2014–15 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team

2014–15 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches #12
AP #15
2014–15 record 26–9 (10–6 ACC)
Head coach Sylvia Hatchell (29th year)
Assistant coach Andrew Calder
Assistant coach Ivory Latta
Assistant coach Tracey Williams-Johnson
Home arena Carmichael Arena
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 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tar Heels, lead by twenty-ninth year head coach Sylvia Hatchell, play their games at Carmichael Arena and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finish the season 26-9, 10-6 ACC play for a sixth-place finish. They advance to the quarterfinals of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Louisville. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Liberty in the first round, Ohio State in the second round before losing to South Carolina in the sweet sixteen.

Roster

2014–15 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year High School/Junior College Home town
G 0 Jamie, Cherry,Cherry, Jamie style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr West Craven Cove City, N.C.
F 1 Stephanie, Mavunga,Mavunga, Stephanie style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Brownsburg Indianapolis, Ind.
G 2 Latifah, Coleman,Coleman, Latifah style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Central Pageland, S.C.
G 3 Megan, Buckland,Buckland, Megan style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Bishop McGuinness High Point, N.C.
G 10 Danielle, Butts,Butts, Danielle style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr South Central Winterville, N.C.
G 11 Brittany, Rountree,Rountree, Brittany style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr The Potter's House Jacksonville, Fla.
F 13 Hillary, Fuller,Fuller, Hillary style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So The Potter's House Jacksonville, Fla.
G 15 Allisha, Gray,Gray, Allisha style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Washington County Sandersville, Ga.
G 22 N'Dea, Bryant,Bryant, N'Dea style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Goose Creek Goose Creek, S.C.
G 24 Jessica, Washington,Washington, Jessica style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Jenks Tulsa, Okla.
F 30 Hillary, Summers,Summers, Hillary style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Village Christian Academy Fayetteville, N.C.
G 31 Erika, Johnson,Johnson, Erika style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Holy Names Academy Seattle, Wash.
F 34 Xylina, McDaniel,McDaniel, Xylina style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Spring Valley Columbia, S.C.
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2014-10-17

Schedule

Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/05/2014* #13 Carson-Newman W 88–27  – Carmichael Arena (N/A)
11/10/2014* #13 Wingate W 92–50  – Carmichael Arena (N/A)
Regular Season
11/14/2014* #13 Howard W 83–49  1–0 Carmichael Arena (1,915)
11/16/2014* #13 #23 UCLA W 84–68  2–0 Carmichael Arena (3,077)
11/19/2014* #11 #21 Oklahoma State W 79–77  3–0 Carmichael Arena (2,575)
11/23/2014* #11 at Oregon W 76–59  4–0 Matthew Knight Arena (2,038)
11/28/2014* #11 vs. #5 Stanford
(Rainbow Wahine Showdown)		 W 70–54  5–0 Stan Sheriff Center (N/A)
11/29/2014* #11 vs. Prairie View A&M
(Rainbow Wahine Showdown)		 W 81–45  6–0 Stan Sheriff Center (N/A)
11/30/2014* #11 at Hawaiʻi
(Rainbow Wahine Showdown)		 W 74–65  7–0 Stan Sheriff Center (1,983)
12/04/2014* #6 at #18 Rutgers
(ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge)		 W 96–93 2OT 8–0 The RAC (2,028)
12/14/2014* #6 Appalachian State W 84–52  9–0 Carmichael Arena (2,724)
12/16/2014* #6 #16 Oregon State L 55–70  9–1 Carmichael Arena (1,809)
12/19/2014* #6 vs. Maine
(Carolinas Challenge)		 W 65–36  10–1 Myrtle Beach Convention Center (837)
12/21/2014* #6 vs. Elon
(Carolinas Challenge)		 W 85–67  11–1 Myrtle Beach Convention Center (N/A)
12/30/2014* #9 Albany W 71–56  12–1 Carmichael Arena (4,123)
01/02/2015* #9 East Tennessee State W 95–62  13–1 Carmichael Arena (2,829)
01/04/2015 #9 NC State
(Carolina–State Game)		 W 72–56  14–1 (1–0) Carmichael Arena (5,421)
01/08/2015 #8 at Pittsburgh L 59–84  14–2 (1–1) Peterson Events Center (1,121)
01/11/2015 #8 Georgia Tech W 96–81  15–2 (2–1) Carmichael Arena (3,129)
01/11/2015 #12 #7 Notre Dame L 79–89  15–3 (2–2) Carmichael Arena (4,358)
01/18/2015 #12 at Clemson W 78–56  16–3 (3–2) Littlejohn Coliseum (1,392)
01/22/2015 #12 at NC State
(Carolina–State Game)		 W 67–63  17–3 (4–2) Reynolds Coliseum (2,736)
01/25/2015 #12 #15 Duke L 67–74 OT 17–4 (4–3) Carmichael Arena (6,822)
02/01/2015 #16 Boston College W 72–60  18–4 (5–3) Carmichael Arena (3,802)
02/05/2015 #13 at #25 Syracuse L 56–61  18–5 (5–4) Carrier Dome (564)
02/08/2015 #13 at Virginia Tech W 74–52  19–5 (6–4) Cassell Coliseum (2,297)
02/12/2015 #17 #9 Florida State W 71–63  20–5 (7–4) Carmichael Arena (3,211)
02/15/2015 #17 at #9 Louisville L 66–75  20–6 (7–5) KFC Yum! Center (13,115)
02/19/2015 #17 Wake Forest W 83–45  21–6 (8–5) Carmichael Arena (3,224)
02/22/2015 #17 at Miami (FL) W 66–65  22–6 (9–5) BankUnited Center (2,132)
02/26/2015 #15 Virginia W 72–70  23–6 (10–5) Carmichael Arena (2,988)
03/01/2015 #15 at #16 Duke L 80–81  23–7 (10–6) Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
2015 ACC Tournament
03/05/2015 #15 vs. Georgia Tech
(Second Round)		 W 84–64  24–7 Greensboro Coliseum (5,359)
03/06/2015 #15 vs. #10 Louisville
(Quarterfinals)		 L 75–77 OT 24–8 Greensboro Coliseum (5,848)
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015* #15 Liberty
(First Round)		 W 71–65  25–8 Carmichael Arena (2,098)
03/23/2015* #15 #23 Ohio State
(Second Round)		 W 86–84  26–8 Carmichael Arena (2,163)
03/27/2015* #15 vs. #3 South Carolina
(Sweet Sixteen)		 L 65–67  26–9 Greensboro Coliseum (N/A)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[1]

Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

 Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season 		Week
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18 		Final
AP 13 11 11 6 6 6 9 9 8 12 12 16 13 17 17 15 15 15 15
Coaches 13 11 12 6 6 6 8 7 6 10 11 12 11 14 14 11 12 12 12
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

2014–15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

References

  1. ↑ "2014-15 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball schedule". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved 2014-07-04.