2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

This article is about 2014–15 Pitt women's basketball. For 2014–15 Pitt men's basketball, see 2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team.
2014–15 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
2014–15 record 2012 (97 ACC)
Head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio (2nd year)
Assistant coach Kathy McConnell-Miller (2nd year)
Assistant coach Carmen Bruce (2nd year)
Assistant coach Lindsay Richards (2nd year)
Home arena Petersen Events 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 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team will represent Pittsburgh University during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Suzie McConnell-Serio resumes the responsibility as head coach for a second consecutive season. The Panthers, second year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, will play their home games at the Petersen Events Center. They finish the season 20-12, 9-7 in ACC play for a seventh-place finish. They lost in the second round of the 2015 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament to Virginia Tech. They received at-large bid of the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament where they lost to Tennessee in the second round.

201415 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 High School/Junior College Home town
G 2 Bugg, AysiaAysia Bugg style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Bolingbrook Chicago, Ill.
G 3 Kiesel, BriannaBrianna Kiesel style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Thomas R. Proctor Utica, N.Y.
F 12 Diop, YacineYacine Diop style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Seton-LaSalle Dakar, Senegal
G 14 Potvin, FredFred Potvin style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Vanier College Montreal, Canada
G 22 Welch, ChelseaChelsea Welch style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Fairmont Kettering, Ohio
F 24 Wignot, MonicaMonica Wignot style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Holy Redeemer Wilkes Barre, Pa.
G 25 Gordon, BrittanyBrittany Gordon style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr South Charleston South Charleston, W.Va.
F 35 Carey, StashaStasha Carey style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Berea-Midpark Cleveland, Ohio
C 44 Anderson, BubblesBubbles Anderson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) RS So Rutgers Prep (NJ) Clarendon, Jamaica
F/C 51 McManus, CoraCora McManus style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Garfield Seattle, Wash.
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

Roster
Last update: 2014-09-13

Schedule

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Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/03/2014* Indiana (PA) W 69–61  Peterson Events Center (830)
Regular Season
11/14/2014* Princeton L 43–59  0–1 Peterson Events Center (3,798)
11/17/2014* Niagara W 70–54  1–1 Peterson Events Center (804)
11/20/2014* Michigan W 85–64  2–1 Peterson Events Center (707)
11/23/2014* at James Madison L 64–80  2–2 JMU Convocation Center (2,157)
11/26/2014* Radford W 72–47  3–2 Peterson Events Center (356)
11/30/2014* Loyola (MD) W 84–46  4–2 Peterson Events Center (523)
12/03/2014* at Ohio State
(ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge)
W 78–74  5–2 Value City Arena (3,777)
12/07/2014* at Duquesne
(City Game)
L 77–87  5–3 Palumbo Center (821)
12/14/2014* Drexel W 72–53  6–3 Peterson Events Center (798)
12/18/2014* Ball State W 59–47  7–3 Peterson Events Center (413)
12/21/2014* Youngstown State W 78–52  8–3 Peterson Events Center (827)
12/28/2014* Saint Francis (PA) W 97–59  9–3 Peterson Events Center (854)
12/30/2014* Delaware State W 93–54  10–3 Peterson Events Center (914)
01/04/2015 #7 Louisville L 57–63  10–4 (0–1) Peterson Events Center (1,811)
01/08/2015 #8 North Carolina W 84–59  11–4 (1–1) Peterson Events Center (1,121)
01/15/2015 at #20 Florida State L 43–58  11–5 (1–2) Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,259)
01/18/2015 at Georgia Tech W 75–72 OT 12–5 (2–2) McCamish Pavilion (1,548)
01/22/2015 #23 Syracuse L 60–68  12–6 (2–3) Peterson Events Center (1,003)
01/24/2015 Boston College W 78–70  13–6 (3–3) Peterson Events Center (3,921)
01/29/2015 at #17 Duke L 45–62  13–7 (3–4) Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,333)
02/01/2015 Miami (FL) W 81–66  14–7 (4–4) Peterson Events Center (1,401)
02/05/2015 at NC State W 60–50  15–7 (5–4) Reynolds Center (1,719)
02/08/2015 at #8 Louisville L 35–48  15–8 (5–5) KFC Yum! Center (13,656)
02/12/2015 Virginia Tech W 53–35  16–8 (6–5) Peterson Events Center (742)
02/15/2015 at Wake Forest W 65–41  17–8 (7–5) LJVM Coliseum (642)
02/19/2015 Virginia W 68–63 OT 18–8 (8–5) Peterson Events Center (736)
02/22/2015 at #25 Syracuse L 54–68  18–9 (8–6) Carrier Dome (1,226)
02/26/2015 at #4 Notre Dame L 59–87  18–10 (8–7) Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,810)
03/01/2015 Clemson W 61–56  19–10 (9–7) Peterson Events Center (2,998)
2015 ACC Tournament
03/05/2015 vs. Virginia Tech
(Second Round)
L 45–51  19–11 Greensboro Coliseum (N/A)
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015* vs. Chattanooga
(First Round)
W 51–40  20–11 Thompson–Boling Arena (N/A)
03/23/2015* at #6 Tennessee
(Second Round)
L 67–77  20–12 Thompson–Boling Arena (5,712)
*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

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Legend
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  Decrease in ranking
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(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

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