2014–15 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team

2014–15 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball

WNIT, Semifinals
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2014–15 record	20–15 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kim Barnes Arico (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Melanie Moore
Assistant coach	Megan Duffy
Assistant coach	Joy McCorvey
Home arena	Crisler Center

	Conf				Overall
2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Maryland†	18	–	0	1.000	34	–	3	.919
#18 Iowa	14	–	4	.778	26	–	8	.765
#23 Ohio State	13	–	5	.722	24	–	11	.686
#22 Northwestern	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
Rutgers	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	23	–	10	.697
Nebraska	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Michigan	8	–	10	.444	20	–	15	.571
Michigan State	7	–	11	.389	16	–	15	.516
Illinois	6	–	12	.333	15	–	16	.484
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	9	–	20	.310
Indiana	4	–	14	.222	15	–	16	.484
Purdue	3	–	15	.167	11	–	20	.355
Penn State	3	–	15	.167	6	–	24	.200

† 2015 Big Ten Tournament winner As of April 5, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team will represent University of Michigan during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by third year head coach Kim Barnes Arico, play their home games at the Crisler Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finish the season 20-15, 8-10 in Big Ten play for a finish in eighth place. They lost in the second round in the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament to their in-state rival Michigan State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Cleveland State, Missouri and Missouri in the first, second and third rounds, Southern Miss in the quarterfinals before losing to UCLA in the semifinals.

Roster

2014–15 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
1.5 !G	1	Ristovski, MadisonMadison Ristovski	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	3.0 !Jr	University Liggett	Sterling Heights, Mich.
1.5 !G	2	Thompson, SieraSiera Thompson	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	2.0 !So	Serra	Gardena, Calif.
1.5 !G	3	Flaherty, KatelynnKatelynn Flaherty	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	1.0 !Fr	Metuchen	Point Pleasant, N.J.
1.5 !G	4	Wangler, HallieHallie Wangler	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.5 !RS Jr	Shrine Catholic	Royal Oak, Mich.
1.5 !G	5	Smith, ShannonShannon Smith	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	4.0 !Sr	Forestview	Gastonia, N.C.
1.5 !G	11	Dunston, JillianJillian Dunston	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.0 !Fr	Academy of the Holy Cross	Germantown, Md.
5.0 !C	12	Stapleton, TerraTerra Stapleton	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	1.0 !Fr	Fairland	Proctorville, Ohio
1.5 !G	14	Elmblad, NicoleNicole Elmblad	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	4.0 !Sr	LaSalle	St. Ignace, Mich.
1.5 !G	15	Rakers, PaigePaige Rakers	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	2.0 !So	Carlyle	Carlyle, Ill.
1.5 !G	20	Williams, DanielleDanielle Williams	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	2.0 !So	St. Mary's	Phoenix, Ariz.
3.5 !F	22	Goree, CyeshaCyesha Goree	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	4.0 !Sr	Wyoming Park	Grand Rapids, Mich.
2.5 !G/F	23	Backman, MariaMaria Backman	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	1.0 !Fr	Cardinal Spellman	Bronx, N.Y.
3.5 !F	24	Jackson, EmoniEmoni Jackson	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	1.0 !Fr	Long Beach Polytechnic	Pasadena, Calif.
3.5 !F	32	Mitchell, KelseyKelsey Mitchell	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	3.0 !Jr	Inkster	Detroit, Mich.

Head coach

Kim Barnes Arico

Assistant coach(es)

Melanie Moore
Megan Duffy
Joy McCorvey

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2014-07-28

Schedule

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Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/02/2014*	Davenport	W 74–39	–	Crisler Center (786)
Regular Season
11/14/2014*	Detroit	W 76–57	1–0	Crisler Center (2,062)
11/16/2014*	Bucknell	W 68–61	2–0	Crisler Center (1,913)
11/20/2014*	at Pittsburgh	L 64–85	2–1	Peterson Events Center (707)
11/23/2014*	Western Michigan	W 74–47	3–1	Crisler Center (2,110)
11/28/2014*	vs. Washington State (San Juan Shootout)	W 76–64	4–1	Mario Morales Coliseum (N/A)
11/29/2014*	vs. San Diego State (San Juan Shootout)	W 70–50	5–1	Mario Morales Coliseum (N/A)
12/03/2014*	Wake Forest (ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge)	W 83–69	6–1	Crisler Center (1,225)
12/09/2014*	Princeton	L 55–85	6–2	Crisler Center (1,193)
12/13/2014*	at #5 Notre Dame	L 50–70	6–3	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,904)
12/19/2014*	Canisius	W 79–43	7–3	Crisler Center (1,985)
12/22/2014*	Eastern Michigan	W 81–52	8–3	Crisler Center (3,946)
12/28/2014	at Wisconsin	L 53–63	8–4 (0–1)	Kohl Center (3,528)
01/01/2015	Penn State	W 89–53	9–4 (1–1)	Crisler Center (3,034)
01/04/2015	#24 Michigan State	W 74–65	10–4 (2–1)	Crisler Center (4,520)
01/07/2015	at #24 Rutgers	L 68–81	10–5 (2–2)	The RAC (2,554)
01/11/2015	Ohio State	W 100–94 ^OT	11–5 (3–2)	Crisler Center (3,351)
01/17/2015	at Northwestern	W 73–66	12–5 (4–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (2,112)
01/22/2015	at #20 Iowa	L 70–76	12–6 (4–3)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,584)
01/26/2015	Illinois	W 70–57	13–6 (5–3)	Crisler Center (1,780)
01/29/2015	#5 Maryland	L 65–91	13–7 (5–4)	Crisler Center (1,358)
02/01/2015	at #15 Nebraska	L 60–75	13–8 (5–5)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,386)
02/05/2015	at Michigan State	W 72–59	14–8 (6–5)	Breslin Center (5,315)
02/08/2015	#21 Rutgers	L 50–57	14–9 (6–6)	Crisler Center (3,478)
02/10/2015	at Ohio State	L 73–77	14–10 (6–7)	Value City Arena (4,668)
02/14/2015	Northwestern	L 62–63	14–11 (6–8)	Crisler Center (2,129)
02/18/2015	Indiana	W 68–52	15–11 (7–8)	Crisler Center (1,806)
02/21/2015	at Minnesota	L 88–91 ^2OT	15–12 (7–9)	Williams Arena (6,053)
02/24/2015	Purdue	W 81–50	16–12 (8–9)	Crisler Center (1,534)
02/28/2015	at Illinois	L 60–72	16–13 (8–10)	State Farm Center (2,989)
Big Ten Conference Women's Tournament
03/05/2015	vs. Michigan State (Second Round)	L 49–69	16–14	Sears Centre (N/A)
WNIT
03/18/2015*	Cleveland State (First Round)	W 72–50	17–14	Crisler Center (1,028)
03/23/2015*	at Toledo (Second Round)	W 74–58	18–14	Savage Arena (3,004)
03/26/2015*	Missouri (Third Round)	W 65–55	19–14	Crisler Center (1,383)
03/29/2015*	at Southern Miss (Quarterfinals)	W 69–60	20–14	Reed Green Coliseum (5,480)
04/01/2015*	UCLA (Semifinals)	L 65–69	20–15	Crisler Center (2,209)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

↑ http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/mich-w-baskbl-sched.html

2014–15 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

See also

Rankings

References