimmel, JudeJude Schimmel style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Franklin (Portland, OR) Mission, Oregon
G 24 Freeman, ArianaAriana Freeman style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Paul VI Catholic Manassas, Virginia
F 31 Brackemyre, SydneySydney Brackemyre style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Clinton Massie School Wilmington, Ohio
F 32 Henderson, EmmonnieEmmonnie Henderson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Edwardsville Edwardsville, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

[2]


Media

Once again select Cardinals games will be broadcast on WHAS. This year the Cardinals sleight of games on CBS Sports Network will be replaced by a set of games on the ACC RSN. Additional ACC games will air on ESPN3.

All Cardinals basketball games will air on Learfield Sports on WKRD 790 AM or WVKY 101.7 FM, depending on conflicts with Louisville and Kentucky football and men's basketball games.

Schedule

Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Regular Season
11/14/2014* #12 at IUPUI W 89–69  1–0 Fairgrounds Coliseum (3,159)
11/16/2014* #12 Tennessee–Martin W 77–43  2–0 KFC Yum! Center (7,892)
11/20/2014* #12 Belmont W 95–35  3–0 KFC Yum! Center (7,404)
11/23/2014* #12 Ball State W 69–56  4–0 KFC Yum! Center (8,081)
11/25/2014* #12 WKU W 89–67  5–0 KFC Yum! Center (8,463)
11/28/2014* #12 Lafayette W 102–61  6–0 KFC Yum! Center (7,923)
11/30/2014* #12 at Valparaiso W 86–59  7–0 Athletics–Recreation Center (567)
12/04/2014* #7 #22 Iowa
(ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge)		 W 86–52  8–0 KFC Yum! Center (7,854)
12/07/2014* #7 #13 Kentucky
(The Battle for the Bluegrass)		 L 68–77  8–1 KFC Yum! Center (14,862)
12/15/2014* #10 Old Dominion W 100–46  9–1 KFC Yum! Center (7,726)
12/18/2014* #10 at Grand Canyon W 65–51  10–1 GCU Arena (2,049)
12/21/2014* #10 at #24 California W 70–57  11–1 Haas Pavilion (8,339)
12/29/2014* #7 Evansville W 73–51  12–1 KFC Yum! Center (7,909)
01/02/2015 #7 Georgia Tech W 75–48  13–1 (1–0) KFC Yum! Center (9,049)
01/04/2015 #7 at Pittsburgh W 63–57  14–1 (2–0) Peterson Events Center (1,811)
01/11/2015 #6 at Wake Forest W 79–68  15–1 (3–0) LJVM Coliseum (719)
01/14/2015 #4 NC State W 65–58  16–1 (4–0) KFC Yum! Center (7,736)
01/18/2015 #4 Virginia W 67–55  17–1 (5–0) KFC Yum! Center (11,322)
01/22/2015 #4 at #17 Florida State L 63–68  17–2 (5–1) Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,847)
01/25/2015 #4 Miami (FL) W 68–55  18–2 (6–1) KFC Yum! Center (9,887)
01/29/2015 #8 #23 Syracuse W 78–58  19–2 (7–1) KFC Yum! Center (8,387)
02/02/2015 #8 at #15 Duke L 58–66  19–3 (7–2) Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,790)
02/08/2015 #8 Pittsburgh W 48–35  20–3 (8–2) KFC Yum! Center (13,656)
02/12/2015 #9 at Clemson W 81–49  21–3 (9–2) Littlejohn Coliseum (1,394)
02/15/2015 #9 #17 North Carolina W 75–66  22–3 (10–2) KFC Yum! Center (13,115)
02/19/2015 #8 at Virginia Tech W 69–49  23–3 (11–2) Cassell Coliseum (1,573)
02/23/2015 #8 at #4 Notre Dame L 52–68  23–4 (11–3) Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,911)
02/26/2015 #8 Boston College W 77–60  24–4 (12–3) KFC Yum! Center (10,488)
03/01/2015 #8 at Virginia L 59–75  24–5 (12–4) John Paul Jones Arena (3,744)
2015 ACC Tournament
03/06/2015 #10 vs. #16 North Carolina
(Quarterfinals)		 W 77–75 OT 25–5 Greensboro Coliseum (5,848)
03/07/2015 #10 vs. #7 Florida State
(Semifinals)		 L 51–66  25–6 Greensboro Coliseum (7,108)
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015* #8 vs. BYU
(First Round)		 W 86–53  26–6 USF Sun Dome (5,560)
03/23/2015* #8 at #25 South Florida
(Second Round)		 W 60–52  27–6 USF Sun Dome (5,014)
03/28/2015* #8 vs. Dayton
(Sweet Sixteen)		 L 66–82  27–7 Times Union Center (8,259)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[3]

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 12 12 12 7 10 10 7 7 6 4т 4 8 8 9 8 8 10 8 8
Coaches 11 10 11 7 10 10 7 6 7 4 4 8 9 8 7 9 10 8 8
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ACC to add Louisville in 2014". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  2. ↑ http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/lou-w-baskbl-mtt.html
  3. ↑ "2014-15 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball schedule". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved 2014-07-03.