2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team

2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball
Cancún Challenge Mayan Division Champions
Fordham Holiday Classic Champions
Ivy League Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Round of 32
Conference Ivy League
Ranking
Coaches #13
AP #13
2014–15 record 31–1 (14–0 Ivy)
Head coach Courtney Banghart (8th year)
Assistant coach Milena Flores
Assistant coach Megan Griffith
Home arena Jadwin Gymnasium
2014–15 Ivy League women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#13 Princeton† 14 – 0   1.000     31 – 1   .969
Penn 11 – 3   .786     21 – 9   .700
Harvard 7 – 7   .500     14 – 14   .500
Yale 7 – 7   .500     13 – 15   .464
Cornell 6 – 8   .429     15 – 13   .536
Dartmouth 5 – 9   .357     14 – 14   .500
Brown 4 – 10   .286     10 – 18   .357
Columbia 2 – 12   .143     8 – 20   .286
Rankings from AP Poll. † Ivy League champion.

The 2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represents Princeton University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by eighth year head coach Courtney Banghart, play their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium were are members of the Ivy League.

The Tigers finished the season 31–1, 14–0 to win the Ivy League regular season title to earn an automatic trip to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, which they lost to Maryland in the second round. The Tigers' No. 13 ranking in both the Associated Press Top-25 and USA Today Coaches polls are the highest in conference history. Princeton's No. 8 seed is the best an Ivy program has ever earned, and the Tigers' first round win over Green Bay was just the second NCAA victory for an Ivy team, joining No. 16 Harvard's upset over No. 1 Stanford in 1998.

Roster

2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Home town
G 14 Berntsen, AmandaAmanda Berntsen style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Chatham, New Jersey
G 2 Brown, TaylorTaylor Brown style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Woodstock, Georgia
G 11 Dietrick, BlakeBlake Dietrick (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Wellesley, Massachusetts
G 24 Holland, KenyaKenya Holland style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Stafford, Virginia
G 34 Miller, MichelleMichelle Miller style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Pasadena, California
F 44 Reyneke, JackieJackie Reyneke style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Saddle River, New Jersey
F 45 Robinson, LeslieLeslie Robinson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Corvallis, Oregon
G 5 Rodgers, AlexAlex Rodgers style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
C 23 Shivers, JessJess Shivers style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Eugene, Oregon
F 25 Smith, MariahMariah Smith (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Peoria, Illinois
G 13 Smith, VanessaVanessa Smith style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Twinsburg, Ohio
G/F 15 Tarakchian, AnnieAnnie Tarakchian style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr West Hills, California
G 32 Weledji, TiaTia Weledji style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Overland Park, Kansas
F 21 Wheatley, AlexAlex Wheatley style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Holland, Pennsylvania
F 22 Williams, TaylorTaylor Williams style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Warren, Ohio
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: March 10, 2015

Schedule

Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Regular season
11/14/2014* at Pittsburgh W 59–43  1–0 Peterson Events Center (3,798)
11/16/2014* at Duquesne W 79–62  2–0 Palumbo Center (732)
11/19/2014* Drexel W 59–43  3–0 Jadwin Gymnasium (568)
11/23/2014* at American W 63–56  4–0 Bender Arena (1,628)
11/27/2014* vs. Wake Forest
(Cancún Challenge)		 W 72–55  5–0 Hard Rock Resort (650)
11/28/2014* vs. Montana
(Cancún Challenge)		 W 80–55  6–0 Hard Rock Resort (650)
11/29/2014* vs. Charlotte
(Cancún Challenge)		 W 73–43  7–0 Hard Rock Resort (650)
12/06/2014* Georgetown W 83–54  8–0 Jadwin Gymnasium (769)
12/09/2014* at Michigan W 85–55  9–0 Crisler Arena (1,193)
12/13/2014* Binghamton W 96–58  10–0 Jadwin Gymnasium (558)
12/16/2014* at Delaware W 87–59  11–0 Bob Carpenter Center (1,697)
12/19/2014* Portland State W 104–33  12–0 Jadwin Gymnasium (645)
12/21/2014* at Monmouth W 84–53  13–0 Multipurpose Activity Center (478)
12/29/2014* vs. Hartford
(Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals)		 W 64–51  14–0 Rose Hill Gymnasium (647)
12/30/2014* at Fordham
(Fordham Holiday Classic championship)		 W 67–53  15–0 Rose Hill Gymnasium (510)
01/05/2015* #22 at Hampton W 75–63  16–0 Hampton Convocation Center (1,500)
01/10/2015 #22 Penn W 83–54  17–0 (1–0) Jadwin Gymnasium (1,081)
01/30/2015 #19 at Harvard W 96–46  18–0 (2–0) Lavietes Pavilion (1,117)
01/31/2015 #19 at Dartmouth W 83–65  19–0 (3–0) Leede Arena (1,005)
02/06/2015 #18 Columbia W 83–44  20–0 (4–0) Jadwin Gymnasium (1,254)
02/07/2015 #18 Cornell W 75–47  21–0 (5–0) Jadwin Gymnasium (1,399)
02/13/2015 #16 at Brown W 86–58  22–0 (6–0) Pizzitola Sports Center (540)
02/14/2015 #16 at Yale W 56–50  23–0 (7–0) John J. Lee Amphitheater (287)
02/20/2015 #16 Dartmouth W 70–31  24–0 (8–0) Jadwin Gymnasium (1,066)
02/21/2015 #16 Harvard W 78–57  25–0 (9–0) Jadwin Gymnasium (1,502)
02/27/2015 #14 Yale W 67–49  26–0 (10–0) Jadwin Gymnasium (1,507)
02/28/2015 #14 Brown W 79–67  27–0 (11–0) Jadwin Gymnasium (2,097)
03/06/2015 #13 at Cornell W 70–37  28–0 (12–0) Newman Arena (724)
03/07/2015 #13 at Columbia W 63–44  29–0 (13–0) Levien Gymnasium (1,038)
03/10/2015 #13 at Penn W 55–42  30–0 (14–0) Palestra (N/A)
2015 NCAA Women's Tournament
03/21/2015* #13 vs. Green Bay
(First Round)		 W 80–70  31–0 Xfinity Center (N/A)
03/23/2015* #13 at #4 Maryland
(Second Round)		 L 70–85  31–1 Xfinity Center (7,794)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source: [1]

Rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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 22 19 19 19 18 16 16 14 13 13 13
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV 24 23 21 21 20 18 17 14 14 13 13

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2014–15 Princeton Tigers women's basketball schedule